家持ち

Compound of 家 (ie, “home, house, household”) +‎ 持ち (mochi, “having, holding, owning”), the stem noun form of verb 持つ (motsu, “to have, to hold, to own, to possess”).

• IPA^(key): [ie̞mo̞t͡ɕi]

家(いえ)持(も)ち • (iemochi) 

1. home ownership
2. a homeowner
3. the head of a household
4. financial housekeeping, household budgeting

• 家持(いえも)ちより金持(かねも)ち (iemochi yori kanemochi): "having money instead of having a house" → money is a better asset than a house