It seems that some things change with the times while others stay the same.

When getting married, I figured I wanted to spend less money on rent and turn that into an asset we could live in. I figured a condo would be great but discovered that condo fees were the same expense as rent and then you had a mortgage on top of that.

So, we bought our first house and now are in our second, with only maybe 20% of the value left on the mortgage. Not because we aggressively paid it off, just gradually and then real message values doubled almost overnight a couple years ago.

So, there is the same perception here. You own a house. Prices are way too high for me to afford one so you must be wealthy. Not really but I am far on the other side of the line almost owning something that most people simply cannot start to purchase, let alone pay for unless they are in a very well paying job with a double income and a solid marriage.

Things are tight as hell right now with limited income, and an entrepreneurs “salary” that is dependent upon business success which comes and goes in the early years.

So definitely not wealthy, waiting for my crypto lottery numbers to come up, feeling I haven’t bought enough tickets.