“So am I understanding this. Most all of you who have answered this thread make over $150k and you can’t afford to buy a house,”

Make no mistake 92024, I absolutely can afford to buy a house, I CHOSE not to because it would have been a stupid finacial decision when I moved to LA in 2006. I seriously considered it for a few months, then canned the idea when I saw what $750,000 or so bought in the LA south bay.

Ous self-rightous BS as you put it, is the natural reaction we have when we watch overpriced houses come back to a more realistic price, and listening to all the whining coming from people who presented themselves as the greatest financial minds of our time because they “invested” in the housing bubble.

And I never said anyone was a loser because they weren’t getting the refund, I just said I wouldn’t want to trade places with them. I wouldn’t want to be an FB either, which is why I didn’t buy.