[quote=earlyretirement][quote=flu]Good luck people. Since I guess most of you here have already “made it”, you obviously know what the ticket is to financial independence…[/quote]
Flu,
I don’t think there is anything wrong with wanting financial independence. In fact, I think that is a great thing to strive for in life.
I think the point many people are making is it’s good to try to achieve that with reasonable/responsible risk. I”m not even speaking about you or anyone else’s situation on this board as I don’t know most on this board (Yes, I’ve met a few on this board and they were all very intelligent and great guys).
It just seems like some people on this board are trying to hit many “home runs” in a very short amount of time and get rich in a relatively short amount of time with limited risk.
Possible? Yes, absolutely. Probable? I’m not sure in all these scenarios.[/quote]
ER, not necessarily you.
But I think a lot of people are full of shit… A lot of people were/are the ubber bears that will convince themselves not to do anything. It’s the same MO… “I heard a friend that got their ass kicked, therefore it’s a bad idea”… I have a friend that XYZ didn’t work out for them, therefore it’s a bad idea.
(Perhaps you’re friends are just morons and you should get yourself new friends, maybe???)
…Ironically, it ends up being the more accurate people were the realtors that use to post on the board telling everyone else that things are picking up, start to buy…They’re not around anymore because well, for obvious reasons….But I’m sure we still have folks thinking 50+% off and/or deflation is coming soon…
If you think it’s an opportunity to buy, pull the trigger and buy..If you don’t than don’t bother looking… I don’t get this, yes I think the opportunity is there to buy, but no I’m going to sit on my ass and not do anything. Or I don’t think it’s a good idea to do X, but gee people who do X are really dumb for doing X (despite it working out for X)…
Some people will always miss the boat through there own inaction.
