Well @Alex Russo I think @Mark W. has the best story, here is mine. I started Selling houses in College and was making good dow, and started working with a investor house he flip I got the listing, So boom I had it made, Finally it was last year in school, He died and I have sold over 36 homes in San Diego La Jolla Market avrg. price was $1.5M so no pocket change commission it was nice for a 22 year old, made really good money, but had nothing to show, Just cars and clothing and few rolexes.
So I was left with Huge student loan debt, High rent and 3 financed Cars. Thank why i went into private equity find a normal Salary job I was scared of being entrepreneurial, of taking any risk, After maybe 5 years of being really frugal, I broke free and open my own Consulting business and buying up properties and now i take smart risk but it is not fun to be on top and then loose it all, for not being financially prepared. Cause i was bad salesperson I just had a good in.