, but in the long run when many of those people with massive labor paid mortgages and multiple labor paid car payments are working blindly forever to pay are looking at you saying "oh he must have gotten lucky somehow", youll know the real reason, that you sacrificed the shiny stuff and made your money work for you.  

Maybe if you have a massive income that you need tax writeoffs for, or something along the lines of that, then perhaps you might want to set a deadline to buy something within the next 90 days.Also, have you built before?

I've looked through what appeared to be good deals on the MLS only to find crumbling wet 100 yo concrete made from what appeared to sandstone or gypsum or some such garbage lining what would be listed as an unfinished basement.

Probably concrete pipes if no work has been done before.

We have been offered an owner financed deal to finance a property for a rental that has a concrete block home and a mobile home.

They tell me there have been some massive student oriented apartment complexes build over the last couple years that have flooded the market with more beds than there are interested students to rent them.

This site has beenot a massive resource tool for myself and my company.

I also see lifestyle inflation and a massive consumption mentality that further compromises any ability to save or invest adequately.  

Do you see those mobile homes on solid concrete appreciate in value the same way a typical house does?

I'm looking along the lines of plain stained concrete, $3 psf tile/carpet etc and nice box store cabinets not a glitzy custom project.