I am sad that my grandparents got ahead by working hard and saving, but I got ahead by borrowing.  

Used to go there with my grandparents like a weekend a month from age 3 on, The last time I was there was 2001 right before 9/11 and they died in 2003.  

Originally posted by @Chandra Whittaker:Ok, so I have a house I owned before we got married which was inherited from my grandparents, the house I grew up in.

Now that I have kids, I don't think I'd live in Guatemala because of safety concerns, lack of infrastructure (I know Mexico isn't so great either but it's much better than Guatemala), and general political instability.I lived 3.5 years in Latvia (that's where my wife and my grandparents are from) and I love it there, especially in summer (or only in summer?).

Grand parents like to spend time with the grand kids. 

Not saying it could never happen, just that it has not happened over any long term period in my lifetime, my parent's lifetime, or my grandparent's lifetime living in SoCal.

Like I’ve seen in my market and it’s likely the same on others, there are just multiple generations and/or multiple families living in one home and as a whole able to qualify and pay the high mortgages (parents with kids moved back home, grandparents living with kids, roommates, a room or garage converted to rentable studios, etc).

Reaching out to my grandparents so they could take an heloc on their house so I can start because I do not want to pass on real estate.

I have a projector at home and anytime the grandparents, friends, etc come over I have to explain how to use it.

Kind of like for me my grandparents living through the great depression borrowing money and paying interest was against their religion.