So either your bubble is bursting faster than here or you were uniquely under pressure from costs and had to move very quickly.

Im 30yo live in Indiana and am in a unique position.

They normally just have a tax preparer (which is basically just inputing the information). 85% of accountants just prepare taxes and don't actually find unique loop holes and ways to reduce the investors taxable income.

The point is: other investors don't need to agree with your strategy, because it is uniquely your strategy.

Vail is unique, the people that fly their private jets in still came and still dropped $10k/week for a ski vacation. 

I am not trying to say that job loss is a leading indicator, but rather pointing out that this period in history is very unique.

Lower income areas have unique challenges other areas don’t have .

Without that experience it will be hard for them to truly understand and fight for your unique and specific needs as an investor.

I worked at a large company closing a division that had sizable receivable on the books, and the company gave me full authority to settle it.

The author's tone makes him out as a royal jerk (particularly in a few passages where he talks about his impressions of women in San Francisco), but his perspective on life at FB is certainly unique.