These individuals cannot even buy for income; they buy for lifestyle.

One of the key's to our progress so far has been living below our means and not upgrading our lifestyle as the income increased.

I haven't been on the site lately as I have been busy with some projects and keeping a healthy lifestyle :).

Brandon Hughes, Ben Leybovich:Am I suppose to have a lifestyle?

Know the motives, lifestyles, goals, desires, hobbies, etc. prior to the first contact.

As an investor you go to properties to see how “bad they are” but with typical buyers she goes to see “how nice the place is” and I will be the first one to admit is not easy to see bad place, after bad place, after bad place, it takes a certain personality to deal with that kind of environment day in and day out, because at the end of the day is not just about money is basically a life style.

"means") that I can exploit to achieve my objective which is a lifestyle of my choosing (i.e.

A personal home is a life style choice never a investment for the vast majority of regular people.

We definitely live a very frugal lifestyle and are not exactly people who enjoy fancy/expensive things.

I would be less concerned about being able to afford the rent since he or she must be living a minimal lifestyle within their means.