Gallon of milk is up 20%, gas is up 20%, wages are in theory (lol) up 20%, gold/silver up 20%, bitcoin went up 1000% then dropped 980% 2 milliseconds later (good luck at that casino, and props if you win, someone has to), so it's up 20%, rent is up 20%, stocks on average are up 20%, you get the idea. 

They chose to close up shop.Having worked at lenders, hearing complaints from folks like you, I can only say "seen it, done it", and if I was a lender seeing a guy with a good story, like "the numbers tell me I should net $1,000/month", take it with a grain of salt, but insist on maintaining your requirements, unless you're a billionaire and writing off $150 million is no big deal. 

MANY millionaires and billionaires did not go to college.

Since you aren't a billionaire with a large trust fund, the best way to make this a an ongoing addition to humanity is to make a profit on each. 

“The billionaires are pricing out the millionaires.” 

Or you could simply use websites like BlockFi and buy either crypto currency like bitcoin and etherium and collect 6% interest on bitcoin, or 5.25% interest on etherium while you (hopefully) also get price appreciation. 

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Everyone has cash, and most people are trying to hedge inflation by investing in real assets such as real estate, stocks, or bitcoin.

The Company generated $453 thousand in revenue for the first six months of 2021 and through timely purchases of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies, BTCS has substantially grown its digital assets over the last year.