If a 30 year old is working a job they hate, eating beans & rice daily, & living cheaply in the ghetto, just to be able to quit their job in 5 years....I cant possible see how this is living a more satisfying life than finding a job you enjoy & brings you satisfaction.

Even if you advocate and petition others to contribute to a cause you care about, you can reach more people and raise more money if you have more of your own funds available to deploy towards this effort.So my measuring stick is this: I want enough money to where I have 100% control of my schedule, 100% of the time.

@Kevin Coggins -  My close friends always call me Dee which I thought may be appropriate here, as elsewhere I am more formal - and Yes I did miss an A when I put in my surname - sticky keyboard - but unable to correct that after pushing the return.

Because you don't meet the requirements for a primary residence sale all of the gain from the sale will be taxable if you don't do a 1031 exchange.Here's where it gets sticky. 

Sorry I can't be of more help, that's a sticky situation.

Meat, Beans, Rice, Veggies.

@Derrick E.6-inch block plane usually works great on sticky door problems.

. :/ Almost had another under contract, but that situation got sticky real quick and I pulled out.So close though... so close... got some things in the works and adding leads to nurture every day.

I think that's why it's a sticky and I'd say it's important to keep this thread pinned. 

They are "sticky" and I mean that in a good way because by "sticky" I mean they "stick" with a property more so then cash tenants, which leads to less turnover.5.