I am proof positive that anyone can get their finances together and build wealth. I

Are there any new investors living in LA that have been successful without being already quite wealthy?

But the vast majority of my wealth is in real estate. 

Definitely not advice for everyone’s situation though.One major component of growing wealth is velocity of your capital.

Some people have had some bad things to say about Noam, I say he is fair and calls a spade a spade - every American ought to watch this)A Star Is Born (film, damn that Cooper is good and Gaga aint bad either, it's just a well made film worth recommending, a breath of fresh air among mediocre films)Howls Moving Castle (film, Hayo Miyazaki...uhm...if you like animation, and have never seen one of his films, I promise you are in for a treat - we've seen a bunch of them in the last year)Vikings (violent historical guilty pleasure - first couple of seasons are really good, while it got sort of iffy later on after I was hooked)Santa Clarita Diet (I didn't catch on to the beauty until I watched the second season.

Building wealth is a long-term greedy endeavor and those who have been around the block will tell you that death, divorce, harsh recessions, random life events and all manner of things can derail your success and you have little or no control over many of these things. 

Downside of college degree: If we spend tuition on real estate deals we would be more likely to be more wealthy. 

I was just thinking "I should be happier, I have everything that I have always wanted", then I started feeling guilty for not being happier, which brought even less happiness.Kurt Cobain killed himself over thoughts like this http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Venue/6582/Nirvana/suicidenote.html , I didnt fall into it myself, but I have a theory that drugs are so common in the wealthy and affluent because it is the only means they have, to reach the level of happiness that they think they "should be at".If you put it in terms of mountain climbing once you have all of your needs met you have essentially reached the top of the mountain, there can be no more talk about how great it will be when you reach the summit, you are there.

I have deep reasons for why I want to become financially free and, well... wealthy. :)Best of wishes and success to all of you.

Brokers in the business and already wealthy can tell you what they really think.