:) Suggested above was to get a couple winners first and then maybe take the low end gamble.

It is the myths of a deeply misguided society that spends its time keeping up with the Kardashians and spends billions of dollars a year on online gambling that tells us there is such a thing as life happiness and contentment, and my personal favorite, becoming "a success."

I bought them on the gamble that I could get them reduced.  

Last thing you want is someone with a gambling problem that bets your operating account on black.Have regular conversations.

As a result, this summer, I'm finally going to be taking action and applying all of the knowledge that I've accumulated over these past several months and truly igniting my vehicle to reach my goals.

@Clayton Rokosh - Welcome to the vibrant BP community.Thanks for igniting such vibrant and hearty responses.Here are the salient points I gathered from this dialogue regarding financial freedom and wealth:@Jd Martin - To me, financially independent means I depend on no boss to make my way in this world. 

It was a bit of a gamble up front because I paid for it myself entirely while pretty much all of my classmates had tuition reimbursement through their employers (for instance, a few of my classmates worked for Disney,  who pay their full-time employees 75% of their education costs.

How many investors out there have let fear of losing money, stop them from taking a gamble on a property?

There is always an opportunity cost with waiting or trying to gamble. 

Youd see the guy out and about, and he was just a free man running all the drugs and gambling in town.