You get challenged on all of your assumptions and beliefs, and it's easy to find and create your own path in life from the experience. - You Get A Network Especially if you go into finance or business, another incredible value from going to college is you walk away integrated into a very close-knit network of professionals, who will give you the time of day, over others, simply because you went to the same school.

@Damaso BautistaYou do something that my wife and I do, almost as a fervent religious practice...live below your means. 

When you take action to become financially independent, it threatens their self beliefs.

We will be fine, but we are taking this event as a grave reinforcement of our belief in the importance of reserves.

My kudos goes out to the entire BP nation who has educated me on RE beyond belief.

As you sphere of influence grows, you should make sure that the growth comes from the kind of people who are positive and have goals and beliefs that are in line with where you want to go.  

Unabashed belief in yourself. 

I know I fell into the belief that househacking is always a good move when I started into investing, but the more I dove in and the more experience I got, its just not a guarantee it's going to always work like assumed.

It is my firm belief that homeowners do not know how drastically their bottomline is affected by selling with these unethical companies.BEFORE YOU SELL WITH ANY COMPANY ASK THEM "HOW MUCH MONEY WILL I WALK AWAY WITH?"

NOTHING religious, NOTHING sexual, NOTHING political, NOTHING that would bother people in the least way.What size envelope?