Prices kept rising because they thought there was an inflow of "rich, intelligent jet-setting banking wizards" in their city which made living their so desirable with huge migration inflows. 2 years later, they realized it was just speculation and you can google yourself real estate Sydney and London to see the 20% declines....

Look at your housing situation first, then your transportation, then go after low-hanging fruit like vampire-like outstanding personal credit, then think about how to change your food budget intelligently.

A combination of foreign cash investors and the growth of things like biggerpockets have increased the demand artificially.

Books that changed my life, AND applicable to businessThinking, Fast and SlowAntifragile - (The whole Incerto series is a staple for anyone who wants to understand risk)Books that are good to read and applicable to business, but not life changingPrinciplesEgo is the EnemyThe Intelligent Investor 

Intelligent.

The fed is artificially propping up the economy with QE4, developers are overbuilding, and the market seems like its shooting up way faster than it deserves to and I feel a correction is imminent.

You're intelligent so follow your gut.

While I appreciated that she did not attempt to insult my intelligence - unlike her son - by denying her involvement in that, her explanation for allowing a third party to place such a sign on our ~$250,000 property left me underwhelmed.After discussing it with my partner, I made Jekyll a generous written offer to make things right to a - reasonable - point.

Stick to running your business intelligently, and leave the LLCs to active businesses that face truly serious product liability issues, and can easily justify the cost of LLC establishment and maintenance.

Continuing to obtain “OPM” as Kiyosaki says also makes the argument less relevant to some extent; as we aren’t simply trying to out-save or reduce expenses to zero—- that mindset is fine but it begins to conflict with the principles of intelligent utilization of leverage IMO.