The reasoning was if I wanted to go to college, I would be ready and if I didn't want to go to college, the tougher high school curriculum would put me in a better position to handle life.My parents were not wealthy and the math made sense.

You might be independently wealthy sooner with leverage but if you don't sleep and have health problems from stress, it's not worth it.The other thing is you are young, that's good and bad.

I heard this in an audio book (titled, "The Choose Yourself Guide to Wealth") I was listening to today and I thought it fit into this conversation nicely.

I've been analyzing my local area and finding that it is predominately a wealthy retirement community.

Just remember.......Cash flow = Income Appreciation = WealthI personally diversify.

My family there is very wealthy, they have butlers, a lot of real estate, and a lot of assets.

As an example Robert Kiyosaki did NOT get wealthy via real estate.

To be honest a lot of people just want the lifestyle of the wealthy/rich and not do the work......

I apologize if this topic seems impolitic, but REI is one of those areas where people were heavily sold on the idea becoming very wealthy back in the 90s and early 00s, and a lot of folks lost their shirts over it.

You hear a lot of stories of people that have done that but A) There are probably 1,000 people that fail for every success story and B) They often don't actually own the property they're talking about but 'control'' it and it is actually owned by a wealthy investor of theirs.I say none of this to discourage you.