Thankfully it was a small loss in the grand scheme of things.

I spent a grand on a website that looks good but I realized I don't have enough marketing money to get on page 1 towards the top.

I want more than a few grand a month from investing.

The gentleman who was doing the "teaching" just kept talking about all his amazing deals and how he made 80-100 grand of a fix and flip.

I would think people have an easier time paying a few grand more for a house (getting a larger mortgage) than having to scrape together cash after they close to sod a yard.You are also asking to track in more dirt without having grass in the front.

I paid an extra 1/4 of a percent in interest, which in the grand scheme of things is nothing.  

Throughout my life I've met people who flip homes and only make a few grand on a deal that took 6+ months.

She then confided in me that she watches her grand-daughter and her daughter insist on paying her $1000 a month.

Everyone always has grand ideas about 1031ing over and over again to get themselves into bigger, more valuable, better cash-flowing properties.  

I've never heard of a tow truck operator being arrested for grand theft auto.