OK so basically you were a bird dog and then a contractor for them.

Neighbors dog at one point jumped the fence and bit our little girl riding her bike in our driveway, neighbors constantly argue in their front yd cursing, loud music until 11pm at times during summer months just to give you an idea.

Personal finance is as much behavioral as it is math.

Just there to learn from the other big dogs in the room!

Oh, and the boyfriend apparently brought in a large dog that scratched up all the doors, chewed up some window sills, dug up carpet in the bedroom they kept it in, and crapped all over the new carpet.

Anyone might be able to teach a dog to fetch.

Great point, there's also two different behaviors that can logically result from same estimates for future inflation: raise lending rates, OR buy hard assets.

I went to one of their dog and pony shows... saw their proformas, and knew they were BS. 

We have a parking lot, a dumpster, a few picnic tables, a small playground, a small dipping pool, and a "dog park," which is really just a fenced in grassy area.  

I just didn't know where to put the service dog on the lease.