Bloody oath I do mate.It's never their fault and always yours (Ours).They rarely take any responsibility and cry victim.It's crazy to think but it's like many intentionally look for drama and deep down inside don't want success but rather problems.Someone to dislike and blame and to feel wronged by.All other personal and "at home" issues can now be blamed on this one unfortunate scenario.This "drama" per se is like food for the hungry and they need such drama in life to "survive".My apologies if my above comments sound weird as they are more so from a philosophical standpoint and just some thoughts that I have considered after 5,000+ investor intro calls and as you have mentioned, others feeling wronged by me or my company on many occasions.What a $#@% way to live IMO but I don't judge and sleep in peace.Again, I have been "wronged" by many but consider it my own fault.I also don't call them out publicly or post bad reviews, etc... 

Until out of school and then it's straight into the pit and good luck fighting for survival, get with reality and all that....... 

Surviving the first few years is tough, but if you can figure out how to do that, you can have a 3-5% down payment (call it 15-25k) turn into 300-500k of appreciation over a 10-12 year period.

It still astounds me the dire self inflicted living conditions some people & their children will 'survive' in.

Yes, these platforms need revenue to survive and typically the easiest way is charging a monthly membership or per transaction fee. 

I would suggest keeping making the deductible equal an amount that you could survive, but it would "hurt". 

However, I survive on a limited small, fixed-income.

I can survive off my W2.

Currently a majority of the existing mixed use buildings have the commercial space shuttered with the owners just biding their time until the real estate prices make sense for them to rent out or sell - or they are just asking way too much in rents for any businesses to survive for very long.

I got to 30 doors and left my W2...however, realized that landlord income is not the best way to survive.