You are able to finish the degree at your own pace!

Progress is still progress even if you are moving at a slow pace.

It would be great to actually hear from people renting in the LA metro area regarding the affordability issues,  income keeping pace with investor projected rent growth rates and trend in housing prices.

I am a 22-year veteran of the fast paced management consulting world. 

Here I can feel comfortable surrounded by like minded folk, who are moving at their own pace and want to be successful and make money.It is also very enlightening and comforting to me anyway, to see so many different cultures and ethnicities represented here on this platform, and we are all here with pretty common goals, learn, network, interact and if we are lucky we also get to help someone out.Stuff can get crazy out there, I hate reading the news and listening to bi-partisan discussions about today's issues or non issues made into issues.Here it is peaceful, we all want to better our lives, interact and have successful investments! 

The trend line of house appreciation since we started keeping track = around 3 percent or on pace with inflation, which ultimately means houses produce no gains, they stay constant as money goes down in value."

I made $154,000 last year, and through April am pacing for $234,000 in 2018 (I know it's early in the year, but heck it's still exciting to track).

Love it there and love the people, pace and dollar/zloty ratio.But I agree with what @Thomas S. has said in the past- You are not truly retired as long as you are holding investment properties.

I look forward to a slower pace of life and more down to earth people.  

@Jeffrey Holst I will say that I've not met my pace goals for posting on BP.