Nothing tragic or terrible my aunt and uncle are terrific people and I'm grateful I spent so much time with them.

The other 5 are, for the most part, grateful for the opportunity to live in a clean, safe, well maintained house.  

Someone paying the 34% bracket will be grateful if they get it down to 15%, at 150k you have about 30k/year, that's extra income of 2.5k/mo, conservatively, you can earn 2k/mo extra on a 1M house 30y fixed, add that plus appreciation of 120k in 4-5 years, that's another 500/mo, then your cash flow shoots up.

You are so far ahead of others financially for those very facts - be grateful. 

Such a distant future if at all..But I think I'll need to continue reading on this topic and there have been great suggestions here, so I'm grateful for the advice.

Perfect opportunity for us to be grateful for BP and all that it offers. 

I’m grateful for that.

Overall, I'm grateful for my time in the Bay Area because it gave me perspective on what I really want and the lifestyle that is best suited to me.

Be grateful that you're not like that!

I've listened to enough escapist fantasies to learn to hate all the empty, vapid, corrosive, soul-sucking dreams of something for nothing attached to those dirty little tickets.This thread has served to remind me yet again of how few people come from a broke childhood to real estate investing as a way to build lasting wealth and find financial independence for their families, of how incredibly fortunate I am, and how grateful I should be to those who have helped me along the way.