Don't think about equity, the true wealth is the current value of future cash flows that you can generate!

I'm not wealthy enough to do it alone and I was wondering if BP has designated a charity to support.

Alaska isn’t short of wealthy individuals, but this post was essentially a broad net.

Wealth is incredibly hard to obtain and 10x harder to keep.

(Hint: You can list 6 to 8 out of those 19...)I've said this before and I will emphasize it here:"WHOLESALING" (ALONE) IS NOT A VIABLE BUSINESS, much less a way to get wealthy and retire to the Cayman Islands.

They are very wealthy right now.

I don't know about you but I'm following the path of the truly wealthy. 

Originally posted by @Brian Plajer:in that case, I wish I had richer friends,lol So does everyone else, that is why the hard money industry exists, because most of us dont have a rolodex full of wealthy friends who also happen to have no idea what to do with piles of cash.

Not everyone is born with the same "opportunities" as wealthy people, but we all have opportunities to make of ourselves what we desire.

Neither did my parents, who became very wealthy from their primary in South Korea.What's the point of FI (if you call managing tenants a form of independence, that is) if you have to rent an apartment or deprive yourself all the time?