Can you talk about delayed gratification?!

@Jessie Reddtwo recurring themes are delayed gratification and who you surround yourself with.For me, it was definitely the people I was surrounding myself with. 

Seeing a trend of posts calling out the instant gratification mentality of newbies!

Rinse and repeat after that - keep working like crazy, keep delaying gratification, and start saving up for the next house hack. 

$50k / $1300 = 38 months to pay off your loan ... and you get to keep the asset.So many people are financially short-sighted and want immediate gratification, which is why so many Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck.

They don't understand the math behind any type of financial formula, so they have no idea how to make adjustments to it that allow the deal to work in their favor.I think a big part of this is the generation we live in/with, that is looking for instant gratification. 

The best way to save money is to lay aside your pride. work your a$$ off, delay gratification, and think long term.

What's your view on immediate gratification vs. delayed gratification?

I doubt their sexual orientation made any difference on how they kept house. 

Of course, not knowing who is living there may have other risks, such as, are there any convicted sexual or violent offenders living in the home.