If you look at the statistics. https://dqydj.com/net-worth-in-the-united-states-z...About 9 percent of americans have a net worth of at least 1 million dollars.When you get up to 1.8 million in net worth, only 5 percent of americans have at least that.So yes, it's not what it use to be, but it's still a huge accomplishment.

@Benjamin A Ersing I was just discussing this with my 82 year old Sicilian born father (I'm first generation American).

Then she was like this will be fully funded when you are 65 (I’m 34), term would have been a much better decision for me, the policy was for 10k-American Income Life.

While I haven't (knock on wood) been in this situation personally, I would contact Rent Recovery Service which has a partnership with the American Apartment Owners Association.

You are not immune.The American Association of Private Lenders has a great website dedicated to opposing AB 1771 HERE.

We used to be a one-income-household society. 

It has cost millions of Americans the opportunity to EVER own a home over the last few years.

I'm in Arizona and I know a lot of Americans here own property in Mexico.

Essentially what you do is valued against what else you could have done instead.By having to ‘invest’ an extra $275/month in the ‘non-cashflowing-equity-impact’ house, I can’t allocate that ‘investment’ elsewhere…like the S&P500.This is what my $275/month investment would look like in the S&P500 over 30 years (the length of my mortgage) at a long-term annual Rate of Return of 8%.Calculator & visualization courtesy of KJE Computer Solutions via American FundsMy $99k investment over 30 years turns into $389,843.

What to do, what to do?"The survey found that 3.5 million households were somewhat likely to leave their rented spaces (homes/apartments) within the next two months because of an eviction. Most of these folks are of t...