As I continue to progress in my financial journey and contemplate my reasons for pursuing early financial independence more carefully, finding my why, it's obvious that the collapse of the Greek economy and the financial distress of my friends and family in Greece has a great deal to do with my mindset.Imagine living in a country where you go to the bank one day and they tell you that you can't draw any of your own money out of your own bank account.

The infrastructure is in most places ancient...I would not be surprised to see a migration to the mid west in my lifetime...we got water, and we got oxygen.

If so I must be ancient.

It is predominantly  a few squatters, two illegal renters, and about 10 to 12 empty overgrown ancient trailers.  

Love the ancient HVAC issue.

Fortunately for me my ancient units are not suitable for even considering opening up, but they're what people expect in old neighborhoods.

It is an ancient book but is valid at all times and for all industries!

Taken together the retirement piece of things has been our most powerful tool for real estate liquidity and I'm still in my 40s (barely, but still, not ancient :)  But this only works (alert, incredibly obvious point ahead) if there is money in the account. 

I gave him all the numbers and just wrote a check... my numbers in this example were my understanding, not actually whats on my returns as it was greek to me :) Thats why I 'm trying to understand. 

We immediately made improvements such as adding fencing to tenants' "yard" areas, and replacing the ancient washer and dryer in the laundry and doing some general clean up and maintenance.