The goal is emergency fund to survive a downturn or no renter. 

It appears that the 2 out of 5 year rule excluding gain on sale of primary residence will remain intact. Some of you may have heard that initially the plan was to change the rule to where the taxpayer had to own and u...

I don't know of a single business that could survive without the involvement of the owners.

They said you might survive one, but not two of these, and there is no way to be successful if you've got all three.So to state it positively, pursue humility--always be teachable and recognize that you don't know everything.Strive for profit, but don't over extend or take what's not yours.

There were lots of people and "analysts" and "investors" who thought Amazon would never survive.

I would like to add. my wife and I have been through some tough times and we both agree that we are in a good position to survive the next downturn.

Ask someone there how they would survive an economic crisis and the question you'll get back is: what's an economic crisis?

Failure to do so, means you will not survive.

You have to adapt to different parts of the cattle market to make money or survive. 

You don't have to paint, but you should always have the colors around and touch up and as @Theresa Harris said, Magic Erase away skids, etc.