., as well as allocating money for food, utilities, etc.

You'll make more money if you invest in the stocks of the best companies but, when the market goes down, you'll generally still lose money because the stocks of the best companies will go down too.I could write a book about this but hopefully I already gave you enough food for thought.

Maybe food for thought on the next time.

But the way I look at this example is I go to the supermarket I pay on time, bag my own groceries, carry my food out to the car and still the super market raises prices on food.

I equate this more to my Maltese yapping like crazy at my Bernese Mountain dog every time he comes within 10 feet of their food. 

Here in DC area its killing landlords as well as the small retail as the office buildings are all first floor retail/food service and the govt is not back to office or they are 2-3 days per week which for these businesses is a 406-%+ drop as typically fridays would be the day you go out for lunch etc. and now most people work from home on fridays.

What hurts me, is that I only have a spot for one car/truck due to it being a condo assoc.

Here in Reno, NV Tesla has a factory building battery packs and the new semi-trucks and some tenants value the technology of battery packs, EV chargers, smart home features, etc., and would pay a premium to have such amenities.

Just food for thought. 

We typically do a happy hour at a local brewery or rent a suite with catered food/drink at a local baseball game.