Most people look like the dealer on a poker table after they got their paycheck: just handing it out to everyone in front of them, every single round.Once you really and intuitlvley understand compounding effects you see how silly most people behave.

I'm playing the long game.

@Mindy JensenI enjoy poker, hiking, gardening and talking with others about financial literacy.  

There is a lot more risk, but this game (RE) is full of risk and I've found that those who are willing to take the greater risk are the ones who usually come out with the larger rewards......This is true in life generally. 

While many of your peers are spending their free time trying to figure out how to be online gamers, you're taking action towards real, tangible wealth.

Kind of like poker Variance.D Class . forget  numbers. 

Talking to extended family members daily, playing online poker with old friends.

I played high stakes poker for a long time, did well over the years before getting into a regular lifestyle and real estate investing and I see a lot of similarities to poker strategy with real estate.

I feel like you are the sucker at a lot of poker games

I played poker with the state rep handling this case and even said there were so many issues they could have the house back.