Your description of having lots of money/things yet still feeling unfilled rings of the Hedonic treadmill: "the tendency of a person to remain at a relatively stable level of happiness despite changes in fortune or the achievement of major goals.

Originally, plumbers told me there would have to open the walls to see where the water leak was, and it would have cost a fortune to hire handyman or contractors to then patch the holes.

I gave a fortunes worth away when I was a kid and now I will buy it all back at 100's of times the cost or die of lack of peace of mind.

I’m very fortunate to be in the same boat as @Jameson Schwab and bought my primary residence in Truckee a year ago with the opportunity to turn a previously converted garage into an ADU.

We all come from different walks of life and I'm incredibly fortunate/grateful to have hard working parents that were able to get me to this position.

Here is how the money crunches;Financing; was harder, and I ended up with a private loan (no bank was loaning on ANYTHING in Aug of 2010 anyhow though, and I got an 8% loan - extremely fortunate).

Fortunately there's many strategies you may consider. 1.

Not many are as fortunate as you are that you have the skills, equipment, and geographic location to live off the land, you are probably in a minority.

Fortunately, i am blessed with two healthy children, but might I suggest your local children's hospital?

Yes, fortunately no money had changed hands yet, and no contract signed.