@Beans Maroc: Exactly. Folks made on-paper rich by the policy-driven gains in this real estate market should be forced to role play what it's like to start out today in a scenario where they're earning the figure you cite and are debt free. I wonder what their take would be then. Everyone I know who has actually tried something like this is absolutely floored by just how hard it is to even start getting established.

Whenever you see a comment like the original one here it is almost guaranteed that they have not even tried this.