You don't live in a flipped house for 8 years. You are misusing the term flipping when it comes to house sales.  I am not making assumptions,  Then what was inferred by my "fortune of circumstances?" No opportunities were"given" to me! again, another assumption.  Stop with the assumptions. Of course people will not achieve the same outcome as me, its all about choice! they can follow the path i chose and end up better or worse than me, but it's always about choice.   
I happy that you went to law school, of course other hawaiians will not be like you , not cause of differences, but because of choice! We all make choices in our lives that will have lasting consequences, good or bad, but it comes down to the choices we make at pivotal points of our lives.