I can&#x27;t tell anymore whether it&#x27;s okay by you for people to make money, buy property, or otherwise be better off than anyone else...<p>The man worked, earned money, and bought things with it. Not everyone has these opportunities, true. He got lucky. None of this comes to bear on his present situation. Regardless of whether he has rental income, MMM&#x27;s managed to whittle his spending down to a level affordable by the median household income in the U.S. On that merit alone, I consider his advice worth listening to (if not taken with a grain of salt to my own personal circumstances).