We have never yet experienced an inheritance.
Some of my relatives are still costing me from beyond the grave
We have never yet experienced an inheritance.
I beleive I would of saved it all as well. It would be hard for me to spend an inheritance because of something given to me and would not want to sell or use it.I inherited about 3% of our net worth in the 1990’s from parents and grandparents. They were savers, so I saved the money like they did.
Often when DW is angry with me she points out all the things I inherited from my folks.
I would bet that story is true for many folks in just a different scenario. Thanks for sharing that pb4uski.I like to tell the story that when we got married we passed on a 2 bedroom condo that we wanted to buy for $40k because we didn't have the $2k needed for the down payment (it actually may have been less than $2k).
We had our college degrees and $10k of student loan debt and negative net worth.
The rest is history. DW received a small inheritance but it was a pittance compared to our net worth at the time.
Now, if the monthly credit card bill is less that that $2k that we needed for the down payment I am doing the happy dance.
Often when DW is angry with me she points out all the things I inherited from my folks.
No luck was in my plan, unless you count crossing the street without getting hit bay a car, not getting killed by a violent teen gang, lucky I was born healthy, or lucky I was not miscarried.
I worked 100+ hour weeks rehabbing apartments for rentals, being able to identify good opportunities in real estate and creating a cookie-cutter approach to making money on rentals.
Luck is wining the lottery, not getting the same opportunity as 99% of all other Americans.
No one is looking at (accumulating) money alone as the only place luck is a factor, nor are they not grateful for other blessings of life. We (should) all know luck or outside factors can influence every aspect of life...I don't understand why people always look to money as a proof on one's having luck. Why are they not grateful for other things that they have, like longevity, health and lack of suffering from pain?
No one is looking at (accumulating) money alone as the only place luck is a factor, nor are they not grateful for other blessings of life. We (should) all know luck or outside factors can influence every aspect of life...