(i'll live in one of the 3 bedroom apartments) so that's 11 bedrooms I can rent out on STRs should close by November and moving down to manage, eventually automate the process and crew .. quit the rat race in NYC and apply for Act 20 for tax advantages ...

I often hear people say they want out of the rat race, want to make six fixture, be a millionaire, etc., but none of these ideas are sufficiently powerful or specific to make people sacrifice the needful to achieve them.

Do you really think they give a rat's %%% about a Petition???

It was such a big component that I thought the foundation triangle(knowledge, hustle and money) is missing a big component and that is how I  came up with the idea Foundation Diamond as mentioned in one of the slides, where Mindset is one precondition to the other ones.2) Question#3: Maybe because it is my main priority as well and I am biased toward it but a lot of them take this luxury of time and freedom to spend quality time with their family; That was one of the recurrent theme across the interviews.Also I find they are philanthropists and I think it is refreshing; Once you are not struggling for yourself and are not anymore in "survival mode" asking yourself how you are going to pay the kids' tuition or your mortgage, going full steam in the "rat race" everyday without getting the head up, that is when you start looking after others more; When I say others, I mean beyond the family and a lot of them were involved in the community; It was not forced, but natural to give back; I read that once you reach the summit, you need to throw back the rope for the other ones climbing" and I think it applied there; we see so many crazy things in this world, it is good to see there is still some good in us.3) Their story and Question#4: The other take away is that there is no magic recipe for success and behind every success story, there is some good things and some bad ones such as struggles, fear, desperation, doubt, failures and the reality is not just as rosy as we could imagine for people who are financially free; Most have reached it to a price that not everybody is willing to pay. 

Once the finality of the rat race is obvious.. they start seeking alternate endings...

Most young people make the mistake of getting in the "rat race early" after going to college, buying a brand new car, then trying to move into a fancy house, big fancy weddings, buying expensive furniture and financing everything under sun on credit then they work for someone or some company till their kids graduate college and never save a dime till the day they die.

Some of the benefits are affordability for the new investor who wants great cashflow to get out of the rat race, is small enough to not be on the national radar per say, which lessons competition (where I started), and is still big enough to scale (where I am now). 

But they had the same goals out of the rat race.. 

Police questioned one of the boys and he ratted the other one out.

So your answer would not be, or any form of, "I want to be financially independent", or "I want to be able to quit my job", or "I want to get out of the rat race".