The cocktail sounds to taste bitter.

Resentment, bitterness, self-loathing, spite, rage.No better angels here.

This time, to pay CPS pension debt.http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/7/71/...You have to wonder what level of school dysfunction and property tax hikes will finally motivate Gen X and Millennials with kids start pulling up the stakes  Once the water cooler chit chat turns from "you can make CPS work for your kids" to "you absolutely need to move to the suburbs to properly educate your kids," the City will be on the path to instability, larger wealth disparity and higher taxes (to pay the debt bomb) on those taxpayers willing to stick around to the bitter end.

If you can drop out right now and commit to going to community college, you'll earn an equivalency diploma while you're there that no one will ever question and will be just fine for whatever US paperwork you'll ever need.I am bitter about my own high school experience.

As hard as that may be to hear, your friends are more than likely bitter about the fact that your committed to grow and take action when they are not.

Bitter pill to swallow, but we thank God we're out of there now and focused on other areas that actually cash flow.Good luck with whatever you end up doing. 

You sound a little bitter there Wy.

luckily that first BRRRR I did had so much forced equity I still ended up making money despite spending more than 50% over budget and bitterly fired the contractor.

Remember that the bitter taste of having a bad deal (especially when you're living in it) will last a lot lot longer than any time or money wasted pursuing that deal. 

Or maybe it's time to scrape and start over again, bigger and more units, or maybe that bitter taste in your mouth has you thinking mini storage or a parking lot, or green house for one of these CBD outfits.In short think about things in terms of cash flow vs head aches plus time, not doors.