Crown Heights North=Carroll Gardens II?

But, no doubt, your unaware tenants and your family believes you are incredibly wealthy!

Small business owners suffer the same fate: The have to constantly reinvest their earnings to keep up with the other businesses. It is Grow or Die.

Meanwhile, those on the outside accuse them of being "greedy" or "exploiting" their poor customers/tenants.

(and there is always some owner who is an actual greedy bastard that makes the hard working ones look bad)

The fun never ends.

Possible consolation:

Do your friends and family think you are successful?

Do you enjoy the smell of drying plaster compound?

armchair_warrior said:

I enjoy designing things and fixing things.

Excellent. We have found one reward. Other rewards could include:

a. Always wearing clothes with paint on them.

b. Having attractive tenants, that you like to talk to while you repair something.

c. Having a favorite hardware store.

excellent!

Let's also remember the joy that comes from dealing with the DOB, Housing Court and Sanitation!

....not everyone gets to read newspapers for hours on end, while they wait in a dirty lobby of a city office building!

...not everyone gets to try to prove they are not guilty of some petty violation, or gets to act like a mafia guy by slipping the inspector $100 to go away!