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The buy-now-pay-later approach to personal finance is a trap. Immediate gratification tricks your brain into devoting a massive portion of your future income to payments for stuff you already purchased and consumed. Jay Rigler spent his 20s being normal, just like the rest of us. He found himself in a never-ending cycle of increasing spending and debt. Then, he decided to take control of his finances and escape the trap.

Real estate shifts are easier to recognize than they are to acknowledge. One day job growth is beginning to stall and, seemingly overnight, vacancies are on the rise. Tenants start asking to downsize. Commercial property valuations level off. Negative news stories feed the worries of buyers and tenants. New development halts. Fear creeps in. Then, the market that was quietly losing ground goes into full retreat as tenant delinquencies turn into owner delinquencies and lenders sever lines of credit.