There's a smart side to this, and a lot of people take it: Buy a car that has all the features you want, for almost half the price. Buy a house in a neighborhoo

There's a smart side to this, and a lot of people take it: Buy a car that has all the features you want, for almost half the price. Buy a house in a neighborhood that's run-down but improving and that you can help to improve. You don't have to be famous on social media to be a "thought leader" and increase the value of your assets by pulling gullible people into your aesthetics or way of thinking. You can just show up and buy the thing and use your skills to improve the thing, which improves everything else around it. There is enormous financial leverage if you can do that, because most people aren't willing to put in the work.