I married into a family that owns a construction business, and I don't think the impressions of how much the trades make or how easy it is to start a trade busi

I married into a family that owns a construction business, and I don't think the impressions of how much the trades make or how easy it is to start a trade business I see around here are in any way grounded in reality. It's a very tough way to make a decent middle income living for the vast vast majority, and almost all of them end up bankrupt or close to it during at least one economic downturn.