I'm sorry, but I am having a hard time buying this as-written. "One ofthe highest earning careers available" would suggest a job that paid you at least $200k o

I'm sorry, but I am having a hard time buying this as-written. "One ofthe highest earning careers available" would suggest a job that paid you at least $200k over median; median is livable so you could have been saving at least $200k/year. You'd have had $2M after 10 years as a downpayment, which would easily cover anything a pair of "odd-job" self-builders had 2 generations ago. What am I missing/getting wrong?