Luckily I had no trust in the system and saw the writing on the wall. We were starting a big, expensive renovation on our house. I pulled the plug just in time. It could have been personally ugly.

I had no clue what was going on at that time. I was working my ass off to try and move up the corporate ladder, had just started my business as a side business at that point, had just bought my first home, was getting married (first marraige-didn't even last a year-yikes). 

I knew there was turmoil in the US but honestly didn't really know the magnitude until I started really getting into markets a few years later. 

grayruby

If helicopter Ben said so, it had to be true.