Bought a house in 2000
Sold house for double in 2008 ($150k profit)
Moved from NJ and bought gigantic house in WI, dumped all of profit on downpayment
2008 housing crash, recession destroyed my livelihood
Escaped back to NJ with $10k to start over
Sold home for exactly what we owed, walked with nothing but our belongings. Upside was no foreclosure, no short sale
I still
over it.