[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Net worth is pretty variable anyway. Houses, cars even stocks are worth what you actually sell them for, not whatever some index says they are worth.

[expat_panama]

Houses, cars even stocks are worth what you actually sell them for,

--and when you sell your house you can't use it.  Net worth is important to know about for managing wealth but it does not seriously mean that (as I incorrectly stated above) folks are somehow better or worse off.

[mad_as_he$$]

A lesson many never learn!