The renting and getting the training is the expensive part from what I have
seen. I was bewildered that rental insurance was as cheap as my car
insurance! So I was real happy with that.
Someone without alot of money can do it and can own their own
plane,...it just takes some work. There are several homebuilt designs that
don't cost a bundle to build. And of course the more you can do yourself the
cheaper it will be. So a person may not be able to invest alot of money into
a airplane. With alot smaller amount of cash and much more time, if a
person wants to they will have an airplane
Guess it all depends on how bad you want something! Of course if you
make 6 or 7 bucks an hour and have a few mouths to feed, it will be very
very difficult . Which is probably close to what innkeepers make here in
small motels unless they are the owners

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech