Billionaire Warren Buffett's Daughter Was Raised So Middle Class And Had No Idea What Dad Did for a Living — 'I Thought He Checked Burglar Alarms'

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The early Buffett household looked nothing like that.\nBerkshire Hathaway Chair Warren Buffett is famous for a frugal lifestyle and a legendary love of Cherry Coke, yet his three children say their childhood felt more like middle-class suburbia than the home of a future investing icon.\nDon't Miss: A single bad hire can set a startup back years. Here are the 5 hires founders most often misjudge — and why\nSusan began the discussion with a simple explanation.\n\"You know, my dad wasn't rich and famous when we were kids,\" she said. \"We didn't we did not grow up like people probably think we grew up for sure. And we didn't.\"\nQuick asked the siblings to describe their upbringing around the table. The answer came quickly.\n\"Normal,\" Susan said.\nShe told CNBC they attended public schools, lived in a regular neighborhood and spent time with friends like anyone else.\n\"We went to public school. We lived in a regular neighborhood. We hung out with our friends,\" Susan said. \"I rode the bus to school until I got out of high school. We grew up in what I would call sort of a normal middle class on the upper side of middle class, but we weren't living in the rich neighborhood.\"\nTrending: From college to emergencies, these money rules could make or break your family's security\nFor a while, the Buffett children did not even understand what their father actually did for a living.\nQuick pointed out that they once struggled to describe his job.\n\"None of us really knew,\" Peter said.\nSusan then told a story that still gets laughs in the family.\n\"That was in first grade when we had to fill out those census cards,\" Susan said. \"My mother told me to write ‘security analyst' and I thought he checked burglar alarms.\"\nAt the time, the phrase \"security analyst\" meant little to a first grader. The future billionaire investor building Berkshire Hathaway looked more like the neighborhood alarm guy.\nFor everyday investors looking to start building wealth without a billionaire's resources, platforms like Arrived let people invest in real estate fractionally, making it possible to grow equity and create long-term returns even from modest beginnings.\nIt's a reminder of how different Buffett's early life was from the mythology that surrounds his name today.\nSee Also: Don't risk buyer's remorse — ask these critical questions every homebuyer should know.\nEven later in life, the Buffett surname did not always point people toward the Oracle of Omaha.\nPeter, a musician and composer, said the name often led to a different assumption entirely.\n\"Most people thought I was related to Jimmy Buffett,\" Peter said.\nThe confusion was understandable. One Buffett built an empire through investing and disciplined capital allocation. 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