Living off Real Estate Investment fulltime

[Leandro Gabriel Chavarria]

I keep seeing videos, articles, etc talking about BRRR and how to use rentals as a means to quit the 9 to 5 job. Maybe I'm missing something but how would one do this with rental properties if the cash flow (assumed $200-$300 per door) is being kept in an account for potential repairs? I guess I would like to hear from folks that are now doing real estate investing full-time and no longer have a W2 job. Would this freedom come after 20 years when most of the properties are almost paid off?