At a young age look for CASHFLOW & DIVIDENDS or NETWORTH?

[Eric Alvarez]

I am 20 years old and invest in dividend stocks and sell put options and call options. I am considering selling my positions in these dividend stocks (not completely) to get control of this capital to sell more puts and calls to collect more and more premium to sell a higher volume of puts and calls to grow my net worth and cash quicker.  I'm currently stationed overseas, and want to find a way to build capital the QUICKEST so i can fund my first rental properties, rather than just holding my money in dividend stocks. I could sell some of my dividend portfolio and use that money to earn more selling puts and calls.  At a young age, i feel like i should be focusing on growing CAPITAL and NETWORTH while I'm overseas rather than trying to chase that dividend yield and slower passive income now.  Higher capital and a higher net worth would generate me a greater passive income in the future when i would decided to live off this income.  The goal is to grow as much capital as possible while overseas so i could invest in real estate when i move back to the US in about less than a year. Hope anyone that's reading understands the idea, I apologize for this being sort of off topic about real estate, but the whole point is so i can BUY REAL ESTATE!  Any thoughts or tips? 

I believe this community is filled with tons of great investors that have way more experience and knowledge than myself, and could learn so much from.