Next best step to early retirement

[Joey Sabatini]

Hello everyone, 

I’m 48 years old and currently rent with 5 family members. I have 450k to invest and trying to figure out what would be best for an early retirement.
1) Do I purchase a property now in the Bay Area that. I'm considering purchasing a Bay Area property that has an ADU that could be rented.
2) Do I keep renting and invest in rental properties?

3) Invest in short term rentals? 

Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Best,

Joey