You could retire in 3 years on 150-200k per year...if you understand:1 - Thoroughly what Einstein called the "greatest invention on the 20th century", and how it pertains to REI2 - How to use "Non-lienable debt"3 - How to design a plan based on your financial goals (needs)4 - How to incorporate "duplication on steroids" into your plan5 - How to stick with that plan.6 - How money works

Good luck to you in your endeavors.

Best of luck in all your endeavors! 

First - good luck with your decision - respect the ambition and hustle.Second - this post represents a massive representation of confirmation bias in real estate investing that is overly present in these forums (but what would you expect on a RE focused site TBF)Third - as others mentioned, you are comparing different asset classes against each other using different leverage structures and liquidity profiles - not a very useful endeavor other than to prove you are correct (see point 2 above)Fourth - everything and everyone looks like a genius when prices only go up, vacancy rates are low and your properties don't have large unexpected Capex issues or personal issues that would make you become a forced sellerFifth - I could just as easily run this with other stocks besides Apple that may have 3x/4x/5x since 2014 and blown away your calcs OR could have levered up my exposure similar to your study and likely outperformed you while be liquid....permutations are endlessI enjoy the discourse here and your post regardless but there are definitely areas for clarification needed.

Good luck in your endeavors!

I don't have any personal experience to add as of yet from my own experience but I would like to offer my encouragement to your real-estate endeavors.

Thanks for taking the time to read and good luck to everyone out there in their endeavors!

You get the best of both worlds this way in the sense that they know a lot if not all the wholesalers and flippers, the productive ones at least and you also get professional, licensed representation in your endeavor.

Meanwhile watch what the media says, and the 'herd' does next, and do the opposite... or better yet, endeavor to be "ahead of the learning curve," and ignore the siren's song of the moment. :-)

The rehab portion is easy for me but learning to be a landlord is a new endeavor.