American children and students are taught how to develop themselves to be desirable to an employer, how to pay into the system and work full time or double time to until they either drop dead or live long enough to "retire."  

I'm very excited about this Texas Stock Exchange that should open in 2026 too.

He's a stock market guy but the practice works just as ell for RE. 

@Rick Albert- One way I've found around this is to take a loan against a stock account. 

What may be somewhat unique is the retirement account isn’t technically a 401k that I can access whenever I want - it’s private company stock which I can only cash out upon death, termination, or retirement.

Yes there will be dead ends and tire kickers but you SHOULD be able to get it rented quickly.

Tbh it’s really not a great time to invest right now, the yields are for the most part with a few exceptions below what you can get in a bond/stock.

In the investment space, whether it be syndications, SFR, Airbnb, or hedge funds or stock market: anyone that is "promising" or "guarantees" any type of return should be viewed very skeptically.  

FIRE is dead and was one of the most bait-driven movements ever.

If you're a dead set on being a passive investor, it may take you longer than if you view it as a business and you are involved in it day to day but that's just a guess.