He is not familiar with a self-directed IRA.A self-directed IRA is still a tax sheltered retirement savings vehicle, just with the capacity to invest more diversely than just the stock market. 

I bought it because it was a safer wealth accumulation vehicle.

I feel most people will need this mindset shift to understand WHY real estate investing is a great vehicle.

I would think a trust would be a better vehicle.

However, he still left his older vehicle parked in front of my home and the sticker decal on the license plate on the back of this vehicle dates back to 2019 and was never renewed.

“Where is” applies to something that is mobile….vehicles, boats, equipment, etc.

My CPA was looking for more write-offs and suggested a company vehicle, so I splurged on a new truck.

We have achieved our current level of income very recently, within the last few months - we were making pretty much just enough to pay our debts before that.Now that we have a bit more disposable income, I started looking around at different investment vehicles for retirement about a month ago with the goal of retiring by age 40 (in 12 years).

The rents have risen, but property values have risen much fast, bringing down the ROI from 10%-14% to 7%-10%....but of course considering that you can leverage these with 30 year financing and low interest rates, these are still amazing investment vehicles.

My primary vehicle for those 10k hours is the phone.