Generational wealth is a lot of money, it is a lot of cash flow- for most people it is unrealistic.

Maybe the lesson is to use a flashlight, or someone else’s, and search where your keys are more likely to be or wait until the sun s comes out.Most seasoned investors will tell you that real wealth is made through appreciation.

The real wealth is built with the appreciation over time.

The true wealthy post-pandemic don't worry about this.

Most wealthy people have real estate investments says it all

However, in recent years, I've seen this used as a methodology of raising money to buy low barrier of entry real estate and make sponsors very wealthy collecting fees while leaving the LP's with nothing but capital calls and suspended distributions.

I do not know what king means to RE but Appreciation is where the real wealth is created.  

And a final note for comparison, although I grew up in a post 2000 open floor-plan house I also spent considerable time in my grandparents ~1916 home which was constructed by a wealthy engineer of the era.

People much much wiser than I, always remind me, true wealth is built in the long-term.

Even the wealthy community of Lake Naomi nearby is having serious problems recovering property values.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-housing-underwater-insight/millions-of-americans-still-trapped-in-debt-logged-homes-ten-years-after-crisis-idUSKCN1LU0EP