My story kind of goes like this....Born and raised in eastern North Carolina, graduated high school, went to college for two years, ran out of money, joined the army reserves, employed at FedEx ground as a driver, deployed to Afghanistan, came back to FedEx, honarable discharge from the army, after working 8 years for FedEx went to go work for the family I.T. business last October (2016), some things went kind of shady so I decided to put my notice in to leave at the end of July.

Once the match is maxed out however, I see little point in continuing to contribute to the 401(k) for a 20 something that is going all-out in the pursuit of early financial freedom, as they will have much more flexibility with after-tax wealth that they can deploy immediately.Furthermore, retirement plans and their effectiveness in the pursuit of early financial freedom are all about your INTENT in how you use them.

Presently i am studying other opportunities to deploy capital.

It is simple, lower cost and temporary such that it can be deployed when nuts are dropped and stored the rest of the year. 

Also i saved my money from my two deployments to Afghanistan.I was able to save a lot more money then my peers because i discipline myself to save.I got married my sixth year in the military paying all cash for my wedding and honeymoon to Hawaii. 

This keeps them in the game and boosts their cash earnings.Netting $100-200 per door and having a couple houses in a "cash flow market with no appreciation" is nice if you don't have to deploy much capital to get that return, but an extra $400 a month will only get you so far.

I’ve actually been deploying more into the market than in RE lately due to a lack of RE deals.

I'd rather have a fat opportunity fund than deploy all cash against a low rate fixed mortgage in the 4s or even 5s, then scramble to leverage something else when I need the cash. 

😃I'd invest 500k in the multifamily asset class (with some value-add component) and then I'd actually deploy the remaining 500k in well-evaluated tech start-ups (or biotech startups). 

Buyers are presented with information in a truly impartial way so they can best determine best markets to deploy their capital and invest.