I definitely want to house hack one day, I do agree it is a very powerful tool to build wealth.

@Brandon Nunnink, I was exactly in your position, waiting for my W2 income to catch up with my dreams of financial freedom just wasn't happening, so I took the flipping route(still new) to build liquidity which will then lead to the end game of a portfolio of properties.

But if you go direct to the power struggle option, I don't discuss anymore and it becomes a hardline no more negotiating.

However, everything I have seen so far just seems to gloss over the details and overfocus on the hype (how much money you can make, it's your "key" to financial freedom, etc.). 

And I'll have more time and brain power to find new deals.What are your guys' thoughts?

At first glance, there seems to a decent amount of value in several of the items... everything from 3 old Cadillacs that are in bad shape to old computer hardware, music equipment, power tools, hand tools, likely some antiques, etc. 

That’s a lot of buying power.

After that I will likely reduce the 401k to 4% and contribute a high percentage to the a Roth IRA to take advantage how powerful the compounding interest is at my age, like you suggested.Thanks for the tip on the store credit card. 

Financial freedom is a concept that I've been really focused on the last year or so and that's what introduced me to REI and BP.

Especially if it’s under $25,000 - you’re not collateralized so you should have more freedom in that case.