<prompt> Human: I know that much of Personal Finance will disagree with me on this, but I truly dont understand the traditional thoughts of saving until retirement. Bare with me here.About two years ago, my wife and I decided that we did not want to work in traditional job roles for the next 20 years. We started to read up on things in rpersonalfinance and in rfrugal and decided to go a different route than most people seem to be going here. We cashed out her IRA and started paying off everything and making purchases that could make us money in return. We bought a boat which we now rent out. We bought an airplane which we now rent out. We bought an undeveloped property and cleared it and sold the wood we cleared off the property as firewood. It more than paid for the property itself. Next we are buying a couple of rental properties over the next year, or maybe if something else comes along we will do that instead.I have purchased each of these items on credit and all are paying themselves off with money left over for reserves, maintenance, insurance, etc. Of course, once they are paid off then it is all profit.At the current rate of things, I will be able to stop working a real job in about a year and we will be making enough money to live off of with a little bit left over at the end of the day to re-invest. My point is, why do so many people here grind on the get out of debt portion of the balance sheet vs the make more money portion? I was living paycheck to paycheck before we started doing this and after I watched a friend of mine do it I realized what a dope I had been. I genuinely think that more people should look at the make more money side of the equation and do what I have done. Am I wrong?  <response>: Speaking as someone whos hoping to have a non-negligible rental income in the midterm future, landlording is not just sit back and relax. It takes a certain amount of due diligence, and looking ahead, and making sure you have the resources to handle the unexpected hiccups. Do I think its rewarding? Absolutely. Do I think anybody can go in and make money? No. 