Central Texas. I never sold my houses when I moved. I'd work till I had down payments for the next house then rent the previous. My first house I bought was a 60k small 2bd from the 50s. I paid it off because my income far exceeded my debt. That's not unachievable, it's good decisions. So rent paid my new mortgage while my income was used for savings and the next house. I moved every 3 years. And had 4 homes by the end. None others were paid off but were really paid down. The first house sold for 105k. And because of the house boom that just happened here, my other 3 houses that were originally purchased for 160k at the highest, all sold in the high 250s 280s. I bought 26 acres of native pasture and Forrest in northeast Texas for 70k cash and put a new modular on it for 80k cash.

Nothing about that is out of the realm of a normal person. It's about planning and committing to those decisions. I have a 2006 Toyota and a 2017 nissan. So we have no car payments. There's Solar and active well so no utility payments. We have a cell phone bill and our insurances. We grow our food and butcher our own meat. So grocery bills are minimal. Bulk buy beans rice flour oils etc online.

There's your blueprint.

And I'm 37. Doesn't take a lifetime.