So are surgeons, cops and corporate hiring managers. 

I could have made more money than I do now as a surgeon, but I would have hated it.

Our eye surgeon friend is fed up with on again/off again hybrid-zoom-(but same school taxes)-Starpoint, so she's enrolling her twins as well. 

Then couldn't believe that my Lakehouse neighbor, a surgeon, came over to help, because he loves to dabble in real estate & learning something new.

Only when the battle is obviously lost will there be resignation, capitulation, and eventual reconstruction. 

For example if I’m a heart surgeon making 500K a year, and just looking for an easy place to park my money outside of the stock market, then turnkey is a viable option.

Especially if for example you each make 50k a year.There has to be some HUGE event happen for people to truly get ahead such as (inheritance, selling of the business, career with very high incomes such as surgeons, etc. , accumulating properties at bottom of the market for big equity gains etc.)Ongoing rental cash flow is a slow investors game to hopefully wealth but the reality is to achieve enough to stop working is very difficult.

My friend's dad who is a surgeon in CA bought an apartment building in Reno.

True story.Another guy (Surgeon) refused to shake anyone's hand because we were all too "dirty".Another lady (famous singer) refused to let a crew member use the toilet in the house.

Look around and you will see the average joe is NOT getting six pack;meanwhile six pack book writers, gyms ,pod-casters,personal trainers, supplement sellers, workout equipment sellers,nutritionist,plastic surgeons etc are getting rich.