Passive income is certainly the name of the game - building a real estate portfolio and creating generational wealth are key ingredients to long term holistic financial health and success.There are fantastic real estate investment opportunities in various markets, particularly in the Midwest and Southeast of the country. 

The most important ingredient in real estate is TIME. 

A Good Deal With a Bad Ingredient is a Bad DealNot all deals are good deals.

I'm here on the forum to better understand - how others would navigate a similar scenario.I guess I'm still shopping for the ingredients to determine if there is a 🍞 of bread and if I should even attempt to bake it.

All the ingredients exist, it only needs organization and leadership. 

Remember, the secret ingredient, it's you. 

If so, what were the key ingredients or tactics you used to make this work?

Seems like a low risk strategy for you to start taking action on your dreams, which is the crucial ingredient towards reaching FI. 

I think the freedom of not paying your primary mortgage would be a huge stress relief and allow you to deploy cash quicker in the future and feel safer taking risks when you know your own living situation is covered.On the rental side, I know the magic ingredient in real estate is time and the sooner you get properties, the sooner they appreciate and are paid off by tenants and 5+ rentals 20-30 years from now would definitely be worth more than the one primary.Would love anyone's thoughts on how you would go about this situation!

Baking a CakeYou can read up on what a cake is, what goes in a cake and go stock up on a bunch of ingredients.