more specifically, he's a rich doctor

I don't mind. I am a doctor who worked for "the man" the first 15 yrs. Saved alittle, kids, big house, had prob 1M in net worth around 43. Looking back, quite pathetic as my specialty typically pull in 400K+/yr. Typical for docs, most of my colleagues are financially illiterate. I wish I stopped working for the man 10 years earlier.

Finally decided to stop working for others while making them rich and a group of us opened up our own practice which morphed into more practices. Now these practices essentially run themselves, and I slowly went from 8 dys to 6 dys and some months now work 3-4 dys a month. I probably spend 10 hrs/month "running" the practice. About 75% of my income comes from the business side.

I also invested heavily in RE before Covid and have property managers that run it. I probably spend 2-5 hrs a month doing this. I probably have 2M in RE debt and once paid off, should cash flow about 300K/yr. I always tell my wife that I want to be RE debt free but some other deal always comes up like the 500K renovation project I bought 2 yrs ago and just bought another 1M property. I really enjoy RE and there always are some unique deal that comes up.

Last summer, I got my FINA licenses to fund 506b projects. I probably spend 2-3 hrs a month doing this. End of last year made 30K funding two projects. This year prob will make 100K spending the same 2 hrs/month. I can see myself making 200K+/yr with similar time commitments. Finances and RE have become hobbies.

To say I have been fortunate is an understatement and very humbling. Friends/family now come to me for advice which was once inconceivable. I am not formally MBA trained to open/run medical practices. Never formally trained in RE or investment funding. i just enjoy doing all 3 and got good at it.

Now I spend most of my time taking my kids around the state/country for their travel teams which is a blast. We are going out of state 3 times in the next month. My Daughter may have the opportunity to train in Spain over the summer and the whole family will probably go for 6-8 wks. I just picked up golf and go to the range once a week.

There are so much opportunities in America. Find something you love. Be a good/moral person. Work hard. Opportunities will find you. I have turned down many really good business opportunities lately because if it takes anymore than 5hrs/month then its a no go. Time is the only thing I have no control over and it continues to get smaller.