@nereo
Im all about real estate. Im making over 20% returns on all my properties. Real estate is just my love and that is how Im giong to reach FIRE!
I mean I do have some stock options that my day job gave me and they are great but I dont really count that as investing in stocks since they were given to me dirt cheap!
Maybe some day I will dip into stocks but I need to learn a lot more about it. If anything, I would be into dividend stocks for the cash flow.
Cool. 20% returns is fantastic if it holds through bull and bear markets. I'm the opposite - I'm invested almost entirely in equities (low cost index funds) but later in life I'd like to own more properties... actually we're tentatively planning on converting out existing home into a rental the next time we move.
Not sure why you wouldn't count stock options just because they were given to you dirt cheap - sounds like you have a great paper return on those.
If you want to divest into equities I'd encourage you to start first with a low-cost index fund. There's nothing 'magical' about the cash flow generated from dividend stocks (it would be effectively the same if the company let their share price increase by buying back stock and/or adding to their business).