Don't know about retirement, but you can definitely get way ahead, but it also takes luck with real estate markets.
Have a buddy who instead of going to school went straight into construction. Had property by his early twenties. Then fixed up and flipped some properties on the side. He turned his construction work into a six figure job, by getting into buying and selling materials for the company.
He's 32 now. Not ready to retire, but his home is paid off, and he owns several investment properties. By his later forties, he'll be ready.
I'd say unless you manage to start a very successful business, forty is probably too young. Fifty is probably more realistic.
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