Start writing off bills like cell phone, internet, printing, write off a management fee. Basically using the property to lower your tax foot print (money saved is money earned)

Ideally buy a triplex or fourplex so it cashflows and generates a small, few hundred dollars a month.

Save the profits for a year or two. Travel.

I took that approach because I would rather wait a couple years and travel for years on end and knowing that my net worth is not taking a huge hit.

The choice was... do I want to travel now for a year and blow through my savings. Or do I wait a couple years and then travel for the rest of my life.