Different people have different idea of wealth, some people's idea of wealth stops at owning a house and a car, and while it is an indication of wealth, it is not all what wealth is. There is another of importance when it comes to acquisition and while owning a house and a car are important, they are liabilities as they do generate money on their own unless the property you hope to own at the early stage in life is for tenancy and the car is for commercial purpose like Uber. I have recently started thinking that before someone should own a car or own a house they should have an established system something like a business that generates income for them because being able to own a house and a car today gives no guarantee that you'll be able to hold it tomorrow.