Interesting, as always Jason. I will say that your version of lessons from Kiyosaki makes a lot more sense than what K wrote.

However, I'd push back on a couple of things. First, it isn't making your money work for you instead of working for money. It's both and.

At first, you have no money so you can't have it work for you. That's when you need to work for money.

Then, as you accumulate money and invest it, money works for you at the same time as you work for more money.

Finally, when you reach financial freedom, money works for you and you no longer need to work for money.

My second pushback is that your house is very clearly an asset, not a liability - see https://themakingofamillionaire.com/your-house-asset-or-liability-its-astoundingly-clear-96eb30984b34

If you buy poorly (e.g., too much house and/or at too high a price and/or at too high a mortgage interest rate), you'll pay a steep price. However, if you buy the house you need at a decent price and with a good mortgage, that will help you build wealth over time.

If nothing else, through the stability of your housing costs vs. the unpredictability and instability of renting, especially during high inflation periods.