Experiences with retiring on real estate?

[Keri Carpenter]

I'm 13 years into heavy real estate investing and technically I have plenty of net worth to retire on.  I reached my "financial independence" number many years ago.

However, I am still full pedal on the gas at my day job -- I'm a Senior Manager for Fortune 100 internet companies which I'm very proud of, particularly for a woman in this industry and enjoy.

I'm in my mid 40s so it's early, but I made all this money to retire so want to start doing that.

But I'm scared and really want to talk to some people who have actually retired off of their real estate wealth to get a sense of how it works out -- 10, 20, 30, 40 years out.

I'd love to hear your situation and share my own situation in the hopes of getting a sense of how this could actually work in practicality years out.