Introducing myself to the group

[Brice Pufahl]

Hi everyone!

Wanted to introduce myself to the group.  I'm new(ish) to the RE world, as well as the FIRE movement.  (Wish I had thought about retirement and real estate 20 years ago!).  

My wife is 4th generation Montanan, and we moved to Bozeman from Nashville ~4 years ago.  We're fortunate enough to have enough in our Retirement accounts to retire at 65, but I'm aiming to speed that up and retire in the next 10 years (or at least walk away from the W-2).  

I'm currently planning on  using RE to invest and grow wealth over next 5-7 years (yield/income not as important), and then transition to more of a long term yield play.  Being new, I'm not sure if this is realistic or practical.  Anyone have thoughts?