Changing the Retirement Mindset

[Kayla Elliott]

How does one get past the idea of NOT having a traditional retirement account and into the mentality of leaning on rentals to consistently bring in cash flow? Grew up in a traditional household and trying to break free of the panic that sets in realizing I won't have actual retirement bank account with cash in them but will have assets that churn positive cash flow. So scary emotionally even if logically the moves totally make sense! 

[Heath M.]

I agree with above.  And in my case, I've got a small pension, 401k, IRAs and real estate.  My thoughts were at least 1 isn't going to pan out so I needed a back up and then a back up for the back up.  My goal is to replace 1/2 my W2 monthly income with rental income by my retirement.  And I should be able to replace all my W2 income with retirement savings (mix of my pension, 401k and IRAs).  That's my goal at least...