@Aubrey Eblin Thank you very much for sharing your experience with the Rent To Retirement Academy. 

This would satisfy your retirement desire. 

Like my title says, I am a dentist in the Kansas City area and am looking at real estate to be my retirement plan.

But 1031ing your current land into better production land that you rent out can be a very stable platform.  

You typically need up to two years of stable employment before a bank will loan to you.

So if you had 20 of them, you're talking about a huge retirement kicker that you can build.If you're up there higher in age (i.e. 40's or 50's), then the long play doesn't make as much sense. 

My husband and I are pretty new to REI.  We jumped in with no clue about 18 months ago.  My husband and his partners sold their company, and he is transitioning out of full time employment there in the next couple of ...

I have tried to do a HELOC but I’ve recently retired from the military and haven’t started another W2 therefore lenders don’t want to approve the HELOC.

I know I can't have it all but looking for a stable appreciating with some cash flow and a turnkey SFH.

We love North Carolina but we're 20 years from the retirement dream.