My point of emphasis is that the same strategies of wealth creation and preservation are rapidly evolving and real estate as part of an investment or retirement portfolio might be more intelligent and essential than ever.

There are so many options it can sometimes be overwhelming so I started by writing out my goals to help narrow my path.Goals:1) Create Retirement Income (10-15 years out)2) Pay properties off in 15 years (probably through rent appreciation)3) Minimize vacancies and repairs4) Work with higher quality tenants/families5) Purchase first rental property in 90 days ($180k-250k)Based on my goals it seems that Buy and Hold rentals is the definitely the way to go. 

Get a good professional, often these are the types of jobs retired floor guys like to do.

Normally they can't touch retirement accounts, but they can go after everything else. 

I recently retired and I like to augment the income I receive as a landlord.

If that were the case, then you should retire from investing.Think about the financial effect of a prepayment of an ARM.

The big cheese acted as if he cared, and then (never mentioned it) retired a month or 2 later.

For me, real estate investing represents a quicker path to retirement, so I want to learn as much as I can.Looking forward to being a part of the group!

That sounded like a very good retirement nest egg so we started.

In the 80s one person can work, buy a house, have kids and have a comfortable retirement.