Hi everyone, my wife recently reached the dream of being able to retire at 49 thanks to rental properties.  

I retired from the Army about two years ago, and during the last 3 years serving I started investing in real estate for extra income on the side.

He's just like "I make $300K per year from my medical profession job, I'm going to make my life simple and aggressively pay down the mortgage, then do it one more time on another property, and that's it - early retirement." 

.• If you want to get involved in syndications or passive real estate investing but you don't have enough in liquid cash for the minimum investment, you can use your retirement accounts like a self-direct IRA to do so!

Don’t let UDFI on leveraged real estate scare you away from investing in your IRA, it can still make you a lot of retirement money.  

I “substituted” the note I purchased for the $50,000 seller financed note (which was “retire”) and hence ending up paying $27,000 for the $55,000 house.5.

Our goal is for long term growth and to have a cash flow of 100k in 15 years when we hope to do early retirement from the Navy. 

Also, it’s best practice to consider areas with population growth and job creation- they typically offer stable returns.

I love it for the guaranteed rent, tenant stability, additional accountability with the housing authority and large demand for Section 8 housing without enough supply.With strong screening, I'm able to find great tenants and Im not owed any rent.Cons you will often hear is that the tenants are harder on your properties (doesnt have to be the case in my experience if you screen really well), the Housing Authority is a pain to deal with (this depends on a couple things - how well run your local PHA is and how good you are at handling process & details) and the extra inspections/red tape make the niche unprofitable (see what I said above about Housing Authorities).Done right, I believe Section 8 is one of the most stable & profitable. 

I'm looking at a community for people to move into and support each other, move of a progressive retirement type community, but we will not be in the city limits.I have thought about pulling one up beside my house and renting it;)