As I look forward to retirement I have often debated with myself this dilemma?   

Offset today’s income with depreciation.

Or, better yet, scale faster and retire early.It’s not easy, but it’s simple.

Note: We do 50+ investment property loans a month and the most important thing I tell BUYERS of properties being sold as or soon to be STR is make sure you are paying the market price per square foot and do NOT buy based on income approach/CAP rate.

There are BLOC's Business Lines of Credit which will allow collateralization of residential income properties.

Then you can see how they are getting their income on a conversation.

If you have steady, high income in a coliving house I think that’s potentially more profitable.

Purchase is ~$500k and rental income will be ~$100k.Also rates may go down resulting in increased cash flow via a refinance.The answer to your question is there are a lot of different ways to make money via RE investing, but it used to be easier to find deals that work.  

Hi, I am less than 10 years away from my retirement and I would like to build up my passive income to real estate to ensure that I have a steady stream of income after retirement.

I sell insurance and prepare income tax returns but I am not an attorney and don't play one on television or radio.The Illinois Legislature has a law either pending or just passed that will GUT LLC protection.