I've helped many Canadian investors retire and quit their jobs by investing here.

He was a certified public accountant and a vocational superintendent for the department of corrections in California before he retired.

Kathy wrote Retire Rich with Rentals, and Rich wrote The Wise Investor.

There are fixed costs you won't be able to get away from utilities, insurance, etc and are typically stable year to year or with some measured growth.

You are a teacher from California looking to invest in states that have a high demand for section 8 housing and asked some suggestions for good states to invest.I am a retired teacher myself and all of my tenants are section 8.I personally love section 8 tenants and proving safe and affordable housing for them.I am in Michigan.

Nonetheless, I am not out to impugn anyone's intentions and I do understand (as Jay rightfully points out) that the self-employed (my situation for the past 20 years) especially run into times in their lives when conventional lending sources are of no use due to limited reportable income and other factors (such as when, for example, you retire in your 50's and begin to live off of your lines of credit, etc.). 

I'm working on acquiring a former Adult Care Home from a retired couple, and I'm doing research ahead of a conversation with them about owner financing, which they are open to.

My kids won't always be little and needing so much and maybe I'll even get to retire early with the income these houses make. 

In a nut shell, we want to capitalize on a growing market by owning and managing rentals that we build and then sell the properties in the future to reinvest or retire.

I did finally receive an email from a student testimonial who possibly now lives out of country and is living the dream retirement.