Goal is to slowly build up your real estate empire and live off with the passive incomes.

We plan to do this full time and are committed to generating a real estate empire!

I get texts/postcards/calls offering me cash for the house a lot, but I don’t want to sell the whole thing outright, I want to retain my ownership and investment and build a property empire with someone who wants to invest - and I’m totally okay with full involvement or silent partnership. 

Particularly in the inland empire/surrounding cities of the high desert. 

Considering your empire and experience, I'm thrilled to hear your perspective.

The first step to building your REI empire.

The way I see it in term of risk/reward , I would do more flips in Maui/Big Island rather than in CA.With that kind of money that you have I would buy one simple STR to live in and use the rest of 5 mil to build flips empire or even hotel like suggested by someone.

Adding other factors will only compound the challenges and work against you as you learn how to be an effective investor.Imagine having to supervise work that should have been completed (but was not) in the Inland Empire.

I'm in Gilberts and I work with a lot of local investors in Chicagoland, both with getting started/house hacking, and also building up to their first 10 properties creating their REI empire.

Ah....yes, whole life insurance as the foundation for my real estate empire.