It's our goal at Rent To Retirement to bring the best turnkey deals across the country to our marketplace and to help our investors find the best financing options that meet their goals. 

And remember I have joined the ranks of the furloughed or retired pilots.. 40 years flying around in those little bug smashers I figured i temped fate just about enough and am fine with all the fond memories.I did truly love flying into Pangborn though and the airport at Chelan that one is a little tricky.. 

Tried hand at seller financing but they just want to sell and retire. 

Also you may want to consider Checkbook IRA (aka IRA owned LLC), which will enable you to bypass the custodian and have checkbook control over your retirement funds.

Does anyone know if traditional IRA (Individual Retirement Account) funds that are rolled into a Solo 401(k) are eligible for the UBIT exemption available in Solo 401(k)s when the UBIT is triggered by UDFI? 

Large cities are the biggest wealth generators(network effects) and therefore have the most valuable real estate.You can expect real estate to grow more than 5% a year so at 5% down you’ll likely double your investment in the first year. 2-3 house hacks (or live in flips) will get you to retirement in these cities.

That's were I'm at, scared, working for someone else, no retirement and knowing a lot of information but spinning my wheels.

OR they are a very small, very novice "Ma,Pa" operation aged out, dilapidated, not really much there to be honest and after years of decline now retiring out.   

My realtor was a rockstar but she is about to retire :-(

Oregon is also an increasingly popular retirement destination, for primary and second home buyers that don't need to have STR permissions, the options and areas to invest are robust, and there is even high demand for upgraded and updated furnished mid term rentals to help off set operating costs.