I listened to a few podcasts from Advanta on how to invest in tax liens in a self-directed IRA, however the management fees charged by Advanta are rather large compared to other retirement fund options...I also found a few audiobooks from the library and listened to them:Brian Mahoney - Tax Lien Certificates Property Investing.C.R.

cash and our retirement and bank fiancing How did you add value to the deal?

With NYC, two house hacks are likely to get you enough for retirement.

We are retired so no concern on the W-2 side.  

.: best places to retire, best places for families, etc. 

Which may come in to play if your finally 1031 rental property turns out not to make a good rental but an ideal retirement home for yourself, eventually.

Her friend says she has 3 air bnbs and has little to no issues and retired.  

One is not necessarily better than the other, and your preference will likely depend on your objectives for the home.For example, if this is a short-term investment property on which you are looking to maximize the annual income and depreciate the value for tax purposes, you may prefer a manager who will keep your home filled to maximum occupancy.On the other hand, if this is a long term investment or even where you plan to retire, you will likely want to find someone very different.7.

Or made the terrible decision to buy it in your retirement account. :-)If the point is just to have cash you can do a cash out refi and get 75-8o%.

You can place any type of "cookie" into any type of jar, but once it's in a cookie jar, you can't remove it and put it into a different jar, before retirement age, or there are big penalties to pay.