When we were getting our own kitchen remodeled in our house a few months ago, we asked the contractor if he would be able to possibly fix that cupboard door at our rental property.

Thank you Eric.In addition to the rental properties, my wife and I have a paid off house, paid off car, and about $1.4m in retirement accounts, brokerages, and savings.We live in a HCOL area and our expenses are $9.5k per month even though we live pretty modestly.I set out initially to have real estate pay for at least some of my expenses in order to give me more freedom and financial security.Is your wife quitting too? 

Quote from @Vid Vin: Was the house really for 2000 dollars?

And, we'll probably want to buy another house before then. 

They work well for the houses we work in 100-500k.

Remember, ignorance is NOT a defense in MN on real estate and housing law's, so it's VERY important to actually know them, not just what someone else says they are.  

Parts of Garden City Beach are prone to flooding, so if you're buying a single-family house you'd definitely want Flood insurance. 

Consider starting small with house hacking a duplex or triplex, and use tools like the BiggerPockets Rental Property Calculator to analyze deals.Good luck!

When I tried to get it when my side of the family found out and tried ti take over reverser mortgage payments to bank because she had died it was to late so they sold the house to Hud and then other reverse mortgage companies but a relative still lives there so they can't kick them out.

So if you buy a 5 bedroom house and rent the spare 4 bedrooms = you can still sell tax-free under the 121 (you just pay back depreciation) If you buy a duplex and rent 1/2 and live in 1/2.