Years ago, being a property manager was what I planned on doing for my retirement gig.

Sadly, there are quite a few people over 65 on the verge of losing all their retirement money they put into these guy's investments that are doing terribly while they both go start new ones.

Here is the thread I started a few months back detailing my experience with Growth Equity Group, Brett Immel, and their cronies.https://www.biggerpockets.com/...Subsequently, I've had dozens of investors come to me directly, many of them having phone conversations with me, stating how they lost most or all of their retirement funds.

Sounds to be like you are seeking retirement advice on a platform that mostly advocates for long term wealth.

My brother who is civil service and retired military.  

But move into a retirement "job" for Sean. 

Living in bumfck NH started a chain reaction that enabled me to retire modestly at 28, just 3 years later.

Required distributions from qualified retirement plans.This is controlled by Section 401.

I'm from Leesburg, an active-duty Air Force member, too (retiring soon).

Starting out, I would try to take equity from your primary/another property using a HELOC, borrower against a 401k/retirement account, or partner with someone that has cash.