Crossville is a small to mid size city and growing with many retirement communities/cities nearby.

🤷‍♂️Love this post and what Scotty posted.Congrats on your success thus far.As much as I love real estate and business it never is passive and never will be totally passive unfortunately.There is always a risk component involved and a reliance on someone.There will always be that gut wrenching phone call that makes the stomach turn.It all come's down to how much is enough for someone to live a happy life.I unofficially retired at 28 and am back chasing now at 36.Parents and family are getting older and have a huge will and in a way pressure to retire my old man.A beautiful person and father.I've checked off mum and uncle from the list hahaFew more to go lolI am and always will be a "real estate guy" per se but a few years ago I asked myself this question:"How can I get the highest possible return, with the least amount of risk, without doing any work and without involving anyone else?"

Dividens or rent payment make no sense until after retirement.

(I do not live in Orlando, my retired father does)... and my father takes care of all the maintenance (repairs, hiring contractors for electrical, HVAC, roofing, etc.) as well as showing the property for leases, he is my hands and eyes there... all for free, I do not pay him a salary or any compensation, and he does not want one. 

Many of our baby boomers want to retire, and they may want to move to Kona, Captain Cook, Hilo or even Kau.What not to like if you can snorkel/diving only to drive 13 minutes to hike and you are on top of the mountain with the cloud. 

For retirement, if you can afford it in a nice area, its hard to beat.

.- thanks  1)  you likely wont be able to use the financing contingency  as it sounds like the loan is available at 80% ltv ...check with your realtor  or a real estate attorney  2)  rates are coming down so check the terms from the lender that can offer  80% or 75%  ltv 3) contact  the smaller to mid size banks and credit unions that are close to the subject property for options   4) if you have the means to leverage the 10% difference via HELOC / retirement account loan or  some other tool- consider it - good luck

or how do I retire :)

Umm, I'd quit my day job and retire. 

Hi,I have an opportunity on an Off-market deal, but I am not sure how to approach it and am reaching out here to see if I can get any advice.Here are the facts:Owner is retired and recently moved to assisted living and is ready to sell the house.