We were able to to both retire early - my husband at 58 (from Shell Oil) and me at 59 (Nursing Professor).

I learned exponentially more about business from actually building one than I ever would have from the college professors who hadn't owned their own businesses and were teaching from textbooks.  

I totally agree; I have hosted my fair share of travelling nurses in my spots near the Big USC Keck Medical Center, but I also have hosted a couple times now, construction type of people in town for a project, Egyptian tourists one time (not sure how that happened), a professor in town for something or other, one couple who were nurses but who were not actually working as nurses when they stayed there, they were in school of some sort.

Get a book written by Nolo or other lawyer/authors or a professor of a business school...a book in its 3rd edition.  

@Don Gouge My wife’s an adjunct professor making about $36k after tax.

After being a college professor for the last 12 years, I decided it was time to make the leap.

It is a Class A asset and we get Clemson grad students and professors who want to be away from the party scene.

"The University of Alabama neurobiology professor charged with shooting three colleagues to death is “a far-left political extremist who was obsessed with President Obama to the point of being off-puttingâ€http://newsmax.com/InsideCover/alambama-shooting-obama-university/2010/02/17/id/350112Hmmmm.... a far-left political extremist who was obsessed with President Obama to the point of being off-putting.

He was from the conventional mindset a college professor where you go to school and get that J-O-B and have that security for the family.

What happens to everyone’s ‘investments’ when the market no longer grows or shrinks.I am no economics professor (I studied macro, micro, intermediate macro and international all undergrad so nothing special here) but the smartest people in the financial world (including banks - corps are people too lol) only LOSE money when the money isn’t moving.