I also held a real estate broker license for about 30 years. 

I have held three rentals over the long term that I manage myself.

@James Maness, If the properties held in your IRA produce enough income for you to live on - you could access your retirement funds prior to normal retirement age without penalties.

Self limiting beliefs have been the only thing that’s held me back.After meeting many Uber successful people I’ve learned that nobody is special, they just believe that they don’t have limits and have the perseverance to follow through.

I learned a lot also just from spending time in the office (my class was held in a brokerage) and chatting with agents about things.

My earnest money is still being held by title company and I have $$$ invested in buyer expenses. 

Property is held in land trust with LLC as beneficiary, and is in Jacksonville Florida. 

I held him off until the title cleared (the next day), left work and drove to Chattanooga to give him cash...on one condition.

I have tossed the idea of doing a flip or 2 for the capital increase so when I do jump in my entire savings will not be held up. most duplexes I have looked at show anywhere from a 5%-9% Cap rate.Also to add some info, I'm not looking to get rich overnight. anything with 120+ a month income per door is just fine with me.

Came across an article challenging a long held notion that class c properties do best in recessions Did your market have perform like this?