I'm 23 years old and plan to use real estate for my retirement, but that's in the distant future.My question is whether it's better to pay off the mortgage as quickly as possible or to buy a rental property as soon as possible.My thoughts are that if I pay off my home, I'll have security and more money each month to invest, as I won't have to make mortgage or rent payments.

someone will say yes.Feel free to reach out directly if you’d like to talk about the scripts, structure, and systems I’ve used to secure private lending deals. 

Have you ever faced difficulty securing private funding?

Money from these investments will be used to fund more fix and flips and for every 5 completed fix and flips, we will use a portion of that capital to secure 1 rental property (either SFR or MFR).TIME FRAME See GOALS section for short and long term time frames.

Monetary inflation:The Federal Reserve (Fed) can increase the money supply by changing the target fed funds rate, buying Treasury securities or MBS (Mtg backed securities) to lower rates. increasing the money supply, which banks can then lend to consumers and businesses.Debt monetization.

The definition of qualified property under Section 179 was expanded in 2017 under TCJA to include the following real property improvements to nonresidential buildings: Roofing Fire protection and alarm systems Security systems HVAC systems So you can expense roofing under Section 179 as long as it is an improvement to a commercial property and meets the Section 179 criteria. 

Isn't some sort of certificate of compliance supposed to be secured by the city inspector saying as much?

.- Im thinking of not charging security deposit because of all the strict MA laws and just using the last months rent as a sort of security deposit, thoughts?

Qualified mortgages (VA, FHA, conventional etc.) get underwritten to Fannie/Freddie/Ginnie standards and get sold on the secondary market as securities.  

It's a very comprehensive of how to safely find and fund a private money loan secured by real estate that has a lot of equity protection.