We are in our early fifties, semi retired and thought we'd trade a longer term for more cash flow now.

I believe that some syndicated deals will fail because of too many (inexperienced) cooks in a kitchen.I see it more and more often when 4 or even 5 newbies (or semi-newbies) partner with an experienced (after 2010) sponsor (usually a guru or an advanced student of a guru) to do a deal.

The theory being that by the time you do retire your cash flow can support you and the 401k is gravy and I you can use the excess cash now to invest in more rentals. 2) Semi retire and only work 20-30 hours per week at the W2 job3) within 5 years obtain 25 doors yielding $200 in cash flow each.4) $5,000 per month might be enough to live on depending on the life style and status of the primary mortgage.5) At 59 1/2 start taking 401k distributions (4%) and start buying more rentals with your excess cash flow6) At 65 start taking social security and take your additional excess cash flow and buy even more rentalsThis is one of 1,000 different scenarios that a person can generate.  

You can make 10% on your money all day long passively, so for a semi-active business (landlording), you should be expecting at least twice what you can get passively, and thus, if your return is not 20% or better, perhaps you should look at something else.

Call it... product differentiation;) We use a ceiling white, semi-gloss white on trim (and doors), and an off white on walls.

I'm just wondering if its OK to assume that I will keep my equity at the bare minimum, or have the "cherry on top" and see a little bit of appreciation on top of the cash flow.My goal is to just buy a bunch and then semi-retire living in on the passive income for the rest of my life.

A side result would be that you'd be semi-famous in the Dallas investing community since that page gets a lot of visits.For the properties that seem to be sold already, are you calling the sellers a few days after they're posted?

IF by some chance, 10 years from now I manage to make enough money in my Real Estate investments (and whatever else) and achieve enough semi-passive (it's not REALLY "passive") income to quit my "day job" - how do I explain to my then-teenage sons why I expect them to go to college and get a job when, from what they see everyday, I don't!!

Semi-targeted to the heirs of the deceadant, AND would get additional exposure to the general public.

I am a semi-active realtor and manage a granite & flooring company in fort worth.