Neither of which is happening with these out of state investors who believe section 8 is there path to early retirement. 

I am in the process of accepting a 2 month lease month to month for a retired service member and wanted to just document his service animal as being on the property. 

I'm passionate about real estate and how utilizing this asset class can enable me to build generational wealth and retire early.

I'm taking a break now only because I'm retiring. 

Hope this helps for now, and great to hear you are paying attention to your hard earned retirement funds with such care and discipline! 

My main goal is it be able to retire at age 40 from my main job and work entirely on my real estate portfolio.

I'm just beginning but am considering a bigger commitment in the next five years or so by accessing some or even all retirement funds to buy a building (I'm sure people have thoughts on whether or not that is a good idea!).

My brother who is civil service and retired military.  

The quick short answer in my opinion is this: If you want growth stick to the small multis that you know and once the mortgages are paid off retire fully.

@Roman StefaniwWhen retirement accounts in the US get financing, the loans are called "non-recourse."