I don't add in social security when I'm 70 -- that's icing on the cake and outside my planning parameters.The beauty of real estate and my attraction to it as a 'late comer' after running my own business and trying the 'retirement side gig' for a while is precisely what you suggest -- what if a RE portfolio would net that $33k in beer money instead?

However 20 years from now I’ll still be glad I didn’t jump out of a airplane without a parachute, go swimming in a pool of piranhas, or eat liver flavored ice cream

Do you even expect a response, or is that just icing on the cake of getting your name out there?

The local economy is worth about 130 billion dollars, putting Tampa Bay among the fastest-growing metros in the country.Furthermore, businessmen Jeff Vinik, owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team, and Bill Gates have partnered to invest in Tampa.

Drive to trail, hike in, harvest kill, debone and bag on the spot and place in ice chests.  

Maybe Ill try to break the ice with them. 

End of the day its tourist based.. if I was doing food cart I would go for the Snow cones  the guy who has one the one in Kihei kills it.. so do some of the Ice cream vendors. 

The icing on the cake was when she couldn't get her car out of the driveway because she had to shovel snow for herself... she came knocking on our door freaking out to my 7 month pregnant wife that this was somehow our fault (i was not home at the time).

The only other income they have is selling ice and firewood but that’s not included in the number.

Right now I play professional hockey, but I want to build a RE portfolio that I can transition to after hockey.