There's a pretty endless stream of education and it's ALL beneficial.

I'll get a metal roof and I estimated it at about $6,000.One front door is near where two roof angles meet, and I imagine the gutter couldn't take on the stream at that intersection, because there's water damage on the inside of that wall that leads to the basement/garage.

My long-term goal is to build an investment portfolio of 25+units Sfr, purchase a 50+ unit apartment complex and enter franchise & international investing, creating complete passive income streams for myself, allowing me to travel, volunteer and educate.

Ideally if you could 100% finance all properties you would be at maximum return on each with the property being the only income generating factor.For many investors the hardest concept to grasp (many never do) is that investment properties have two income generating streams.

I'm 29 and a mechanical engineer by trade and I'm looking for another income stream to pad my retirement assets.  

I am 52 an would like more of an income stream than a lump of taxed cash.Another larger investor suggested I sell the properties and offer self financing, note and mortgage.

To do this you must find the correct Market and Micro markets to invest in where the Property Profiles in these Markets match the Criteria from your Plan.Once your "base" is at least twice as wide ($1M)  as you started with ($500k), continue to flip the new base ($1M), reinvesting just the seed money (over and over again), but spending your continuous stream of profits to buy Cash Flow Properties.

It is passed down to us from family, friend, media, movies, etc.

But since he also likes to watch videos and movies, perhaps sending him video clips on REI occasionally would catch his interest.

Maybe you want to work until you are 65, but also have the rental properties for multiple streams of income when it is time for you to retire.