Real estate investment is a great supplement to teaching, and if you love teaching, which I'm sure you do, the income that you receive from real estate investing can relieve you from the financial burdens that unfortunately those of us in the teaching profession now I have to endure.

We are possibly looking to buy a duplex as investment rental property, live in one side and renting out the other side to supplement our retirement income.

Really looking for something to supplement my income and possibly become a full time gig where I can be my own boss.

Yes, it can be used for it, however, I'd suggest investing otherwise and supplementing.

I'm now realizing that I could slow down at work and use multiple beach properties to supplement what I would have earned at work and maybe even eclipse my income so that I could work at whatever pace I wanted to.

I have an 8-to-5, but will need to supplement my income when I retire a decade or more down the road -- not to mention the need to put my daughter through college in a few years!  

Our buy and hold strategy is purely for income supplementation and to leverage into additional buy and hold strategies.

I am just starting to learn as much as I can about real estate investing with a goal of supplementing my income after retirement.  

I recognize this is a numbers game and a waiting game especially for someone starting up in commercial, but what is a game changer that I can do on a daily basis to supplement what I'm already doing?

However, I would look into professional designations to supplement your degree.