@Justin Jefferson first, some cold realty - you're about as likely to play in the NFL as you are to retire via real estate in 4 years.Are they both possible?

If you cannot make the trip every week, then hire a Project Manager (like a retired GC) to be your voice in this process.

Sit back and grab some popcorn.I will chop this up into smaller segments, so each one isn't too long of a read and has a central theme.Both Retiring and doing Self Storage, we hit the mark where we both had the funding and the time to invest overseas. 

Job, family, retirement, location, world, moving,  etc3.  

We had vacationed there for years and viewed it as a place for future retirement.

My own personal experience is that a huge stressor has been lifted since I've stopped spending hours looking for and analyzing deals and my index funds/stocks are doing well (just hope it doesn't decline in value when retire from my W2 job). 

Yes, this was a Rent to Retirement purchase. 

Well I am a limited partner and retired on caah flow.

Looking ahead to retirement for both of us, we would like to make a solid investment with few worries about weather events.

Kind of marveling, in the back of my head, at how well REI supports retirement income, but not really groking it.