Literally if you run your business right you can do everything involved with this situation via email and phone calls from your home/office, just to ensure all of your moving-parts are doing fulfilling their roles.

We both have had great careers and always had everything we needed, but something about getting up every morning and going to a job that is not fulfilling really eats at me. 

Then find a particular need in that space and challenge yourself to fulfill that need by designing a new app or helping someone to improve an existing app in the space. 

Developer may have had good intentions in the beginning, but too often seem like they run out of money before they can fulfill promises.  

I'm now thinking seriously about how real estate investing may help me fulfill my need to diversify out of stocks and create a relatively passive stream of income that will help supplement my retirement and, going forward, help provide long-term for the needs of my adult autistic son.  

There are exceptions, of course (one extremely notable one), on both sides - however the real talent that builds value is by the numbers, somewhere else.I've had some anecdotal experience with very dysfunctional policing, and societal expectations that are not inclusive, and do not value a policy framework that fixes the below:Rampant non sustainable 'pockets' of extreme generational poverty, irreversible income and wealth disparities. 

The clause with my existing mortgage bank is that I can move out after one year of occupancy which I had fulfill.  

Flipping houses and owning rentals are only similar in the sense that the underlying asset is property -- beyond that, they are completely different strategies that fulfill completely different investment needs.Every investment strategy requires you put in some combination of the following:- Time- Cash/Credit- ExpertiseAnd every investment strategy generates some combination of the following:- Profits- Cash Flow- Tax BenefitsWithout knowing what you have to put in and what you're looking to get out, there is no way anyone can recommend a particular path.

Just because it is expensive or a pain in the butt to fulfill a contract does not mean you get an out. 

Equity is the difference between the fair market value of the property and the amount still owed on its mortgage and other liens.escrowAn item of value, money, or documents deposited with a third party to be delivered upon the fulfillment of a condition.