Who for decades followed the rules as directed, put significant %'s of their income into the hand's of those exact stock's/fund's, to find they NEED to supplement these "returns" with active income JUST TO SURVIVE.     

Unlike a lot of folks I actually love my 9-to-5 engineering job and in no rush to get out of it, just supplement active income with passive.

It may not be as big of a deal for you if the real estate activities will be more of a supplemental income stream (for now).

If you run your business in an ethical, BUSINESS-LIKE manner your odds of getting involved in a lawsuit are pretty darn slim.I would suggest that a much better investment would be to explore taking a few BUSINESS AND CONTRACT LAW classes at your local University, and supplement that with a REAL ESTATE LAW class that's in conformance with the Continuing and Professional Education standard for RE Agents in your state.The purposes of these classes is NOT to turn you into a lawyer, but it's like the Law classes generally taken by Business majors and MBA candidates in Universities; to teach you WHEN TO CALL A LAWYER.all cash

But, those thoughts have entered my mind to have about 20 properties that will supplement retirement.

English... computer science, plumbing.. hvac... playing piano you name it...  )After all relying only on income from multi family investment perhaps is not enough........ but supplementing with teaching... especially if you like doing it... can perhaps be enough.... 

Are you looking to supplement or replace your current income?

The homeowner wanted to use her house as a live in rental with separated units as a way to supplement her income after retirement.

When you supplement the course with the podcast you will have everything you need to purchase and operate a park successfully.  

I'd like to grow my portfolio to the point where it can match my primary income so that my retirement plan can supplement my real estate income.I found Bigger Pockets after buying and listening to an Brandon Turner's "The Book on Managing Rental Properties" after I had moved out of my condo and was prepping it to be rented out.