They did this while they continued to work in plumbing and dry cleaning until they retired at age 62.

Age group 4 and up.  

I am starting out later in life (age 50) and looking to have some passive cash flow and hoping for appreciation over time. 

@Isaac Ballew I graduated back in the stone age with a finance degree and found my way eventually in Real Estate after some corporate jobs. 

@Tanya Maslach,When you take a distribution from an IRA, you are subject to ordinary income tax, plus penalties, if you do it before reaching retirement age. 

Also I am 23 years of age, I deem it necessary that you should know this before hand as I don’t have time to waste.

Many in the building industry had hoped the next generation of flippers would embrace building performance & remediate the ever aging poorly performing housing stock.

This documentation can be invaluable if any issues arise later.What to Do if Applicants Don’t Have ReferencesSome applicants won’t have any—or limited—rental references, usually due to their age or being prior homeowners.

Fast forward twenty years and (maybe a $100M in cumulative real estate transactions later) and I'm still advising investors on asset management, typically focused on real estate as an agent OR mortgage broker, but conversely with clientele of my own age group with similar goals. 

College kids and someone of that age under the same roof tend to butt heads....Here are some key things I've learned after 4 years of landlording/house hacking: 1.