We spread compost once in a while on the entire lawn, pretty messy work though:-) It isnt enough though, have to supplement it with store bought fertilizers, but probably not as much as our neighbors..

If it's cash flow to supplement your current income, then go from there.

Less than 15% of participants rebalanced in any way back in 2015.Do I think 401(k) plans should be used to help supplement retirement?

We continue to work full time in our chosen career fields (higher education) and plan to slowly grow our supplemental income through rental properties.  

We are still focusing on rental portfolios for our funds and clients and supplementing flips in there to keep a nice balance.

Let's set the tone straight; most people don't get into the rental business because they like to manage problematic tenants, deal with leaky toilets or attend eviction hearings.Most people follow traditional investment strategies, that are taught to be passive, but that in reality are far from passive for the great majority of investors.At the very core, most people begin in therental business because they believe in the fundamentals of investing and desire to create some level of freedom and passive income to supplement their current income, and at the same time would like to have some sort of control over their investment.There is nothing wrong with this, and i certainly wouldn’t want to discourage anyone from buying rental houses, if that’s what you really want to do.

I do want to retire early enough to enjoy myself more, I have an okay work/life balance now but in say 5 years or so ideally I would like to quit my day job and have a few different sources of semi-passive income streams to enable me to spend more time doing what I like to do most (travel, spend more time with my wife and kids etc.).So in developing a plan, I was thinking today about my current goal of buying several SF and/or MF properties with reasonable CF over then next 5+ years to supplement my "early" retirement.  

Why aren't they renting the other space so that they can supplement their income?

They have made over 200 million in 3 years marketing diet and health supplements online with no plan.

All I hear from investors anymore is how bad it is to be a landlord and how unexpected expenses come up and really hurt you and how cash flow really isn’t cash flow and you need to account for this and that…….I will not be discouraged by this because I know I want something more out of life and that real estate is my ticket there.I want to build a portfolio of rentals that will supplement my w2 and then transition to other ventures of re investing.I know this isn't going to be easy but man is it really that bad, especially if you have property managers?