As an insurance broker I find small business owners with income tax issues all the time.I recommend SEP IRA (funded with an indexed annuity with a 10% bonus on first years premium), 412i, a Koegh plan, or safeharbor 401k.Most Americans dont start paying themselves until Thursday or Friday due to the amount of taxes on everything, deducting retirement contributions is a way to gain back one of those days.

If you're staying in to retirement, PCSing around, next time might consider a small multi-family near post.

If she refuses evict her.Do you have any retirement accts you can borrow against?

More importantly you would probably be at a big disadvantage as an agent in that area, mostly retired people buying houses there, and in those rural areas there are a lot of part time agents.

I'm retired and haven't used my VA yet.

Up until now I have been a part time broker with my other career being a Air Force Reserve technician at March Air Force Base, now retired.

I have been working since I was 16 years old and I'm NOT looking forward to working another 30 to 40 more years and retire poor (as Robert Kiyosaki says).

Feeling stressed during this whole process of choosing a good tenant in but I guess you will get use to it.My strategy (at least this is what I'm thinking) is buy and hold forever till i retire.

I am looking forward to retirement from the telecommunications industry where I have spent the last 35 years.

Not sure if it is inappropriate to share finances here, but I have 40k saved up and another 15k in retirement accounts at my disposal.