I have been in construction all of my working life and do not have anything other than SS for retirement, which is coming sooner than I expected.

So we have a transaction management business where we share our system with other investors that want to profit and build a portfolio for their retirement or kids college funds and we do our own projects as well.

Their price structure was the most advantageous I found.Recommend reading Tax Free Wealth by Tom Wheelwright to anyone considering acquiring properties with a retirement account.

He was an Army officer looking for a better retirement package.

A retired police officer, not the Barnie Fife kind, can also shed some light on "situations" that will get the police involved, sometimes to surprising response levels.

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.

You could invest in these homes for your personal benefit (retirement community) but I would not be excited about using them for real estate investing.

RE & small business loans, buy notes and then join the retirement party.......oh, wait, that's what I did.

Our long term goal is to hold a least 5 rental properties and have them paid off for retirement years.

As I said in my post right above this one, I am fairly excited to take out my first, second, and maybe even third mortgages in my local area in 2014 using interest rates in the 4.xx% range, 25% down on 30 year notes, holding for 25 years until I retire, which thus sounds like now would be a "good time to buy."