My main goal is it be able to retire at age 40 from my main job and work entirely on my real estate portfolio.

I am 59 years old, and my retirement fund is all in my 401k.

@Dustin Horner you should be contracting maintenance work and creating a preferred list of vendors as @Phillip Austin has recommended.The first person you hire to help you should be to handle what you LEAST like to do yourself or has the greatest time savings for you!

@Henry Clark I retired early as well.

I am also a huge fan of real estate and for the past 50 years there's been a way to combine both.By leveraging a Self-Directed IRA, real estate investors enjoy both the traditional advantages of property ownership and the additional tax benefits of retirement accounts, creating a powerful wealth-building strategy.

I also helped my mother get 2 rentals to help supplement her retirement, mistake #1b.

It's mostly retired people or people who have no money.

My goal is to retire within the next 10 years, and I’m looking to build a strong and sustainable portfolio that will enable me to enjoy my retirement years. 

So if you had 20 of them, you're talking about a huge retirement kicker that you can build.If you're up there higher in age (i.e. 40's or 50's), then the long play doesn't make as much sense. 

Hi Kevin,It looks like you have some money saved, that's fantastic.