To my surprise the owner of 30 years said yes he is retiring and would like to sell but he hasn't attempted to yet.

She's distressed because she's retired and can't pay for 2 mortgages with her retirement allowance and she's a widow. 

This quest even started after having realized I have no retirement plan, and my sad 401k is probably not going to cut it.Like many, I'm having an inner battle of investing in CA or out of state (OOS).  

Parents are retired and we're in the market for a condo in which they could live in for the winters and rent out via weekly/airbnb during summer.

My long term goal is to have properties so that I may retire early. 

The owner is retired, not working, and living in her multi-family.

Getting rid of all undocumented workers (not that that's really possible) would make it so that Americans would either have to retire without social security or would have to work until a much higher age. 

Ideally we would like to rely on our rental income as a means to retire in our early 50s, but would be a bonus if we could accomplish that a few years earlier.

I am military officer retiring this year and I looking to start my second career in real estate investing.

The sellers purchased this right when it was built and just finished paying off their mortgage so they are retiring and want to sell.I think I am not going to find another house like this, but I haven't been through an entire years cycle yet.