I have a friend of mine who uses two personal balances sheets...one for the bank and one of "invested assets" (and he excludes his personal residence, retirement accounts AND his business worth from the invested assets BS because he wants to see financial freedom assets and cash flow without them)."

oh, yes, I do included the 10% PM cost into the spreadsheets, so this is just extra gravy as I head towards semi-retirement and the eventual PM I do hire when I finally decided to chill.

Let them know that you are looking to buy a package deal of 3 or more properties from landlords who want to retire. 

However, he's retired and isn't pursuing investments as aggressively these days. 

At an average 8.25% annual return, we'll have $1M in our retirement account in 30 years.

My wife threw out the idea of buying rental property as a retirement plan.

We also hired a retired police officer to harass drug dealers.

Can you borrow on your retirement?  

This alongside the growth we have individually will help us reach our retirement and generational wealth goals.

Following are the similarities and differences between the solo 401k and the self-directed IRA.The Self-Directed IRA and Solo 401k Similarities Both were created by congress for individuals to save for retirement;Both may be invested in alternative investments such as real estate, precious metals tax liens, promissory notes, private company shares, and stocks and mutual funds, to name a few;Both allow for Roth contributions;Both are subject to prohibited transaction rules;Both are subject to federal taxes at time of distribution;Both allow for checkbook control for placing alternative investments;Both may be invested in annuities;Both are protected from creditors;Both allow for nondeductible contributions;Both are prohibited from investing in assets listed under I.R.C. 408(m); andNeither may be invested in your own business.