Being a real estate investor myself, I have knowledge about Rent to Retirement and Martel Turnkey.

According to the Investment Company Institute, US retirement assets gained $3.1 trillion in value in 2020, about double the 2021 GDP of Russia.

Land and homes are selling like hot cakes to east coast/big city folks looking for retirement/vacation homes.

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Many people can't even fathom  the two differences of having a big bucket of money when you retire or the preferred method of members with over 1000 front doors when they retire.

Fairly new investor, age 52, three properties and 4 rentals, 2 STR, 2 LTR, I can almost cover my bills right now grossing about $80K in rental income this year, but I'd like more cashflow for breathing room and investing, especially with the fluctuations of the STR market,in 3 years I'll start receiving  retirement income of about $10K/mo (assuming the world doesn't fall apart), I have about $100K in the bank right now enough to get to that point and maybe even buy another house or condo..my goals are to scale a bit more to 5-7 properties in the next 3-5 years. and coming from a high paying busy sales job one year ago, I find it hard as a new investor to "stay busy, create more cashflow, find direction, know what paths to follow with so many options (should I wholesale?

I'd prefer to use that start up money in a syndication/multi-family opportunity, besides I don't like working for money anymore which is why I left the corporate field-I'm semi-retired.

Most people who own nice country estates here are retired and it is a second home/vacation home.

Making into the 6 figures a year with my “day jobs” wanting to branch out and get my real-estate portfolio growing for my future and retirement.