I have zero retirement savings and am eager to start building a passive-income portfolio so I am not a burden to my child.One of my biggest hurdles is that I need to boost my income so that in the bank's eyes I can afford the mortgage payment BEFORE collecting any rent.

I’d make sure to invest as fully as possible at least in my Roth IRA and if I had a W-2 job the employer matched retirement fund as I did none of that in my early years and am now playing catch-up.

My case was a bit more complicated than others.Because I retired earlier than I anticipated, I needed to use my 401k money to buy real estate for STR and also pay myself a salary to live.

I will purpose choose the next few houses for the short term side, and keep the long term ones for more stable income. 

It is a retirement vehicle not people looking to get out of the rat race with cash flow. 

Older single people tend to be more stable and have less desire for upward mobility on housing.  

I guess I’m just trying to figure out the best approach to grow a business that will allow me to retire in about 10 years.

I’m a recently retired loan officer.

I am a 56 yr. old woman looking for a 5 year plan to retire with 10K cash flow a month.

It starts off with a young male nurse, who when chatting about life with his patients often shares his dreams of owning 10 rental properties free and clear by the time he retires.