You can get to hike, enjoy the beach, and horseback ride anytime you want once you have enough cashflow to retire.

Not to mention, may have some off-market buy potentials via one they currently manage that owner is looking to retire out of. 

That is what our team at Rent to Retirement has been helping investors to do for a decade now with BP.

Determine a goal you’d like to work toward financially, is it “financial freedom” (whatever that means to you), buying a business, becoming self employed, becoming a full time real estate investor, having enough cash for your kids college education, having enough to retire, becoming a centi millionaire, etc.3.

On the beach side there has been recent development with a Jimmy Buffet retirement community and the Hard Rock soon to open.

I've always been intrigued with learning about real estate & making it a part of my retirement.

could do really great charitable things with that kind of money) and more than likely even if retired at a young age, I plan to continue investing and scaling. 

My father is 68 and looking to retire from managing and owning a 54 unit rental business in our town. 

I'm looking for somewhere that at the very least, would make a great winter home when I retire in fifteen to twenty years....  

Many years ago, Home Depot and Lowes used to have professionals from each trade in those departments, most were retired etc, I find that less and less nowadays and find myself helping customers out when I hear an employee giving really bad advice, so just take advice in the big box stores with a grain of salt.