If you are under the age of 30 and looking to build real-world connections with your peers, let's make it happen. 

I'd love to hear some feedback because at the end of the day, at age 54, I'm looking for some avenue for being able to retire without starving in 10 or so years.  

all of these week vary based on the type of property, age, brand, etc.Can you give more details?

This is retirement savings and has tax preferred status to help you build up a bigger nest egg once you reach retirement age.  

(When you have a lot of houses and their old, they need roofs, and if the houses are all the same age, they tend to go bad all at the same time, then you have a big expense)But you could never anticipate how much a repair is going to cost or when it's going to happen. 

That larger number should reflect the same gross income that the payroll verification should come back at from your employer.

Basically to do what Paula does (plug to BP podcast 35), seeing 30 countries before age 30.The options: 1) Keep working, making 65-70k, saving $1k-$1,500 per month, and buy a triplex, live in it, use that cash flow to buy another 2-3 properties.

I am very glad that you started at a very young age.

Now I'm having a hard time finding an insurance company to insure the property due to the age of the home (built in 1946) and because its been over 6 months since its been insured.

To compare apples to apples you need to look at neighborhood, age of home and schools at least.