I have been also experimenting with virtual assistant, anything to get me off the computer and in a living-room giving a presentation.  

Obviously, tax planning/estate expenditure will also be driven by how much you wish to leave for heirs.If you do plan to sell, perhaps the time to do it, will be when your engineering income goes to zero to help minimize tax hit (and perhaps that is when you need cash).General retirement wisdom seems to be to keep 1-2 years cash (near cash) buffer of expenses... then you are less likely to have to sell in poor market conditions.I also like the diversity of fairly broad index funds and ETFs (costs can be as low as 0.05%).

She has been an investor in the area for over 20 years and runs a very successful meeting group for investors, we are doing property management together and I am assisting in finding investment properties for her however I also want to supplement my time and income by working with home buyers...I just love it!

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You can have RE agents and PMs assist you, but they are no substitute for doing your own home work.

@Noel Peralta Will your tenant qualify for federal assistance?  

@Long D. can possibly assist.

However if you increase rents 20% or more, the legislation wants you to pay relocation assistance.  

On October 7 HUD issued a ruling that all apartments using agency debt or those with housing assistance must now give 30-days notice to residents before starting to evict them. 

Also many rental assistance programs seem to require the tenant to complete the forms and ,my friend can not contact the tenant.