Between moving, rehabbing, and getting married.. it's been a fun ride.What brings me back to the site is that i'm moving on to another phase of my investing career and looking for thoughts and/or wisdom.I'll layout all the info and give you the play by play.Currently I own 2 properties out right.

I've also considered looking into becoming a private lender but I feel I should experience the RE game myself before I start lending money out to others.I've been researching heavily, pounding through 1-2 podcasts a day and am in the process of finding a lawyer, accountant, agent and any other people I may need in my RE journey.

We'll play that by ear.Our Near Term Goals are Income Focused:1st: $3,000/mo “passive” income2nd: $7,000/mo “passive” income3rd: We’ll see…I absolutely want to thank BP, and the BP Community.

All of these providers have "sold" out of state investors(mostly from CA) that there is no investment play in CA so come and bring your money to us and we'll hand you this gem.

This scenario played out with a lot of my family who moved to Florida and wanted to come back because of the fear of future weather disasters and other issues.

(yet) But if I were in your position, I would be sceptical of renting to anyone that doesn’t have a bit of skin in the game.

I have been at this game since I was 23, always have been a buy and hold investor, I have only sold 1 investment property thus far....But I agree with your process at age 60 sounds like a great time to unload and truly have passive income....Have a look at some high quality REITS as well like O, DLT, and VTR as well as utility stocks that throw off nice dividend yields on a monthly and quarterly basis.

If you're not super interested in the REI game anymore and would prefer to invest elsewhere, then it's just unnecessary hoops - you have to decide what your long-term goals are and go from there.Best of luck!

Its not so much that you have to do it yourself, but Realtors are in the retail game, not the wholesale game.

Thing is, they never yell TOO LOUD, just loudly enough to be a pain to the people in their immediate vicinity, and they don't play music or anything.