Get a large number of them working for me and as they get paid off, may be sell them off slowly when I get into my own retirement.  

So if a President wanted to do something like that, or borrow against pensions and back them with government bonds (bye bye retirement funds), it very well could happen in the US. 

@Ron ClimerMan, you can't beat FL for it's 100% homestead protection, and no state taxes either ... that's where I want to be when I retire!

My wife has family in and around Birmingham in the UK and so i think that is a good place to start buying (my father in-law is a semi-retired handyman and is more than happy to help with renovations). 

Hello BP, I just wanted to see how many of you utilize retirement accounts like the Roth IRA or the 401K or is Real Estate is the only retirement avenue you guys use.

However, if I weren't retiring from the military soon, I would continue to passively invest in MFRs.

We would like to have my husband retire and become a full time investment team.  

I purchased this from a company called Rent to Retirement. 

If your goal is early retirement I suggest looking at strategies used by those in the FIRE movement.

Even today I operate in what I call a hybrid mode, renting long-term to retired winter visitors and then using a 3-day minimum for other seasons.As you can imagine, the STR industry, as part of the hospitality industry, has been on a roller coaster since the pandemic arrived.