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.

I've put a slide together that uses exact figures from two multifamily investments that hopefully will illustrate the power of the tax savings.  It's really what I mean when I say Keep More.  These are actual numbers ...

I've known since I was 19 that real estate is how I wanted to retire. 

I am not sure how to go about building a team, and I have heard of Rent to Retirement on BiggerPockets podcast.