I want him desperately to retire.

It is very effective at paying for benefits like retirement funds if you want to go that way.  

Cincinnati is also a great cash flow market with more of a stable population.  

I work in a very stable industry and my company gives a raise between 4-8% every year so my income stream is a minimal concern.

For me the real estate journey would be around retirement. 

However, it doesn't integrate real estate with all your other personal finances and retirement investments for long term planning (or does it?).  

Your Money Vehicle by Jedidiah Collins, The Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collins (no relation lol), Retire Early with Real Estate by Chad Carson, Set for Life by Scott Trench, The Book on Rental Property Investing and The Book on Investing in Real Estate with no (and low) Money Down by Brandon Turner.

On top of that, with consideration of mortgage interest tax deductions, appreciation in the market (which as The Woodlands becomes more expensive and people move away as WFH increases, this may end up being significant), and the ability to increase rents to a certain degree with updates to the units, this is the kind of property that could be a very stable, if not insanely profitable, investment.Why am I posting this?

At the time of purchase, it seemed that they was promise of the place doing well and becoming a retirement community outside of Las Vegas but that didn’t happen and the properties have gone down in value and worth less than 10-20 percent of what she purchased them for.

I am 50 years old and have decided to get into rentals to supplement my income and possibly retire at 60 (any earlier would be icing on the cake).Is anybody else in a similar situation?