@Alexander Johnson I’m a retired US Air Force.

Purchase price: $385,000 Cash invested: $130,000 Worked with 4 friends to buy a poorly managed quad in a stable area.

This would allow us time in the keys, and house that would be paid for (by renters) by the time we retired.

I’m looking to use retirement fund to invest.

I enjoy my currently location but it's primarily a retirement area, I also considered doing a long distance buy and hold rental property but as I read around I see more suggestions for a niche area however I'm not sure where to begin.

I’m going for electrician, but I’m obviously not cut out for it and don’t want to waste my money or time since I pay for my own schooling and have little time for real estateIf I were to drop out I would have time to find a mentor, read, attend seminars, attend open houses, analyze more properties etc... my goal is to retire by 30 and I would be going to community college for another 3-6 years at the rate I’m going now.

I'll start by explaining my long-term goals, current situation and a potential plan.I'm looking to acquire a handful of rental properties by the time I retire, so I can live off the renting income and use my minimum distributions on my retirement account to further invest, and potentially acquire more real-estate.

Here are some of the long-term goals with REI we've heard over the years:wanting to keep building wealth as the years go byincreased overall successpassive income for lifeto retire earlier so they can eventually move from their current (and expensive) statewanting to be able to spend more time with family without a 9-5to be financially freeWhat is your ultimate goal with REI? 

If they have smaller amounts of money or retirement account money, we place them in our fund.

All my life, my financial aspirations have been to max out my retirement accounts, but now I am trying to access my capital to get into real estate.