My main motivation to eagerly learn is to achieve financial freedom and hopefully one day be able to retire my mom.  

That is what our team at Rent to Retirement has been helping investors to do for a decade now with BP.Best of luck! 

Yes to avoid taxes and penalties (under 59.5) the money would need to stay in the retirement account.

That is what our team at Rent to Retirement has been helping investors to do for a decade now with BP.

He is about to retire and is going to need something to do so he does not go crazy.  

I have already met with and spoken with a couple through my current work (both active and recently "retired") that didn't seem all that eager to get into the topic, or interested even offering advice beyond "I wouldn't recommend it."

That is what our team at Rent to Retirement has been helping investors to do for a decade now with BP.

.- Others believe that investing in areas with high appreciation is sort of like putting $ into a retirement or a high-interest savings account.

Or we gradually perform high-quality updates for a live-in flip, then roll the equity into a new home.Regarding rental income, we aim to boost income, lower our effective tax rate by generating more low tax-drag income with rental income (since there’s not much we can do to lower out W2 tax bills) and have retirement cash flow.To compare the financial impact over 10-20 years, we want to analyze renting versus flipping.

@Tyler GarzaThe biggest "hole" in your strategy is thinking that starting in real estate will retire your wife.