I help people invest for Tax free retirement, but I have a passion for finances and getting people out of the grip of high interest fees.

I actually found that out a week ago, from a caller who retired from the post office she was pretty nice about it but was totally upset about the grammar on the card.

Andrew - The only 3 others that come to mind for me are private equity, using a HELOC on your primary residence, or borrowing from your retirement account.

In the last few months, I have met a few retiring landlords who were looking to unload their properties.

I'm currently in the military (27 years) and hope to retire in the next 36 months.

They hope to move into a a retirement community after the sale and after finding an acceptable place.

:-) My husband is a retired Navy officer and a long time Monterey residence.

My final goal is financial independence and early "retirement", and I hope to achieve that through many different investments, real estate included.

I am 38 and working as an IT consultant.My wife and I bought our first triplex 2.5 years ago after realizing that we would not get very far by just saving our money for retirement.

BP'ersThanks for the quick responses.My quick thoughts:#1 The perk for me is a long term investment that will cost me 12k and yeild me a 500k property after ten years (about 1 year after my military retirement date)#2 I allocated 10% in property management b/c i dont have the ability to manage from afar.