Good article I just found if you're considering this route too: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/rent-to-o...My biggest takeaway from this is in a seller's market (what we have right now), it might not be the best method to implement. 

Thank you Anna, that’s a great policy to implement!

Instead of researching around trying to find out why multi-family is THE BEST investment strategy, then I'd recommend you start implementing this plan to educate yourself. 

., you can implement RUBS and forget about the sub metering. 

Personally, I am bullish long term on the market, however I do keep my eyes peeled because both on state and local levels, particularly Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia, there's always chirping from the political left about new taxes (one of which I believe just passed and will be implemented January 2020 -  WA State RE Excise Increase) and regulations on Landlords.I'm not totally against taxes, but  the general sentiment seems to be very...

I have learned some cool new strategies in real estate and I’m excited to implement them into my business .

The entire premise is based on the simple fact that a little effort concentrated on one particular area such as people coming together and helping each other out can significantly affect the rest of the market and the rest of the other people which helps with prices which helps with attitudes which helps with other places to go despite the crime despite the drugs despite the gangs and the turf wars there is hope and there is an answer that would allow everyone to thrive when this opportunity cost type of procedure is implemented. 

Does anyone have advice for someone in their 50's starting this journey on how to implement strategies that can have a quicker payoff or can help fund the retirement years? 

We still found ourselves learning and implementing plenty from the course into our day-to-day operations, training materials, and most tangibly, an offering memorandum of our own.)I’ve inserted the link for the first draft of our “Midas Touch BRRRR 20” offering memorandum here.

I also feel it's important to mention that I'll be using that HELOC loan and implementing the BRRRR strategy, likely on a small multifamily home/ very small apartment complex( less than 10 units).