Pay them down over the course of my life, and retire, and use the monthly income to pay my retirement, and sell when needed.I will seek out properties in key areas of the country that allow for families to rent, that are affordable (middle of the market), and can easily sell in 40 years time.

I know people who have properties all over the country and it seems to work well for them, but I don't see it being worth the headache personally.

There are also area of the country that title transfer can be challenging.

I know this is my path.

I've run several of them through the Rental Property Calculator and as long as my inputs are reality based, they can give a nice return.I'm just trying to gauge whether or not I'm on the right path, or is this an area to be avoided?

The best part about investing is that it can be done anywhere in the country!

There's a lot of good info on there as well as here to get you started on your real estate path.

Only difference is many of these investors are well established in this community, and often looking for a new income stream, while furthering connections, and helping others (something we'd all like to be able to do).In my opinion, you're in Katy, Texas, aka God's country haha.Question for the Texans.

Labor costs are probably double some other areas like Washington and California than in other areas of country like in the Midwest.

Edit wherever $104.52 is seen above it should be should be $90.20 which would mean a $30 overpayment per $1 of cash flowThey are interesting neighborhoods' Wissinoming is one of the highest foreclosure % neighborhoods in the country at present.