You have an advantage with growing up on the internet, it will be way easier for you to be effective at these tasks and when you do find a mentor you offer value and it shows that you also have ambition.   

Safety, good internet connection, 4 bedrooms, nice people, warm weather is what I'm looking for.

Would like to practice analyzing deals at work without access to the internet (then later check my numbers when I get home)....

She is growing more and more frustrated at my translations and seeing me progress while she lags behind.I've made many attempts to search the internet for specific Japanese Audio books on RE investing but not much has come up.

This is the route I would choose.Hopefully this helps a bit but don't just sell because some guy on the internet told you it was a good idea.

Everybody you've "heard of" in real estate via the internet has a social media strategy.

I have a rental business (36 rentals), flipping business, internet retail business, and my wife has her real estate licence and buys/sells our properties.

Growth here is quite immense given the recent drive of transportation, logistics, and distribution and we only see that demand growing as the internet grows as well. 

And that company to receive the fee had information on the internet that made it appear very suspect.

I reached my "financial independence" number many years ago.However, I am still full pedal on the gas at my day job -- I'm a Senior Manager for Fortune 100 internet companies which I'm very proud of, particularly for a woman in this industry and enjoy.I'm in my mid 40s so it's early, but I made all this money to retire so want to start doing that.But I'm scared and really want to talk to some people who have actually retired off of their real estate wealth to get a sense of how it works out -- 10, 20, 30, 40 years out.I'd love to hear your situation and share my own situation in the hopes of getting a sense of how this could actually work in practicality years out.