I am looking to secure a stable financial future for my family. 

This is a friendly deal, and the seller's daughter has told me that the (equity in) house is her parent's retirement nest egg. 

Also I have several uncles who are in the business of real estate and have way more properties then I do and they constantly give me advice.All of my Dad's properties are located in a very small town (200pop) with no work in town, it's more of a retirement place where tenants collect welfare and don't really work.

You want to find a stable, but growing market.

We want to retire as early as humanly possible and we want real estate to take us there.Goal setting starts today!!

So, do you utilize traditional retirement vehicles, or are you planning on straight REI income in retirement?

My wife and I have been looking into buying a new construction home with the idea of renting it out...paying down the mortgage with the rent and using the rental income or sell the home in 25-30 years as part of our retirement income.

10 years or so to retirement and not wanting to depend on anyone at that time.

Or 2. retiring soon and looking to max cashflow. 

It’s something I’m wanting to be able to rely on in years to come and hopefully retire early with the money that is coming in from my investment properties.