I work in the self-directed IRA and 401k industry which is primarily focused on retirement accounts that can be setup to allow investments into real estate and other alternative assets.

Hello Everyone, I’m am looking to retire from military service soon, and I would like to get advice on what the next step should be.

I will probably tear down the house in another 10 years and build my retirement home on the lot.

@Theresa Harris - we do plan to keep the home as it was built as our retirement house.

The cash is likely in a retirement account or a maybe just a savings account.

My parents are close to retirement and are considering investing their retirement savings into RE, however they have many questions that I personally do not know the answers to.

It would also make sense to me that the REITs might be less affected by the ups and downs of the overall stock market because it's involved with the real estate industry which seems to be more stable than the stock market as of late.I appreciate the perspective and will for sure hold my money in my savings account until I hear a convincing argument in favor of the passive income offered by REITs and if the math works in my favor based on the way that argument presents itself.Thank you for your time!

my non educated guess is we will see some panic.. some investors decide to just hold their cards tight right now.I think landlords may experience some tenants that cant work becasue their jobs are affected not necessarily they are infected .. but they lose hours at vocations that are at risk/  Like cruise industry, airlines  Hotels  convention services those types of things.. and i guess really restaurants.. as the stock market retreats I think that will create some amount of flight to real estate for more stable investments even if its just parking money for low returns. 

I can tell you that cash flowing retirement with rental property gives me significantly more comfort than watching the stock and living on 4% withdrawals for the rest of my life.

I know that the market there is totally different from Phoenix, but we are hoping to "semi-retire" and eventually live on passive income.