I have invested countless hours into deciding my goals and figuring out my real purpose for making REI my career -- retiring my parents.

I'm right now sitting on the balcony of an ocean-facing condo in Kuaui with my bride (it's our honeymoon), and I've realized that my normal 9-5 job is not going to get me where I want to be - namely, sitting in an ocean-facing condo full time when I retire the day before my 60th birthday. 

My new goal as a 27 year old is to retire by 40, or at least be in a position to decide to not work on new projects for a stretch of six months to a year by that age.

Yes thanks to the  Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA), former employer plans can be transferred to IRAs. https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/determinations-summary-of-egtrra-changes-for-retirement-plans

The majority of us investors are just hard working people who want a nest egg in retirement. 

I want to be able to “retire” by the time I’m 40 so I can.. do whatever the hell I want, duh!

I'm thinking of retirement income here.I found biggerpockets.com via Apple podcasts and the forum from there.

My long term goals are to have real estate investing be a secondary income source to my retirement savings.

As you all know the winter weather in Buffalo is tuff ☃️My husband Lou is retiring in 3 weeks and we'll be working together and expect to do 4-6 flips in 2017.

Our plan is to build operating capital, diversify into flipping and finally buy and hold to produce passive income for our retirement.