Our goal is not for the cash flow now, but for the cash flow later (15 years) so my husband can retire at age 44 from the Navy.

i met with my financial planners at wells fargo last week. they only hold our investment & retirement accounts.

The neighborhood isn't great but it's located on a "stable" street with no boardedup houses and mostly long time homeowners.My question was really to find out if other investors would do the quick flip and move on to the next one.

Self Directed IRAsI don't know too much about these, but if you have solid funds in your retirement accounts, it might be a place to start from which you can gain experience.Best of luck and let us know what you end up deciding.

They are both mostly blogs with the occasional podcast and are in the extreme early retirement arena. 

If you are doing retirement and estate planning with your investments etc.There are a lot of variables but.1.

Stable job/income..3X rent...otherwise it's a constant struggle to pay..basically set them up to fail3.  

One was a retired poured concrete guy, and the other owned a block company that did block basements.  

The home is paid for.Since I will be available everyday literally next door for maintenance, guest assistance etc (I am retired) what are my options tax wise...I believe I can treat the home as a business or as a vacation home for tax purposes.

It depends also if this is a stable property already or value add with high vacancy.Those types of deals your payout return is higher for the risk.It varies all across the board.