I've heard 1 out of 7 people retire doing what they went to school for.

I was able to show him that if we sacrifice now we can retire by 40.

Now, by faith, I am throwing myself into the real estate world 100%.Short term, I am interested in lease to own, wholesaling and flippingLong term, I hope to have a rental portfolio and help my parents retire stress free.Through it all, I want to help families actualize the American dream of home ownership and making better financial decisions.This sight/forum is AMAZING!

Now there are some situations you can do it such as you tell a retiring seller you want to keep more money for reserves on an owner finance but offer up to cross collateralize your other properties.If you have no money and no assets I think you are wasting your time.

I stumbled upon Real Estate Investing while searching for ways to allocate my assets for retirement.

I was getting the help of my retired uncle, who is one of these old guys that can fix just about anything and was an avid DIYer, in addition to being a retired HVAC installation teacher.  

retirement, so I went on a search for a better way...and found real estate investing is the way to go.  

Given he has 500K in cash,He is retired, and has no other incomeHow would one's situation be able to roll forward given such condition?

Secondly and maybe most importantly open an account and start saving for your retirement if you haven’t already.

My friend had paid $30K in 2015 for the fortune builder and he retire in 2016 lol he share his program with me and it works for people who have ZERO clue of RE, but I found it useless because I already knew the basics.