Be especially careful dealing from retirement funds or non-business folks or the older-elderly types.

Many doctors overspend to have a certain lifestyle but are still paying off student loans and have high overhead at the office, and are unsophisticated when it comes to investing, leaving them unprepared financially for retirement.

Florida has just so much capacity for all the Baby Boomers who want to retire in the Sun.

@Tricia O'Brien I had a retirement plan through my employer and set up a self directed Solo K through @Brian Davis at Accuplan.

Do you want to cash flow, retire from your current occupation, make investing full-time or just supplement your current income.  

I have a fair amount of cash saved up for a down payment which I have pondered about using to buy an investment property with my father who has very little retirement savings/plans.

I got a referral from a retired painter I know - they did a pretty good job at a decent price.  

Getting my wife involved was simple, I said do you want to retire at 70 with a large sum of inflated cash not knowing how long it will last.

Constant bombardment from public media and internet that RE is the way to get rich and retire etc etc. 

I was thinking that since the baby boomer trend is already leading to more and more retiree's every year and retirement leads to downsizing & selling their homes.