I'm not currently an investor, but I'm putting my 15 year goal of retirement against a business plan that will be centered around real estate investments.

This helps to further define my early retirement criteria but I honestly don't think I'll have nearly enough rental income to replace my day job in less than 2 years so it doesn't matter that much anyway.

My youngest son has a Bearded Dragon and you can't get a more low maintenance pet than Frank; he hibernates half the time.My friend and I once volunteered to bring our retired racing greyhounds to be part of a sort of "petting zoo" at the local fall fair. 

I am an investor from Roseville, Ca. but grew up in Greensboro and will probably retire back to the Carolinas in afew years.

Mostly my motivation comes from the fear of "settling down" with a safe job, a mortgage and a minimal retirement plan.

They buy with a 20-30+ year time horizon and look at the SFRs as retirement income once the mortgage is paid off.

I'm 32yr so I'm betting on my renters buying these homes for me and me retiring selling them or living off the income.

The situation is the owners are retired, live far away in another state, and don't want to fool with updating the house from all it's Brady Bunch glory.

The bulk of my retirement assets are in a company sponsored non-qualified plan that cannot be touched or "self-directed" - I chose to annuitize the plan early a couple years ago and it generates approximately $60,000 annually for the rest of my life or my wife's if she survives me.

I'm looking to learn about real estate investing and start my way towards early retirement.