I'd already retired and moved in a couple doors down from Robert Allen.

I am investing both within a taxable account and retirement accounts (Roth, Rollover 401k) With stock investing, I am very happy that I can get excellent asset quality, and great leadership from the best CEOs in the world, for the price of just a few shares, and the transaction costs are tiny, and my investments are liquid!  

Don't know anything about your area but my buy and holds are usually very long term, in fact I always referred to them as my retirement fund.

I do not have losses from the 5 multi families i own and am just wondering if I use Schedule C this year then FAFSA (Federal Student Aid) is more likely to consider me a small business and thereby exclude this asset from financial aid calcs, however if i use E as I have in the past they will count it.I have no other assets or retirement accounts.

Then later I showed him a junker, sfh I am buying from another retiring landlord I know.

You couldn't retire on one million in a property?

I do agree that most new investors have no idea how much work any real estate strategy is, and they come into it with unrealistic goals of riches and retirement by the end of year.

The reason is due to the way his retirment was set up from the NFL by his attorneys.

I hope in 10-15 years to accumulate enough so I can retire comfortably.

That's a serious problem for them and their families, who are often called upon to provide assistance.Because benefits are reduced for people who retire early, the surge in retirements should not have any long-term effect on the solvency of the Social Security system, although it will probably add to the near-term budget deficits confronting the Obama administration, Social Security's Goss said.The full consequences of retirement decisions made in hard times will become apparent when people who retired early begin to exhaust their savings."