I have about 20% of my current income diversified in my 401k and a Indexed Mutual Fund so I have a plan for retirement regardless of my wife's 401k.Is it a good idea to cash out a 401k early to fund a rental property?

I'm now in my mid-30's and I don't think there will be pensions by the time I retire, so I need to make sure we are financially free by then.

I got interested in real estate investing after watching family, friends and coworkers having to go back to work after they retired.

We are former Air Force who retired at Tinker and then started buying in the city.

We're up in the Encinitas area.I'm a successful internet entrepreneur that wants to take a chunck of my profit and turn it into a massive retirement via real estate using the BRRRR method.Ive read Brandons book, The Book on Rental Property Investing and it was great.

But what we really want more than anything right now is to invest in real estate in a way that allows us to ensure that we have some sort of solid retirement to enjoy when the time is right.

Not looking to sell it as I might want to move there after retirement which is still 20+ years away.

Mine have all been boomer+ landlords that have been self-managing for years and want to retire.  

He has no retirement investments.

Find the retiring Mom and Pops who will carry a note and accept a cap rate that provides your target cash on cash return and you'll be fine.