So far, my biggest mistake is that I have yet to sit down and write out my 15 year goals (to retire) and then work backwards to figure out how to get there.

However, school will be over in December, the wedding will be done mid February, and after that I won't know what to do with myself.My main bare-bones goal in real estate investing is to supplement my retirement income.  

@Joe FairlessI went to meet with an owner of a building last night about their desire to retire and what we might do to help that come true.

After my retirement from Active Duty, I plan on getting more into commercial NNN to be more hands off than managing a portfolio of SFH.

@Ruta UleviciuteWe are purchasing a home in Mexico to live in as our retirement home and to rent two airBNB units from.

They were a victim of the credit market turbulence that resulted from the sub prime meltdown.On a separate but related note is this article: [size=18][/size]"American Home Mortgage pushing to seize $27 million in retirement savings" [size=12][/size]http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzdefer0918,0,5702591.story

Also I came across a house that the elderly women has moved out into a retirement home and the house is headed for falling down.

My idea is to hold on to the properties for a while with an eye towards keeping one or two for additional income while in retirement...unless I make enough money between now and then, that I don’t have to worry about it!

If I had a nickel for everybody that came to me asking for a local investment so long as it "made sense", I'd retire.

I've recently set up a Private Mortgage Lending company, loosely based on Alan Cowgill's course and have done a luncheon which has attracted a handful of mostly retired folks who like the idea of getting 8% on their idle cash.