Approach them now about doing it, provide them the proper forms, and instructions on how to do it. 

Always approach as a developer with a specific usage.

Quote from @John Underwood: Thanks John, I like your simple approach, I agree with that.

Retiring when you are healthy and capable of being productive makes no sense.

In my limited experience with this small number of syndications, they were very desperate to buy basically anything in order to have "deal flow" (these properties were not for sale, they approached me off market and made me ridiculous offers which I couldn't refuse despite not planning to sell these properties for another 10 years or so). 

For investing, I'd always recommend house hacking to start off, as it's the most approachable strategy, and you also learn very quickly if you like owning rentals or not. 

I'm particularly passionate about BRRR, Mid term rentals, Money lending.Outside of real estate, I enjoy nature, travel, healthy cooking.Excited to learn and connect with you all! 

Not saying your kid is or is not on the spectrum, but just food for thought in how you approach it.If they are on the spectrum, I would highly recommend making a concerted effort to go to open houses so he's constantly looking forward to something on the RE agenda.

I was approached to help buy land that has been zoned for 34 townhomes at $2.7M (would be me and a couple of investors).

If that had been my approach, I would not have arrived in my current financial condition with higher net worth.3.