I bought my 1st house in 1988,I am looking to purchase more rental income properties to supplement my income when I can retire in 5 years.

Crunching the numbers I can realize strong positive cash flow and a 16% ROI.I am retired Army and have great success keeping my properties in this area rented to both military and civilians.

So keeping clay wet helps keep foundations stable.

This is Rick in Central Florida, retired here from the Washington DC area not too long ago.

There are other ideas in that we have asset level data and portfolio level data and each level has inputs and outputs which can be meaningful however, portfolio dynamic discussions attached to this already long thread likely have you retiring before you finished reading.

Maybe the current past retirement age owner just didn';t want to fool with the financial calculator math to figure out if it made sense.I do know that one park had master and sub meters and there was a 30% difference in water used at the master vs out at the sub meters.

On a small scale, this is what you are doing when you pay off your house prior to retirement.

I have noticed with my other rentals that 2bd/1bth or bigger have more stable renters as opposed to 1/1 or studios.

If they are retiring or suffering from landlord burnout then it might be a good option.

We have managed to stay here for 14 years so far, and while we don't intend to retire here, the area has been good financially and we are happy with the schools for our kids.