It would be nice to recapture the original downpayment and cash put in, almost like getting a 'free' house, with the exception of time and energy expended.

Hi @Scot Burns, thanks for the reply-super helpful.

., but for the "right now," pick a market, pick a property type and price range, and then spend 100% of your real estate investing energy on learning the most about that set of criteria as you can.  

My house will easily sell for at least $1m.Just the land value is worth $850k, if the house burned to the ground.It doesn't make any sense that retired folks can't unlock cash. 

@Ali Boone I definitely share numbers with clients I work with privately...I really think most of the misleading info on here is how great OOS investing is when a lot of people get burned because something looks sexy on paper especially with lower $$ investment but in reality it’s a not that great of an investment a lot of times.

Some neighborhoods have very little turnover, so putting a lot of energy or money into farming it isn't likely to produce much return.

Your energy is vert refreshing to see.

So if the place burns, we can at least pay off what we owe.

Then you are focusing your energy on the wrong things.

Depending on the time and energy you have, this is also quicker than BRRRRing 10 homes-one at a time.