I appraised residential and commercil as well and did review appraisals, but retired now.As to the state law and FHA or VA loans on an REO.

It might have taken me longer to reach my goals and retire but the outcome would've been much more desirable.Yes this business can make your goals come and wishes come true.

And you had perfectly good assets being lost as the loans matured there was no way to refi and the underlying lenders foreclosed on perfectly good working assets because the owners could not retire debt in cash they had always banked on the ( OH MY BANK WILL roll the 20 due in 5 over they always have).. when they did not boom.. but I don't want to dwell on it I darn near ended up a statistic and its way in the rear view mirror.. but a combination of mortgage market  liar loans  credit freeze .. build stopped  jobs lost this all fed into it.take our PDX market .. 10k homes or doors built a year or more from 1990 to 2008... 2009   700 total that's all.. next year 1500 next year 2500 next year 3500 next year 5000 plus.. 

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Granted there are also options to shelter some of the funds with retirement accounts and multiple corporations.

Not long ago before the housing bubble burst, I believe small real estate investors were simply hoping their rentals would pay for themselves over the course of time and have a nest egg to cash out at retirement.

A part of this is because I want to retire from my day job at age 40, so about 13 years from now.

To show sufficient POF outside of a retirement account I'd be combining different savings and brokerage accounts which I presume will make things look messy.

I work FT, make decent money, and have Real Estate as the 'fun' part of my retirement plan :)Tips are easy: First - find people you trust!

But, if you plan to hold long term and retire with no mortgage, you can consider amortizing the loan to fit your needs.In 10 years you may want out of a property too, let appreciation be your profit without having to sell to get the money out of the walls from built up equity.There is no right answer, but usually take the 30 or longest amortization and devise your own plan. :)