I recognize that I was lucky enough to meet someone that got my blood rushing into real estate and my future retirement but you're still young too!

., which deal type is statistically proven to net investors the most money?

I can offer my personal experience on this subject by saying "Don't do it" if you are not prepared to recognize and accept the absolute difference between being a property owner vs providing services to the Elderly (or anyone for that matter).

Because as a newbie I am most likely to make mistakes and I don't have the history to recognize great deals vs overpriced deals.All that being said, I'm still going to pull the trigger on any great deal I find. 

But if you aren't going to use that type of money....then an entirely DIFFERENT strategy will need to be used.Conventional - I'll define these as loans that come from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (if you recognize those names). 

But if you aren't going to use that type of money....then an entirely DIFFERENT strategy will need to be used.Conventional - I'll define these as loans that come from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (if you recognize those names).

I love the idea of recognizing my strengths and working to identify the areas that I can extra initiative to add the most value. 

If you consistently analyze properties, it will be much easier to recognize a good deal when it shows up.5.

Study the market and start analyzing properties so you can recognize a good deal when the time arrives.

Stick with the systems that people have already proven to be successful.