WHY do you want financial independence" Financial independence and multiple streams of income, so that I can:Retire early Spend more time with my familyFreedom to do things on my own termsHave more time to pursue other things.Doing things that I love.Dana

Travel, play music, spend time with friends and family, and start other side businesses.Account Closed I will look into these topics more.

Looking to start investing as a way to generate semi-passive income in order to increase my quality of life and spend some more time with my family. 

It is a higher cost product so it really depends what you are trying to spend. 

Family members of mine have inherited some real estate from their recently departed sister and are looking for away to get the property off their hands without spending money.

You can spend that however you want including travel or whatever while you wait to move into your investment property that is just too nice to be a good investment property.

If your wife shares your interests, spend time with her discussing options.

@CJ M.My HOA president spends a lot of landscaping because his wife is really into gardening.

Definitely don't spend more than what will make the deal work.

Do you want to spend the time, energy, resources and take on the risk of trying to pull that off?