So the 250 Billion in interest actually pays your Social Security and many base cash flow for retirement and 401k accounts.

My day job is a software / web application developer but my dream has always been with Real Estate with the goal of acquiring enough rental units to ultimately retire.

welcome to BP i currantly live in southern oregon its a great place. there are tons of venues like what you describe as it is a retirement area on the wild and scenic rogue river.

@Stan Hopp, generally the rental income from investment properties is considered to be passive (you need active, earned self-employed income) - therefore it will not quality for contributions into a retirement plan.

Our ultimate goal is to own several properties to supplement our income and enhance our retirement, in addition to our current self funded retirement plans and my city pension.

With an IRA you will be exposed to higher gains when the market is doing well and have an alternative source of retirement income with a whole life policy to hedge against a bear market.

My investment objectives are primarily to build cash flow and equity which can be used for retirement at approximately age 67.

Providing maybe 50k a year and ultimately using it as a tool I can retire with by selling them after I’ve built up quite a bit of equity.

Investors can retire (FIRE) in a few years with these.We love them

Long term goal is to acquire enough properties to retire early.