Next, I wrote a business plan that would allow me to be semi-retired in 5 years.

Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County 400,000 OR Total 400,000 PA Haven Peniel United Methodist Church 304,391 PA Lutheran Service Society of Western PA 235,109 PA Total 539,500 TN Douglas Cherokee Economic Authority, Inc. 78,700 TN Douglas Cherokee Economic Authority, Inc. 70,100 TN Total 148,800 TX NE Texas Disciples Homes, Inc. 195,190 TX Christian Church Homes of Northern California 131,831 TX Pilgrim Senior Citizens Housing Development Corporation 344,971 TX Methodist Retirement Communities 360,941 TX Total 1,032,933 WI Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. 50,165 WI Total 50,165 GRAND TOTAL $18,440,932

reits are forclosures lagacy are good aquisition mergers 1st trust deeds 401k IRA RETIREMENT INVESTMENTS ENERGY BIG OIL ETC

Monthly cash flow would allow me to retire in 3 yrs (if I wanted to) after I have 4 properties generating ~$6800 a month.

Dynamic is full blown balls to the wall as realistic as possible.I have a ton of friends that are retired cops I play golf with on Thursdays and most of them long for the old days.

This is one of the reasons people should have no fear when it comes to real esate investing and just get out there and do it---because you need to start enjoying life on your own terms now--there is no guarantee we will all live until "retirement".

Keeping your head above water is one thing but without some serious sacrifices, how will you ever help the kids through college or finance your own retirement and healthcare when you get older?

I'd already retired and moved in a couple doors down from Robert Allen.

I am investing both within a taxable account and retirement accounts (Roth, Rollover 401k) With stock investing, I am very happy that I can get excellent asset quality, and great leadership from the best CEOs in the world, for the price of just a few shares, and the transaction costs are tiny, and my investments are liquid!  

People lose the incentive to make more money, "no not everyone" but enough for the "creative Americans" to retire.