Then I had this sad realization - If I keep my 9 to 5 office job until I retire, never again will I have 3 months to just to whatever the heck I wanted like I did as a kid.

One thing that you have to make sure you consider is that you will be paying back the loan with after tax dollars and when you withdraw in retirement you will be taxed again.  

We want to sell the new house and because we were the general contractors, we saved a lot of money on the process so we can make about 80K profit plus what we spent on the house.We want to put the house on the market and will be moving to another country to retire, where we will buy a house to live in.  

My parents moved to Lexington, VA for their retirement.

Long term goal of retiring in 10-15 with my properties acting as my primary cash flow in addition to my other income.Currently I am a Cartographer/Graphic Artist.  

I have been a preschool teacher for 8 years, and although I love what I do, there's no retirement or security in that field.

The only reason he is selling is because ht is getting to the point where he wants to start slowing down and enjoy life (aka retirement).Each duplex is currently appraised at $165k.  

It's a very small retirement community in south Ga.

@Kathleen AmundsenVisit the following link to learn more about disqualified persons with respect to solo 401k plans and IRAs. http://www.irs.gov/Retirement-Plans/Retirement-Pla...Also solo 401k plans are for the self-employed.

I am recently retired and have been researching the house flipping real estate business for the past several months and am very anxious to get started.