The most exciting thing for me was feeling like my retirement was set after the 5th deal closed (I was only 28 and owned 5 houses!)

@Joshua RogersUnfortunately we live in the land of Chicago-style politics, governors who retire in jail, and the Land of Lincoln's pension obligations.

Im retired military, have flipped, now buy/hold, tax liens, and run my handyman biz.  

After meeting with him and expressing his desire for privacy/discretion in sharing information he strikes me as the "millionaire next door" type - lives in a modest neighborhood, drives a modest car, does not want to be flashy, show off his wealth etc.We've had the chance to meet for 2.5 hours so far.He's in his 60's best I could tell - ready to retire.  

I'm a retired (well, semi-retired) tech industry professional.  

I'm sure we're all still learning and will never stop learning and adapting.My goals are simply to become financially independent and retire early so that I can travel the world, write, see/do amazing things, meet amazing people, eat amazing food, and do good charitable things around the world.

Pay the lowest balances first, after retiring a loan, apply the new excess cashflow to the next lowest balance. 

Now, she wants to retire and be rid of the rental properties because as she said ‘I already lost all of my $120K savings, and the $200K downpayment, I have to keep on borrowing money to cover the loss, I just want to retire now without this problem.

A huge number of retirement communities.

Or borrow against your retirement plan or insurance plan to get access to capital...A : )