Early retirement has become an obsession and I religiously listen to Brandon and Josh's podcasts.

I paid cash ($12,500) for it using my self-directed retirement account.

Hi Ken,I would talk to a local Portfolio Lender here in Nevada about putting all the rentals on one loan, under the LLC, cashing out enough to retire the HML when you do so and leave either a. your primary alone, or b.

@Kevin DarrellGenerally speaking, a self directed retirement plan can partner or joint venture.  

If you are considering rehabbing and flipping properties inside of your retirement account - that is most likely will be considered as an active business and UBIT (Unrelated Business Income Tax) will apply.

It's to build a relationship that lasts until I retire.

I have about $50k in cash outside of retirement to use toward another property.

We are looking to start with a few small rentals and then once we have enough saved in our ROTH IRA start using real estate as the growth driver for our retirement.

Exploring this site has gotten me interested in real estate and the potential to build a much better retirement fund than my current 401k, that has been steadily losing money for the past year.Thanks!

I want to be able to retire early from my 9-5.