Joe Splitrock
Share Your Retirement Age
There are many full time investors on here who "retired" from their W2 or 1099 job. I know it can be debated that investors work harder after "retiring", but let's save that discussion for another day. Share what age ...
Greg Carroll
Buying and renting a property I intend to retire to?
Did some house and property hunting in the New Bern NC area a couple of weeks ago. Working with a great real estate agent, Shawn Mayers. My thought is to buy something, rent it out, until I'm ready to retire out of MD...
Cal C.
Surprisingly Simple Math to Early RE Retirement (Napkin Math)
I posted this in the member blogs last week, but wanted to get some more eyeballs on it.As many of you know, Mister Money Mustache (MMM) wrote a blog post entitled The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Early Retirement th...
Bryan Wilkerson
need help on 1st flip w/ 401k
I'm about to hopefully start my future with flipping houses. I recently quit my job and want to use my retirement to start. It is not alot about 30k and will need all of it plus my savings to do it. I've read alot of...
Tom R.
When sticking to your goals get difficult.
Yesterday I went house shopping with my brother. He just got a new job and is moving to town. The house he chose was one of the nicest houses I have ever seen. By contrast I live in a trailer park with my friend who d...
Rebecca Graziano
Sub2 or Finance an investment?
Hello folks!I got a lead on potential sub2 situation that is an older couple with a house worth about $325k ARV. They have $100k HELOC and have shared with me they are concerned about retirement, just want to move to ...
Devin Otway
Househacking with Qualified Retirement Plan
Hi BP'ers,Does anyone know whether its possible to house hack (purchase rental property + live in it) with money in a qualified retirement plan (QRP?). I understand you have 'checkbook' control over the rental propert...
Kole Moore
Do you still invest while saving for a house?
Hi there, I have a VA loan and am saving to buy my first house. Saving to pay for the 2.3% processing VA loan fee. Although when saving, do you still invest into retirement and the stock market? Or just retirement? Or...
Corey Kane
Using 401k to purchase retirement home early
I am about 15 years away from retirement and would love to be mortgage free when I retire. I would like to buy and move into my retirement home now if possible. Question, does it make sense to use my 401k money so tha...
Curtis Cutler
cashing in 401k? rethinking retirement.
Hello all, I'm trying to rethink my retirement plans. I lived in NYC and worked for the city until I was terminated for not taking the covid vaccine. There's a lot more to the story. We had to move to SC. I have a 401...