Quote from @Billy Smith: Having all or most of your rentals paid off is a great feeling with the cash flow rolling in .You know have a bigger shovel to buy more properties , folks get the fever want more more dam the debt full speed ahead .I read a lot saying what  is the rate of the  note ,you could deploy the money in  ,gold ,stocks etc....With just a couple rentals paid off in A -B area I put my kids though Division 1 state college.  

I worked for a contractor who let the employees keep the miles from purchases on their company cards..buying $5000+ worth of materials every week really started to add upalaska card as been good to me over the years but no so much last few years when they stopped their milage relationship with AA and Deltaand also cant use your companion ticker for first class i would always do that to hawaii.. and also i get all those free up grades but very very tough to find flights were they are available even for me as a 75k gold. 

The money bags are gold mines… and the ☘️ is you would be lucky to find something but the deals are there.

This thread alone is gold. 

I have awesome property mgrs who are worth their weight in gold who do a great job. 

The bad thing about gold is that it doesn't do anything. 

Problem with this is finding people who don't have commission breath and who know how to set it up correctly.2) Buy gold with cash and hide it in a ditch.

If you want to live in SD it sounds like you are sitting on a gold mine and have guaranteed yourself a form of retirement in 27 years.

No, be smart about it, get an education, no matter how easy or fun anyone makes R.E.I to appear, its hard work, takes capital...And more importantly it takes time to be to sucessful, unless you have a pot of gold to push you faster...For me i love real estate, i live it breathe it,eat it and sleep it....make sure this isnt just a faze, or you watched to many episodes of flip this house, now its got you excited, be sure you love it before you choose to throw away an education. 

Hi David I have lived in Auckland New Zealand, and Sydney and Melbourne Australia,deals I've done there really cost me some money re :  were solicitors (lawyers) I must've spent 10 grand in one year on solicitors taking my US contracts and making them Aussie and Kiwi kosherLove the Gold Coast mate!