The person could retire now and sit in the top one percent of the American income earners, but he does keep working to receive better retirement when he is ready to retire.I asked him why he never left and why he kept working.

The private lender was a family member and willing to just let it sit and ride.  

I normal sit down and spend some time working with a client to figure out their needs and goals so we can make that happen.

I just had my first sit down with a realtor and it went pretty well, after speaking with her she wants to work with me.

Take that 3 to 7 thousand and put into into an appreciating asset....not some slick suited dude that charges beginners thousands of dollars to sit there and dream, while he tells you all about how great he is as his staff runs your credit card in the back room.       

My goal is to take advantage of a fixed rate, long term conventional loan/s.

I actually work at an investment firm in Seattle (Just graduated, just started), and I hate the idea of the money sitting there and not working as I continue to contribute to it!

So all together with a few personal holdings we are now sitting at 73 rental units and approximately 4.5 mil in valued assets.

I didn't enjoy pounding stakes as a concrete laborer or peeling logs or sitting in a cubicle after an hour long commute for 5 years either.  

A little background about me, I have been saving money for a house for a few years now and have around 26k sitting in the bank diligently growing every month.