From there, I plan on continued expansion that supports my retirement and my family overall.The BP podcast heavily influenced me. 

My goal is early retirement and debt free living.

Other than selling stock options we have not invested in equities per se for over 30 years.But it's amusing to listen to 'friends', (who have often ridiculed our REI endeavors), desperately seeking solace & hoping their 401(k)'s etc recover from these reoccurring & inevitable pullbacks so they can still AFFORD retirement????

@Steve HarmonI will inform our IRA and Solo 401k clients in San Antonio who self-direct their retirement funds into real estate in your area of this.

I retired from my job in July and now real estate is my focus.

congratsfuture outlook : 500,000 -> 750,000 -> 1 million investors     :)Unknown future SSI retirement :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I wonder if the social security department could learn something from biggerpocksts.

My name is rochelle jordan, im retired and also a veteran.Im looking to get into investing.

I would not personally define my success by the amount of knowledge in real estate I have; I define it by how well I have been able to utilize that knowledge to reach, or facilitate, my major goals in life, one of which is to have enough supplemental income from my rental properties such that it + my pension, when I retire, provides me the same comfortable existence and large safety cushion as it did when I was working, and that being able to retire so young (early 50's) will allow me to reach some of my other goals, long time/distance traveling being one. 

Learn about self directed retirement accounts.5.

I am a civil engineer about 3 years from retirement.