{"id":1104,"date":"2007-03-02T08:17:26","date_gmt":"2007-03-02T15:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2007-03-02T08:17:34","modified_gmt":"2007-03-02T15:17:34","slug":"retire-retire-early-retire-wealthy-unthinkable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1104\/retire-retire-early-retire-wealthy-unthinkable\/","title":{"rendered":"Retire? Retire early? Retire wealthy? Unthinkable!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who wants to think about retirement? I really love to work, and it seems probable that I will continue to churn away until the hardware fails. But I know that at some point I want to stop having to worry about money. I want to write books and explore ruins and compose sappy love poetry in Latin. These are jobs that don&#8217;t pay much.<\/p>\n<p>The funny thing is, although I haven&#8217;t done much to prepare for my own retirement, I&#8217;ve helped a lot of other people prepare for theirs. How? With real estate, of course. Several of my investors are on course to reap over $1,000,000 in profits from their real estate investments alone.<\/p>\n<p>So, not to sound too much like an infomercial testimonial, I know how much wealth can be accrued through judicious real estate investing.<\/p>\n<p>BloodhoundBlog contributor <a href=\"http:\/\/BawldGuy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Brown<\/a> has just published <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brownandbrowninc.com\/white-paper.php\" target=\"_blank\">a White Paper<\/a> on the power of real estate investing for building your retirement portfolio:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For many Americans, the thought of comfortably retiring before the age of 60 is simply out of the question. The notion of calling it quits and relaxing is appealing, but reality always seems to ruin the party.<\/p>\n<p>Many folks are resolved to working forever&#8212;just to squeeze by.<\/p>\n<p>Are you financially prepared to retire on schedule?<\/p>\n<p>Are your investment decisions securing your retirement OR are you simply playing &#8220;not to lose?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not too late to alter your course.<\/p>\n<p>Real estate investing is a proven way to secure retirement and grow your net worth. With careful planning and the proper guidance, you can retire ahead of schedule.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Working with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stelzner.com\/index2.html\" target=\"_blank\">Stelzner Consulting<\/a>, Jeff outlines the basics of real estate investing for retirement planning purposes. For many readers here, the material may seem basic &#8212; or maybe not &#8212; but it will be eye-opening to your clients &#8212; or to your parents.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody wants to get old, but only happy consequences will result from thinking about your retirement &#8220;too early.&#8221; Either you&#8217;ll be able to retire sooner, or you&#8217;ll be much wealthier when you do retire.<br \/>\n<!-- technorati tags start --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:10px;\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate\" rel=\"tag\">real estate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate marketing\" rel=\"tag\">real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who wants to think about retirement? I really love to work, and it seems probable that I will continue to churn away until the hardware fails. But I know that at some point I want to stop having to worry about money. 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