How We Did It: Retired at 55

Land-lording for Dummies! Learn how you could retire early, from the author's personal experiences.

How we did it retired at 55 And How We Continue To Do It. Land-lording for Dummies teaches you how, with the intention of renovating and renting it out, to find, negotiate and buy real estate. Plus, evaluate, and calculate your repair costs, rent, and return on investment. You will also learn suggestions on how to rehab your units and where to market your condominium, town house, or home to find the ideal tenant, along with simple things to do to ensure your tenants stay long term. And will learn how, by using the passive income generated from your rental properties, combined with the right mindset, you can pay off the mortgage early, while purchasing more properties without refinancing them. This will allow you to repeat this real estate investment strategy again and again. Plus, you will learn how, by being a private landlord, you too can retire in twenty-three years, completely debt free, living solely off of the income from your rental properties. Landlording For Dummies is a great resource for anyone that is interested in buying and holding real estate.

John Lovejoy has lived in Las Vegas for thirty-three years. He was a licensed Realtor for five years and has been a landlord for twenty years. Over the last twenty years John and H have built up a small portfolio of twelve rental properties that has allowed them to retire at 55 years of age.