You have to know which neighborhoods and property types have the highest potential for appreciation given changing demographics and the underlying health of the local economy.I have a feeling that giant sucking sound of dollars flowing out of California will meet with disappointment ...

I am in the same boat as you when it comes to private listing SEARCH sites that are trying to go head-to-head with giants like Zillow. 

Which is like a giant credit card for your house.

I recommend participating in the monthly CARPOA meetings held at the Camp Hill Giant on Trindle Road. 

I landed a job as a supply chain manager and after a year I left to be a Chemist for a large generics pharmaceutical giant.

If you're going traditional financing, you better be saving like no other... bank will want 20-25% down payments  + 6 months reserves of total debt, so 6 months payments for all your houses,  that can quickly be a giant number!   

Most European countries have double tax treaty with the US (usually 15% taxed on both end for a total of 30%).The upside you can pay out 6-7% and pocket the difference the downside you have to stick to a loan Fixed returns over a fix period of time.Return are lower in Europe (so are loans) so we tried to simply borrow at 6-7% and do hard money loans for 10-12% great idea, little work.

My plan was to organize an LLC in which people disperse their funds into a giant pool of funds as I fundraise and can make offers with this LLC.

Maybe compare stocks to commodities or European stocks or Japanese stocks- something that is more similar in risk and in payout method.

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