When the national debt reaches $20 trillion seven years from now, our $2 trillion of tax revenues would all go to interest with none left for the military, Social Security, Medicare, FBI, and so on.In short, we cannot pay off the debt now and with each passing day, we become less able to pay off the debt.

This way for retirement I will have a 401k, real estate, pension, and social security.

My goal for 2013 is to continue building my portfolio, both individually and along with my business partners, and ideally acquire our first multifamily property in 2013 or 2014.My day "job" is running an internet marketing company I founded with said business partners mentioned above.I look forward to meeting and engaging with you guys instead of just extracting knowledge selfishly.

We just felt welcome and engaged at the LA meeting.

Now a days the #1 best marketing tool is social networking ( Facebook, Instagram, twitter etc) and the main point of marketing a service or product is to get it in the way of someones vision so if it attracts them or someone they know word of mouth will do the rest of the work.

In my opinion, blogging -- along with all social networking -- is an opportunity for you to build a brand, create some name recognition, build credibility and in general, bring some level of trust upon yourself.This also includes participating here at BP, blogging here at BP (if you don't want the hassle of maintaining your own blog) and networking with other active investors here and elsewhere.

If you're going to engage in illegal activities to make money, there are any number of more profitable alternatives than bandit signs.

Unless everyone must attend the guru wannabe speaker session, engage someone in a conversation and stay outside of the meeting room.

The worst scenario is the utilization of properties foranti-social and objectionable purposes.

It turns out the social security number isn't as secure as most people assume they are or were.http://redtape.msnbc.com/2009/07/theres-a-new-reason-to-worry-about-the-security-of-your-social-security-number-turns-out-theyre-easy-to-guess--a-gro.html#postsThere is no doubt that hackers and thieves will take this research and run with it.Will this lead to a new system or approach by creditors?