40k on a 80k prob, its now selling for 150k, I can give 100s of SICKINING examples.One last thing, did I read this correctly? 

Especially if you read the fine print.

The company is growing, it’s got vibrancy, when you ICON the company gives you your cap back in stock, it is Agent owned so people care and it’s legacy wealth if you plan accordingly.

@Derik Hammer be VERY careful to properly understand your state laws!

Fund managers do not care about individual investors unless they make up more than 5% of it, and if you're an individual investor that is more than 5% in a fund you just put yourself in the aforementioned risk territory. 

I am, however, motivated by reading stories of others who started out with very little (albeit, in a much more forgiving market than the bay area) and amassed quite the portfolio.I think the only way I could get into a property in the bay area would be to have a set up similar to the one above. 

Be careful with overbuilding; often, it does not increase the value as much as you would expect.

I literally just started trying to read and research. 

Thanks for taking the time to read this and help a guy out!

Read as many RE books as you can get your hands on.