Hello Bigger Pockets Community, my name is Mark (24 y/o) , I currently live out here in California, right in the middle of LA county and Orange County.

Hey Eric, Welcome to the BiggerPockets community and congratulations on your retirement.

Part of that is determined by deciding if your partner has a share or is a lender.

My income is variable but typically around $130,000 annually, with a 60-70% savings rate.I’m just starting out and eager to learn, so any advice, experiences, or strategies you can share would be incredibly helpful.Thank you in advance for your insights.

Keep sharing your success, please!

Furthermore, the private loan structure reduces the need for profit sharing, potentially increasing your overall profitability from the property's net cash flow and any future appreciation.Would be happy to answer anymore questions you might have. 

Your options are to appeal the appraisal, make it agricultural (community garden or farm crops), raise bees or anythng like that to get the taxes down.

There is a whole thread started by an investor who publicly shares his crowdfunding deals using a Gsheet, here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/520/topics/294382-i-put-2-million-into-20-crowd-fund-deals-posting-performance?

Their job is to help their community. 

I also believe, but cannot yet prove that Spark has earned remuneration for putting together the group of investors in that if they are buying a $50,000 share from a promoter they remit some amount less than that and receive the full share giving them a "share" of the LLC they created to hold everyone's funds.