The company is very entrepreneurial in nature which has led me to be exposed to a wide variety of assets and investment strategies.I've loved real estate from my first intro class with the great Dr. 

Eli here, I'm excited to get familiar with the community and the awesome resources available here.Quick background, I am a finance and accounting professional looking to transcend the daily grind of a salaried job; or at least supplement my income to work towards financial independence.

I am looking to balance supplementing my income and building wealth for the future.

I don't have a good sense of how good or bad that return is in this market where so much revolves around appreciation -- I'm very curious to find out what other investors around here think.Of course if real estate keeps appreciating the way it has recently, everything is great; BUT even though I'm bullish on the Bay Area longs term (weather, universities, jobs, natural barriers to sprawl, etc.)

Conversely, even if you only own 1 property, you're not likely to lose it if it's paid for in cash.For the other topic, there is natural diversification that happens in real estate that is not available in stocks.  

Like most of us, I stumbled into real estate investing by nature of life.

I like to invest as a supplement to my full time job and have enjoyed renting out condos so far.

My hypothesis is a process like this occurs, (this is likely too simple though to be predictive):Population Growth (Natural) ---> GDP Growth ---> Job Creation ---> Domestic Migration ---> Increased Personal Income ---> High Property Prices (assuming constant supply)Macroeconomic Demand Factors (individually or in specific combination):Increasing populationPositive net migrationIncreasing GDPIncreasing total jobsIncreasing Personal Income/CapitaIncreasing average earnings/jobIndustry DiversityFavoured IndustriesMicroeconomic Demand Factors:SchoolsCrimeWalkabilityChanging demographics/area reputationetcI look forward to your comments.Regards,Jacob

I am now looking to invest in properties that will provide passive/supplemental income.

I currently work in the logistics/ transportation industry and have been looking to either get out of the industry completely or find another way to supplement my income.