What places other than the large banks should I look around at? 

However, there's no guarantee how long that would be (or at least, I don't have enough knowledge to know--if you know, say, with good evidence, that 2 years from now the prices will drop significantly then waiting is prudent).If there is no real evidence of large, detrimental economic factors going on (war, people moving out of the Bay in masses, an unusual amount of new construction making the supply on houses extraordinarily large for a prolonged amount of time), then there is no reason to assume that the seller's market will swing back to a buyer's market any time soon.The fact remains that the population in the Bay is growing year after year, tech companies are still expanding (to such a point where they are closing down Gold's Gyms, grrr, but that's another story), and this is still a highly desirable place to live.  

When I hear 'investor friendly', it usually means the client is looking for an agent to submit a large number of contracts at low-ball prices in the hopes that they can wholesale and/or assign them later.

The goal one day is to get into large multifamily units and commercial properties.I'm currently working my way through the Bigger Pockets podcasts and reading as much as possible.  

My name is Chris Battilana and I am a 29 year old Commercial Heating Technician with aspirations of owning a large real estate portfolio by the age of 45.

I lived in the centre, only a hundred meters from the Dom tower and moved to a beautiful part of Amsterdam (near the Rijksmuseum, Museum square) a few years later and live there still.I'm co-founder of Orange Pear (online property management software) and Grey Pear (large scale real estate investment services and management), both based in Amsterdam.Privately I'm preparing for real estate investing in two years, both flipping and buy-and-hold.

She does have some large brown spots too that you can't see in these photos.

Also has a 2nd large propane tank with torch/flamethrower type attachment.5.

I was thinking something similar recently Brendan... some public sector and even large private sector organizations are less and less a meritocracy...it can be hard to even know what the metrics are in some cases.

Even a lease-option might be considered an installment sale if you get a large non-refundable “option fee” (confusing with a "down payment") up-front and/or you give “rent credits” off the purchase price or towards their down payment for each month they pay rent.