That's not too much of a problem for most property investors but the problem is compounded by the fact that real
estate crowdfunding includes projects across the country.
Not exact matches
In choosing to register under either Reg A + or Title III, real
estate crowdfunding platforms must acknowledge two conflicting facts: 1) that accredited investors have more money to spend, both individually and as an investment demographic that
includes institutional investors; and 2) that there are potentially many more non-accredited investors than accredited, and many of them like the idea of passive investing.
Other
Crowdfunded real
estate websites
includes RealtyShares and Peer Street.
In this Fundrise review, I'll go over real
estate crowdfunding, the Fundrise platform (
including screen shots and earnings from my personal account), and compare Fundrise to other similar platforms.
Here's our mega guide to
crowdfunding investments,
including equity
crowdfunding, real
estate crowdfunding, and the due diligence needed.
According to the Silicon Valley Innovation Centre and the MIT Centre For Real
Estate, the top disruptive trends in property investment
include smart buildings, shared space,
crowdfunding, big data, fibre optics, the Internet of Things (IoT) and virtual reality (VR).
We are focused on the rapidly growing alternative finance market,
including peer - to - peer lending,
crowdfunding, private consumer credit, online banking and savings, real
estate crowdfunding, investments and more.
In 2014 Fundrise, an equity
crowdfunding platform for real
estate, expanded their service to
include single family homes after experiencing some success with residential projects (
including a $ 1M investment in the Hamptons!)
Crowdfunding business plans should
include a market report, but you can do further research by reading up on local business journals, looking at U.S. Census data and signing up for local real
estate market reports.
The phenomenal growth of real
estate crowdfunding has outpaced every other industry —
including technology — since the SEC legalized investment
crowdfunding in September 2013.
That
includes more than 230 real
estate crowdfunding platforms alone.
Deals listed on the real
estate crowdfunding sites generally
include a summary, analysis of the local property market and a detailed investment analysis provided by the developer.
I've
included a comparison of the biggest real
estate crowdfunding sites and some of the most frequent questions asked by investors.
Sponsored by several financial associations,
including the Equity
Crowdfunding Association (Association Française de l'Investissement Participatif (AFIP) and the National Association of Financial Advisors (ANACOFI) the Crowdimmo report is a must read for anybody interested in real estate crowdfundin
Crowdfunding Association (Association Française de l'Investissement Participatif (AFIP) and the National Association of Financial Advisors (ANACOFI) the Crowdimmo report is a must read for anybody interested in real
estate crowdfundingcrowdfunding in France.
Investigate the ins and outs of
crowdfunding in commercial real
estate,
including what types of projects are good candidates for
crowdfunding, the components of a successful campaign, and the various types of
crowdfunding platforms.
Investment — One of the largest sections on our market map, the category
includes crowdfunding platforms that allow investors to participate in debt or equity financing for commercial real
estate, or both.
So far, though, the
crowdfunding platforms haven't proved as popular in other parts of the real
estate market,
including for commercial projects needing millions of dollars.
Crowdfunding has become an addition to traditional sources of capital for new enterprises and investment,
including real
estate.