The brokerage, which specialized in marketing nontraded REITs to IBDs, recently reached a $ 3 million settlement with the Massachusetts Securities Division for allegedly rounding up fraudulent proxy votes in real
estate deals sponsored by AR Capital.
Dickens also retained her own seat on the board of the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce after her 2005 election to the Council, even though she had previously brokered real
estate deals sponsored by the GHCC for her own profit.
Now, new SEC rules for Title IV of the JOBS Act have made crowdfunding even more attractive to real
estate deal sponsors.
Not exact matches
In any investment
deal on RealCrowd, there are two parties:
Sponsors, the real
estate operating companies looking for funding, and Investors, who must be accredited.
You'll receive your initial investment plus interest and / or equity sharing after the real
estate sponsor sells or otherwise ends the
deal.
When you don't know the market and are not able to complete the DD yourself my two requirements on a crowd funded real
estate deal would be proven track record and market knowledge from the
sponsor (seems to be true) and significant co-investment from
sponsor which is not the case here.
Real
estate crowdfunding platforms offer a great way for
sponsors to access capital, investors to access
deals, and students / young real
estate professionals to learn the business.
We also
sponsor member meetings including the Needs and Wants luncheon (a quarterly
deal making event) and the Town & Gown breakfast (a once a semester CE / Networking / Fundraising event to benefit the UCO Real
Estate Program Endowment).
Real
estate firms
sponsor the
deals, accepting investors» cash through Realty Mogul, throwing in a little of their own and then executing and managing the investments.
While real
estate can be a great way to earn passive income and achieve long - term wealth, it's up to investors to do the diligence on
deals and
sponsors and understand the legal intricacies and tax implications.
This week's Cash Flow Friday tip is regarding finding a
sponsor for your commercial real
estate deal.
2) Real
Estate Type Diversification - It's difficult for many investors who like apartments but don't know how to participate in large
deals where
sponsors can get economies of scale and provide very good returns.
GNL says (in the investor presentation) that it has «access to broader real
estate pipeline provided by acquisitions team structured to source
deals» and that the «
sponsors scale (250 employees) have deep due diligence experience...» What about conflicts of interest?
That's because most of the Fundrise's «
sponsors» — the real
estate companies that actually buy property using the money that Fundrise raises — see more money to be made in
deals that are available only to accredited investors, Miller said.