My Research on Crowdfunded Real Estate Investing
I periodically suffer from investment boredom because good investing is boring. Investing in all the world’s stocks and bonds through low cost index funds is effective but not very exciting.
Whenever I get financially bored, I consider adding a 5th asset class to the 4 that are already in my investment portfolio (US stocks, international stocks, US bonds, international bonds)…real estate. While I know for sure that I have ZERO interest in becoming a landlord, crowdfunding real estate investing has opened up a new way to passively invest in real estate.
While I ultimately decided (once again) NOT to add a 5th asset class and keep my financial life as simple as possible, anyone interested in researching this can benefit from my thorough investigation. Here are all of the blog posts I read during my research in outline form. Enjoy!
- Real Estate
- 16 Different Ways to Invest in Real Estate
- Taxes
- REITS
- Assessing the inclusion of alternatives in target-date funds (this Vanguard research is why I don’t overweight REITs like a lot of other people do)
- Real estate crowdfunding
- Crowdfunding Debt vs Equity vs Syndications
- The Best Real Estate Crowdfunding Sites
- Tips For Real Estate Crowdfunding
- Real Estate Crowdfunding vs REITs
- The Best Real Estate Crowdfunding Sites for Non-Accredited Investors
- Is THIS the Holy Grail of Real Estate Investing?
- How to Build a Real Estate Crowdfunding Ladder
- When it Makes Sense to Utilize Private Real Estate Investments
- 10 Things To Know Prior To Purchasing an “Accredited Investor” Investment
- The Guide to Real Estate Syndications, Part I
- The Guide to Real Estate Syndications, Part II
- The Life Cycle of a Real Estate Fund
- Investing in Opportunity Zones: What’s This Amazing Opportunity All About?
- Is Real Estate Crowdfunding in Trouble?
- The Sad Demise Of RealtyShares: What’s Next, Alternatives, And Lessons
- Should I Invest in a Real Estate Syndication or Fund?
- Why It’s So Important to Diversify Your Real Estate Portfolio
- Is It Better to Invest Early or Late in a Real Estate Fund?
- 3 Important Things to Know About a Sponsor Before Investing
- Different Ways to Make Five Million Dollars in Real Estate
- Active vs Passive Real Estate Investing
- 5 Major Things To Look For In a Real Estate Fund
- Your Fear of Investing In Real Estate Is Totally Normal
- 6 Ways to Invest in Apartment Buildings
- Sites that review crowdfunding companies:
- Companies:
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