Every quarter Peter Renton, Founder of Lend Academy and Co-Founder of LendIt Fintech shares his investments in various marketplace lenders;...
This morning Fundrise announced a Regulation A+ deal that has not yet been seen in the real estate crowdfunding industry. What’s...
Lend Academy features two companies, Landed and Fundrise, who are taking a unique approach to building to new homes and providing down payment assistance. Source
Fundrise is promoting investment in its Fundrise Starter Portfolio; minimum investment is $500 with a 9.25% annual dividend yield and no advisory fees; the Fundrise Starter Portfolio includes investment in the Fundrise Income eREIT and Growth eREIT. Source
Andy Rachleff, the CEO of Wealthfront argues that managed real estate funds perform poorly compared to low cost ETFs like Vanguard's REIT Index Fund; Fundrise's CEO Benjamin Miller responded in a blog post, writing "Less competitive, inefficient markets mean an investor can generally buy comparable assets at lower prices than efficient markets. With Shiller price-to-earnings (PE) ratios at all-time historic highs only seen in 1929 and 2001, more than ever investors need to find ways to invest at a reasonable cost basis."; Miller also argues that long term investors are paying a premium for the liquidity that ETFs offer, something that these investors don't need. Source
There are no shortage of VC firms who have allocated dollars to various fintechs throughout the world. But for individual...
Put this in the “better late than never” department. Yes, I know it is late July and I am only...
The real estate crowdfunding space has been a mixed bag; a couple of companies have continued to focus solely on...
Real estate crowdfunder, Fundrise, has made its investment division into an independent company, RSE Capital Partners; the goal was to separate and focus on the two functions of capital raising - via Fundrise with its eReit platform - and capital providing to real estate projects; RSE will focus on financing real estate deals from $20 million to $100 million, while they examine ways to make terms more flexible. Source
The real estate crowdfunding space has been an interesting one to watch. Just a few short years ago, in 2015...
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