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Real Estate Sponsors Attract 2 Distinct Customers: Tenants and Retail Investors

Real estate sponsors wear many hats and have diverse stakeholders, from tenants to retail investors and others in between. Sponsors search out deals, get them under contract, close the deal, renovate, and lease the properties to tenants. To arrange debt and equity financing, sponsors must also form relationships with lenders, [more]

By |2026-08-25T09:43:51-04:00February 8, 2023|Comments Off on Real Estate Sponsors Attract 2 Distinct Customers: Tenants and Retail Investors

Two Ways to Advertise Real Estate Offerings Within Securities Rules

Real estate sponsors often advertise real estate offerings to the public to obtain new investors. Yet, 87% of the people seeing their ads cannot legally invest because they need to be accredited. The Problem: Advertising to Everyone Yet Only 13% Can Invest An accredited investor must meet specific financial qualifications, [more]

By |2026-09-09T19:35:11-04:00January 20, 2023|Comments Off on Two Ways to Advertise Real Estate Offerings Within Securities Rules

Real Estate Investing as a Limited Partner: An Introduction

Like all real estate investing, wealth has traditionally been the prerequisite to becoming a limited partner (LP) in cash flowing real estate deals for two main reasons. First, buying real estate is very expensive; second, partnerships in real estate cipf-es.org deals involved the sale of securities and were until [more]

By |2026-09-09T19:35:12-04:00January 19, 2023|Comments Off on Real Estate Investing as a Limited Partner: An Introduction

Real Estate Crowdfunding for Sponsors: How Reg CF and 506(c) Work

Real estate crowdfunding means raising equity for a property or a portfolio from many investors online, instead of from a handful of people you already know. Legally, it's the sale of securities: investors buy membership units in the LLC that owns the deal and share in its cash flow and [more]

By |2026-09-25T16:43:21-04:00January 18, 2023|Comments Off on Real Estate Crowdfunding for Sponsors: How Reg CF and 506(c) Work

Reg CF vs. Rule 506(b) for Real Estate Fundraising

When it comes to raising capital for real estate projects you are selling securities, so it's important to be prepared by considering all available regulatory and legal options. One alternative to the more traditional 506(b) exemption that many real estate sponsors use is the Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) exemption through [more]

By |2026-09-09T19:35:14-04:00December 28, 2022|Comments Off on Reg CF vs. Rule 506(b) for Real Estate Fundraising

Real Estate Downturn Risks: Three Factors to Evaluate

As we near the end of 2022 and look ahead to 2023, many experts are predicting that a downturn and a recession may be on the horizon. While a recession can be a challenging time for businesses and individuals, with job losses and reduced spending power, it can also present [more]

By |2026-09-09T19:35:14-04:00December 27, 2022|Comments Off on Real Estate Downturn Risks: Three Factors to Evaluate