VNQI - Real Estate Crowdfunding Vs. Real Estate ETFs

What is Real Estate Crowdfunding?

Emerging from the relative success of internet-based capital raising platforms including Kickstarter and GoFundMe, a handful of entrepreneurial real estate firms have attempted to channel the “crowdfunding” model into the real estate investing world. More than 100 “real estate crowdfunding” firms have been established over the last half-decade, raising several billion dollars of investor assets under the premise that pooling small amounts of capital from many investors opens up new investment opportunities that were otherwise out-of-reach to individual investors seeking exposure to private market real estate. The crowdfunding model has