Please Note: when reading this article, keep in mind that exceptions do exist. This article applies mostly to equity-based real estate crowdfunding websites. While we generally have a negative view on real estate crowdfunding, we recently recommended one particular website that allows to make Hard Money Loans with yields up to ~14% yield to the subscribers of High Yield Landlord. We consider this one website to be an exception because it focuses on short-term loans rather than traditional equity investments. We favor REITs for most of our real estate investments but use this one