I’ve long been interested money and investing. As someone who has had a steady job since 14 and enjoyed having a little cash in his pocket. Understanding how money works is something I’ve been on a learning journey with for over 25 years. From those first paychecks, to working in a bank through college, majoring in finance, interning at large institutional investment companies, being a trader at a hedge fund, working as a financial advisor to then working in finance at a fortune 100 company, things with dollar signs have always been around me.

Real Estate was something until recently I hadn’t paid much attention to. Primarily because I wasn’t around anyone involved in it, it seemed like it was either for the super rich, shady people selling get rich quick scams or really handy people that could do some amazing flipping work. I’ve since learned that all of those are true in some ways, but there are also lots of other good people and good ways to be involved in real estate investing.

I believe most people should have real estate as part of their investment strategy and there are lots of ways to do that. Given I don’t have the time, talent or desire at the moment to dive into physical real estate. I’ve started learning a lot about passive options. 1 of those that I have come to really like is the emerging crowd sourced options. Platforms like FundRise have opened up real estate for everyone and given people an option for investing in private deals through pooling money that used to be reserved for the ultra wealthy.

What I love about the FundRise platform is how simple and transparent it is. You can see exactly what properties your money is being invested in. You can set your strategy, whether it be income or longer term growth and they do the rest. Real estate is a longer term investment and it is considerably illiquid. You should only invest in it with money you do not have a short term need for as it will be harder and sometimes costly to get it back out.

Real estate is a way to help offset inflation and add some diversification to your investment portfolio. It’s been a tried and true way to support people in their path to building wealth for many many years. If you are like me and have interest in real estate but not interested in physical ownership and would like some diversification away from the equity market and reits, give crowdfunding a look. There are several very interesting options out there to consider.

Let me know what you think and if you have any questions. Would love to share more about by experience. Passive Real Estate passive real estate for busy people and diversification