The Rise of Online Real Estate Investing
The internet has brought changes to nearly every industry on earth, and tenfold to commercial real Estate. The fast-paced growth of technology is transforming how accredited and non-accredited investors connect with real estate sponsors and entrepreneurs of many other industries.
Prior to 2013, there was a ban in place by the Securities and Exchange Commission that prevent solicitation of securities. This prohibition essentially meant that commercial real estate investors and sponsors were forced to only deal with people they knew or met in-person. Having to deal with all your potential investors face-to-face meant that raising funds was a drawn out, labor-intensive affair of phone call and preparing multiple packages of offering memorandums and due-diligence reports, further hindering the time it took to raise capital. This stifled the network of who the Sponsors could reach out to for investments.
All that changed rapidly in 2012 with the passing of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, which lifted the ban on solicitation of securities. Now companies like RealtyeVest are free to use advertising to attract specific, accredited investors. A wave of new marketplaces arose to allow people to invest in commercial real estate online more freely.
4 Benefits of Investing Online
The rise of online investment platforms streamlines the entire investment process for investors and Sponsors. These platforms act as a one-stop hub, built to facilitate commercial real estate transactions, offer educational information for investors and provide inherently lower fees. As a result, accessibility of deals, transparency and credibility, have risen among users of these marketplaces, which is helping to lower fees and increase liquidity in the online real Estate Investing market.
1. Accessibility of Deals
The issues of finding and identifying quality commercial real estate investments are in the past. Accredited and non-accredited investors are now able to choose from a broad range of investments in commercial real estate from the comfort of their home. These offerings are readily available on platforms like RealtyeVest to browse, review and analyze the due-diligence before deciding on a course of action. With online real estate investing, investors and sponsors have a huge advantage over the word-of-mouth networking that necessary prior to the JOBS Act which opened the floodgates for real estate investing and many other industries seeking to raise capital for projects.
2. Transparency & Credibility
Another area where online real estate investing excels in with transparency. Online marketplace allows for ratings, reviews, and transparent discussions among professionals. Not only can they help impart education and training, but they are also the primary sources for creating relationships between sellers and investors.
3. Inherently Lower Fees
Due to the efficient nature of online commercial real estate investing, online real estate investors are
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able to pay lower fees than if they were using traditional methods. Like most online business models, the commercial real estate investing industry offers more economical costs. Naturally finding the best possibles fees is always a benefit for an investor, translating directly to higher ROIs. That is why more people continue to flock to the online marketplaces to find deals. As they do, the higher volume of real estate transactions will encourage even more competition to lower fees amongst the major players.
Right now, investors can find zero fees at marketplaces like RealtyeVest. That’s a tempting deal for anyone who is looking to gain healthy returns on their cash. Shopping for the best market makes sense because so many of them are now competing for investors. It pays to shop for the best fee structure and the most reasonable minimum investment amount. For example, CrowdStreet has zero fees but requires a $10,000 minimum deposit to start your account. RealtyMogul, on the other hand, charges fees of .3 to .5 per year but only needs $1,000 to start. Which direction to take will depend entirely on the objectives of each investor.
4. Diversification
With commercial real estate investing, it is easy to diversify investments and to get returns due to the low minimums required to participate in deals. Couple that with the transparency of the offerings in the marketplaces and your money is more secure in ways than it was with the old face-to-face dealing of securities. Accessibility to deals is also through the roof now that investors have access to nationwide opportunities instead of being pigeonholed in areas right around their’s and their friend’s neighborhoods. This more extensive pool of potential investments is hugely beneficial, especially for those who are looking for the highest possible return on quality deals.
Real estate investing is more exciting than ever thanks to the new model. In the past retail investors could buy REITs or ETFs that managed tons of properties. The dividends may or may not remain stable, and the potential for return is never as high as it with individual deals. With smaller investments directly in commercial real estate, the chance exists to gain an outsized return when a building performs at a peak level.
Claim Your Stake
It is safe to say the people are accustomed to online convenience. That ease is now translating to millions of new investors entering the commercial real estate investing space. They’re learning how to find the best deals, and they do not have to do much “leg work” as they would have in the old days. The RealtyeVest Marketplace removes barriers for all parties and makes transactions more predictable in the long run. Being able to tap sources of revenue to finance a wide range of projects is good for everyone. There has never been a more exciting or lucrative time to invest in apartment buildings and commercial properties of all types. It’s time to claim your stake in this burgeoning market.
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