Hey all, I'm a developer for Origin Investments (private equity commercial real estate) and we're launching an app that will allow direct investing into both private commercial real estate and public REITs... it took a year to build.
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[{"id": "f2eoegh", "text": "I'd be curious to know how you are handling the individual investment side of this.  Did you go the SEC route for issuance of stock or do you have some type of accredited investor audit prior to acceptance of an individual onto the platform?\n\nEDIT:  Also as I am based in Atlanta I recognized a few of your ATL projects.  Pretty cool.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "f2eortw", "text": "how different is this from fundrise? Also, whats your method of checking for accredition ? Is this only for accredited investors?", "replies": [{"id": "f2f2lml", "text": "I was about to ask the same thing. I've invested a bit of money into Fundrise to get some CRE exposure. I chose Fundrise because it's the only crowdfunding CRE investing platform I could find at the time that accepted non-accredited investors (I'm non-accredited).\n\nReading the small print at the bottom of https://origininvestments.com I see the following:\n\n&gt;...The securities offerings on this site are available only to \"Accredited Investors\"...\n\nSo, this looks to me like just another crowdfunding CRE investment site like Realty Mogul, Groundbreaker, Groundfloor, RealCrowd, RealtyShares, Patch of Land, etc. I'd be curious to hear how OP thinks they're different from all the other options.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "f2ep99e", "text": "The JOBS Act legislation passed under the Obama administration allows for non accredited investors to participate.", "replies": [{"id": "f2ersze", "text": "Do you have a source where I can read about the extent of participation allowed by non-accredited investors and in what kind of projects?\n\nIs this for any private RE funds or just widely sourced funds like this, Fundrise, etc.?", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "f2eq0zw", "text": "I too work for a large, private equity developer and would like to learn more. I have to be a certain level in the organization before they let us invest in projects.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "f2ev1g9", "text": "Is the app focused mainly on the sales side or does it also have an interface for fund and property reporting, tax, etc?", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "f2f13ye", "text": "I would as if I want to invest in your project already, I'd invest directly with you rather than going through a middle man who naturally charges a fee. The only concern is - are you legally allowed to take personal investments and if so how is that investment monitored and how will it be redeemed?", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "f2f4wu8", "text": "This process has already been around for years. See Fundrise, Realy Mogul, CrowdStreet, RealCrowd, etc. Those are just the marketplace platforms. There are also sponsors who have created their own online storefronts, such as ArborCrowd and now Origin apparently. Ultimately Origin is just a real estate sponsor who is good on the tech side.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "f2fbxvv", "text": "You just entered a very competitive space - with numerous other firms such as crowdstreet, realcrowd, fundrise, realty mogul. What advantages do you have to offer?", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "f2g458d", "text": "How does this actually work?", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "f2iooal", "text": "There is zero value proposition on your website.  I have zero idea of what I get when registering, what your USP is relative to competitors, or even what type of returns you expect your properties to achieve.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]