Crowdstreet investing experience

[Tatiana Podel]

Hi everyone, as a new investor working a full time job with two little kids, wondering if any of you have experience investing through Crowdstreet and what your thoughts on that are? Thank you all so much!

[Account Closed]

@Lisa Paolella everything exactly as planned so far on the multi family value add. I also recently updated in a student housing value add and a Marriot hotel in Ga. all through CrowdStreet.

Know what you are getting into. If you want cash flow make sure you invest in a project that pays dividends right away. In the case of the student housing there is no dividends until refi at year 2 then a large portion of principal is returned then divideds after that. For the Marriot hotel it’s more of a business, so the dividends are large (up to 16%) but the refi and/or sale only planned to return capital, so most of the profits come to you via monthly dividends.

My point is, look at the different plans and see what you want. If you are already receiving an income and don’t need monthly cash flow you may prefer all the appreciation at the end. If you want your money back faster look for a refi. If you want cash flow heavy look for that. They have lots of choices.