Crowd Funding and how do you do your Due Diligence?

[Carin Kveton]

I've been researching crowd funding sites where you can invest a relatively small amount of money (5-10K) for a group of properties, with other investors, with a return rate of around 8-12%. How do you do your "due diligence" on something like this? Do you request details of each property in that group? Do you research the company that is offering the crowd funding investment?  I'm used to flips and rental holds, so I know due diligence on that scale. How do you research this type of investment and make sure you are asking the right questions?