Just thought I felt compelled enough to share my thoughts, as it's very difficult working with a part time agent on the other end of a deal from a professional standpoint as well. 

They have a very compelling chart in their marketing deck that shows oil going from $100 barrel to $50 barrel and the impact on class A apts and class B/C that they own.

Simon, here is your core problem.  

Good areas to look in are around Montana Tech, and south side of Butte core business district. 

We need to close the second home and yacht loophole, as there is simply no compelling public interest in subsidizing second homes and yachts," - SandersNot everyone can afford to buy their 525,000/600,000 homes cash, Bernie.

@Zoe Mercier - @Paul McCormick Jr seems to be the one with some insight in this thread :)I don't know whether this is a good deal or not, though I am guessing since the owner is compelled to attach financing to it, the deal must not be so easy to exit.

I'm still in the process of building out my "core 4" so looking forward to connecting with others who are doing the same.

@Rome Xu it'll be tough to get the offer accepted by the seller, but in theory you can buy a place that costs about $1.24m with 3.5% down if it's a four-unit in our core Bay Area counties.

And what magnitude of price drop usually compels them to do so?

@Ian Ippolito makes a compelling case that Fundrise should be approached quite cautiously, and I don't plan to put any more in.