. :)And, don't forget our sponsors for this morning's rant!       

RealCrowd, Crowdstreet): These portals list an investment opportunity on behalf of a sponsor, but outside of determining if the investment is worthy of listing on their site they are not underwriting the transaction on behalf of the investor"Broker/Dealer Model" (e.g.

Hi Community,Does anyone know of a website for a sponsor to offer investment relations to partners, not public but private?

Heard Los Angeles' city council is helping sponsor ZeneHome for LA homewoners?

And if your investors don't require that you do, my question is - how do you, as the sponsor, get comfortable around the idea of taking money without a clearly underwritten path to get it out.

they charge a fee to the sponsor to list their projects and provide them the platform with access to their registered investors?

We usually have sponsors who give away a raffle gift as well.

Chris Dodd and Barney Frank - retired senators from CT and MA I think who sponsored a bill after the financial crash in 2008 which implements a number of regulations that impact lenders.  

Throw in the fact that the space required for a station is usually large, and comes with city sponsored parking, and you create a space that becomes interesting to other businesses.

When you look at it this way, it may perfect sense that 2 Congressmen from Texas are sponsoring the Bill.