Many of our tenants don't have bank accounts or access to the internet beyond smartphones - the primary benefits of adopting software seem to be to allow ACH rent payments, have a portal for maintenance requests that we can quickly get out to contractors, and avoid the phone ringing off the hook/having to stop by so many properties on a weekly basis.

14-Is there an online owner portal?

They provide both tenant and owner, a webpage portal that allows your tenant to submit work orders, 24-hours a day.  

I could download them right off their portal after logging in as an owner.

There is a tremendous amount to learn about crowdfunding - vetting the "portals" or sites is just as important as vetting the investments themselves.

Hi JulianIf you wish to check out the market in Spain, please visit my website - a Spanish property portal with over 70,000 properties listed.

I agree with you that a secondary market is inevitable and I think it will be much more successful this time around, now that the crowdfunding portals exist.

That's not to say that getting a commission on the sale price perfectly aligns incentives by any means, but it does suggest that getting compensated in the manner you describe might put a serious conflict of interest between the seller and his/her agent, more so than just paying the listing agent a 3% commission.On the other hand, you can also list your property with a number of budding websites and portals that are attempting to do exactly what you describe.

Intrastate laws were always going to be easier and cheaper to work under than Title 3, but with the raised cap for state portals and the relaxed offering requirement it seems like the SEC is nodding to stats to take the lead and create the markets in lieu of Title 3's restrictions.So for anyone looking for real estate crowdfunding options, I would suggest getting in touch with your intrastate portals.

If the rules are reasonable, I think we will see several new portals pop up quickly, and hopefully the established platforms will adapt quickly to the new changes.