If you are going to be a professional property manager look into a trade association or accrediting body that has a CA chapter.

Less than 35 non accredited investors, no general solicitation or advertising, etc.The other 15 states are a hodgepodge of various laws or lack thereof.One thing almost no one understands that if you are sued by an investor because the investor lost money ( not talking about property foreclosure or liability for deficiency, but about being sued because you did not properly explain risks to investors etc), and you comply with SEC Reg D, you have an affirmative statutory defense against those allegations.

I think this may be a benefit to those contemplating investing in these sites.Real Estate Crowdfunding Company Reviews---3/1/16This review is for those who are accredited investors, have an interest in making passive income, but have yet to select a Real Estate Crowdfunding platform or platforms to invest their dollars.Let me start out by stating that I am not a financial planner nor do I have extensive expertise in the real estate industry.

I do not have previous experience with hard money lenders, but this is a BBB accredited business (I checked) and this is what they provide.  

I'm definitely going to be looking at other cities in the same way I would my own neighborhood when looking for a home - schools, jobs, industry, outlook, incomes, etc.

Hi @Daniel Klucas, if you're an accredited investor, you have another option.

California participates in the Small Corporate Offering Registration (SCOR), which allows you to raise $1M from the public, without limitation as to advertising and accredited/unaccredited investor status.  

There are many ideas, some fact and some implied as to the advantages of requiring one to be an Accredited Investor for certain offerings. 

Hi @Brandon Sweeney, if you are an accredited investor, you can buy into institutional grade $50-125M projects with as little as $100,000 and diversify.

Realize that in may passive funds such as Fairway's you need to be an accredited investor.