It is advisable to do your due diligence and ask about such things as how long have they been in business, are alternative assets their sole focus, are they BBB accredited and rated, are they a regulated financial institution, have they ever been sanctioned by any regulatory bodies, how many accounts and how much in assets do they administer?

theres no way that we could afford "prime" real estate. i know the area isn't where people are going to buy that have cash on hand and can afford a $300k mortgage. its not why we are buying it. at least 5 of dh's friends have bought in the SAME lennar subdivision so its geared towards first time or not great credit homeowners and even military who are going to be moving every few years. honestly with the schools....from what i 've heard all of tucson and az suck big time. if your really worried about education then people are going to send their kids to private school or homeschool. my kids won't be here long enough for "real" education (or lack there of) to hurt them. 1st grade at worst and i do realize that many things happen in 1st grade but its a hurdle we'll get to when we get there being 3+ yrs in the future. now i also know that many many many people our age DON"T have kids so school isn't even on their radar. sure the south will always be cheaper vs. the transplanting the same house on an east or northeast street b/c its the south. but theres sacrifices we have to make and we realize that.we (well my realtor) phoned EVERY builder in town asking if they had anything like lennars selling points and everyone shot her down saying it was outrageous. so we did try. yes its the valencia reserve just south of valencia on alvernon on the left (if going south). now the rancho at $140k interests me. we put in offer at $150k all closing costs paid (so technically $142 or so for the actual house) and obviously rancho is nicer!

To those in the residential and commercial industry in regards to the request of whom is responsible for caulking of doorframes and window trim.I am an Accredited & Certified Paint and Coatings Inspector who has been certified by the Master Painters Institute 00223.

If you're only dealing with accredited investors, I guess you're somewhat more protected, but I still like the protection.  

If your accredited   Iron Bridge in Portland has a nice fund with a 30 day call.. and I think it pays 6%.

If this was not the case capital would flood in from sources with much more capital than the typical individual accredited investor can manage to scrape together.  

I tried Non-accredited investor Performing Notes as a search and fell into a bit of a rabbit hole with older posts.

But this is the same basic list that I talk about quite regularly with others:1) Public REITs2) Direct Ownership of small properties3) SyndicationsTo me:1) Public REITs - typically fairly low dividend yield, strong correlation to equities market, high volatility, no pass through losses2) Direct Ownership - debatable how passive it really is3) Syndications - possibly high barrier of entry (accredited investor and/or high minimum), limited transparency, illiquid, no controlAnd then you can get into tax effects with 1099 vs K-1 vs direct Schedule E from a P&L

It will be more difficult to find a company to invest with if you are not accredited.

You can only publicly market to accredited investors.