Since Reg A+ quite a slew of new platforms have popped up offering deals to investors such as myself (non-accredited).

Some real estate goals that I have are to be considered an "accredited investor" by the age of 30.

I want to home school him eventually, but in the meantime I make sure I take the time to at least familiarize him with the basics.

Do the individuals who have the self-directed IRA's have to be accredited investors and submit subscription agreements?  

They also don't take non-accredited investors because the law doesn't currently allow for it.  

. :) I had some friends let me push paperwork because of my accreditation wi energy upgrade CA and he got 5k for it then gave the 1500 plus a few ice cold beer to me, pretty nice payday for a 6 hour job.

@Susan Perry  your accredited investor I would surmise... take a look at the crowd funding portals out there  I like Realty Shares and Realty Mogul ... both of them have 1st trust deed investments that you can put small amounts into.. to test the waters on debt investing. for as little as I think 5 to 10k you can do a trial without spending a bunch of money you can then see how debt deals are structured and get your feet wet.. these usually bring in about 8 to 9% or a little better.. first position TD's.. local HML will usually pay a little more.But for an experiment and something you would not loose sleep over you may want to give it a shot.. 

But back to subject at hand, here is a little information regarding raising capital through private placement that I pulled from my own stash:Rule506(b)offerings,whichcannotusegeneralsolicitation butinwhichnon-accredited investorscan participatesolongastheyareprovidedwithextensiveinformationaboutthe issuerofthesecurities,usuallyintheformofaprivateplacementmemorandumorPPM;and • Rule506(c)offerings,whichcanusegeneralsolicitation,butmustbesoldtoaccredited investorsonly,inwhichthemarketwillletinvestorsdictatethetypeofinformationthatthey needinordertomake informedinvestmentdecisions.Hope this helps.....

If you took the exam and you had to pass some accreditation or work experience, then it MIGHT be issued to you and you MIGHT need to detach yourself as an employee, in case you want your own company.

I have a very special need when I was looking for it, the CPA needs to have experience on construction AND accredited to do AFS.