.:)So I turn on CNN and see this battle-hardened face of a middle aged man trying to hold fundraisers for Donald Trump.His brief bio mentioned something about real estate.Then I got curious and googled the heck out of him.His name is "Thomas J Barrack Jr".There you go.Go google him too.I'll wait here........OK.Welcome back.So my big question is:Let's assume I'm not a very patient person and I wanna be where this guy is sometime in the very near future.How do I get hooked up with Saudi Princes too and get to invest "some $200 million in Middle East real estate and $534 million in non-performing German real estate loans.."?

Are there websites/platforms where you can apply to have your deals fundraised for?

The safest way particularly if cash is tight, which sounds like might be your situation, is to perform some useful function for an experienced investor, such as being a fund raiser, while following them through all aspects of the deal.  

I attend more fundraisers for sick children, family who's home burned, raffle for fire departments than I can possibly remember in a month.That being said when my company/business "gives back" it is to a 503c compliant organization that I can claim on taxes.

Do you know which rules have to be respected with respect to fund raising?

After teaching as a part-time lecturer on resource mobilization and fundraising, I determined to test what I was teaching in real life, and I wrote a funding proposal for an OVC project to some funders.

This would be either from the government in the form of grants/tax cuts/working with other government agencies and sometimes even fundraising/donations.

How many hours have I spent at spaghetti dinners, fund raisers, figuring out invitation designs?

The GP is just two guys and myself, who put to work about $5-10m in equity a year. I may be able to bring an LP who is willing to commit essentially more capital than we could possibly put to use with the size of the ...

Some examples of democratizing Real Estate: online listing sites, online fundraising sites, online bidding, crowdfunding, anything else that lowers the barrier to entry.As technology continues to improve and be utilized in the real estate industry, prices will become more efficient, or closer to the true intrinsic value.