My presumption is that this is mostly unattainable for most people unless they are accredited and can join a group to own.ThanksKevin

Investors being the residents themselves theirfore (accredited; non accredited shareholders).

The disadvantage is that you lose control and have to that and then trust the person that is running the investment.Are you an accredited investor (made more than $200,000 in the last two years) or nonaccredited?

Your status as accredited or non-accredited investor will determine which route you can take in terms of the crowdfunding portals available for you. 

Depending on your investments goals and whether you are an accredited investor, you can invest in a syndicated deal to buy commercial property

“Alternative investments,” such as private equity real estate, are finding favor among high-net-worth investors these days.They offer opportunities for accredited investors to invest outside the world of stocks, bonds and mutual funds.

Deal with accredited people to be safe.

If you are accredited, you can learn a great deal about the process and earn solid returns. 

My HML company I had in the late 80 to early 90s was all investor based we had about 50 million of clients money and not one dime of our own in... these were all passive investors ( and in CA you can fractionalize DT's without the folks being accredited).. again a business.

Many people, myself included, prefer to deal only with "accredited investors," because you encounter the fewest problems here.