Note: I have absolutely no affiliation with e1031exchange.

They're based in Houston, but trying to get started in DFW.DFW Investor GroupsPlease note I am not affiliated in any way with any of the groups other than that I have attended some of their meetings/presentations.NTAREI- https://ntarei.com/ Normally meets about 2x a month in North Dallas at the Holiday Inn at Preston and LBJ NE corner.

And don't take this the wrong way but based on all of your posts on the topic, I sense that you also have a deep rooted envy for people like Graham who are able to able to build an audience like he has.If you have a huge following online you're going to monetize that following in one of a few ways: -Ad revenue -Sponsorships -Affiliates -Product sales (sometimes physical products like merchandise, sometimes digital products like ebooks, courses, memberships)There is a reason why so many influencers sell digital products.

If they had, say a doctor as a banking customer, they did not want to tell them to go someplace else and they simply explained that due to the nature and importnace of that loan that they would have their mortgage originated by an affiliated broker to ensure they got the best deal....

(I'm not affiliated with them, I just wanted to know).

@Ian Ippolito, @Bryan Hancock, So for my own clarification.... we are talking about the divide between the real estate crowdfunding platforms that list investment opportunities from multiple sponsors and where the sponsor and the platform are not affiliated with each other on one hand, and on the other side real estate crowdfunding platforms that list investment opportunities from one sponsor exclusively and where that sponsor and the platform are affiliated?

She's not affiliated with any particular companies, just knows a lot about renewable energy.

I am new to the BP community and I recently came across Renatus while browsing Craigslist looking for work and replied to an ad for real estate training I've done my due diligence and attended all the webinars only to...

Their affiliate companies LuxMods and Bahia Villages are scheduled to be produced before that but again not sure that anything has actually happened.  

RealQuest is a corelogic product, and I've found their data to be very reliable (not affiliated in any way, just a satisfied customer).I used to use length of ownership as a rough filter for equity, but as David Beard suggests, that doesn't take into account HELOCs, second mortgages or liens.