The mayor before last left office because she was convicted of stealing gift cards that were supposed to go to little children and the last mayor left office in disgrace because she wrote a children's book and then used the book as a fund raising arm (more like money laundering arm) for entities that contributed to her campaign or to entities where she served on a board like the University of Maryland hospital system.  

So I do investor relations and capital raise for different GPs and have been using investnext (the fundraiser suite) to integrate directly with several operators that I have been working with.

I also can't fundraise publicly, so this is preexisting relationships...

• Could this work for similar investments (that a 1031 would accept) to something   such as a DSTs, CrowdStreet/FundRaise - more passive options?

Here is a useful fact sheet published by the SEC relating to compensation "finders" (fundraisers).https://www.sec.gov/news/press...As always, consult with a securities attorney. 

Secondly, are you guys leading any fund raising efforts?

If you're not familiar with NFT's, there's a great list of articles here.Some potential use cases:- Title- one of the main value props of NFT is that it establishes provenance, given this is one of the most important (and expensive) pieces of real estate transaction, I think there can be a huge innovation in how titles are established, recorded, etc. in the future- Fundraising- With Smart Contracts you can partition out equity in a property, making it easier to crowdfund and raise capital- Royalties- the other value prop of NFT's is that it allows for second market royalties and such, this could be a new model of RE agent commissions?

(11k sq feet) It looks like a great deal but I don't have 25% downpayment and don't have committed capital for a potential fundraise.

Fund raised is closing at a very healthy figure with the bulk of Accredited Investors from Asia.

So they may open up for more fund raising or not, and what sort of implications further fundraising would have on current shareholders.