As a third party, commercial management firm and Accredited Management Organization (AMO) through the Institute of Real Estate Management, we are required to maintain E & O insurance.

"(4) An eligible certifier is a person that is not related (within the meaning of § 45(e)(4)) to the eligible contractor and has been accredited or otherwise authorized by RESNET (or an equivalent rating network) to use energy performance measurement methods approved by RESNET (or the equivalent rating network).

Check out iFunding, we crowdfund fix and flips by allowing accredited investors to invest as little as $5,000.

@Jake Kucheck I think I'd like to pursue B Corp accreditation a year to two from now as a RE wholesaler.

Their clients don't seem to be sophisticated (or accredited) investors.

I will definitely keep my eye on the crowdfunding real estate sites, unfortunately I am not yet an accredited investor... hopefully those rules will change in the near future.

@Jason Greenway You should take a look at my company website, iFunding - we crowdfund real estate projects by allowing accredited investors to co-invest as little as $5,000 and participate in real estate offerings.

I think we have to determine this before we can attempt to understand the new concept of "Institutional Crowdfunding".It sounds like Institutional Crowdfunding of Loans is just a new name for the same old players but may now include Hedge Fund Operators that have made themselves "accredited" and without "accreditation" you can not participate in buying into your slice of the Institutional Lending Pie?

I have a deal in Houston - that we have put together a POM for accredited investors.

Here's the definition from the SEC:http://www.sec.gov/answers/accred.htmCertain investments are exempt from some of the SEC registration requirements if they only allow accredited investors to invest.