Essentially, your first step is to sign up for an accredited Real Estate Salesperson course.GSAR website: https://www.cnyrealtor.com

The Question: After you have your Private Placement Memorandum, how to you find and get accredited investors to invest with your fund ?

I would learn a lot, and gain trust from accredited investors.

I have not been directly involved in that space in a few years, but at that time crowdfunding for real estate was not permitted and regulations still remain fairly restrictive (accredited investors and the like).

@Alina Trigub thanks for the tag.Generally, PPMs are not required where you take funds from accredited investors only—they’re technically only required where you’re taking funds from even one non-accredited investor.

@Adam Rapoport or, if you qualify as an accredited investor, you can invest with hard money lenders or syndicators and own a portion of a larger asset.

They're widely available, many of them open-ended (meaning you can buy in tomorrow, next year, whenever) and you're not under the same pressure to find the perfect property.In the past, private equity funds were generally closed to "accredited investors," a sub sector of affluent investors who -- perceive ably -- have more money and therefore must be more savvy.

Supposedly they are BBB accredited , but there isn't much out there on them. 

But I'm unsure if I need to attend a school that is accredited or not.

And, 3) the "private money lender" list was nothing more than a list of local accredited investors who you can freely petition for investments.I'm glad it got you excited about REI.