According to investor.gov: What does it mean to be an accredited investor?

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

I had gotten into the financing side, first in residential and earned my AMB, or "Accredited Mortgage Banker" and then went into Commercial lending, eventually opening my own firm with my wife specializing in dealing with investors - we provided management, coaching and financing solutions specifically for investors and investment properties.

We are looking at working primarily with accredited investors, though there may be 1-2 sophisticated investors.

You have to be an accredited investor which means (1) a net worth or joint net worth with the person’s spouse exceeding $1 million, not including the value of the primary residence, and / or (2) an annual income of at least $200,000 in each of the two most recent years (or a joint income with a spouse exceeding $300,000 for those years), along with a reasonable expectation of the same minimum level of income in the current year.If you are able to invest in Realty Shares, then the answer is yes, if it meets your investment goals.

You won't get very far with $500k.I also agree that the stupid rules will force non-accredited investors to only be allowed to participate in the riskiest projects.  

Hi @Michael Penwarden, if you are an accredited investor, you can buy into $50-125M projects with as little as $100,000 and diversify for some added safety. 

At the conference I'm at right now, listening to their panels it seems they are selling off several thousand homes in packages of homes in packages of 20-50 for accredited investors.  

Title II platforms are far more serviceable, but those are limited to accredited investors.  

Crowdfunding also has to compete with the old 506(b) rules, which have much less baggage for investor accreditation checks.