One of the applications came from an organization that helps families find temporary housing due to damage to the properties (fire).

The concerts are legal via the temporary special events ordinance if you are curious.

Initially, I was looking at the South Shore, Woodlawn, and Washington Park communities which are on the south side of town.

Rates are cutting into cashflow but will be temporary and rents will continue to rise.

Then you go ahead and invest with that sponsor (which is where you spend 99% of your time).So, if people tell you their investment experience on investment XYZ they are 99% talking about their experience with the individual sponsor they happened to pick (as CrowdStreet is just a very temporary middleman at the beginning).To put it another way: crowdfunding is essentially the same as old-fashioned syndication...except it's done on the Internet.

And still they made it sound like nothing more than a temporary setback.This is how the letter RealtyShares posted on their site rings to me. 

Anyone doing this near the Jersey shore or south jersey? 

I charge a bit more than market and make sure I'm getting a good chunk down to protect from any temporary dips in the market.

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