I would hope that these two industries continue to pave the way and help fuel regional growth, but I don’t really like to speculate too much.

I have built 3 different homes on spec (speculation).

If it happens, it should have a positive impact on prices, but that is just speculation.

Remember, we're operating with a backdrop of ground zero of the real estate foreclosure crisis, where shysters descended in masses to buy up cheap properties for speculation and letting them rot (without paying their property taxes!)

The flip side of this is that many investors do not do their diligence at $5K so I kind of feel the low minimum leads to more speculation but I could be wrong.  3) From what I can gather many people have done ok with the investments.The key like any investment is to do your diligence on the structure of the investment, on the property, on the sponsor, on the fees, on the sponsor's skin in the game, on the fees paid to the portal and on the area you are investing in.

It all seems to be speculation based on the price appreciation, which I haven't been comfortable with.I do co-invest in a large real estate PE fund that focuses on value-add multi-family and other similar projects, but those are an entirely different ball game.

Also what I have learned is that a lot of people will tell you stuff about pool cabins, but the fact is unless you have one, you are just speculating on what it takes to operate etc.  

Looking to here speculation on how it would help or hurt rental market. 

However, what Fundrise tries to do is take your investment and split it up into all of their funds, some of which are engaging in much riskier strategies such as more speculative value add or opportunistic.

Based on the article on why real estate is going up, it seems very speculative right now.