I don't think crowdfunding will be able to replace this very well absent a broker or intermediary that will serve largely the same role the VC does.  

They were easily the lowest cost and fastest:- $5,500 for 2000 sq. foot home in Orange County while plumbers were asking $7,000 - $9,000 for the same project- 1 day to replace all the plumbing and get the hot water started plus 3 days to patch all of the holes created.- Our contractor provided a lifetime warranty on parts & labor.  

I was only going to replace the cabinets and some drywall.

I use sears outlet and replace vs. repair.

All the proceeds from the note sale plus the cash down received will be the net proceeds of the sale that are applied to your replacement property acquisition.   

I am looking for additional avenues for investing that will help to increase or replace my current income with a focus of growing those investments over time.  

First of all, the markets that we're investing in hasn't fully recovered from the housing crash, and homes can be bought for significant discounts to their replacement cost.

Don't let the idea that replacing carpet and repainting a unit are Capex, you will do it far more often than the IRS definition. you need to budget these cost on an annual basis and set aside reserves so that while you may not actually spend that each year, over the long term they add up.

First of all, the markets that we're investing in hasn't fully recovered from the housing crash, and homes can be bought for significant discounts to their replacement cost.

Like many others, I went to a seminar and got sold on the idea of real estate investing as a way of supplementing or even replacing my current income.