What about regulation A I believe it allows general solicitation and allows you to raise an unlimited amount of money from accredited investors as long as you register with the SEC and they approve the fund?

My family member ended up selling their house at the value they were hoping and they accredit it to that notice.Personally, I am stuck on what to think of this story. 

The downside is that many require you to be an accredited investor, meaning net worth of $1mm or annual income over $200k indiv/$300k married.

Are they accredited investors?

If you are an accredited investor you can also consider investing passively in syndicates which gives all of the benefits of investing directly yourself (cashflow, appreciation, favorable tax treatment) in return for a reasonable fee.Good luck!

I've been a non-accredited investor (cash vs Roth IRA investment) for almost 2 yrs now with Fundrise and everything seems okay for now, but of course, for me,  this would be the case that "you don't know what you don't know"...

Seeking accredited investors.

In some states property managers are required to get their CPM (Certified Property Manager) or ARM (Accredited Residential Manager) certifications.

To keep it brief, a 506c will allow the syndicator to advertise their opportunity publicly, but will restrict participants to accredited investors only.

It’s interesting that you say that because I have also been seeing many posts and videos from accredited investors (Ray Dalio) that the economy is about to slow down.