In general, I'm finding the sites are in their early days post the JOBS Act, still building inventory of deals and expanding the depth of description of the offerings.First, simplydoit.net has a nice listing of crowdfunding RE sites at : http://simplydoit.net/2013/08/real-estate-crowdfunding-players/Fundrise.

Almost as much REO inventory and less investor competition (easier to buy).

Is there any other collateral, such as inventory, machinery purchased or property from the use of the funds?

i didn't have exactly what they wanted in my inventory and could not find exactly what they wanted in the MLS inventory either.I've used this technique where I find a house that is exactly what the tenant is looking for and if I don't have one in my inventory, then essentially the MLS becomes my inventory as if there is anything on the market from the thousands of properties in the MLS, I can buy it and rent it to this specific tenant.

However, I have a 9-5 and no inventory so maybe I'll have to get him to understand.

Select a mortgage banker/broker/company whether its may be the mortgage department through your current bank/credit union who can actually pull your credit and may advise you on what mortgage products/programs that are available based on you credit score or the minimum credit score required for certain mortgage programs , income and things of that nature as well as the price range in which you can qualify for which may be higher/lower than the range you are currently looking in.Many areas have a larger inventory of distressed properties, which may be foreclosures, short sales or bank owned (REO) which sounds like what you may be touring now.Allow only 1 mortgage broker/banker to pull your credit as too many inquiries can affect your credit score.

If this is a rehab you would be treating the property as inventory and you would be able to deduct it only when the property finally sold.

Net-net, in my opinion, if you stick with the fundamentals (where are the jobs going, where is the population going, what's happening with inventory), the commercial multifamily sector still is a better bet than comparable asset classes.

Bill GulleyIf the property were being purchased as inventory in a "flip" business, would it not be relatively straight forward to substantiate the transaction as commercial?

I was thinking lately about taking out a loan or two for rental properties, but I have some concerns about the federal government/politicians/partisanship, a tech bubble in the stock market, shadow inventory held by the banks, economic problems on the part of the country that could affect the housing market, the drastic increase planed for the flood insurance industry (and I'm coastal) and the fact that the banks haven't really been brought to heel since 2008.