Theoretically you could structure these types of investments via crowd funding as debt or equity, but most income-producing assets can find relatively inexpensive bank debt so that is more economically for the debt and sponsors look to the "crowd" for the equity piece.

My goal in real estate is to help people who are finding it challenging to buy a home do it in an smart and economical manner so that they can grow their families and live out the American dream.

So, while it's true that hedge funds account for a very small percentage of residential housing economics, from a practical perspective, their influence is disproportionately large compared to their economic share.

I would suggest you evaluate the money you have available to invest and select the geographic area that you can get the largest bang for your buck.

Here, the restrictions aren't too bad as to residential, if they are on a federal register you may have other issues.The market is so unique that values may not be impacted at all by local market fluctuations, economic conditions or other factors that usually influence other homes, at least here.

This is especially true in my backyard when buildings are going up despite slow economic change.

Just beware of turf issues and overlapping non-profit services, go with the largest one that has a broad reach.

Residential and small commercial investors would be required to go through a brain damaging process that would serve little economic value making it worth the effort to prove a value.

The number look fantastic on paper, but the reality of the market in terms of economics, infrastructure, demographics, etc are far from being in your favor.

This one focuses a little more on the debt cycle and basis of our economic fluctuations.