There are only two serious crowdfunding platforms in Canada for Real Estate right now, but both of them are focusing on prime lending opportunities, because they feel that if a project they raise funds for now, goes bad, then it would kill their brand.

Our concern with traditional financing is that we will be a brand new company with only our individual assets, the time required to actually get the funds and the high rates involved with it being a company and not an individual.

Try a) a more detailed description of your structure and why this would appeal and b) target your message to a particular audience in a particular market. 

He hasn't been out there as long as some of the better known brands, so that might explain it.

I'm not familiar with that term, is it a brand?

I realize that getting a mortgage as a brand new self employed person will be tough.

If you do decide to go, await till near the show and someone like Scott Carson will start giving away tickets to backfill the audience.

I'm Kira and I'm brand new to Real Estate Investing.

It's always great to see more folks with a strong REI background.If you've got any experience that you think might be helpful to share with our audience, I'd suggest creating a "real estate success stories" postFeel free to reach out to me if you have any trouble using BiggerPockets, or need any help determining how best to connect with folks!

I am sure there are some here on BP that owe it all to BP.. but just as many or more owe it to who ever they paid to get them off their butt and get going.. if that cost you 1k for Ben's course or a little more for a year of hands on training by someone like Brian or you paid 40k for a national brand training it is that step that made most take the next step.Along with the I want it now attitude of our current brand of RE investor and the age of the internet getting in front of people and enticing them with the idea that RE is the way to rich's and quit their job and spend time with the kiddos etc.