Episode #039 - FAQ's Review - How to NOT GET SCAMMED Investing in Commercial Real Estate

Today our hosts Brian Duck, Braden Cheek & Joel Thompson from The Criterion Fund review the most Frequently Asked Questions we receive from people getting started investing in commercial real estate. Topics discussed: What are you actually investing in? A REIT? A LLC? - When you direct invest in Real Estate through an LLC you receive all of the tax advantages of actually owning the real estate compared to a REIT where you are just investing in a company that owns real estate. What is a typical or minimum investment amount? Should you try and take all of your allocated investment money and try and go buy a smaller CRE deal yourself? When investing with us you can typically get a bigger, nicer, better performing asset and diversify over 5-10 deals with the same amount of money. How and when do I receive my returns or distributions? Who can invest? Do I have to be an Accredited Investor? 6.Can you use IRA or 401(k) accounts? In short - YES! How will I handle this on my taxes? Are you investing in your own deals? Who is signing or guarantying the debt? What is the recourse if the investment goes south? How do you get compensated from this? Explaining preferred returns and how they can protect the LP's and incentivize the GP. *Be Sure to check us out on Spotify and Apple Podcasts for the Audio version of today's episode!** https://open.spotify.com/show/08KmNvqGV5HjmHUC8fLuce https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-invest-in-commercial-real-estate/id1543470290?itsct=podcast_box&itscg=30200 Links mentioned in this episode: www.TheCriterionFund.com www.HowToInvestInCRE.TV Invest.HowToInvestInCRE.com To sign up for our exclusive investor list, click below. https://www.TheCriterionFund.com/Join-Our-Investor-List