Simple Crowdfunding, With Davin Poonwassie

Episode 37 of the The Serviced Accommodation Property Podcast podcast, hosted by Kevin Poneskis, titled "Simple Crowdfunding, With Davin Poonwassie" was published on January 13, 2020 and runs 29 minutes.

January 13, 2020 ·29m · The Serviced Accommodation Property Podcast

Summary

Register your interest in Serviced Accommodation Discovery Day here, and a member of our team will get back to you to confirm your place at your preferred date.     ‘It’s about the power of the crowd, it’s getting that crowd to follow your brand’  In this episode, Davin Poonwassie from Simple Crowdfunding explains how you can crowdfund and get investors on board for your property business. Simple Crowdfunding look at your project to make sure it’s viable, get all the information together to make sure it’s compliant and market alongside you to get it funded.  You can crowd fund most things and you can effectively leverage a crowd funding platform that’s tried and tested and be compliant. Building your brand and being visible is key and using a crowdfunding platform can make sure you are developing your brand and growing your crowd, listen in now and get started.    KEY TAKEAWAYS Simple Crowdfunding allows you to communicate in a compliant way. You will be able to treat investors in the right way. They can take ISA money and also allow pension money into raises. Difference between peer to peer and equity Equity is where the investors are getting a share of the project, they share the risk with you and you share the profit with them. Equity is typically used at the top end of your capital stack. Peer to peer is effectively loans, it’s a group of loans from a crowd of people. Lots of people putting in small amounts into your deal so you can set up your rent to SA. Simple Crowdfunding offer peer to peer and equity which is are key aspects to consider when you are looking for a crowd funder. A lot the changes in peer to peer were about how investors are categorised and how checks are undertaken to ensure they understand what they are doing. Regulations came into force this month meaning that you can’t promote mini-bonds to retail investors. There are 3 types of investors high net worth, sophisticated and retail. This means you can’t market publicly because you don’t know who is seeing it. Peer to peer doesn’t have this restriction, you can market your deal to the retail investor and build your brand. Getting investors on board is easier than you think and Simple Crowdfunding can do that for you and after you have created the marketing will help you to make sure you are compliant. Once people have been on-boarded properly you can tell the world, it will keep your investors informed and will build your crowd as others see it because building your brand, your crowd and visibility is key for your next investment.   BEST MOMENTS ‘You can leverage a crowdfunding platform that’s tried and tested and be compliant’ ‘It matters because as you grow your business you will want different types of finance and will have built your brand through a platform’ ‘Whatever you want to do – your brand is hugely important; people want to get to know who you are’   VALUABLE RESOURCES The Serviced Accommodation Property Podcast https://propertysoldier.co.uk/ Simple Crowdfunding website   ABOUT THE HOST Your host Kevin Poneskis enjoys public speaking, travelling, exercising and keeping fit. He also enjoys working with a charity called STOLL which provides accommodation and training for homeless veterans.   Kevin was in the British Army serving 24 years, mostly in a Commando unit and retired at the rank of Regimental Sergeant Major. He left the Army in 2011 and became a full-time property investor. During most of his Army career, Kevin was investing in property and has been a property investor now for over 27 years.   CONTACT METHOD https://en-gb.facebook.com/propertysoldier/ [email protected]

Episode Description