Here is the full story of how Nigerian student, David Jagun caught Drake’s attention. (Instagram/DavidJagun)
David Jagun is a staunch Drake fan who finally caught the Canadian superstar's attention recently.

Dreams come true. When Nigerian student, David Jagun woke up yesterday, he was just a Drake fan who liked making videos of himself rapping and singing Drake’s songs in the mirror, hoping to catch the superstar's attention.

He would upload these video on his Instagram page @DavidJagun. Today, he woke up to a co-sign by Drake. On Monday, September 16, 2019, Jagun finally had Drake's attention. The Canadian Superstar has promised to fly the Nigerian student and talking drum artist out.

How it started

Four weeks ago, he posted a video of himself rapping to ‘Don’t Disturb’ by Drake on his Instagram storiesThen, between August 19, 2019 and August 22, 2019, he posted six videos of himself performing songs like, ‘Controlla,’ ‘Feel No Ways,’ ‘Mine,’ ‘Headlines,’ ‘Pistols,’ and ‘Mine’ on his Instagram page.
All those posts had the same caption, “(Mr Drake, All I Ask For Is To Fly At Ur Side On The Plane) @champagnepapi +2349*********.”
Then, on September 15, 2019, he posted another picture of himself with a message that he hopes Drake answers him one day.

Drake’s response

Then, in wee hours of Monday, September 16, 2019, Jagun, who is a student of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State finally got a favourable response from Drake. The Canadian superstar posted three of Jagun’s videos on his Instagram page (@champagnepapi) and promised to fly Jagun out.
He wrote, “Nah @davidjagun I am flying you to a show ASAP you going 2 hard.
After Drake’s response, Jagun posted a picture of Drake with a caption, “GOD USE DRAKE TO BLESS ME, AND AM SO HAPPY... GOD BLESS OVO SOUND RADIO ( 6 GOD).”
The self-acclaimed creative artist is now set to fly out with Drake. 
Interested parties can now submit their entries till September 24, 2019.

The Headies to hold in October, opens for nominations. (Instagram/Headies)

Nigeria’s biggest and most prestigious music award show, The Headies, has opened its doors to receive entries for its 13th music award with this year’s edition themed ‘The Power of A Dream’.

According to the organizers, only musical works released between January 2018 and June 2019 will be eligible for submission this year and stand a chance to be nominated for the annual award. 
Running for over a decade, the 13th Headies award will feature 29 unique categories in recognition of Africa’s finest artiste. 
This includes; Best Recording of the Year; Best Pop Single; Producer of The Year; Best Reggae/ Dancehall Single; Best Rap Album; Best R&B/ Pop Album; Alternative Album; Best R&B Single; Best Collabo; Best Rap Single; Best Vocal Performance (Male); Best Vocal Performance (Female); Next Rate; Hip Hop World Revelation; and Lyricist on The Roll.
Others are the Best Street-Hop Artiste; Best ‘Alternative’ Song; Album of The Year; Artiste of The Year; Song of The Year; African Artiste Recognition; Headies’ Viewer’s Choice; Industry Brand Supporter; Best Performer; Songwriter of The Year; Rookie of The Year; Special Recognition; Hall of Fame.
Last year’s edition saw Nigeria’s sensational artiste, Olamide, with the highest number of nominations (10). He was closely followed by Tuface (7), Wizkid (6), Davido (4), and Clarence Peters (4).
Registration for this year’s entry closes by midnight September 24th, 2019. Visit HERE to submit your entries for possible nomination.
The award show is scheduled to hold October 19th, 2019.
See full list of categories below:
BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR
A non-voting category for the best recording (that meets the judges’ requirements of excellence; songwriting, production, rendition) by an artiste or group in the year under review.
BEST POP SINGLE
A category for the best pop single in the year under review (by a single individual or group).
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
An individual responsible for producing the most acclaimed song or album in the year under review.
BEST REGGAE/DANCEHALL SINGLE
A category for the best reggae/dancehall single in the year under review (by a single individual or group).
BEST RAP ALBUM
A non-voting category for the best album by a rap artiste or group in year under review.
BEST R&B/POP ALBUM
A category for the best r&b/pop album in the year under review (by single individual or group).
ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
A voting category for the best conceptualist, best directed and most exciting video in the year under review. This award goes to the video director.
BEST R&B SINGLE
A category for the best r&b single in the year under review (by a single individual or group).
BEST COLLABO
A voting category for the best r&b, pop or hip-hop collaborative track (including cameos).
BEST RAP SINGLE
A voting category for a single (released on-air) recording of a rap song.
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE(MALE)
A non-voting category for the single male artiste with the most outstanding vocal performance on a single song or album.
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)
A non-voting category for the single female artiste with most outstanding vocal performances on a single song or album.
NEXT RATED
This category is a voting category for the most promising act in the year under review.
HIP HOP WORLD REVELATION
A voting category for the best new artiste with a debut album adjudged to be outstanding in terms of artistic quality and impact within the year under review.
LYRICIST ON THE ROLL
A non-voting category for the rap artiste with the best lyrical depth and performance on a single song or album.
BEST STREET-HOP ARTISTE
A voting category for the artiste whose songs are inspired by the streets. Such song should captain lingua, which may also be originated by the artiste and popular on the street.
BEST ‘ALTERNATIVE’ SONG
A voting category for the artiste whose songs reflect any form or style of music which falls outside the mainstream of recent or past popular musical trends.
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
A voting category for the best album (solo or group) in year under review, that meets judges’ requirements of excellence (songwriting, production, rendition and impact).
ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
Most critically and commercially adjudged artiste in the year under review. Overall most successful artiste in the year under review.
SONG OF THE YEAR
A voting category for the most popular song in the year under review.
AFRICAN ARTISTE RECOGNITION
A non-Nigerian award category for an individual African artiste or group with the most outstanding achievement, impact and infiltration into the Nigerian music scene in the year under review.
HEADIES’ VIEWER’S CHOICE
A voting category to award the fan’s favourite artiste with the most digital tractions (downloads, views, streams) in the year under review.
INDUSTRY BRAND SUPPORTER
This is to say thank you to brands that have made the most impact in the music industry in the years under review. An award to recognize brands who are supporting the industry at a time when opportunities are scarce.
BEST PERFORMER
A non-voting category for the artistes whose stagecraft, showmanship and performance routines are exceptionally conceptualized and executed in the year under review with consideration of live performances.
SONG-WRITER OF THE YEAR
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:
A voting category for the rookie of the year who has had a successful year musically, with the absence of an album in the year under review.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
HALL OF FAME 
Popluar Nigerian artiste YCEE Has come out to the public to say that his former boss doesn't pay Artistes for their work and he is an example....
He says the CEO of Tinny Entertainment never paid his artists.
YCee blasts former label boss. [Instagram/IamYcee]

On September 18, 2019, Nigerian rapper and singer, YCee took to his Instagram account to rant at the boss of his former label, Tinny Entertainment for not paying his artists - amongst other things.

The person in question is Timilehin Arokodare, popularly known as Small Tinny. His label was home to acts like Ycee, Dapo Tuburna, Damilare and Bella Alubo.
YCee wrote, "Before I start I would first like to apologize to everyone of you all that I hold in high regard because I’ve tried my possible best to not let my social media be used as a point of negativity or conflict but I’ve been left with no choice
"So the CEO of TINNY ENTERTAINMENT took to his Instagram page yesterday to show gratitude for 100million plus streams (across all platforms) and this was brought to my attention, which left me confused because the post as seen above was accompanied with the caption “Grateful” and the handle of the label and no mention of the artistes whose content generated those streams.
"LET IT BE KNOWN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT NOT A SINGLE DIME GENERATED FROM THOSE STREAMS GOT INTO THE POCKET OF ANY OF THE ARTISTES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT THAT GENERATED THOSE STREAMS AND TO ALL THAT HAVE MADE CONGRATULATORY COMMENTS ON THE POST, THE ONLY THING THE CEO IS GRATEFUL FOR IS THE FACT THAT HE HAS YET AGAIN, SEEMINGLY GOTTEN AWAY WITH PROFITING OFF OF OTHER PEOPLES SWEAT (like he has been well known to do so many times in the past)
"I have been silent as I have quietly been focused on rebuilding my life and career and also out of respect to my previous employer but he in turn has not accorded me that same respect.
"Actions ranging from attacks on my reputation by spreading falsities about me, saying I betrayed him by leaving his label (knowing fully well the terms on which our business relationship ended) to leaking my music which he absolutely has zero rights to release but unfortunately happens to possess in order to delay and destabilize my debut album release.
"Before anyone asks why I’m doing this, it is simply to protect any other artistes from suffering the same fate and falling into the hands of this manipulative and delusional human being.
"I have spent the most part of the last 24hours on set shooting the first single off my album and I am going to get some rest at this juncture so nobody should call my phone. Thank You."
In the comment section, former label mate, Bella Alubo wrote, "So proud of you."
She also took to her Twitter account and posted a picture of YCee's Instagram post with the caption, "My hope is for more legitimate professionals to become key players is in the Nigerian music industry & that evil emotionally abusive narcissistic sociopaths stop targeting young/naive creatives proud & support @iam_ycee. Here’s to more recovery, mentally & otherwise."

What caused the rant?

A day prior, Small Tinny took to his Instagram account to celebrate 100 million streams from music owned by his label - including those recorded by his former artists.

You might remember...

In the middle of January 2019, YCee took to Twitter to announce his exit from Tinny Entertainment.
He announced that he terminated his contract with the label in September 2018, but still called it things like "home" and "family." Speculation inevitably began about YCee's reasons for leaving Tinny Entertainment, but after months of rumours, YCee has finally spoken his mind.
All this comes after YCee announced that he will release a 15-track album, YCee vs. Zaheer.
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One of the surprise guests we might be seeing at Davido's wedding is Chris Brown.
Its no news that Davido is getting married in 2020 but whats news and quite interesting is the fact that we might have Chris Brown make the groomsmen list.(Guardian NG)

It's no news that Davido is getting married in 2020 but what's news and quite interesting is the fact that we might have Chris Brown make the groomsmen list.

The music star hinted this via his Twitter page on Tuesday, September 17, 2019. According to him, Chris Brown wants to be on his train and he finds it hilarious.
"Chris say he wan Dey my train oooo 😂😂 Imagine Chris in attire !!!" he tweeted.
What do you think guys? Chris Brown wearing the traditional Buba and dancing to the instructions of the 'Alaga.' 


Nigerian ace music producer, ID-CABASA Took to social media on the morning of wednesday to narrate the horrible experience he had with a police officer.

by@HOUSEOFCHI

The veteran music producer took to his Instagram page on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 where he narrated his experience. According to him, he was in a car which was being driven by an Uber driver, when a Range Rover car almost ran into them. Obviously intimidated by the status of the SUV driver, the Uber driver was scared to talk to him.

"Okay, this night a young fellow Nigerian guy driving a Range Rover sport drove rough nearly hitting d UBER I was in on my way back home with a friend! The UBER guy was so scared and was trying to talk to d range guy but typical rich man-poor man tussle, the range guy overtook us and asked police guys guarding a club near bay lounge to slap the driver," he wrote.


ID Cabasa went on to explain that while trying to have a conversation with the owner of the SUV, who had instructed the police officers around to slap the driver, things suddenly took a twist as the police officer slapped him.
"I came down to have a conversation with d Range guy and in all sincerity, we were having a gentleman’s discussion before the police guy he spoke to earlier started pushing me and guarding me against talking to d guy! In a nutshell d police guy SLAPPED me!!!! Then people gathered, recognized me and bam he started begging!!! Sigh!" he said.
News Source:pulse.ng

How to invest in real estate:the basics.
For many, real estate investing is uncharted territory. Unlike stocks and bonds — often called “standard assets” — real estate is considered an “alternative asset,” historically difficult to access and afford — until recently.
But just because investing in real estate may be an unfamiliar investment opportunity doesn’t mean that it should be avoided. When approached correctly, real estate can be a lucrative and reliable way to generate substantial returns. Real estate can create a consistent income stream while supplementing your portfolio with unique benefits, including appreciation potential, portfolio diversification, and tax advantages.
Despite those obvious upsides, real estate can seem intimidating without an obvious starting point. That doesn’t have to be the case, though. In this article, we discuss the fundamentals of real estate investing, including seven different ways that you can get started right away.
So, first things first: what is real estate investing?

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What is Real Estate Investing?

Real estate investing is the purchase, ownership, lease, or sale of land and any structures on it for the purpose of earning money. Real estate generally breaks down into three categories: residential, commercial, and industrial.
  • Residential real estate: Residential real estate consists of single family homes, multi-family homes, townhouses, condominiums, and multi-family homes that people use as a living space and not a working space. Homes that are larger than four units are considered commercial property. Some examples include freestanding homes, townhouses, and condominiums that occupants can own.
  • Commercial real estate: Commercial real estate is property that is used for the purpose of business. Commercial real estate is classified as office, retail, land or multi-family. Some examples of commercial real estate properties include business offices (office), restaurants (retail), farmland (land), and large apartment buildings (multi-family).
  • Industrial real estate: As the name suggests, these properties serve an industrial business purpose. Some examples include shipping or storage warehouses, factories, and power plants.
In addition to property types, there are three main ways to make money from real estate investments: interest from loans, appreciation, and rent.
  • Interest from Loans (or, in the parlance of real estate, “debt”): A real estate loan is an arrangement where investors lend money to a real estate developer and earn money from interest payments. Debt investing provides a regular cash flow for an investor. Depending on the number of lenders, there can be one or several types of debt within the capital stack. Types of debt include senior debt, junior debt, and mezzanine debt. Debt can also be secured or unsecured. This distinction defines an investor’s rights in the event of a property’s foreclosure. A loan is a type of passive investment that is used by private equity firms, REITs and real estate investment platforms.
  • Appreciation: As with the ownership of any equity, real estate ownership gives an investor the ability to earn money from the sale of that equity. The appreciation, or increase in value of a property over time, represents the potential profit available to an investor when that property is sold. Unlike debt investments or rental income, a sale provides one large, single return. Equity can generally be categorized as preferred equity or common equity. Equity ownership can be an active or passive investment depending on the position of the investment within the capital stack.
  • Rent: An investor who holds equity ownership of a property can earn income by leasing that property. As with the income generated from a debt investment, rental income can provide a regular income stream. Depending on how a property owner manages their real estate (independently or through a hired manager), they may keep all of their earnings or share earnings with a property management company.
Each category of real estate and type of investment carries its own set of risks and rewards. Regardless of the type of real estate that you invest in, it is important to choose investments wisely by running opportunities through a rigorous underwriting process. No matter who performs the underwriting, due diligence plays a vital role in making a decision on an investment determining whether an investment opportunity is financially sound and whether it can meet your financial goals.

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Many investors like to use projected rate of return as a key metric when analyzing real estate. However, more seasoned real estate investors will often turn to capitalization rate, or “cap rate,” as a preferred way to assess an opportunity.

Ways to Invest in Real Estate

There are many ways to invest in real estate with any amount of money, time commitment, and investment horizon. Real estate investment options break down into two major categories: active and passive investments. Here are seven fundamental ways to invest in real estate with options ranging from intense, high-effort to hands-off low-effort.

Active Real Estate Investing (Doing it Yourself)

Active real estate investing requires a great deal of personal real estate knowledge and hands-on management or delegation of responsibilities. Active investors can work as real estate investors part-time or full-time, depending on the nature and number of their investment properties. They usually invest in properties with only one or a few owners, so they bear quite a bit of responsibility in ensuring the success of a property. Because of this, active real estate investors need real estate and financial acumen and negotiation skills to improve their cap rate and overall return on investment.

House-Flipping

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House-flipping is the most active, hands-on way to invest in real estate. In a house flip, an investor purchases a home, makes changes and renovations to improve its value on the market, and then sells it a higher price. House-flipping is generally short-term, because the longer the investor owns the home without leasing it to tenants, the more their expenses add up. This eats away at returns when they sell it. Investors can repair or renovate the home to increase its sale price or sell when its value in the housing market increases.
If you watch HGTV, then you have probably watched a house get transformed from rags to riches in under 30 minutes and sold for a sizeable profit by house-flipping pros. In these shows, house-flippers buy a home that they believe to be underpriced, add value through renovations — such as replacing countertops or flooring, or tearing down walls to change floor plans — and then sell the home at a higher price to turn a profit.
While house-flipping is exciting, it also requires deep financial and real estate knowledge to ensure that you can make over the home within time and budget constraints to ensure a profit in the housing market when the home is sold. The success — and the financial burden — of a house flip falls entirely on the investor. You need enough cash for a down payment and/or good enough credit to secure a home loan in order to buy a property before another flipper does. It’s a high-pressure and high-stakes real estate investment that makes for great TV, but a good investment opportunity only for certain knowledgeable investors.
Another property-flipping option is wholesaling. Wholesaling is when an investor signs a contract to buy a property that they believe is underpriced and then sells it quickly to another investor at a higher price for a profit. Most often, wholesalers seek out properties in need of renovations and sell them to house-flippers who are willing to perform the renovations. An investor will sign a contract to buy a property and put down an earnest money deposit. Then, they quickly try to sell the home to a house-flipper at a premium, earning a small profit. Essentially, a wholesaler gets a finder’s fee for brokering a home sale to a house-flipper. However, unlike traditional brokers, a wholesaler uses their position as the homebuyer to broker the deal.
Wholesaling is a risky venture, also requiring real estate and financial expertise. It demands due diligence and access to a network of house-flippers in order to find a buyer within a timeframe to sell at a profitable price. Otherwise, like house-flipping, you risk not earning a profit or, worse, losing money.

Rental Properties

Rental properties also require hands-on management, but unlike house flips, they have a long-term investment horizon. Any type of property (residential, commercial, or industrial) can be a rental property. Property owners earn regular cash flow usually on a monthly basis in the form of rental payment from tenants. This can provide a steady, reliable income stream for investors, but it also requires a lot of work or delegation of responsibilities to ensure that operations are running smoothly.

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First, you must find tenants for your property. This may be easy or difficult depending on your property type and available resources for finding tenants. You are also responsible for performing background screenings for prospective tenants (if you want to) and providing legally sound lease agreement contracts with tenants. For each month that you do not have a tenant, you miss out on income from your investment.
Once you have tenants, you have a litany of resultant duties. As the landlord, you are responsible for rent collection, property maintenance, repairs, evictions, record-keeping for the properties and ensuring legal compliance on all matters. Depending on the number of rental properties that you own, property management can be a part-time or full-time job.
Some real estate investors who don’t want to handle the management of a property contract a property management company for a fixed or percentage fee. This takes some weight off an investor’s shoulders, transforming the real estate into a more passive investment. However, this tradeoff also means that an investor cedes some control of their properties and lose a portion of their monthly income.

Airbnb

Airbnb is a tech company that allows residents to rent out their homes on a nightly basis, usually as an alternative to a hotel. Airbnb rentals are similar to rental properties, but they are confined to residential properties and usually only available for short-term periods. Unlike traditional rentals, Airbnb lets you rent out a portion of your home, or your entire home. Property owners earn money by renting their property by the night, which can provide regular or irregular cash flow, depending on the demand of the property within its specific market. Property owners are responsible for furnishing and maintaining the home for renters.
Airbnb rentals require much less expertise and supervision than traditional rentals for several reasons. Airbnb itself facilitates the booking of the rental property and creates the contract agreement between the property owner and renter. Because Airbnb manages several components of the rental process, Airbnb rental properties can be a part-time job or side hustle.
While Airbnb rentals can be a lucrative solution to the spare bedroom in your home, before listing, make sure that short-term rentals are allowed in your area. Homeowner associations have the power to ban short-term rentals, and in some cities, such as New York, there are existing bans against types of short-term rentals. And, make sure that you’re prepared to handle any possible headaches that may come up under Airbnb’s hosting policies.

Passive Real Estate investing (The Hands-Off Way)

Passive real estate investing offers opportunities to invest in real estate for everyone: those with extensive real estate and financial knowledge and those with limited or no expertise. Passive real estate investors typically provide only capital and allow professionals to invest in real estate on their behalf. As with stocks and bonds, passive investors bear responsibility only for their investments.

Private Equity Fund

private equity fund is an investment model where investors pool their money together into a single fund to make investments. They are usually limited liability partnerships with a designated manager or management group. While the manager actively manages the equity fund’s investments, investors are not necessarily required to be directly involved on a regular basis. However, as an investor, it is important to have the financial and real estate knowledge necessary to understand the risks and potential returns of each investment, because minimum investments are generally quite high.
Access to private equity funds is generally limited to accredited and institutional investors with high net worth. Investment minimums can vary, but are usually not less than $100,000. Private equity funds typically use a “two and twenty” model, in which they charge a 2% annual management fee and an additional 20% fee on any profits that the fund earns. Private equity funds are generally illiquid as well, and therefore necessarily limited to investors who can afford to tie up large amounts of money for long periods of time.

Opportunity Funds

An Opportunity Fund is an investment model where investors pool their money together into a single fund to make investments in Qualified Opportunity Zones. Opportunity Zones are census tracts of low-income communities that have been nominated by state governors and certified by the US Department of Treasury. Opportunity Zones and Opportunity Funds fall under the Opportunity Zone program, which was created to encourage private investments in the development of economically distressed neighborhoods across the US.
By law, an Opportunity Fund must aim to invest at least 90% of its assets into property or businesses within Opportunity Zones. For real estate, the Opportunity Zone program was designed to promote the improvement of neighborhoods, so the types of allowed real estate investments is limited. Real estate investments are limited to the construction of new buildings, the redevelopment of previously unused buildings, or the Opportunity Fund must invest more in improvement than it paid to buy the property within 30 months of buying it.
Opportunity Funds investors can receive substantial capital gains tax incentives for their investments. An Opportunity Fund allows an investor defer taxes on realized capital gains invested into an Opportunity Fund until December 31, 2026. If the investment is held for at least five years prior to December 31, 2026, investors can expect a 10% reduction in tax liability on their deferred capital gains. If the investment is held for at least seven years prior to December 31, 2026, investors can expect a 15% reduction in tax liability on their deferred capital gains. And, if the investment is held for at least ten years, any capital gains earned from the investments should be permanently excluded from capital gains taxes.
Opportunity Funds are long-term investments that may or may not be illiquid. To receive the full tax advantages of an Opportunity Fund, investors must invest before December 31, 2019 and hold their investment for at least 10 years. They’re ideal for hands-off investors who want to maximize capital gain tax savings, but they’re generally limited only to investors who can afford to tie up their money in investments for long periods of time.

REITs

real estate investment trust (REIT) is a company that makes debt or equity investments in commercial real estate. Generally, REITs offer a portfolio of real estate to investors. Investors buy shares of the company and earn income from its debt and equity investments in the form of dividends. Similar to a mutual fund, REITs were created as a way to give ordinary investors public access to real estate investments. By law, a REIT must earn at least 75% of its gross income from real estate and invest at least 75% of its assets in real estate. Additionally, it must distribute at least 90% of its taxable income to shareholders each year.
Today, REITs can be categorized according to investor access in three ways: private REITs, publicly-traded REITs, and public non-traded REITs.

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Private REITs aren’t registered with the SEC, and aren’t publicly traded on the stock market. Private REITs are similar to private equity funds in many ways. They are usually limited to accredited investors with high net worth, and while minimums are subjective, they are usually quite high. Private REITs also generally carry high fees, sometimes as much as 15%. Additionally, they are generally illiquid, which restricts access to those who can afford to invest large sums of money for long periods of time.
Publicly-traded REITs are registered with the SEC and traded in the stock market. Unlike most real estate investments, these are highly liquid with no investment minimum other than the price of the share, so investors can buy and sell them easily. While public REITs offer the greatest access, because they are correlated to the public markets, they are one of the real estate investments subject to the most volatility.
A public non-traded REIT is somewhat of a hybrid between a publicly-traded REIT and a private REIT. They are registered with the SEC, but not traded on the stock exchange. They can be open or restricted and their investment minimums can vary. They are usually illiquid and can carry high investment fees, but this is not always the case.

Online Real Estate Investment Platforms

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Online real estate platforms pool investments and invest in real estate investment opportunities that would otherwise be difficult to find or out of reach on an individual level. Real estate platforms offer investors the ability to invest in single investments or a diversified portfolio of real estate. Some offer only debt investments and others offer both debt and equity investments. And, some focus on a specific city or region and others invest across the country. Many real estate investment platforms carry restrictions such as accreditation requirements and high investment minimums, but not all of them.
For example, Fundrise pools investments from thousands of investors of all sizes and leverages their collective buying power to invest in real estate investment opportunities that would otherwise be out reach of most investors on an individual basis. Our real estate team with more than $7.5 billion of experience acquires and manages our investments building nationally diversified portfolios of private real estate on behalf of our investors. Unlike other restricted real estate investments, Fundrise is open to everyone with no accreditation or net worth restrictions. It also gives investors access to greater liquidity than some other private market options through a quarterly redemption, subject to certain restrictions and limitations. Additionally, Fundrise investments carry low fees and a low investment minimum of $500.

Putting it All Together

Real estate has a track record of strong performance. Real estate investing offers the potential to earn significant returns and add meaningful diversification to your portfolio. When managed wisely it can become a valuable source of cash flow in your investment portfolio. As with any investment, real estate investments require you to understand and weigh the risks and potential rewards before beginning. Depending on which way you choose to invest in real estate, you’ll need varying amounts of time, beginning capital, knowledge, and patience.
If it fits with your goals, available resources, and personality, fast-paced, high-risk house flipping ventures may be what makes the most sense with you. If you don’t have extensive knowledge and experience to venture into house-flipping, or if you don’t have a strong desire to become a landlord, you can still access the diversification benefits and earning potential of real estate. There are passive investment options, such as Fundrise, that can help you unlock real estate without the ongoing obligations that fall on the shoulder of active investors.
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