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Ben Miller is the Co-founder and CEO of one of the hottest new investment products available today \\u2013 Fundrise. Their platform gives unaccredited investors the opportunity to invest directly in big property deals with as little as $1,000. By being a low cost model and required to pay out 90% of income, their eREIT provides high yielding returns to investors on a quarterly basis.

Ben comes on the show to discuss his 17 years of real estate and tech experience and how the combination of that skills has lead to the creation of Fundrise.\\xa0 This episode goes into extensive detail around all forms of real estate investing and will appeal to anyone who is interested on the broader category.\\xa0

**disclosure, Sam is currently invested in their Growth eREIT

Relevant links for guest:\\xa0

Ben\\u2019s Twitter \\u2013 http://twitter.com/BenMillerise\\xa0

Where are we:

Ben Miller: Washington DC.
Sam: Singapore\\xa0

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Discussed (relevant links):

Vanguard REIT \\u2013 Senior Property Housing Trust
MAPLE TREE INDUSTRIAL Trust
iShares REIT
JOBS ACT

Time Stamp \\u2013 Topic:

05:45 \\u2013 What Fundrise is
06:30 \\u2013 What is a eREIT?
07:50 \\u2013 Difference in income REIT and growth REIT
09:00 \\u2013 Ben\\u2019s 17 years of experience in Real Estate
12:30 \\u2013 Getting great mortgage rates
13:10 \\u2013 Surviving downturns in property and stock markets
14:30 \\u2013 The appeal of REITs as a cash flow investment
15:15 \\u2013 Fundrise vs a public REIT
17:00 \\u2013 How many properties will the REITs invest in
19:30 \\u2013 Investment windows for Fundrise
22:30 \\u2013 FAT built into public REITs
23:00 \\u2013 Finding high yielding REITs
23:45 \\u2013 Find properties to add to the eREITs
26:00 \\u2013 Fundrise vs. big institutions
26:00 \\u2013 Managing property operators
26:30 \\u2013 What markets do you find hot?
27:30 \\u2013 Why being small gives you an advantage
30:00 \\u2013 REITs paying out 90% of income
32:30 \\u2013 Investing for non accredited investors
32:45 \\u2013 The JOBS Act relevance to Fundrise
35:45 \\u2013 Minimum investments and average investor
38:00 \\u2013 Can non US citizens invest through Fundrise
40:00 \\u2013 When do REITs cap out?
42:30 \\u2013 Appreciate / depreciation potential
44:15 \\u2013 Valuing the REITs each quarter by a 3rd party
48:20 \\u2013 What is an ideal length of time to invest in a REIT?
50:30 \\u2013 Listener questions
53:30 \\u2013 Owning Fundrise vs. buying an investment property
57:45 \\u2013 What happens if Fundrise gets nuked
58:05 \\u2013 Find out more about Fundrise

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