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    Comment #38115300

    http://archive.today/pQ3sL

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    Comment #36958168

    They'll take a loss on their equity invested because the cost of continuing to feed the mortgage payments until they could lease the space is greater. Likely that they'd never gene…

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    Comment #29517140

    Desired distance in cm here I'm assuming?

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    Comment #22707534

    My understanding is that even the disaster loans will still require collateral and personal guarantees. Unsure if they're waiving or changing those rules or plan to. Disaster loans…

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    Comment #21549562

    Also in PDX - where did you end up going out of curiosity? Casey?

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    Comment #18253161

    Here's a map showing all the OZ's: https://www.policymap.com/maps?i=9964345&btd=6&period=2018&l... Anything purple on there is designated an OZ.

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    Comment #18252925

    Close - but Bob in your example also has to improve the basis of whatever he buys by 100% within a 30 month period. So that could be a major renovation of the house, building anoth…

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    Comment #18252879

    What irks me about this article is its sole narrative on billionaires helping billionaires. Nowhere in the regs does it say that somebody with a $100 gain couldn't invest that into…

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    Comment #18252839

    The benefit is for investing capital gains into OZ's, not necessarily from selling assets that are in existing OZ's. So if you had a gain on your house (beyond the homeowner exclus…

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    Comment #16918641

    Shameless self plug (founder here)... We just launched RealCrowd University - http://www.realcrowduniversity.com - which is our crash course on real estate education. We do a podca…

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    Comment #12512000

    How are you guys assessing the lookthrough in that case? If an entity is formed for the sole purpose of investing in your fund, I believe those investors count towards your limit.

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    Comment #7582216

    This certainly won't win Marc any friends in the "non-SV" private equity shops and will certainly cause many to question his motives. However, what has happened over the last sever…

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    Comment #7491252

    This. The initial funding is by no means the reason to participate in YC - it should have zero impact on any company's decision making process. It is a bonus that takes some pressu…

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    Comment #6253557

    Founder of RealCrowd here - thanks for the comments. We're focused only on commercial assets now that produce stable cash flow - think of a starbucks or an office building in SoMa …

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    Comment #6208379

    It's a no-brainer for anybody that's been in the event management space. The problem is you're so bogged down in running the events you don't have time to take a step back and inno…

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    Comment #6061037

    Advertising of the offerings will be opened up to all, but there will still be restrictions on allowing only accredited investors to participate. The broader crowdfunding portion o…

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    Comment #6061023

    What you describe above is more of a "rewards" based kickstarter model, where there may not necessarily be actual "equity ownership" of the projects. In that case, you can do that …

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    Comment #6060597

    Thanks for the questions, a big part of our role is to handle exactly what you describe above. Making sure that the operating partner/developer is acting as they should! We have pr…

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    Comment #6059708

    Accredited investors must meet one of the following criteria: -a minimum net worth of $1,000,000 (excluding primary residence) -annual income of $200,000 for the prior two years an…