One of our CrowdStreet members, Judy Huang, shares why she started investing in real estate and how she uses CrowdStreet to learn about and how to invest in CRE. Reflecting on her experience, she says, "Anything I need, anything I need to learn, it is available." It's our mission to continue to support our members in achieving their financial ambitions.
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Unknown
I was on a learning curve. You know, being part of the CrowdStreet family. But, it was new to me, and, I was happy with it.
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Unknown
there was an influence from my family. So, my parents have been always been in Real estate investment. But more on like individual physically owning a real estate. And then we came to the point that,
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Unknown
I was retiring
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Unknown
So I kind of phase into retirement, and we were looking into alternative real estate investment.
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Unknown
And I did some good research online, and I discovered CrowdStreet.
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Unknown
I think it's very transparent. All the information is always online.
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Unknown
It's very intuitive.
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Unknown
Platform.
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Unknown
anything I need to know,
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Unknown
anything I need to learn.
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Unknown
It was available.
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Unknown
I
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Unknown
was happy that I think I had enough information, education that I received to move forward.
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Unknown
Now, it's not perfect. Definitely. It's not perfect. Throughout the years, the platform, the marketplace, CrowdStreet, it was evolving. Even I myself too. But, you know, we kind of all learn and grow together.
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Unknown
I was impressed.
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Unknown
I think he shared some insights. How CrowdStreet is going to move forward to a new phase. So I was very excited to learn about that.
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Unknown
some of our family friends, they did, you know?
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Unknown
Jump in and put this update.
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Unknown
is
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Unknown
a platform for some very independent or some experienced REIT
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Unknown
or real estate investment. So for someone who needs a lot of hand-holding, maybe is not for them, but for us it's it's like perfect.
Unknown
I was on a learning curve. You know, being part of the CrowdStreet family. But, it was new to me, and, I was happy with it.
00:00:12:22 - 00:00:27:04
Unknown
there was an influence from my family. So, my parents have been always been in Real estate investment. But more on like individual physically owning a real estate. And then we came to the point that,
00:00:27:04 - 00:00:29:00
Unknown
I was retiring
00:00:29:02 - 00:00:36:18
Unknown
So I kind of phase into retirement, and we were looking into alternative real estate investment.
00:00:36:18 - 00:00:42:08
Unknown
And I did some good research online, and I discovered CrowdStreet.
00:00:45:04 - 00:00:50:18
Unknown
I think it's very transparent. All the information is always online.
00:00:50:18 - 00:00:52:15
Unknown
It's very intuitive.
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Unknown
Platform.
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Unknown
anything I need to know,
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Unknown
anything I need to learn.
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Unknown
It was available.
00:00:57:19 - 00:00:58:05
Unknown
I
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Unknown
was happy that I think I had enough information, education that I received to move forward.
00:01:07:03 - 00:01:20:07
Unknown
Now, it's not perfect. Definitely. It's not perfect. Throughout the years, the platform, the marketplace, CrowdStreet, it was evolving. Even I myself too. But, you know, we kind of all learn and grow together.
00:01:24:04 - 00:01:25:12
Unknown
I was impressed.
00:01:25:12 - 00:01:38:15
Unknown
I think he shared some insights. How CrowdStreet is going to move forward to a new phase. So I was very excited to learn about that.
00:01:42:01 - 00:01:45:03
Unknown
some of our family friends, they did, you know?
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Unknown
Jump in and put this update.
00:01:47:06 - 00:01:47:19
Unknown
is
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Unknown
a platform for some very independent or some experienced REIT
00:01:54:01 - 00:02:04:02
Unknown
or real estate investment. So for someone who needs a lot of hand-holding, maybe is not for them, but for us it's it's like perfect.