Callan’s diligence adds confidence as Crowd Street expands private markets access to include equity, credit, and venture capital fund offerings.

Private markets may soon appear in 401(k) plans. Explore what these possibilities could mean for investors and how Crowd Street empowers informed choices.

Not all CRE valuations are equal. Learn the difference between broker opinions and appraisals, plus key questions to ask when evaluating property value.

Discover how private equity works, some key risk factors, and ways individual investors can explore this space with Crowd Street's private equity guide.

Discover some things you may need to know about a private markets platform before investing

Discover how private markets are entering retirement accounts, ways 401(k)s compare with SDIRAs, and what control investors may or may not have.

Learn how private credit works, some of its risks and benefits, and how investors can access this fast-growing asset class in our private credit guide.

Discover how accredited investors can expand beyond crypto and stocks with private market alternatives at Crowd Street.

Explore how commercial real estate (CRE) works, including asset types, investment strategies, and risks in this in-depth, investor-friendly guide.

Cap rates help investors evaluate real estate opportunities, but they don't tell the whole story. Discover their uses, limits, and key considerations.

Discover the crucial role sponsors play in commercial real estate investing. Learn how Crowd Street vets sponsors

Discover how retail properties can adapt to e-commerce growth with thriving categories like experiential retail and grocery-anchored centers.

Learn the SEC requirements for accredited investors and why Crowd Street exclusively offers its private market opportunities to qualified investors.

Discover why build-to-rent real estate appears to be growing in demand with a look at 5 key drivers

Learn how Tenancy in Common (TIC) may offer flexibility for owners in commercial real estate, allowing shared ownership and potential investment benefits.

What is IRR? In simple terms, the internal rate of return is the rate at which an investment is projected to grow. Learn more with our informative article.

Learn how Opportunity Zones can help investors defer, reduce, and eliminate taxes while potentially helping revitalize communities.

Mastering Real Estate Investment Metrics: Learn how to decipher key metrics for real estate, from IRR and AAR to cash-on-cash returns and cap rates.

Discover some of the differences between accredited investors and qualified purchasers.

Learn more about the LP and GP relationship. Next, understand how GP Funds are generally structured and the potential of participation in the GP promote.

Learn more about commercial real estate distributions and some important considerations to make before investing.

Navigate capital calls with our guide: implications of not contributing, interest rate effects on deals, and Crowd Street's comprehensive approach.

Explore real estate syndication: navigate investment horizons, understand tax implications, and more with our comprehensive FAQ guide.

Learn about diversification in commercial real estate and some general guidelines to consider.

Get insights into the pros and cons of real estate syndication, Learn about larger deals, portfolio diversification, and navigate its inherent challenges.

Discover the potential of real estate syndication as an investment strategy. Learn how to invest in shared properties and start earning passive income now.

Learn how Crowd Street’s broker-dealer transition improves investor experience with new offerings, personalized support, and more secure deal processes.

Explore the impact of unfunded capital calls in private equity real estate: dilution, distribution changes, and other potential consequences for investors.

Learn how falling property values create investment opportunities in distressed commercial real estate debt. Turn crisis into profit.

Explore why unplanned capital calls are sometimes necessary to tackle budget overruns, fill refinancing gaps during market stress, & seize opportunities.

Learn about Crowd Street's thorough review process for evaluating investments. Explore carefully curated investment options on our award-winning platform.

Distressed debt (non-performing loans) vs. distressed operations: learn the implications for real assets and the potential opportunities and risk of each.

Distressed Investing is a unique strategy in challenging markets. Learn about types, specialized landscape, timing, value recovery, & risk considerations.

Private real estate investing can help you build long-term wealth and achieve your financial goals - even in volatile markets. Join Crowd Street today.

Discover the pros and cons of preferred equity in real estate. Explore its characteristics, its potential to hedge risks, and learn how investors get paid.

Can redemption provisions hurt your investment? Our take on Non-Traded REITs and investing during volatile market cycles

Learn what negative leverage means in commercial real estate, how it impacts returns, and when it may still make sense in volatile market conditions.

Discover how commercial real estate investing in multifamily, self-storage, and hospitality can serve as a strong inflation hedge.

Learn from former Crowd Street CIO Ian Formigle how private equity real estate differs from REITs and how it may diversify your portfolio.

Learn how commercial real estate can serve as an effective hedge against inflation in this video from Amna, former Investment Analyst at Crowd Street.

In this article, we're focusing on a commonly asked question investors have related to real estate investing and tax reporting, specifically K-1s vs 1099s.

Learn about the ins and outs of the real estate cycle and how to make smart investment decisions. Get started now with Crowd Street's expert resources.

Understand how preferred returns work in real estate investments. Learn the differences between true vs. pari-passu prefs, equity structures, and key risks.

Discover how to diversify your investment portfolio using crowdfunded commercial real estate to assemble a diversified real estate portfolio.

Volatility is something every investor will face, but real estate investments may help mitigate the risks of market volatility on your portfolio.

The typical lifecycle of private equity real estate investment returns.

In this excerpt from the latest whitepaper from our Office of the CIO, we talk about the ways real estate can provide a hedge against inflation.

Our guide explains private equity-backed real estate lending funds, providing collateralized loans to qualified borrowers. Click to learn more.

Learn the complexities of the commercial real estate capital stack as explained by industry experts. Read on to understand the capital stack meaning.

Inflation can have a significant impact on commercial real estate investments. Learn about the connection of inflation and commercial real estate today.

Many new investors wonder, how much money do you need to invest in real estate? Learn how you can get started investing in real estate today.

Real Estate investing is full of rules, especially when it comes to paying taxes on your properties. These rules and regulations can be confusing,  but are

Tokenized real estate allows investors to trade their shares on the secondary market more easily using blockchain technology.

What is the 1031 tax deferred exchange? Save on real estate capital gains tax by leveraging the 1031 exchange rules through reinvestment. Learn more today.

Understanding real estate asset classes and their demand drivers can help you evaluate if a potential real estate investment is right for your portfolio.

Commercial real estate covers everything from apartment complexes to package sorting warehouses. Learn about investing in this $20.7 trillion asset class.

Investing in real estate through private markets can offer an alternative to stocks and bonds while helping to diversify your portfolio.

If real estate investors are willing to take on the risk of an opportunistic investment, then there's the possibility of a bigger reward.

Investors can build a diversified portfolio one CRE deal at a time. But there is another way to diversify'“by investing in a fund. 

Opportunistic deals generally focus on a property that needs significant work to reach its full potential market value. While they are considered the riskiest investment, with increased risk comes the increased potential upside.

In this webinar, Tom James of Crowd Street is joined by Sean Kelly Rand of RD Advisors to discuss what investors need to know about debt funds.

Having a HUD-insured loan can mitigate risk, provide attractive loan terms and overall help ensure the longevity of the project.

Commercial properties generate returns for investors in two ways: income and appreciation.

But did you know that accreditation is a definition, not a process? There a few ways you can become an accredited investor.

Three Crowd Street executives sit on a ULI Product Council. So how is Crowd Street supporting ULI's mission?

Income generated by your SDIRA is typically tax-exempt, but it can be subject to an unrelated business taxable income (UBTI) tax.

Net operating income is the largest single value driver for commercial real estate and can have a dramatic effect on your asset's value.

When evaluating all your investment options, it's important to understand the fundamental differences between investing directly in commercial real estate

Commercial real estate portfolio diversification can take many forms but here are five ways to think about it.

Learn how developers accelerate tax deductions and about the beneficial tax rates when real estate is sold.

This video explains what a cost segregation study is, how it impacts depreciation and why a tax depreciation plan matters when evaluating an offering.

What you need to know about correctly incorporating a direct real estate investment into your 2019 tax return.

The higher you go in the capital stack, the less likely it is for that layer to receive distributions.

What kind of impact will your CRE investments have on your personal tax return this year? Our webinar explains.

It's no secret why people are exploring how to balance their portfolios with commercial real estate investments in the third largest asset class in the U.S.

As an investor, you've likely heard diversification in your portfolio is crucial. That said, you may not know how it works to your advantage or how to achieve it. This article will deepen your understanding of diversification, the various options at hand, and how to access them.

Online Commercial Real Estate (CRE) investing is growing rapidly, with new platforms emerging and making it harder for investors to choose the right one.

Explore how UBTI can impact real estate investments in IRAs. Learn when income is taxable, what creates UBTI, and how to plan accordingly.

Fundamentally, real estate owners and investors are in the business of generating cash flow from the users of a space, and leases are the legal

Waterfall structures in commercial real estate private equity deals can be complex. One element of a deal that can further complicate them is the

Explore how the CRE holding period is shaped by market shifts, sponsor strategy, and asset performance—learn how investors can interpret this metric.

In this article, we explain how commercial real estate operators can potentially create value in commercial real estate assets and provide an illustrative example as well as a case study.

In this article, we begin by revisiting the definition of a cash-on-cash return but then move on to highlight the differences between cash-on-cash yields and cash distribution yields.

In this article, we kick off the first of a three-part series on the commercial real estate transaction. Part I will cover the steps from developing an investment thesis to acquisition award (or winning the deal).

In this article we give a detailed overview of the multitude of real estate property types/sub-categories/quality-types as well as details on how to apply this information to get started in CRE investing.

In this article, we highlight the differences between sponsor fees and profit interests and provide some of the most common justifications for fees typical seen in commercial real estate investments.

Discover why commercial real estate (CRE) offers smart investment opportunities compared to single-family real estate (SFR). Read on to learn more.

In this article we'll show you how to make the inefficiencies of the commercial real estate market work for you. We'll walk you through several clear examples showing how savvy investor have used the inefficiencies of CRE to win big - plus we'll teach you how to spot similar opportunities for your own commercial investments.

In this article, Crowd Street walks you through the ten most common sources of risk present in commercial real estate investment opportunities.

Explore the comprehensive real estate development process. Understand risks and opportunities. Start learning now.

The cap rate is a useful tool that is often used to assess real estate investment opportunities and draw conclusions across asset classes.

Leverage, or debt financing, is an important and even necessary part of most real estate deals. However, as the 2008 - 2009 real estate downturn highlighted, there are times when too much leverage on an asset can be a recipe for heavy losses. So, it is important for investors to understand leverage, the pros and cons of using it, what amount of leverage is prudent in a given situation and how it can influence the risk and reward of real estate investments.

The cash-on-cash return typically measures operational cash flow by dividing the annual pre-tax cash flow by the total cash invested. Click to learn more.

What is the definition of "sponsor promote?" How do promotes work, how they are justified, and how do they benefit both sponsors and investors?

In this article, the financial experts at Crowd Street discuss the differences between direct and indirect investments.

See why more and more individual investors are turning to commercial real estate to diversify their portfolios.

Private equity real estate is rooted in the underlying concept that there is an inescapable positive linear correlation between risk and reward when it comes to investment returns.

On behalf of Urban Land Institute (ULI), an internationally recognized commercial real estate non-profit, we invite you to review The Investors Guide to Commercial Real Estate. Commercial real estate is recognized as an attractive asset class by institutional investors because of its high cash-flow stream, diversification benefits, and potential to hedge inflation.

Direct investment in real estate represents a great opportunity to build wealth, generate attractive yields, and add to portfolio diversity.

You can own a piece of commercial real estate by learning how to maximize investing with a self-directed IRA

Explore the architecture of mezzanine debt with Tom McCahill of Everwest Real Estate, unraveling its position between equity and senior debt financing.

A brief intro to Real Estate Finance: Learn Time Value of Money, DCF, NPV, and more for smart crowdfunding investments.

Dive into the world of geography-based real estate investments, from tracking market trends to assessing accessibility and job growth for maximum returns.