First RE Investment Question

[Aaron Boyce]

I get that sense that most here are direct investors in single properties and personally manage the properties owned. I am leaning, however, more in the direction of private real estate investing and crowd-source funding due to the time I am spending already in 2 businesses.

Have many here gone this route for their first foray into RE? Or is the axiom around here that managing one yourself is the best way to get your feet wet? I do hold REIT ETF's, but have realized that's not at all sufficient.

TIA

[Yonah Weiss]

Originally posted by @Aaron Boyce:

I get that sense that most here are direct investors in single properties and personally manage the properties owned. I am leaning, however, more in the direction of private real estate investing and crowd-source funding due to the time I am spending already in 2 businesses.

Have many here gone this route for their first foray into RE? Or is the axiom around here that managing one yourself is the best way to get your feet wet? I do hold REIT ETF's, but have realized that's not at all sufficient.

TIA

Aaron, there are many people that start out investing passively, in the way you described. You just have to use the keyword 'syndication' and a dozen people or so will chime in and help point you in the right direction :) 

@Ben Leybovich @Brian Burke @Joe Fairless @Dan Handford are a few people who specialize in this area, and could give you some pointers.