I was fortunate enough to attend a seminar/presentation that a friend of my put on. She is starting her own company and this presentation was sort of a pre-launch, it was very small but there will be a much larger one in march.

I worked the doors for around half an hour so, always lending a helping hand , before heading upstairs to the presentation. At the most basic level she is acting as a real estate investment broker, selling different opportunities to clients depending on their needs. This is a very innovative approach in the industry and I’m sure she will be very successful.

She first talked about what her new company was going to do followed by some reason of why investing in real estate is good, and then ended it by showcasing 3 different real estate investment companies and their current projects.

2 of the companies had very big, $10-$19 million projects, longer term projects (3-5 years). Whereas the last company (the one I work for) has 2 projects that need a total of $500,000 and would be complete in a year or less. It is interesting to see the differences in projects, with the larger ones you get a higher return, but since it is on a larger scale and over a longer time frame it is subject to more risk. In the smaller projects there is a lot less that can go wrong (there are still risks, but not as great).

You really need to evaluate what you want from an investment, whether that is high reward/risk or a more conservative approach. Finding your personal investing style will allow you to earn the highest returns while still remaining in your comfort zone.

NOTE: I will be posting the investors package for those 2 projects soon, so you can evaluate whether those opportunities are right for you.

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