Carlton Crowdfund 2024 Review and Ranking

What is Carlton Crowdfund?

 

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2020-10-02 Carlton Crowdfunding website is currently not responding, giving the impression it may be shut down.

Carlton Crowdfund specializes in commercial real estate equity and debt.

 

They had good investment volume in our last review (7) and this year grew a little to 8 open investments.

They are one of the few sites that don't charge investors any fees. However they are not cheap to invest in. The minimum investment is one of the largest in the industry at $250,000. 

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At that investment level, you might expect bankruptcy protection to be included. However, it isn't. On the other hand, the site says they are willing to add appropriate terms to investors who request it. In my opinion, investors should require this if they choose to participate on the platform.

 

• Advantages: Good investment volume (8 open when we looked). Zero investor fees.
   

• Disadvantages: Extremely high minimum investment of $250,000. No bankruptcy protection terms set up in advance, "...but would be negotiable to include them."
   

• Accolades: Shooting star 2017-2018 award (increased from #21 to #5)

 

For more raw data on the site (including investor and sponsor fees, legal structure etc.), or to easily compare it with the data of competitors, see the feature by feature comparison matrix.​

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Where can I discuss other Carlton Crowdfund deals?

You can do this with thousands of other investors in the private investor club. While the club is free, membership is restricted to investors who have no business connections to sponsors or platforms. Also, all members must agree to keep all club info confidential by signing a nondisclosure agreement. Click here to join or get more info.

 

Who are Carlton Crowdfund Competitors?

Here are the reviews and rankings for other similar sites.

 

• CrowdStreet

• 1031 Crowdfunding

• Real Crowd

• ArborCrowd

• Carlton Crowdfund

• Share States

• Roofstock

• Roofstock One

• SBRE Funds

• First Real Fund

• Realty Shares

• Equity Multiple

• Realty Mogul

• C.K. Mack

• Lending Home

• Holdfolio

• CityVest

• Prodigy Network

• Instalend

• Cadre

• All other sites (ranked and reviewed)

How to pick?
 

Check out our step-by-step guide.
 

• The quick guide to picking conservative real-estate deals (for accredited investors)
   

Real Estate Tutorials:
 

Looking to learn more about real-estate investing?

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• What are the 4 investment strategies? (Part 1: core and core+)

  • What are the 4 investment strategies? (Part 2: value-added and opportunistic)

• Should I invest in residential or commercial real estate? (Part 1: residential)

  • Should I invest in residential or commercial real estate? (Part 2: commerical)

• What is the difference between equity and debt?

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