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UpRight (formerly Fund That Flip) Plummets in Investor Sentiment and is Downgraded to "On Probation"
Once sky-high investor sentiment is now much more hesitant. First the platform was buffeted by fallout from the collapse of Synapse...
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Aug 287 min read
Why Merely Freezing and Monitoring your Credit is *Not Even NEARLY Enough* to Stop Debilitating Identity Theft
Last week, 78% of U.S. citizens were exposed to identity theft from a jaw-dropping data breech at National Public Data. And the...
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Aug 283 min read
New Platform Deep-Dive Review: FinResi Real-Estate Debt Platform
This intriguing newcomer to The Review offers a surprisingly large number of investments, low LTVs and first-position liens. Downsides...
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Aug 254 min read
Hackers Steal 272 Million U.S. Social Security Numbers, 161 Million U.S. Phone Numbers and More Highly Sensitive Historic Data from National Public Data.
What happened? And how to tell if your were breeched and what to do about it. (Usual disclaimer: I'm just an investor expressing my...
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Aug 30, 20234 min read
2023 Top 25+ Real Estate Crowdfunding Sites: Comprehensive Reviews and Ratings
There are 100+ real estate crowdfunding sites to choose from. And virtually all claim they're the best. But in reality, many suffer...
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Aug 14, 20236 min read
Is That Sponsor’s Amazing-Looking “Skin-in-the-game” Real? Or Is It an Overinflated Ruse?
Requiring a sponsor to invest side-by-side with investors is a well-known strategy for reducing risk. But some sponsors use “cheats” to...
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Jul 24, 20235 min read
The RealCrowd Portal is No More
The platform was once one of the largest and most popular in the industry. But in recent years, investor satisfaction plummeted, along...
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Jul 18, 20239 min read
Investors Allege $63 Million Misappropriated by Nightingale Properties on 2 deals as Empire Crumbles
One of the two office real-estate deals (Atlanta Financial Center) had been touted last year as the largest ever fund-raise on the...
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Jul 18, 20238 min read
"Lies, Damnable Lies" and Marketing: MG Capital tells a marketing whopper on Real Crowd
The impossible claim that investor capital is "fully protected from loss" has not yet been removed by the sponsor or the platform....
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Jul 16, 20234 min read
PeerStreet Declares Bankruptcy
The once immensely popular platform suffered devastating declines in investor approval over the years. And despite previous reassurances,...
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Feb 22, 202323 min read
Deep-dive into my Seven Figure Alternative Investment (and Real Estate) Portfolio: 2023 Q2 Update
Deep-dive into my Seven Figure Alternative Investment (and Real Estate) Portfolio: 2023 Q2 Update
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Jul 12, 202212 min read
The Fed’s hitting the brakes on the economy: How will it affect my alternative investment portfolio?
"The captain has turned on the seatbelt warning. Would you like a soft-landing, a hard-landing or a crash-and-burn?; “This ain’t your...
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Jun 8, 20223 min read
The Real Estate Crowdfunding Review June 2022 Update
2022 reviews are in (including investor feedback and upgraded and downgraded ratings), the Private Investor Club welcomes 5,600th member...
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May 16, 202224 min read
Deep-dive into my Seven Figure Alternative Investment (and Real Estate) Portfolio: 2022 Q2 Update
My defensive portfolio enjoyed an exceptional year (returning 49.58% including 7.37% in income). In comparison the stock market dropped -3.3
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Aug 9, 202125 min read
How will Covid-19/Coronavirus Affect my Alternative Investment Portfolio? Part 58: August 7th
"Younger, sicker and quicker (to get worse)": 4th U.S. wave vaults past multiple records, as Delta muscles its way to 95% dominance; Herd...
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Mar 28, 202120 min read
How will Covid-19/Coronavirus Affect my Alternative Investment Portfolio? Part 53: March 27th
Micro-edition update; U.S. progress on third death wave drives forward, but then stalls out;Crystal ball: Time to buckle up? Infections...
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Mar 15, 202116 min read
How will Covid-19/Coronavirus Affect my Alternative Investment Portfolio? Part 52: March 13th
Micro-edition update; U.S. continues to make progress battling down third death wave; Crystal ball: Progress on third wave of infections...
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Oct 19, 20201 min read
Deep-dive Into My Seven Figure Alternative Investments (and Real-estate) Portfolio: Master Index
This master index includes my latest portfolio deep-dive as well as all of my older updates back to 2017. (Usual disclaimer: I'm just an...
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Oct 19, 202037 min read
Deep-dive Into My Seven Figure Alternative Investment (and Real Estate) Portfolio: 2020 Q3 Update
Despite the surprise of a global pandemic and the sharpest downturn in U.S. recorded history, my defensive, boring-by-design portfolio...
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Aug 16, 20203 min read
How will Covid-19/Coronavirus Affect my Alternative Investment Portfolio? Index of All Articles
Index of articles in the series.
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