REI Wealth Monthly Issue 10 | Page 21

INTERVIEW WITH NAV ATHWAL, REALTYSHARES CO-FOUNDER NOLAND ARARACAP You mentioned earlier that the current minimum investment amount is $5,000 per property. What is the maximum investment amount? We currently do not have a cap on the maximum investment amount. An investor could potentially invest the entire Fundraising Goal if they chose to do so. The fundraising goal is the total amount of capital that the Investment Manager has indicated they would like to raise through RealtyShares. An investment is only finalized if the funding goal is met. If the funding goal is not met, 100% of the investors’ money is returned to them. What type of person would be interested in investing through RealtyShares? Any intelligent investor that wants to diversify their investment portfolio by passively participating in direct real estate investments. In the current financial landscape with the volatility of the stock market and money market accounts yielding a paltry .5% and the 10 year treasury bond yielding only about 2.6% per year, real estate is one of the only ways investors can earn healthy returns. Even REIT’s, as of June of this year, are yielding only about a 3.5% annually. Thus, Real Estate should be a part of every investor’s investment portfolio. However, most investors still struggle to access a reliable source of quality deal flow and to invest passively like they would in a stock or bond. That is why RealtyShares makes sense for so many investors. We only launched a few weeks ago and have already funded more than $250,000 worth of investments through our platform. This is really exciting because it shows there is a real demand among investors for a platform like RealtyShares. If my circumstances change and I would like to sell my investment, how does this work? Each RealtyShares investment opportunity has a specified hold period that is clearly listed on the Investment Page. For an equity investment this could be anywhere from 3-5 years and for a loan investment, the hold