Rich Uncle’s, found online at Rich-Uncles.com, is a company who says their goal is to create a platform that makes real estate investment accessible for everyone who wants to get involved.
Traditionally speaking, real estate investment was thought to only be available to people who had large sums of investment capital that they could translate into large stakes in investment opportunities.
Rich Uncle’s has a goal of making this type of investment available to people with different levels of capital available, so this type of investment opportunity is no longer off limits to the general public.
How Does It Work?
The whole concept of Rich Uncle’s rests on something called a Real Estate Investment Trust, or REIT, which is a corporation that takes capital from many different investors and uses it to buy and then operate income producing real estate.
In addition, REITs are exempt from taxes if certain standards can be met, including the distribution of at least 90% of the taxable income. REITs make this possible by generating and distributing this income to their shareholders in dividends.
Finally, this company does not pay commissions, instead choosing to use the internet for advertising and finding investors, which reduces their overhead and increases the percentage of returns they distribute to their members.
Is This a Legitimate Opportunity?
This company is funding real estate investment opportunities through a specific type of a crowdfunding platform. They say that their potential investors can begin purchasing ownership in REITs with investments of just $500.
Using the crowdfunding platform to raise capital for real estate opportunities is becoming a popular new concept in real estate investing. It not only opens up real estate investing to people who only have small amounts of money to invest, but it is beneficial for the properties and owners themselves.
Crowdfunding often allows these properties to be funded easier and faster than going through the traditional routes of finding bank funding or investors with large amounts of capital who are interested in the opportunity.
So this type of real estate investment is growing in acceptability and popularity, and people who are interested in it can look at the opportunities available through Rich Uncle’s, or other companies that take a similar approach.
Please call our office at 855-RichUncles.
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The CA REIT was paying a 7.5% annual cash dividend. $18,000 with a 7.5% annual cash dividend would yield $1,350 in dividend payment or $337.50 per quarter.
This isn't buying lottery tickets or gambling. This is owning income producing commercial real estate. You receive a cash dividend along with any property value increases as our leases have an average annual rental increase of 2%.
Investor satisfaction is our top priority.
your investment, you will need to sell it back to them and who knows how long that will take or what you will receive. There are
hundreds of public REITS on Vanguard, Fidelity, Schwab and other
brokerage houses from which you can choose. Those are public so
there is some regulation and oversight as well as protection. Also,
public REITS are required to distribute 90% of all income back to the
investors...what percent does RU distribute? Rich Uncles has the
look, feel and smell of a Ponzi scheme. Why would you or anyone else
invest your money with anyone who asks for it on the radio? Be
careful and do all your due diligence.
Rich Uncles NNN REIT is a public company. Search the SEC for evidence: http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001645873&owner=include&count=40&hidefilings=0
Also, Rich Uncles does not employ any commission based salespeople. None. Our Investor Relations staff are all employees of the REIT who earn no compensation based on your investment.
Howard Makler
President