With the high number of crowdfunding real estate companies on the market, it can be quite a daunting prospect for the average person to decipher the difference. In a hot market like crowdfunding real estate, you only have to look at how traditional crowdfunding platforms have revolutionized the entire concept of doing business in a rapidly transforming world. Real estate crowdfunding is shaking up the entire industry and you get a chance to come along for the ride. To help you understand some key important differences between all the major players in the space, this article take spotlights two key players in particular seeking to dominate the real estate crowdfunding arena. Prodigy Network and Propfunds are two star enterprises with huge ambition in the real estate crowdfunding space.

Prodigy Network is recognized for its admirable feat of raising $171 million in $20,000 increments for a mixed-use skyscraper development under way in Bogotá, Colombia. As evidence of further investor traction, the organization raised $24.5 million in equity from 48 investors—who had to put in a minimum of $250,000—to buy another downtown Manhattan building, 84 William St., with goals of a hotel renovation. Prodigy network also adds the personal touch its salesmen deal by phone, email or in person with potential investors, but nonetheless, they envision a day when vetted investors will be able to make commitments with the click of a mouse.
The minimum REP investment varies as its heavily dependent on the project but usually ranges between $100K – $250K. If you are an aspiring investor looking to chance your arm in real estate investment in the United States, you can start making investments by acquiring REPs. REPs are tailored for Non-US investors outside the United States, or Accredited Investors inside the United States. Buying a REP will give you access to large-scale commercial real estate investments that cost upwards of $40 million to buy individually. Prodigy Network caters to a higher class investor than the typical crowdfunding real estate start-up.

PropFunds L.P. may be rather new to the real estate crowdfunding space, but have no doubt that its leadership is made up of nothing but class and experience. Propfunds offs seasoned veterans with decades of experience who have weathered the turbulent storms of real estate investment over the years. As further evidence of their demonstrated industry expertise, PropFunds’ team of long-term investment advisors has a combined total of more than 150 years of experience in the real estate industry. PropFunds is differentiating itself as a sound, reliable, high investor-value alternative for investors in the real estate crowdfunding marketplace.
As far as the real estate crowdfunding space is concerned, Propfunds has made waves of its own. Sources indicate that Propfunds has “fully funded its first investment opportunity on a five-unit apartment complex in the City of Santa Monica, one of the Southern California region’s hottest real estate markets. The First Trust Deed investment has a loan-to-value (LTV) of 62% and is anticipated to generate a yield of no less than 9%, paid monthly to its investors.”