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Yale’s allocation to real estate and private equity has been emulated by many, and for a good reason. Since 2000, commercial real estate, including office buildings, multifamily and industrial properties, has generated twice the return of the S&P 500 stock index.
But individual investors usually don’t have the millions of dollars and significant credit needed to participate directly in commercial real estate investments, and they’re often not looking to invest the million dollar minimum amount required in order to access the best real estate investment funds.
Alan Donenfeld founded CityVest, a New York City-based company, with one goal: Give individual investors the ability to invest like a multi-billion-dollar institutional investor and to provide those investments online, in an easy and secure manner.
“The idea is pretty straightforward,” says CityVest CEO Alan Donenfeld. “Technology allows us to dramatically reduce costs and provide our investors with better returns.”
CityVest’s online real estate crowdfunding platform connects individuals with top tier real estate investment funds in one convenient online marketplace. This allows the average investor to build out a diversified real estate investment portfolio quickly and efficiently, with the same opportunity to achieve high returns as institutional investors.
In addition to being a more efficient investment process, CityVest allows investors to invest as little as $25,000 in some of the most desirable real estate investment funds. For example, today on CityVest, you can invest $25,000 in a student housing investment fund that is already generating a greater than 10% cash-on-cash return for its investors. The fund normally has a $250,000 minimum investment, but CityVest aggregates its investors’ capital to meet the high minimum subscription. You can purchase a piece of this attractive investment fund almost as easily as you can buy a book on Amazon.
CityVest’s crowdfunding technology cuts out traditional investment banks and their very high fees, substantially reducing transaction costs and greatly streamlining the investment process. If you are smart enough to use an online stock broker, you should now discover how to gain access to institutional real estate through the CityVest internet investment portal.
The ability to produce strong returns while maintaining quality is not easy. CityVest says there are over 500 new real estate investment funds that it has reviewed. CityVest has selected two of the funds based on their documented track record of generating a greater than 20% audited IRR in their prior funds. So, fewer than 1% meet their strict investment standards.
“The introduction of new technology into the process of finding quality real estate investment funds allows us conduct extensive due diligence and then offer these opportunities to a wide audience of accredited investors,” says CEO Alan Donenfeld. “We are able to find the “needles in the haystack” that others can't because of our contacts and our expertise in analyzing these opportunities.”
For investors, CityVest's main draw is that it allows them to build a low-fee diversified portfolio of high-yielding real estate investment funds. "This allows investors to diversify their real estate investments across geography and type of deal – all from their laptop," says Alan Donenfeld. "
CityVest envisions a future where investing in real estate funds is as commonplace as owning stocks and where investors can compare the best investment funds across the country without leaving their living room.
Given Alan Donenfeld’s current 25,000 investor contacts, that future doesn’t seem so far away.
Every CityVest investment undergoes a thorough due diligence process by our experienced underwriting team. Of the hundreds of projects reviewed each month, fewer than 1% are approved. CityVest can help you:
You benefit through professional investment structures, which target passive returns for our investors in a range from 10% to 25% - often with a preferred return.
CityVest pre-screens investments for you through our underwriting and due diligence process. We partner with institutional investment funds and sponsors and we seek a preferred rate of return.
Since real estate investments typically generate cash flow income, while common stock does not, real estate valuations tend to be less volatile and less sensitive to market risk factors.
CityVest will handle all of the accounting and administration of your investment, while you can monitor the returns.
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