Kickstarter – crowdfunded creativity
Oh how I love Kickstarter. They have so many amazing things you can fund and push towards becoming real. I funded this recently and am really looking forward to receiving it: This is a fully funded...
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$319 million in Kickstarter projects in 2012!
Something to make anyone who is interested in crowdfunding happy: how much Kickstarter did in 2012. From their release: In 2012 2,241,475 people pledged a total of$319,786,629 and successfully...
View ArticleFinancial calculations on our crowdfunded rental property
Warning: this post contains a little bit of mathematics but stick with it… So the aim here is to raise $111,111 to buy a property around the $100,000 mark, have it rented out and then share that money...
View ArticleDoes cheap money mean more home loan debt?
In my post about crowdfunded home loans I discussed the difference between taking out a $350,000 loan over 30 years at 6% and taking out a crowdfunded home loan. It turns out the difference is massive:...
View ArticleDigging deeper into the financials of our crowdfunded rental property
Let’s face it – being a landlord costs money. The real estate wants their cut (maybe two weeks rent plus 5% per month). There are council taxes, water rates, land tax and whatever other tax your local...
View ArticleCrowdfunded home loans – the end of crippling mortgage debt?
It’s no secret that I have high hopes for crowdfunding to fundamentally change the world. When I look at my money sitting in the bank earning a pathetic amount of interest and then my bank (the...
View ArticleThe law drags behind crowd-funded property and real estate
Entrepreneurs head out into the world to make things different and the law drags its feet far behind. There are entrenched business interests to battle and regulations set up decades ago that haven’t...
View ArticleCrowdfunding Australia
Australia does drag behind the rest of the world when it comes to crowdfunding but there are some options. Indiegogo I do like their tagline: Go Fund Yourself. I’d call these guys the biggest...
View ArticleThe House Crowd – Crowdfunding real estate in the UK
How I love to see a working business model in another country! It gives me somewhere to point when people say an idea is crazy or will never work. It’s still quite amazing to hear “it won’t work” when...
View ArticleWhy can’t you crowdfund your mortgage?
The short answer: the law. The long answer: the slow and lazy law. When it comes to matters of money and lending we don’t have (and no society/economy has) a way for thousands of individuals to give...
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