REI160: The Fundrise Approach w/ Ben Miller
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4.6 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2023
⏱️ 71 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to TIP. |
| 0:02.3 | The biggest mistake they made was they let what they wanted to have happen get in the way of seeing what was actually happening. |
| 0:10.0 | And I came away from that experience with the lesson that staring, brutal reality in the face and seeing it for what it is, as fast as you can, is critical to then knowing |
| 0:23.3 | what decisions to make. |
| 0:27.9 | Hey guys, in this week's episode, I had the opportunity to interview Ben Miller about how |
| 0:32.7 | his company, Fundrise, is using technology to build a better financial system for the |
| 0:36.9 | individual investor, |
| 0:38.3 | one that's simpler, less costly, more reliable, and transparent. Since launching America's |
| 0:42.8 | first online real estate investment platform in 2012, Fundrise has now become the largest direct-to-investor |
| 0:49.0 | alternatives investment manager, with more than 371,000 active investors, more than $3.3 billion worth of equity |
| 0:56.1 | under management, and $7 billion worth of real estate transacted. Ben is co-founder and CEO of Fundrise, |
| 1:02.5 | and has decades of experience in both real estate and finance. He was managing partner of |
| 1:06.7 | West Mill Capital Partners and President of Western Development Corporation, where he was |
| 1:11.2 | responsible for acquiring, developing, and financing more than $500 million worth of property. |
| 1:16.9 | I really enjoyed this conversation with Ben and found him incredibly knowledgeable and insightful. |
| 1:21.9 | I actually could have gone on and talked to him for another few hours. |
| 1:25.2 | Ben's father said, real estate is always in motion, and I'd love |
| 1:28.4 | hearing about how Fundrise is positioning itself to take advantage of the larger macro trends |
| 1:33.2 | that Ben sees unfolding in today's market. And so, without further delay, let's jump into this |
| 1:38.4 | week's episode with Ben Miller. You are listening to Real Estate 101 by the Investors Podcast Network, where your hosts, Robert |
| 1:50.1 | Leonard and Patrick Donnelly interview successful investors from various real estate investing |
| 1:55.1 | niches to help educate you on your real estate investing journey. |
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