Crowdfunded House Flipper Raises $1 Million In 12 Hours… And It Only Costs Him 14%

“It’s the greatest thing in the world,” exclaims Alex Sifakis – the 33 year old Florida ‘flipper’ – saying he has never raised this much money this fast (despite teh 14% cost of capital). As Bloomberg reports, house flippers and property developers are increasingly crowdfunding — tapping the virtual wallets of anonymous internet backers on various platforms – because “the amount of money you can raise isn’t limited by anything but their investor base.” As one of the ‘investors’ in this crowdfunded flipfest notes “if something goes bad, you have the asset to fall back on,” but, as Bloomberg rebukes, speed and property loans may not mix — remember 2008?

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