Groundfloor offers real estate debt investments to non-accredited, accredited, and non-US investors.
Investors won t have to pay any fees, but you ll need at least $10 to get started.
Groundfloor is best for passive investors looking to profit from short-term, high-yield private real estate debt investments.
Is Groundfloor right for you?
Groundfloor says it s the first real estate investment platform to offer SEC-qualified (under SEC regulation A+) real estate note investments. It serves non-accredited, non-US, and accredited investors (accredited investors are individuals with a minimum net worth of $1 million or annual salary above $200,000). The company also notes that it was built on the belief that there s a smarter way to capitalize the US by opening private capital markets to individual investors.
That said, this is one of those accomplishments you only want to celebrate once. So, I thought now would be the perfect time to share all the specific details that so many of you have been asking about.
From my days as a fresh-faced teenager to the grizzled 30-year old typing before you today (I found my first gray hair the other day, just FYI) I thought laying everything out in one easy-to-read article could serve as some inspiration. Or explanation. Or at least distraction.
Whatever your reason for reading, enjoy!
2006 (Age 16): $500 net worth
I bounced around various odd jobs before finding my highest-paying job ever – $10 per hour. For a teenager with no money, I felt like I d won the Powerball.
It wasn t until she went through a divorce that she realized she hadn t been saving enough for her retirement. As a single mother with two children under the age of 10, plus a mortgage, she now had more financial responsibilities on a single income.
Her fears prompted her to take inventory of her retirement funds. At the age of 37, she assumed that her years of contributions would have gotten her close to building a comfortable financial future. But contributing the minimum had not been enough.
Upon recognizing that, Simmons was able to get herself on track and within a matter of four years, she managed to accumulate $750,000 between savings and investments, according to financial records viewed by Insider.
If a bank has multiple types of checking or savings accounts, different ones will probably come with different fees. Often, a more robust account charges a higher fee. A basic checking account may charge $5 per month, while a rewards checking account may charge $12 per month, for instance.
How to avoid a monthly maintenance fee
Most banks make it possible to waive monthly maintenance fees.
In many cases, you ll need to maintain a certain balance. You could waive the fee if you keep a minimum daily balance or an average daily balance over the course of the month.
Some checking accounts
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Some people with other banks already have their checks.
The banks say they are working off the official IRS payment date.
Customers with JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo aren t getting their $1,400 stimulus checks until at least Wednesday, while customers with some smaller banks have them already.
Biden celebrated the speed of the relief over the weekend, tweeting that the payments had begun and that help is here.
But the two major banks told their customers that they wouldn t be able to access the funds until Wednesday.
Chase said on its website, We expect that electronic stimulus payments will be available in eligible Chase accounts as soon as Wednesday, March 17, 2021.