Last updated February 3rd, 2019.

Real estate crowdfunding is only getting started in Asia. That means huge opportunities in the world’s most dynamic region.

In case you’ve been living under a rock, crowdfunding is the collection of money from a large group of people in order to finance a project. Usually this happens via the internet.

Crowdfunding was originally limited to just start-up companies, campaigns, or donations. But the concept of pooling together small amounts of money for an expensive goal is spreading to other investments – namely real estate.

Property crowdfunding is already popular in the United States. That’s partially because of new legislation that permits the raising of funds online. However, different laws in Asia may hinder the growth of these new investment platforms.

For example, the Monetary Authority of Singapore regulates collection of public funds yet not the real estate market.

Because of this, one way to crowdfund is buying international real estate (i.e., property that is not located in Singapore) through a fund collection platform based in Singapore.