168 | Andrea Petersen | Building A Purpose-Driven Real Estate Business

Is it possible to invest in real estate with little money? Investing in real estate has proven to be one of the safest and most profitable forms of long-term investing. Contrary to what many believe, you don’t need to have large amounts of capital to get started.  In fact, it is not necessary that you own a property, flip properties, or invest huge amounts of money in development deals in order to enter this lucrative market. Andrea Petersen, Co-Founder and CEO of the real estate crowdfunding platform School of Whales, joins us on the Greatness Machine to talk about her wide range of experiences from commercial real estate to renewable energy, hospitality, and banking. In this episode, Darius and Andrea dive deep into real estate investing, crowdfunding, entrepreneurship, success, purpose, and a lot more. Topics include: What made Andrea shift from banking to entrepreneurship What they do and offer with the School of Whales Where the name School of Whales comes from How School of Whales differ from Fundrise What types of returns the School of Whales are targeting What Andrea envisions the School of Whales to be in the future How Andrea defines success Investing in real estate in Miami And other topics… Connect with Andrea: Website: https://www.schoolofwhales.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/school-of-whales/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whalesfund/  Connect with Darius: Website: https://therealdarius.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dariusmirshahzadeh/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imthedarius/    YouTube: https://therealdarius.com/youtube  Book: The Core Value Equation https://www.amazon.com/Core-Value-Equation-Framework-Limitless/dp/1544506708  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices