{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Promote Podcast","title":"Crowd Comes for CrowdStreet & LifeCo Lenders Roar","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/bd851387\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1183,"description":"This week, we break down CrowdStreet playing the victim card in CRE's biggest-ever crowdfunding scam, perpetrated by Elie Schwartz. We riff on why CMBS is rearing its head in development deals, and how private equity reimagined life insurance as a perpetual source of capital for its private-credit bets. Plus: A Manhattan REIT's nepotism playbook. \nFurther reading: \nhttps://ten31.beehiiv.com/p/crowdfunding-scam-highlights-the-goldman-mistress-back-channel#7-highlights-from-cr-es-biggest-cro \nhttps://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/missing-millions-and-a-rabbinical-arbitrator-real-estate-deal-gone-bad-hits-popular-crowd-funder-3555314f\nhttps://www.bisnow.com/national/news/capital-markets/crowdstreet-accused-of-raising-securities-without-a-license-in-class-action-128551?utm_source=ten31.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=s3-s-sizzle-silber-gets-off-easy\nhttps://ten31.beehiiv.com/p/pulte-s-purge-cmbs-development-ambitions\nhttps://ten31.beehiiv.com/p/kkr-s-surprise-sale-cushman-s-mayoral-menace#life-is-for-lending\nhttps://americanaffairsjournal.org/2025/02/from-investment-to-savings-when-finance-feeds-on-itself/\nhttps://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/paramount-group-paid-millions-outside-companies-owned-ceo-albert-behler ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/66fIOkUnD1ujWIubSOyzyEDkGLr3zPSZLuuGxuPeEgo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yMDVl/NGNkZDY3YTdlMTY1/OWE2ZjA1ZDhlMTA3/YmNkOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}