How to Make Passive Income with Farmland Using AcreTrader

There’s been a lot of articles on Medium regarding crowdsourcing real estate. However, this article will be in regards to a more niche corner of the market. Farmland. AcreTrader crowdfunds the purchase of active farmland, and then rents it back to the farmers who utilize it. Like private REITs such as Diversyfund and Fundrise, investors can make money in two ways: from appreciation of the land should the property be sold, and from rent payments from farmers. In addition, the yield is an excellent 11.5%! While farmland investment returns can be stale some years like any other real estate investment, the historical data shows the amazing resilience of this asset class. So why aren’t more people investing in farmland? Well that’s because directly investing in farmland has been very difficult and unattainable for most investors. That is until now.

What is Acretrader?

AcreTrader specializes in farmland, producing healthy safe yields for investors. While the site’s investment opportunities are mostly open to accredited investors, many of the deals have had lower investment minimums. In addition, much like Worthybonds — which lets you invest in small businesses — being able to help farmers can be quite appealing. Lastly, farmland has outperformed every other major asset class for the last 30 years. As it says on…