Democratizing investment. A huge step forward.

<p><strong><a href="https://evepicker.com/investing-for-everyone/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BE SURE TO SEE THE SHOWNOTES AND LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE HERE.</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Eve Picker:</strong> [00:00:08] Hi there. Thanks so much for joining me today for the latest episode of Impact Real Estate Investing.</p> <p> </p> <p>[00:00:14] My guest today is Mark Roderick, founder of Lex Nova Law and one of the top online crowdfunding experts in the country. I asked Mark to join me today to discuss the very exciting changes proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission to regulation crowdfunding. In case you haven't heard of it, regulation crowdfunding, or Reg CF, is the securities regulation that is really the first step taken by the S.E.C. towards democratizing investment. The additional changes proposed will give this regulation real legs.</p> <p> </p> <p>[00:00:57] Be sure to go to EvePicker.com to find out more about Mark on the show notes page for this episode. And be sure to sign up for my newsletter, so you can access information about impact real estate investing and get the latest news about the exciting projects on my crowdfunding platform, Small Change.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Eve:</strong> [00:01:18] Hello, Mark, it's delightful having you on my show.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Mark Roderick:</strong> [00:01:21] Well, thank you very much. It is delightful sort of being there.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Eve:</strong> [00:01:25] Very good.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Mark:</strong> [00:01:26] Virtually.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Eve:</strong> [00:01:25] Just sort of. Yeah. Okay. Today, we're going to talk about raising equity online, which is a pretty wonky subject, but you and I like it. And raising equity online is also known as equity or investment crowdfunding. You said these proposals are great for the crowdfunding industry and for American capitalism. They're not about Wall Street. They're about small companies and ordinary American investors, where jobs and ideas come from. And you were referring