I am a Fundrise investor. The onward podcasts help me know what Ben and his team are up to. This podcast is packed with great information.

As an avid listener of podcasts (mostly real estate related), it’s rare that I come across content this amazing. Onward consistently surprises me with articulate and insightful market commentary. I couldn’t be more grateful for Cardiff and Ben!

As a long-time Fundrise investor (and podcast listener) Ben and his team never cease to amaze. It’s not another how they make money for people like me (although that’s cool) but how consistently they reinvent themselves and how broad and forward their point of view really is. Occasional episodes get too wonky for me, but most are fascinating! They’ve thrown back the curtain on the Washington political machine, artificial intelligence, the nature of crowdfunding, even what makes up the universe. Ben’s a tremendous combination of curious and well-prepared; there are seemingly no emerging trends he hasn’t gamed out well in advance, with a model that takes a clear-eyed yet contrarian view of human history. And Cardiff makes a great Yin to his Yang, keeping things brisk and accessible for Joe or Jane Listener. Whether or not you consider investing with them, listen with care: Ben and crew have been dead right (IMHO) on inflation remaining surprisingly sticky, the froth ones of equities markets c. 2021; tech funding then drying up, leaving opportunities for the bold and well-capitalized; the partial collapse of the corporate debt market (ex: midsize banks); and (up next, grab your scorecards!) an incoming recession c. 2024 that will finally mute, unfortunately, “perfect soft landing” attitudes currently projected by Wall Street and The Fed itself. If you’re curious about these things and enjoy any more, dial in - you really can’t know where they’ll go next, but they certainly won’t be restricted by a narrow vision of how world works.

As a long-time investor, I am encouraged by the knowledge and insight that comes through the exchange of information in these programs.

Brilliant, only wish y’all had time to make more episodes.

I love the investing thesis and the transparency of Fundrise. I love the podcast , it’s an educational and relationship building pillar for the investor base. I learn so much from each episode, especially from the old school giants of real estate. I feel like we’re on the crest of an early opportunity wave with Fundrise. We’re hopefully all in early enough to support and benefit from the wisdom of Ben Miller and the Fundrise team. I hope he gets the credits he deserves for calling the liquidity crisis before all the talking heads and so-called financial gurus. More importantly, he shared that call with his investor base. That’s the transparency and intelligence I want to see, and where I want my money. We’ll done Fundrise!

Really enjoying this podcast, learning a lot from Ben and his legendary guests

All the episodes are amazing. I’ve learned so much listening to each episode. Ben is so great at taking you behind the scenes to explain big trends that beginners like me would never have categories for. The VC playbook episode was mind blowing. Thank you Ben and Cardiff! I look forward to every episode!

If you love real estate, even if you’re not a Fundrise investor, this podcast is for you. Some of my favorite podcasts ever have been Ben’s interviews with legendary real estate investors.

Thanks for a great podcast and for truly investing back into our knowledge and money education.

Disclosure: I am an investor of Fundrise. I really appreciate Ben and the team producing this podcast. It is truly special to hear the thoughts and analysis of the CEO, himself. This level of transparency is valuable to investors and setting a new standard for other businesses. Keep up the good work!

I have always been impressed with Ben and the entire Fundrise team. They are true to the fundamentals and have keen insight into macro trends. I find the podcast enjoyable and insightful.

I greatly enjoy when Cardiff Garcia joins the show. Great interviewer and knows when the highlight important topics or linger on complex issues. Love listening to a Planet Money Alum!

The show explains the strategy and outcomes of Fundrise policy with much greater transparency than the average financial institution. Additionally, it provides an explanation of the broader market, educating the audiences, not “dumbing down” or overly simplifying theory or terminology.

Enjoy the behind the scenes insights from Monday’s episode. Keep educating us!!!

This podcast has been great to be able to see the real world application of some material you will learn in school as well as some additional insights that only the CEO of a multi-billion dollar fund can provide. Recommend to all (not just because I’m an investor)

Ben Miller has excellent insights and has built an incredible real estate investing platform for all investors. I’m a big fan! -Sam, Financial Samurai

As a Fundrise investor, I was feeling sort of guilty that I was helping contribute to the shortage in affordable single family housing. Episode 6 helped clear up my guilt and that Fundrise is helping to increase the overall housing stock by investing in single family rental communities and solving a market need. So happy that Cardiff Garcia is hosting this podcast.

Onward is one of the best podcast on iTunes right now. If you are looking for a great place to invest your money and have transparency on each investment, stop here and give Fundrise a chance.

It’s always fun and educational listening to Ben’s astute, experiential and well thought out remarks and observations on overall market, macro trends and in particular to the Real Estate sector. Loved the analogy and trend comparisons to the prior challenge period and today in RE. These podcast episodes are growing on me and I look forward to more. Thanks.

I’m a big fan of Fundrise, and this show solidifies my affinity for the company with every episode. It’s great hearing insights about the macro environment and Fundrise’s strategies with zero clickbait, zero hype, zero sales pitch. The host being well-informed with the industry is a big plus too. Thanks for the show!!

I just listened to the incoming recession. I like the way the ceo thinks. Keep it up.

This is all about the future potential of investing and wealth creation for the little guys.

You guys are really helping me learn, I appreciate it and thank you.

This is a great podcast with great content but isn’t frequent enough. I would suggest at least 2 to 3 times a week do shorter 15 to 20 minute podcast. Currently they release only once every 2 to 3 months which doesn’t seem to be enough.

If you can digest financial discussion of mid-level complexity, you will learn a heck of a lot and be impressed by CEO Ben Miller and what he is doing with Fundrise

Almost March and waiting on more episodes

Forgive my confusion, but how is Apple telling us THIS is one of the "Top Shows" is business? I don't know what Fundrise is other than they've produce one episode in the past 3 months. I've got better things to do with my investing time than wait for episode #2.

I definitely hope that Fundrise puts more programs online. I think it’s great that the owner is the person actually creating the content.

Great insight from the founder on the future of re investing. Their interaction sounded very scripted like they we’re reading lines. But hopefully they produce more episodes!!

I’ve been aware of fundraise for the last 8-10 years, this podcast is a cool insight into their thinking and a different POV to the Real Estate market. Looking forward to future episodes!

I sense huge (still so misunderstood)REIT potential here. Friendly and relatable host and guest. Just a hint too much inside humor for some. Give the investors what they really want….$

Great at explaining things!

Very informative on todays issues! Also nice to hear actual voices.

Really looking forward to more episodes here. Good stuff!

We need this Pod to be weekly

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Great show! Looking forward to more!

Great podcast format. Please keep doing this, learned loads. Thank you

I loved the first episode! It was informative, educational, and actually entertaining to listen to. I have already been investing with Fundrise for a couple of years and I found the conversation in the podcast about Fundrise’s big picture strategy to be really useful. I ended up allocating more money into the platform as a result. Please keep them coming!

Loved the dialog and humor of the first episode. As an investor I also appreciated the insight. Set a high bar on the first go.

Outstanding! Ben you owe me rent for living in my head lol. And….. wait for it…I’m a boomer 😂👍🏽

It’s nice to hear from the team of Fundrise. Thank you for the behind the scenes information of how they grew . I didn’t hear about the new prices to join the team. I look forward to hearing more about the company and the growth . I am interested in joining.

I really liked the first episode. It reaffirmed my long term retirement investment strategy by diversifying and investing in Fundrise. The trend of the younger population looking to rent, especially properties that offered a lifestyle experience, is on the rise and only demonstrated Fundrise investment strategy being forward thinking and ahead of the game. I look forward to the next podcast.

Very informative. Great to hear what you are seeing in the market and thrilled that it matches my own observations. Keep up the good work !!!

Excellent all the way around… keep ‘em coming!

Really good info. Not as dry as I thought it would be. It’s nice to have confirmation that there are real people behind this company

Been a Fundrise investor for almost 4 years, great to get to hear this side of the company and the investment strategy

Informative.

Ben - I really liked your every response. Specifically, I liked your openness interms of the strategy, market trend, macro environment etc., Keep the Onward going more and more. Emiley - To tell you the truth, this is the first Podcast that I listened fully. I like it. Congrats and Thank you to both of you! MM