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MapableUSA.com: The agricultural industry provides a unique perspective to crowdfunding investments. But how do you get access to profitable deals, especially if you’re not a farmer? In this podcast, Brandon Silveira, the CEO and Founder of FarmFunderR.com talks about how accredited investors can reap the benefits of owning farms and related properties by investing directly from his website portal of vetted farmland opportunities that his company controls and develops.

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MapableUSA.com: As the maturation process of Opportunity Zones continues, what really needs to be done to make this entire effort successful is starting to crystallize. We all know what Opportunity Zones are. We all know what they mean to investors, developers, real estate professionals, and each community with the potential to be revitalized. But now what? In this podcast, Executive Director Aaron Grau from the Opportunity Zone Association of America talks about how his organization is hosting community workshops and bootcamps for economic development professionals and community organizers to answer the “Now What?” question with best practices and success stories from communities who have experienced similar challenges.

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MapableUSA.com: The best part of equity tokenization of real estate assets (or any asset for that matter) is that it provides a path for enhanced liquidity for investors while increasing the efficiency and transparency of trading on a secondary market. This liquidity factor previously did not exist before blockchain technology. Listen to this podcast where Kris Ferranti – a partner with the global law firm Shearman and Sterling – explains how blockchain unlocks the liquidity of real estate investments and how he is spearheading his firm’s blockchain and tokenization efforts with their “Fintech Foundry Initiative”.

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Even though Opportunity Zones provide great tax benefits for investors seeking deferral of their capital gains taxes, it’s important to realize that solid projects to invest in are hard to find. That’s why due diligence on all fronts is so important when it comes to Opportunity Zones investing. In this podcast, Edmon Rakipi from OppZones Consulting talks about what to look for and how to start your own research, keeping in mind the central question: Why are you awesome today, and why are you going to be awesome in 10 years?

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MapableUSA.com: Almost two years into the program, the topic of Opportunity Zones continues to generate questions from just about everyone involved in the Marketplace. That’s why attending educational and informational events is of prime importance if you want to keep up with what’s happening in the industry – and there’s probably no better networking event out there than the Opportunity Zone Expo. In this podcast, company Director of Business Development Marcial Fernandez talks about how he and his team are able to produce such outstanding shows that capture the interest of all the key players in the industry, including an impressive list of keynote speakers, panelists, fund managers, attorneys, real estate developers, tax specialists, investment banks, institutional investors and government officials.

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MapableUSA.com: Creating an expensive and time consuming Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) stops many syndicators right in their tracks. But it doesn’t have to be that way anymore. Listen to this podcast as repeat guest Daniel Summers from eVest Technology explains in detail how Regulation D 506(c) of the JOBS Act of 2013 and the elimination of traditional PPM’s makes syndicating capital more efficient – and how his eVest syndication platform provides a faster, easier, cheaper, and scalable option for issuers to appeal to accredited investors and digitally market their deals.

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MapableUSA.com: Because opportunity zones are so new and there’s so many conflicting reports regarding its current state, it’s extremely important you understand the nuances of the program not many are aware of. In this podcast, tax attorney and partner Michael Sanders from the lawfirm of Blank Rome talks about open questions and planning issues that you need to be aware of if you want to reap the full benefits and capital gains tax advantages that the Opportunity Zones program provides.

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MapableUSA.com: The cannabis industry is worth billions of dollars, and is showing no signs of slowing down with many cannabis related companies now providing crowdfunding investment opportunities to both accredited and non-accredited investors who wish to participate in its growth. It may also help discover cures and treatments for cancer. Pharmagreen Biotech, with their S1 document now effective from the SEC, is one such company targeting cancer research and much more with their vision of multi-purpose Cannabis Botany Centers. In this podcast, company CEO and Director Peter Wojcik explains how he’s using proprietary technology and intellectual property to reach his goal of building these facilities across the nation (and internationally) – and how investors of all sizes can get involved.

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MapableUSA.com: Remember when the internet started? Very few at the time understood how it would completely transform the world. Now enter blockchain and tokenization and you have the making of another multi-industry disrupter! In this podcast, Ziyen CEO Alastair Caithness explains how his company has gone from filing his own Regulation A+ offerings to tokenizing oil and energy assets on the Ethereum Blockchain and how the entire industry is evolving by embracing tokenization via “smart contracts” technology.

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MapableUSA.com: After about two years of the program, we’re starting to get into the practical aspects of opportunity zones, which means everyone has to understand the requirements and issues of what makes an Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund (QOF) actually eligible to accept investor money that qualifies for the capital gains tax benefits that make this program so attractive in the first place. Listen to this podcast as Blake Christain, a partner at the accounting firm of HCVT, goes over many of these issues and explains why investing in a reputable QOF is so important – and why the IRS may be having a field day in the very short future of auditing those who are not complying with these requirements (whether they know it or not!)

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