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If you are not a real estate property owner, check out these 5 amazing choices to invest in real estate without buying a property. Real Estate Crowdfunding Investment Crowdfunding websites allow you to invest in third-party properties without owning it. For equity crowdfunding, you get your profits either in the form of monthly rent or share from the sold property. As an investor, you can make money through RITs just like investing in company stocks and bonds. Real Estate Mutual Fund Investment Real Estate Mutual Funds are ideal for the general people who have lower investment amount. Real estate mutual fund mainly deals with commercial, residential and agricultural properties. You are often required to pay a high tax rate for the dividends from mutual funds but if you want to go with the lower tax rate, ETF is the ideal choice with quality returns. Non-qualified dividends, on the other hand, have no such criteria and have tax rates based on general income. Real Estate Notes Investment Real estate notes refer to the promissory document or contract where the payee lends the amount to the borrower with applied interest rates from time to time till the payback as well as penalties for late payment. If you have money to invest and you don’t want to be in the hassle of investing in any real estate properties, you can invest in promissory real estate notes for higher returns.