Zeus Crowdfunding 2024 Comprehensive Review and Ranking

What is Zeus Crowdfunding?

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2021-01-28 Zeus crowdfunding appears to be shut down as the link no longer goes to will list the loan and instead redirects people to apply for a loan with the parent company. So it appears to have exited. However its last review is being kept here for informational purposes.

Zeus Crowdfunding specializes in first position short-term residential debt investments (hard money loans) ranging from 50 to 75% LTV. They also offer light commercial and construction loans.

 

It has incredible volume for a newcomer, with over 60 open investments currently, making it one of the largest selections in the industry. Additionally, it's one of the few crowdfunding platforms that offers conservative investors loans below 65% LTV. It has a 2.1% uncured default rate (4 foreclosures out of 190 loans originated). The rate drops to 1.3% excluding 2 properties that were flooded in the hurricane. (The top platforms and funds typically have a 2% or less uncured default rate for construction loans and 1% or less for acquisition and light rehab).

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Zeus also boasts some innovative features that are unique in the industry. All other platforms lock you in for the entire term of the loan (which is generally one year, but could be a little longer or shorter). Zeus is the only one to offer a semi-liquidity option, where investors may redeem and recover their principal early. Like all liquidity options and illiquid investments, it's not guaranteed. However, Zeus says that every investor who has requested liquidity so far has received back their money within 90 days of the request.

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It's also the only site that has a "guarantee" feature that you pay for by getting a slightly lower return. If the borrower defaults, they guarantee that they will pay you back your original principal. (Note: The site is not under any legal obligation to do so, and even if it were: any legal obligation would only be good as the solvency of the company). The site claims that this is happened to 4 investors in their history, and all 4 received back their money.  

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They also pre-fund every loan which forces them to give the loans extra due diligence. And they do coinvest in some of their loans (although not all). The minimums are average for the industry at $5000. While the platform itself is relatively new, the company behind Zeus Crowdfunding was founded in 2003 (specializing in both short-term loans and traditional mortgages ). 

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The one flaw with the site, is their bankruptcy protection. While they do have a backup administrator/trustee and a mechanism for voting in a new one if there is a problem, only loans over $1 million are set up in a bankruptcy remote structure. This means that if the company went bankrupt, smaller loans would get sucked into the bankruptcy. At the very least, investors and their money would be stuck in limbo for a long time (perhaps years). And investors could lose some or all of their money in the end. If it weren't for this flaw, Zeus Crowdfunding would have been ranked in the top 4. So we hope that by the time the next review, they will have addressed this issue.
 

 

• Advantages: One of the largest selections of hard money loans in the industry. One of the few platforms offering conservative loans below 65% LTV. Default rate of 1.3% (excluding hurricane damage) is very good. Only platform with a semi-liquidity option and guarantee. Pre-funding and co-investing.
   

• Disadvantages: Bankruptcy protection does not apply to loans less than one million dollars.
   

• Accolades: None
   

• Alleged problematic investments (as reported by investors)
   

  • None.
     

For more raw data on the site (including investor and sponsor fees, legal structure etc.), or to easily compare it with the data of competitors, see the feature by feature comparison matrix.​

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Who are Zeus Crowdfunding Competitors?

 

Here are the reviews and rankings for other residential debt sites:
 

• Peer Street

• Fund That Flip

• ShareStates

• Zeus Crowdfunding

• AlphaFlow

• LendingHome

• InstaLend

• YieldStreet

• Patch of Land

• GroundFloor
   

• All other sites (ranked)
   

• To compare this site directly with competitors, see the 
  feature by feature comparison matrix.

OR...if you're looking for more volume and/or more conservative LTV's than most crowdfunding sites provide, then a fund might be a better choice for you. If so, here is our Guide to the Top 15 Hard Money Loan Funds (and honors). 

Debt Investing Tutorials:

 

Looking to learn more about debt (hard money loan) investing? Here's our 4-part step-by-step series.

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• Hard Money Loan Roulette. Part 1: What's a hard money loan and what are the hidden costs

• Hard Money Loan Roulette. Part 2: How to protect your money

• Hard Money Loan Roulette. Part 3: A due diligence checklist

• *Hard Money Loan Roulette. Part 4: Top 15 Hard Money Loan Funds for 2018 (And Honors)

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