"It's a private equity model. General Partners get paid after the investors get paid. When they liquidate the fund...80% of profits go to the investors and the remaining 20% go to the General Partner. I think that's fair. Our incentives are aligned.... I think if you are comfortable investing in real estate, it's a great option. It's investing in a diversified portfolio of real estate assets."

We went to Northern California to meet with Karthik and hear his thoughts on the Equity Platinum Fund. Karthik has a gift for breaking down complicated concepts into layman’s terms. Not only did he perfectly describe the Equity Residences real estate private equity fund model, he shared with us some of the places he traveled to as an Equity Platinum Fund investor.

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