The accredited investor I was working with eventually chose not to invest.

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On behalf of an accredited investor, I was able to review these two projects as well as the three open to small investors.

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Post-JOBS Act, anyone can be approached as long as it is determined before they invest that the individual in question is actually an accredited investor.

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Moreover, even though the regulations require that anyone investing in the CD be an accredited investor with a minimum income and net worth, several were not.

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