In addition to being a top tourist destination, Santa Barbara has now become a center for new and emergent businesses, said Kenny Slaught. Lots of promising, new companies have been shaped in recent years, and many, counting AppScale, LastLine, TrackR, and Salty Girl…

After only a few years in the market, crowdfunding has rapidly grown over 150 startups nationwide, specializing in real estate. Today, approximately 7% of the U.S population is an accredited investor. In a dense setting like Southern California, this number is 20%. Software…

New intuitive software and mobile applications, says Kenny Slaught, give investors and builders a greater selection of lending and borrowing opportunities on varieties of real estate asset classes and geographies. California’s crowdfunding or peer-to-peer lending projects came to light after the adoption of…

Kenny Slaught points out that some of the most famous Santa Barbara architecture features include the centuries-old Hotel Virginia, El Pueblo Viejo district in historic downtown along with the two pink towers of the Old Mission, hosting today retreats and festivals. The brightly…