The Roster

A funding platform is only as trustworthy as the people in it — and the rules that keep them honest. The platform is a finder and a connector: it sources cashflowing real estate, connects it to everyday investors through fractional shares, and does none of the labor itself. Every job in a deal is done by someone, and every someone has a name, a fee, and a reputation on the line.

This page is the cast list. Eleven roles, four groups, one principle: nobody grades their own homework.

Distinct roles

Groups

Job per role, per deal

Labor done by the house

For the money behind each role, see who-gets-paid. For how roles get assigned and contested, see the-role-marketplace.

The four groups, at a glance

Who sits where

STEWARDS — run the rails → SPONSORS — bring & lead the deal → DOERS — do the work → BACKERS — provide the capital

Fig. 1 — A deal flows left to right: stewards set the table, sponsors bring the project and stand accountable, doers execute, backers fund. Reputation flows back the other way.

Stewards — who runs the system

These roles keep the rails honest. They don't bring deals and they don't swing hammers — they make sure the people who do are real, are vetted, and get paid only when the work is real.

Role	What they do	Paid / qualified
Platform Operator (us)	Source deals, vet participants, run the rails and the role marketplace	Platform + finder's fee — the house
Curator / Governance (open lane)	Vote on which projects list and get prioritized	A right earned by participating, not a salary
Verifier	Independently confirm milestones before money leaves escrow	Flat fee; licensed/bonded; reputation-staked

The role people forget: the Verifier. Funds do not move from escrow to the builder until an independent, bonded party confirms the work actually happened. No verifier, no release. This is the single mechanism that turns "trust me" into "prove it" — and it's the one most platforms skip.

Sponsors — who brings and leads the project

Every deal needs someone who found it and someone who's accountable for it. These two are not the same person by accident — they're the same person by design only when no conflict exists.

Role	What they do	Paid / qualified
Originator / Proposer	Bring the project to the platform	Origination fee (+ optional carry)
Representing Agent	The accountable quarterback — fiduciary to the owners (the crowd that funded it), not to the builder or seller	Management fee + promote (only if it performs); proposal-selected; reputation-staked

The single most important human in any deal: the Representing Agent. They answer to the crowd that put up the money — not the contractor, not the seller. They eat last: their promote pays out only after the owners win. Align the quarterback with the owners and the whole deal aligns.

Doers — who does the work

Won by bid, gated by reputation. The platform doesn't pick its friends — the best track record wins the job, and a bad job follows you to the next bid.

Role	What they do	Paid / qualified
Builder / GC	Construction and rehab	Build contract; won by auction/proposal; licensed + bonded
Property Manager	Tenants, rent, upkeep	% of rent; vetted, rated
Specialists	Architect, attorney, title/escrow, appraiser, insurer	Flat fees; a vetted vendor pool

Backers — who provides the capital

The reason any of this exists: everyday people owning a real, cashflowing piece of real estate.

Role	What they do	Paid / qualified
Investor / Owner	Funds the deal, owns a share	Cashflow distributions + appreciation; KYC (retail in the open lane, accredited in private)
Lender (optional)	Provides debt	Interest
Scout (optional)	Surfaces deals	⚠️ Flat / reputation reward only — never a %-cut

⚠️ Why the Scout never takes a cut: paying a percentage to someone who merely surfaces a deal is how you become an unregistered broker. Scouts earn flat rewards and reputation — not a slice of the raise. This is a hard line, not a preference.

The two lanes — open (retail) and private (accredited) — change who can be a Backer and under what rules. See two-lanes.

The three rules that make roles trustworthy

A roster is just a list until rules bind it. Three rules turn a cast of strangers into a system you can fund.

What keeps the roster honest

| | Rule | What it kills | |---|---|---| | **1** | **Separation of duties** — on a given project, the Representing Agent **cannot** also be the Builder or the Seller | Self-dealing | | **2** | **Reputation attaches to every role** — on-chain track record weights bids and removes bad actors | Repeat offenders | | **3** | **One entity can wear several hats — across projects, not within one** | Concentrated conflict |

Fig. 2 — Conflict rules apply per project. You can be a Builder on one deal and an Investor on another — you just can't be the Builder and the accountable Agent on the same one.

Reputation is the moat. It's not a star rating bolted on at the end — it's the thing that decides who gets to bid at all, and it follows every participant from deal to deal. How it's earned, weighted, and lost is the whole game of the-role-marketplace.

The point: the platform is a finder and a connector — it runs the rails, vets the roster, and takes a fee. Everyone else does the labor, wins their seat by reputation, and gets paid only when the deal does. The Verifier proves the work happened. The Representing Agent eats last. The Scout never takes a cut. Get the roster right and the deal polices itself.

Keep reading: who-gets-paid for the money side · the-role-marketplace for how seats get assigned · the-connector for what the platform actually is · what-we-dont-do for the labor we refuse · two-lanes · governance-and-funding · tokenomics · the-cast