Accredited investor

An accredited investor is someone or a business that is allowed to deal or invest in securities that are not registered with financial companies.  A person or the business have to meet certain requirements before qualifying to be an accredited investor. 

In other to qualify as an accredited investor, the person must earn an annual income of about $200,000 to $300,000 in joint income for more than 2 years. Also, for a  business entity to qualify for an accredited investor tittle, it must  have assets that exceed $ 5 million.