Why the US Will Continue to Be Top Investment Choice for Real Estate Investors RealtyReturns.io Follow Aug 9, 2018 · 4 min read

US real estate continues to be the most popular investment around the world. Since 2010 over 365 billion has been invested by International sources in commercial real estate and in 2017 alone 44.7 billion poured in from foreign investments. These trends are only increasing as global wealth continues to climb around the world and investors seek predictable investments to grow their net worth.

There are three reasons why US real estate remains the most popular investing destination. The first is that the US market is stable and growing with a GDP of almost 19 trillion and continues to be an economic powerhouse with continued growth in 2018 according to CBRE research.

Second the US CRE rates offer higher rates than Europe and Asia where transparency, political risks, and Brexit loom in investors’ minds. And third, liquidity plays a big role in the US market, and because there is so much demand across the globe for US real estate it remains a more liquid investment.

Three reasons US real estate is in high demand:

US market is stable and growing Higher Capitalization rates in the US More liquidity than other markets

you look at the data on who is buying US real estate Internationally you learn that access really is only for the select few. You need to large sums of cash and connections in the US to be able to invest cross-border in the US. The US real estate market is already in high demand despite the fact that the barriers to entry are so high, imagine how much better the market would be if you could remove the barriers to entry that have kept many from attempting to invest. Those barriers are about to be removed because of blockchain technology and the tokenization of real estate. Companies like Realtyreturns.io are paving a way to open up access to cross-border real estate transactions to the masses.

By tokenizing real estate assets on the blockchain it’s easier for property owners to offer a fraction of their asset to the masses, and it’s easier for the masses to invest in real estate around the globe, a win-win. Each security token represents a stake or share of the asset that has been divided into small portions making it affordable to the recent college graduate, single parent household, and retiree.

This digital ledger on the blockchain contains the history of each real estate transaction time stamped and immutable. Platforms like RealtyReturns embed compliances at the token level and allows for decentralized trading of across any platform that supports ERC-20 tokens. This significantly increases liquidity in comparison to confining trade to a single centralized exchange.

This provides the average investor an opportunity to convert their ETH into real estate and reap the rewards of income generating assets and capital appreciation, and stability for those that made a fortune in ETH that are seeking to protect their recent gains from the volatility of the crypto markets.

The significance of digital tokenization can’t be overstated; it’s simply transformational because of its unique ability to divide assets into bite size pieces. The ability to take an asset and divide it up into smaller individual parts that can be traded in the blockchain creates efficiency, greater utilization, and income streams to people that were denied access in the past. The Millions around the world that have been denied access to cross-border US investments–are about to get access to the most stable real estate in the world, along with the cash flow and capital appreciation that comes with it.

RealtyReturns is democratizing real estate investing by offering cross-border real estate transactions through their online portal. Regular people can invest in real estate through their ERC-20 compliant security tokens. The integration of the blockchain into the traditional real estate investing model provides asset-back tokens and liquidity to investors all across the globe. Each token represents legal ownership in fractional real estate with access to income generating properties and capital appreciation.

Democratizing global access to investment grade commercial real estate using the blockchain. Visit RealtyReturns.io and join our Telegram group https://t.me/realtyreturnsglobal

Trevor Whiting

VP, Investor Relations

RealtyReturns

Experienced Sales Leader of over 14 years and has started offices in London, Toronto, and the US. He was VP of Investor Relations of RealtyMogul where was responsible for revenue growth, sales operations, and growth initiatives. Under his leadership, he developed a sales playbook that resulted in 2x growth.