REI158: Exploring Tokenized Real Estate w/ Jerry Chu

Jan 23, 2023

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Patrick Donley talks with Jerry Chu about his company Lofty, democratizing real estate investing, tokenized real estate, and much more!

Jerry is the founder and CEO at Lofty. Prior to founding Lofty in 2018, Jerry worked as a quantitative risk management analyst at Barclays in the treasury risk department. He received a B.S. in Mathematics/Economics from the University of Southern California and a M.S. in Financial Engineering from Claremont Graduate University.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

21:05 - How Lofty is democratizing home ownership through fractionalized ownership using the blockchain.

21:05 - Why real estate is inaccessible for most people.

21:05 - What the benefits of using the blockchain are in real estate.

28:23 - How tokenized real estate ownership works.

28:23 - What a DAO is.

55:56 - The advantages to a seller of using Lofty.

01:02:17 - How fractional ownership is different from owning a REIT.

*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

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Robert’s book The Everything Guide to House Hacking.
Related Episode: Listen to REI117: Warren Buffett Owns REITs, Should You? w/ Brad Thomas, or watch the video.
Can blockchain help my mortgaging business?
Unlock the Vault by Michael Fox-Rabinovitz.
Fractional Ownership and REITs by Dr. Adv. Harshul Savla.

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