253G2 1 ea185938-253g2_valueadd4.htm OFFERING CIRCULAR

Filed pursuant to Rule 253(g)(2)

File No. 024-12040

 

Offering Circular

Dated September 27, 2023

 

Value Add Growth REIT IV, LLC

750 B Street

Suite 1930

San Diego, CA 92101

(858) 430-8528

www.DiversyFund.com

 

This Offering Circular follows the Form S-11 disclosure format.

 

Value Add Growth REIT IV, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware (which we refer to as the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”), was formed to acquire interests in real estate assets in the United States. We intend to qualify as a real estate investment trust, or “REIT,” for federal income tax purposes.

 

The Company is seeking to raise up to $75,000,000 of capital by offering to the public limited liability company interests designated as “Class A Investor Shares,” in what we refer to as the “Offering.” You can read a complete description of these securities in “Securities Being Offered.” We refer to individuals and entities that purchase Class A Investor Shares as “Investors.”

 

   Price to Public   Underwriting
discount and
commissions (1)
   Proceeds to issuer 
Per Class A Investor Share  $10.00   $0.10   $9.90 
Total Maximum  $ 75,000,000.00   $750,000.00   $ 74,250,000.00 

 

(1)The Company has engaged Dalmore Group, LLC, member FINRA/SIPC (“Dalmore”), to act as the broker-dealer of record in connection with this Offering, but not for underwriting or placement agent services. This includes the 1% commission, but it does not include the one-time set-up fee and consulting fee payable by the Company to Dalmore. See “PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION” for more details. To the extent that the Company’s officers and directors make any communications in connection with the Offering they intend to conduct such efforts in accordance with an exemption from registration contained in Rule 3a4-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and, therefore, none of them is required to register as a broker-dealer.

 

 

 

 

The Offering will begin as soon as our offering statement is qualified by the SEC. The Offering will end upon the earlier of (1) the date we have sold $75,000,000 of Class A Investor Shares (i.e., all the securities we are offering), (2) the date three years after qualification, or (3) the date we decide to end it.

 

This Offering will terminate at the earlier of the date at which the maximum offering amount has been sold or the date at which the offering is earlier terminated by the Company at its sole discretion. At least every 12 months after this offering has been qualified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), the Company will file a post-qualification amendment to include the Company’s recent financial statements.

 

The Offering has no minimum amount. Thus, we will begin to deploy (spend) the money we raise as soon as we identify appropriate projects, no matter how much or little we raise, and may not raise sufficient funds to cover the costs of the Offering.

 

Initially, the Class A Investor Shares will be sold for $10.00 each, with a minimum initial investment of 50 Class A Investor Shares (i.e., $500). We may periodically raise or lower the price of the Class A Investor Shares during this offering to reflect the value of the Company’s assets by filing a supplement or an amendment to this Offering Circular. For more information, see “Securities Being Offering – Price of Class A Investor Shares.

 

We are selling these securities directly to the public at DiversyFund, Inc.’s website, www.DiversyFund.com.

 

Investing in our Class A Investor Shares is speculative and involves substantial risks, including the risk that you could lose all your money. Before investing, you should carefully review “Risks of Investing.

 

THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION DOES NOT PASS UPON THE MERITS OF OR GIVE ITS APPROVAL TO ANY SECURITIES OFFERED OR THE TERM OF THE OFFERING. NOR DOES IT PASS UPON THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OFFERING CIRCULAR OR OTHER SELLING LITERATURE. THESE SECURITIES ARE OFFERED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION WITH THE COMMISSION; HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION HAS NOT MADE AN INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION THAT THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREUNDER ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION.

 

GENERALLY, NO SALE MAY BE MADE TO YOU IN THIS OFFERING IF THE AGGREGATE PURCHASE PRICE YOU PAY IS MORE THAN 10% OF THE GREATER OF YOUR ANNUAL INCOME OR NET WORTH. DIFFERENT RULES APPLY TO ACCREDITED INVESTORS AND NON-NATURAL PERSONS. BEFORE MAKING ANY REPRESENTATION THAT YOUR INVESTMENT DOES NOT EXCEED APPLICABLE THRESHOLDS, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVIEW RULE 251(d)(2)(i)(C) OF REGULATION A. FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ON INVESTING, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REFER TO WWW.INVESTOR.GOV. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE “Limit on Amount a Non-Accredited Investor Can Invest.

 

NORTH AMERICAN SECURITIES ADMINISTRATORS ASSOCIATION UNIFORM LEGEND:

 

YOU SHOULD MAKE YOUR OWN DECISION WHETHER THIS OFFERING MEETS YOUR INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND RISK TOLERANCE LEVEL. NO FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED, DISAPPROVED, ENDORSED, OR RECOMMENDED THIS OFFERING. NO INDEPENDENT PERSON HAS CONFIRMED THE ACCURACY OR TRUTHFULNESS OF THIS DISCLOSURE, NOR WHETHER IT IS COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS ILLEGAL.

 

THESE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM. YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF THIS INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents 

 

A WARNING ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS iii
SUMMARY OF OUR BUSINESS AND THE OFFERING 1
Summary of Our Business 1
Summary of the Offering 1
RISKS OF INVESTING 3
OUR COMPANY AND BUSINESS 11
Overview 11
LLC Agreement 11
Management 11
Investment Strategy 11
The Commercial Real Estate Market 12
The Distressed Real Estate Market 12
Due Diligence 12
Evaluating Alternatives 12
Real Estate Investment Life Cycle 12
Use of Leverage 12
Competitive Landscape 12
Allocation of Projects between the Company and Other Entities 13
Term of the Company 13
PAST PERFORMANCE:  OUR TRACK RECORD SO FAR 14
Narrative Summary 14
Prior Performance Tables 15
WHAT IS A REIT, ANYWAY? 15
OUR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 16
MANAGEMENT TEAM 17
Business Experience 17
Ownership of Related Entities 18
Family Relationships 18
Legal Proceedings 18
COMPENSATION OF MANAGEMENT 18
Executive Officers 18
Compensation of the Manager and Sponsor 18
Fees 19
Timing of Payments of Fees and Expense Reimbursements 21
Co-Investment 21
Promoted Interest 21
Reports to Investors 22
Clawback 22
Method of Accounting 22
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT 22
VOTING RIGHTS OF OWNERS 23
SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST AN AFFILIATE 23
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS 23
SECURITIES BEING OFFERED 23
Description of Securities 23
Price of Class A Investor Shares 23
Voting Rights 24
Distributions 24
How We Decide How Much to Distribute 25
Withholding 25
No Guaranty 25
Transfers 25
Mandatory Redemptions 26
No Right of Redemption 26
Rights of Common Shares 26

 

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LIMIT ON AMOUNT A NON-ACCREDITED INVESTOR CAN INVEST 27
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION 28
Size of Offering 28
Who is Selling Shares 28
Who Can Buy Shares 28
Term of Offering 28
Minimum Initial Investment 28
Manner of Distribution 28
Commissions and Discounts 28
How To Invest 28
Advertising the Offering 29
Supplements and Amendments to Offering Circular 30
USE OF PROCEEDS 30
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT LIMITATIONS 30
SUMMARY OF OUR LLC AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION 31
Formation and Ownership 31
Shares and Ownership 31
Management 31
Exculpation and Indemnification of Manager 32
Obligation to Contribute Capital 32
Personal Liability 32
Distributions 32
Transfers and First Right of Refusal 33
Death, Disability, Etc. 33
Fees to Manager and Affiliates 33
Mandatory Redemption 33
“Drag-Along” Right 33
No Redemption Right 33
Electronic Delivery 33
Amendment 33
Summary of Management Agreement 34
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES 35
Federal Income Taxation of the Company 35
Requirements for Qualifying as a REIT 36
Organizational Requirements 36
Income Test Requirements 36
Asset Test Requirements 37
Annual Distribution Requirements 37
Taxation Of Investors 38
How Income is Reported To Investors 38
Taxation of Distributions 38
Taxation of Losses 38
Additional Medicare Tax 38
Tax on Sale of Class A Investor Shares 38
Passive Activity Losses 38
Withholding Taxes 38
Other Tax Consequences 38
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION 39
Operating Results 39
Liquidity and Capital Resources 39
Plan of Operation 39
Appointment of New Auditor and Termination of Engagement with Previous Auditor 39
Trend Information 40
ONGOING REPORTING AND SUPPLEMENTS TO THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR 40
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 41
GLOSSARY OF DEFINED TERMS G-1
APPENDIX -- RESULTS OF PRIOR PROGRAMS A-1

 

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A WARNING ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

The term “forward-looking statements” means any statements, including financial projections, that relate to events or conditions in the future. Often, forward-looking statements include words like “we anticipate,” “we believe,” “we expect,” “we intend,” “we plan to,” “this might,” or “we will.” The statement “We believe interest rates will rise” is an example of a forward-looking statement.

 

Because we are talking about a new business, most of the things we say in this Offering Circular are forward-looking statements. In fact, everything we say is a forward-looking statement, other than statements of historical fact.

 

Forward-looking statements are, by their nature, subject to uncertainties and assumptions. The statement “We believe interest rates will rise” is not like the statement “We believe the sun will rise in the East tomorrow.” It is impossible for us to know exactly what is going to happen in the future, or even to anticipate all the things that could happen. Our business could be subject to many unanticipated events, including all of the things we talk about in “Risks of Investing.

 

Consequently, the actual result of investing in the Company could (and almost certainly will) differ from those anticipated or implied in any forward-looking statement, and the differences could be both material and adverse. We do not undertake any obligation to revise, or publicly release the results of any revision to, any forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable law. GIVEN THE RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES, PLEASE DO NOT PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE ON ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS.

 

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SUMMARY OF OUR BUSINESS AND THE OFFERING

 

Summary of Our Business

 

Value Add Growth REIT IV, LLC, which we refer to as the “Company,” was formed to invest in real estate projects and assets across the United States. The Company will focus primarily on multifamily value-add properties but will also look for opportunities across other commercial real estate sectors, including industrial, self-storage, and medical offices.

 

Investments, including real estate investments, are often characterized (inexactly) as either “growth” or “income,” with “growth” investments associated with greater risks and potential for higher profits and the “income” investments associated with lower risks and more moderate, and possibly more predictable, profit potential. The Company’s orientation will be toward “growth” investments in real estate. For example, we might invest in a project to acquire and renovate a multifamily property (e.g., an apartment building) or another kind of commercial property.

 

The manager of the Company, DF Manager, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which we refer to as the “Manager,” is an affiliate of DiversyFund, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a real estate sponsor and manager, which we refer to as the “Sponsor.” The Sponsor maintains a website, www.DiversyFund.com (the “Site”) where it seeks funding for its real estate projects. Projects in which the Company invests will be either projects of the Sponsor or projects managed by a third party.

 

Summary of the Offering

 

The Company is offering to sell up to $75,000,000 of Class A Investor Shares to the public in what we refer to as the “Offering.” We refer to anyone who purchases Class A Investor Shares as an “Investor.”

 

The ownership interests in a Delaware limited liability company are referred to as “limited liability company interests.” In the Company, the limited liability company interests are divided between “Investor Shares” and “Manager Shares,” and the “Investor Shares” may be divided by the Manager into separate “Series.” The Manager has created the Class A Investor Shares for this Offering.

 

Any cash flow and profits generated by the Company will be distributed as follows:

 

Distributions of ordinary operating cash flow will be in the following order of priority:

 

Step One: First, Investors will receive all the operating cash flow until they have received a 7% cumulative, non-compounded annual return on their invested capital.

 

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Step Two: Second, any remaining operating cash flow will be distributed to the owners of the Common Shares (an affiliate of the Manager) in an amount that bears the same proportion to the distributions made pursuant to Step One as 35 bears to 65, i.e., approximately 53.85%.

 

Step Three: Third, any remaining operating cash flow will be distributed 65% to the Investors on a pro rata basis, and 35% to the owners of the Common Shares.

 

Distributions of the net proceeds from capital transactions will be made in the following order or priority:

 

Step One: First, Investors will receive all the net proceeds until they have received a 7% cumulative, non-compounded annual return on their invested capital.

 

Step Two: Second, any remaining net proceeds will be distributed to the owners of the Common Shares (an affiliate of the Manager) in an amount that bears the same proportion to the distributions made pursuant to Step One as 35 bears to 65, i.e., approximately 53.85%.

 

Step Three: Third, Investors will receive any remaining net proceeds to return an allocable portion of the capital they invested.

 

Step Four: Fourth, any remaining net proceeds will be distributed 65% to the Investors and 35% until Investors have received a “internal rate of return” of 12%.

 

Step Five: Fifth, any remaining net proceeds will be distributed 50% to the Investors on a pro rata basis and 50% to the owners of the Common Shares.

 

NOTE: There is no guaranty that the Company will be able to make any distributions, or even to return capital to Investors.

 

The Company currently intends to wind up its operations five years from the date this Offering is qualified. However, it may extend that date by up to two years in the Manager’s discretion.

 

THAT WAS ONLY A SUMMARY

 

PLEASE READ THE OTHER SECTIONS OF THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR

 

CAREFULLY FOR MORE INFORMATION

 

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RISKS OF INVESTING

 

BUYING CLASS A INVESTOR SHARES IS SPECULATIVE AND INVOLVES SIGNIFICANT RISK, INCLUDING THE RISK THAT YOU COULD LOSE SOME OR ALL OF YOUR MONEY. THIS SECTION DESCRIBES WHAT WE BELIEVE ARE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RISK FACTORS AFFECTING THE FUND AND ITS INVESTORS. THE ORDER IN WHICH THESE FACTORS ARE DISCUSSED IS NOT INTENDED TO SUGGEST THAT SOME FACTORS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHERS.

 

This Is A “Blind Pool” Offering: As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Company has not yet made any investments or identified projects in which it intends to invest. Consequently, you will have to decide whether to invest based on the experience, reputation, and track record of the Manager and the Sponsor, our business plan (all as described in this Offering Circular), and other factors you believe are relevant, rather than seeing and evaluating actual real estate assets. This structure is sometimes called a “blind pool offering.”

 

Our Auditor Has Raised Questions About our Ability To Survive as a Going Concern: In the audited financial statements included in this Offering Circular, our auditor has noted the Company has not yet commenced planned principal operations and has not generated revenues or profits since inception, and that these factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a “going concern.” As further noted by our auditor, the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern in the next twelve months is dependent upon its ability to obtain capital financing from investors sufficient to meet current and future obligations, and to deploy that capital effectively to produce profits. No assurance can be given that the Company will be successful in these efforts.

 

You Might Lose Your Money: When you buy a certificate of deposit from a bank, the Federal government (through the FDIC) guaranties you will get your money back. Buying Class A Investor Shares is not like that at all. The ability of the Company to make distributions depends on a number of factors, including some beyond our control. Nobody guaranties that you will receive payments and you might lose some or all of your money.

 

The Company is a Startup Business: Although the principals of the Company have been engaged in the real estate and finance industries for years, the Company is a brand new business. Like any new business, the Company faces challenges on a number of fronts, including attracting and retaining qualified employees, designing and implementing new business systems, technology systems, marketing, and capital formation. If the Company failed in any of these or other key areas, the whole business could fail and Investors could lose some or all of their money.

 

Our Track Record Does not Guaranty Future Performance: The section of this Offering Circular captioned “Past Performance: Our Track Record So Far” illustrates the performance of certain affiliates of the Manager. However, there is no guaranty that the Company will do well as its affiliates have done. Like most sectors of the national and global economy, the real estate market has been negatively impacted by the spread of COVID-19 and its resulting economic fallout. As a result, there is significant market uncertainty conditions may continue to evolve and we might not be able to adapt. In any case, the Company stands on its own.

 

Speculative Nature of Real Estate Investing: Real estate can be risky and unpredictable. For example, many experienced, informed people lost money when the real estate market declined in 2007-8. Time has shown that the real estate market goes down without warning, sometimes resulting in significant losses. Some of the risks of investing in real estate include changing laws, including environmental laws; floods, fires, and other Acts of God, some of which can be uninsurable; changes in national or local economic conditions; changes in government policies, including changes in interest rates established by the Federal Reserve; and international crises. You should invest in real estate in general, and in the Company in particular, only if you can afford to lose your investment and are willing to live with the ups and downs of the real estate industry.

 

Our Growth Focus Increases Risk: The Company intends to focus on real estate projects on the “growth” side of the growth/income spectrum. By definition, these projects will tend to carry greater risk, along with the potential for higher profits.

 

Arbitrary Pricing: The initial price of our Class A Investor Shares was determined arbitrarily by the Manager and was not determined by an independent appraisal of the Company’s value and bears no relationship to traditional measures of value such as EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization), cash flow, revenue, or book value.

 

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Property Values Could Decrease: The value of the property in which we invest could decline, perhaps significantly. Factors that could cause the value of property to decline include, but are not limited to:

 

Changes in interest rates

 

Competition from existing properties and new construction

 

Changes in national or local economic conditions

 

Changes in zoning

 

Environmental contamination or liabilities

 

Changes in local market conditions

 

Fires, floods, and other casualties

 

Uninsured losses

 

Undisclosed defects in property

 

Incomplete or inaccurate due diligence

 

Illiquidity of Real Estate: Real estate is generally illiquid, meaning that it is not typically capable of being readily sold for cash at fair market value. Thus, the Company might not be able to sell a real estate project as quickly or on the terms that it would like. Moreover, the overall economic conditions that might cause the Company to want to sell properties are generally the same as those in which it would be most difficult to sell.

 

Competition for Projects: To achieve satisfactory returns for our Investors, the Manager must identify projects that satisfy our investment selection criteria and that can be acquired at reasonable prices. There is no guaranty that the Manager will be able to do so. The real estate industry is highly competitive and fragmented. The Manager, directly or through affiliates, will compete with other real estate developers for the most promising projects, and some of those other real estate developers could have substantially greater resources, allowing them to move more quickly, pay more, or have greater access to the best projects. The result could be that the Company winds up investing in projects of lower quality, or where the owner of the project (an affiliate of the Manager) paid too much as a result of intense competition.

 

The Company May Invest in the Sponsor’s Projects: The Company may invest in projects sponsored or co-sponsored by the Sponsor or its affiliates. We have engaged, and have the authority to engage, various contracting parties, including affiliates of the Company, the Directors and the Officers. Directors and Officers may have a conflict of interest between their responsibilities to manage the business for the benefit of the Company and its investors and the interests of affiliates in establishing and maintaining relationships with us and in obtaining compensation for services rendered to us. With respect to such affiliates, there may be an absence of arms’ length negotiations with respect to our fee structure. These projects may not necessarily be the best projects available.

 

Entitlement Risks: The Company might invest in projects before some or all of the necessary zoning approvals have been obtained. Securing zoning approval can take a long time and be very expensive, and even after a long and expensive process there is no guaranty that approval will be given. If approvals cannot be obtained the value of the real estate could go down and Investors could lose some or all of their money.

 

Governmental Regulation: In addition to zoning approval, any development project will require the approval of numerous government authorities regulating such matters as density levels, the installation of utility services such as water and waste disposal, and the dedication of acreage for open space, parks, schools and other community purposes. Governmental authorities have imposed impact fees as a means of defraying the cost of providing certain governmental services to developing areas and the amount of these fees has increased significantly during recent years. Many state laws require the use of specific construction materials which reduce the need for energy consuming heating and cooling systems. Local governments also, at times, declare moratoriums on the issuance of building permits and impose other restrictions in areas where sewage treatment facilities and other public facilities do not reach minimum standards. All of these regulations will impose costs and risks on our Projects.

 

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Lack of Representations and Warranties from Sellers. The Company might invest in projects where the seller of the real estate made limited or no representations and warranties concerning the condition of the real estate, the status of leases, the presence of hazardous materials or hazardous substances, the status of governmental approvals and entitlements, and other important matters. If we fail to discover defects through our own due diligence review but discover them only after the project has bene acquired and the Company has made its investment, we may have little or no recourse against the sellers.

 

Incomplete Due Diligence: The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager will perform “due diligence” on each project, meaning we will review available information about the project, its current zoning, the surrounding community, and other information we believe is relevant. As a practical matter, however, it is simply impossible to review all of the information about a given piece of real estate (or about anything) and there is no assurance that all of the information we have reviewed is accurate. For example, sometimes important information is hidden or unavailable, or a third party might have an incentive to conceal information or provide inaccurate information, or we might not think of all the relevant information, or we might not be able to verify all the information we review. It is also possible that we will reach inaccurate conclusions about the information we have reviewed. Due diligence is as much an art as it is a science, and there is a risk that, especially with the benefit of hindsight, our due diligence will turn out to have been incomplete or inadequate.

 

Pricing of Assets: The success of the Company and its ability to make distributions to Investors depends on the Manager’s ability to gauge the value of real estate assets. Although the Manager and its principals are experienced real estate investors and will rely on various objective criteria to select properties for investment, including, in all or almost all cases, third-party appraisals, ultimately the value of these assets is as much an art as a science, and there is no guaranty that the Company and its advisors will be successful.

 

Americans with Disabilities Act: Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (the “ADA”), public accommodations must meet certain federal requirements related to access and use by disabled persons. Some (although not all) of the projects in which the Company invests will be “public accommodations,” and complying with the ADA and other similar laws will make those projects more expensive to build and maintain than they would have been otherwise. Furthermore, it is possible that the ADA could be extended by law or regulation, requiring existing projects to be retrofitted at great expense.

 

Difficulty Attracting Buyers and Tenants: Some of the projects in which the Company invests will involve the construction of houses, with the expectation that the houses will be sold once construction is complete. Other projects will involve the construction of multifamily apartment communities, with the expectation that the apartments will be leased to tenants once construction is complete. In either situation, the projects will be built on “spec,” meaning that we will not have a buyer for the house or tenants for the apartments at the time construction begins. Depending on market conditions, we might experience difficulty finding a buyer or tenants, with adverse effects on the profitability of the project.

 

Construction Risks: Most or all of the projects in which the Company invests will involve substantial renovation of existing properties or construction of new properties. No matter how carefully we plan, the construction process is notorious for cost overruns and delays. If the construction of a project ended up costing significantly more than we had budgeted, or took significantly longer to complete than forecast, or were done improperly, the profitability or even the viability of the project could suffer.

 

Environmental Risks: The Manager or its affiliates will conduct typical environmental testing on each project to determine the existence of significant environmental hazards. However, it is impossible to be certain of all the ways that a given piece of real estate has been used, raising the possibility that environmental hazards could exist despite our environmental investigations. Under Federal and State laws, moreover, a current or previous owner or operator of real estate may be required to remediate any hazardous conditions without regard to whether the owner knew about or caused the contamination. Similarly, the owner of real estate could become subject to common law claims by third parties based on damages and costs resulting from environmental contamination. The cost of investigating and remediating environmental contamination can be substantial, even catastrophic. The existence of an environmental hazard could therefore present direct or indirect risks to the Company.

 

Lack of Diversification: The first projects in which the Company invests might be concentrated in one or a limited number of markets. Therefore, the Company’s portfolio of real estate assets will be relatively undiversified geographically. Portfolio theory suggests that greater diversification reduces risk, and therefore investors considering an investment in the Company should also consider investments that would, in effect, lead to a better-diversified total portfolio.

 

Concentration of Assets in a Small Number of Projects: The Company will begin deploying capital (that is, investing in projects) right away. This means that, at the extreme, up to 100% of the Company’s assets could be deployed in a single project, significantly increasing the risk of Investors as compared to a portfolio in which the Company’s capital is deployed across a greater number of projects.

 

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Risks Stemming from the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Aftermath: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world economy suffered the sharpest and most severe slowdown since at least the Great Depression. Although most segments of the economy have recovered, fueled by enormous deficit spending by the Federal government and historic actions by the Federal Reserve to provide liquidity, the Federal Reserve has taken unprecedented actions to raise interest rates sharply in a relatively compressed period in an effort to reduce the rate of inflation. The effects of this steep rise in interest rates will affect real estate assets in a number of ways, both positively and negatively. We believe the multifamily market will continue to offer opportunities for successful acquisition and development, but neither we nor anyone else knows for certain what the real estate landscape will look like in the near to medium term.

 

No Offering Minimum: Although the Company hopes to raise as much as $75,000,000 from the Offering, it will begin deploying capital (that is, investing in projects) as soon as we identify appropriate projects. If the Company raised only a small amount from the Offering it would be able to invest in fewer projects and would hold a more concentrated portfolio, creating greater risks for Investors.

 

Inability to Implement Liquidity Transactions: We will typically aim to invest in projects that can be liquidated (i.e., sold) within approximately five years. However, there is no guarantee that we will be able to successfully pursue a liquidity event with respect to any of our projects. Market conditions may delay or even prevent the Manager from pursuing liquidity events. If we do not or cannot liquidate our real estate portfolio, or if we experience delays due to market conditions, this could delay Investors’ ability to receive a return of their investment indefinitely and may even result in losses.

 

Need for Additional Capital: The Company relies on raising capital to execute its business plan in several ways:

 

The Company’s focus on “value add” projects implies that once the Company acquires a project it will spend money on renovations.

 

Access to ready capital allows the Company to acquire quality projects that it might otherwise lose.

 

The more equity the Company has in a project, the lower its borrowing costs.

 

With adequate capital the Company can afford to hold projects longer, if it believes a longer hold period will increase returns.

 

There is no guarantee that the Company will be able to raise the capital it needs or on terms that are not adverse to the interests of Investors.

 

Risk of Dilution: If we raise additional capital in the future by issuing equity interests in the Company, your ownership interest would be diluted.

 

Future Securities Could Have Superior Rights: The Company might issue securities in the future that have rights superior to the rights associated with the Class A Investor Shares. For example, the holders of those securities could have the right to receive distributions before any distributions are made to Investors, or distributions that are higher, dollar for dollar, than the distributions paid to the holders of the Class A Investor Shares, or the right to receive all their money back on a liquidation of the Company before the holders of the Class A Investor Shares receive anything.

 

SEC Regulation and Oversight: This Offering of unregistered securities is being conducted pursuant to Regulation A. Regulation A is a provision of the federal securities laws that permits the offer and sale of unregistered securities if, and only if, specific requirements are met. We are confident that this Offering satisfies the requirements of Regulation A. However, the SEC oversees all Regulation A offerings; as such, the SEC has the authority to suspend (temporarily or permanently) any Regulation A offering if it suspects or determines that there have been material violations of Regulation A’s requirements. Were that to happen, the Company’s ability to raise additional capital (under either Regulation A or other provisions of the federal securities laws) could be substantially impaired or even precluded completely.

 

Risks Associated with Leverage: We intend to borrow money to finance most or all of the projects in which the Company invests. While debt financing can improve returns in a good market, it carries significant risks in a bad market, and therefore increases our vulnerability to downturns in the real estate market or in economic conditions generally. There is no guaranty that we will generate sufficient cash flow to meet our debt service obligations, and we may be unable to repay, refinance or extend our debt when due. We may also give our lender(s) security interests in our assets as collateral for our debt obligations. If we are unable to meet our debt service obligations, those assets could be foreclosed upon, which could negatively affect our ability to generate cash flows to fund distributions to Investors. We may also be required to sell assets to repay debt and may be forced to sell at times that are unfavorable to the Company, which would likewise negatively affect our ability to operate successfully.

 

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Uninsured Losses: The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager will try to ensure that each project carries adequate insurance coverage against foreseeable risks. However, there can be no assurance that our insurance will be adequate, and insurance against some risks, like the risk of earthquakes and/or floods, might be unavailable altogether or available at commercially unreasonable rates or in amounts that are less than the full market value or replacement cost of the underlying properties. Hence, it is possible that a project could suffer an uninsured loss, resulting in a loss to the Company and its Investors.

 

SEC Administrative Proceeding with Affiliate: As discussed more fully below in “SEC Administrative Proceeding with Affiliate,” an affiliate of the Company has been involved in an administrative proceeding with the Enforcement Division of the SEC regarding the affiliate’s alleged violations of Regulation A during an unregistered securities offering. Recently the affiliate made an offer of settlement to the SEC that would end the administrative proceeding with no fines or penalties beyond agreeing that its exemption under Regulation A remain permanently suspended.

 

Broad Investment Strategy: The Manager has broad discretion to choose projects. An Investor might prefer a more focused strategy.

 

Loss of Uninsured Bank Deposits: Any cash the Company has on hand from time to time will likely be held in regular bank accounts. While the FDIC insures deposits up to a specified amount, it is possible that the amount of cash in the Company’s account would exceed the FDIC limits, resulting in a loss if the bank failed.

 

Potential Liability to Return Distributions: Under some circumstances, Investors who received distributions from the Company could be required to return some or all of those distributions. However, Investors generally will not be liable for the debts and obligations of the Company beyond the amount they paid for the Class A Investor Shares.

 

Limited Liability of Manager: Under the Company’s Limited Liability Company Agreement, the grounds for which an Investor may sue the Manager is very limited. For example, the Limited Liability Company Agreement waives all fiduciary obligations of the Manager. This means that except in rare circumstances, you will not be able to sue the Manager even if the Manager makes mistakes and those mistakes cost you money.

 

Limited Participation in Management: Investors will not have a right to vote or otherwise participate in managing the Company. For example, Investors will have no voice in selecting the projects in which the Company invests, deciding on the terms of the investment, or deciding when a project should be sold. Only those willing to give complete control to our management team should consider an investment in the Company.

 

Reliance on Management: The success of the Company depends almost exclusively on the abilities of its current management team. If any of these individuals resigned, died, or became ill, the Company and its Investors could suffer.

 

Conflicts of Interest: The interests of the Manager could conflict with the interests of Investors in a number of important ways, including these:

 

The interests of Investors might be better served if our management team devoted its full attention to the business of the Company. Instead, our team will manage a number of different projects for a number of different companies.

 

At least initially, the Company might not consider investing in projects other than those controlled by the Manager and its affiliates, even if the projects in question represent better opportunities.

 

The Manager and its affiliates might not invest significant equity in the Company or in the projects in which the Company invests. If they do not, their economic interests could be in conflict with the interests of Investors.

 

Members of our management team have business interests wholly unrelated to the Company and its affiliates, all of which require a commitment of time.

 

The lawyers who prepared the Limited Liability Company Agreement, the Investment Agreement, and this Offering Circular represent us, not you. You must hire your own lawyer (at your own expense) if you want your interests to be represented.

 

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Waiver of Right to Jury Trial: The Investment Agreement and the LLC Agreement both provide that legal claims will be decided only by a judge, not by a jury. The provision in the LLC Agreement will apply not only to an Investor who purchases Class A Investor Shares in the Offering, but also to anyone who acquires Class A Investor Shares in secondary trading. Having legal claims decided by a judge rather than by a jury could be favorable or unfavorable to the interests of an owner of Class A Investor Shares, depending on the parties and the nature of the legal claims involved. It is possible that a judge would find the waiver of a jury trial unenforceable and allow an owner of Class A Investor Shares to have his, her, or its legal claim decided by a jury. In any case, the waiver of a jury trial in both the Investment Agreement and the LLC Agreement do not apply to claims arising under the Federal securities laws.

 

Choice of Law and Forum Selection Provision: Our Investment Agreement and our LLC Agreement both provide that disputes will be governed by Delaware law and handled solely in the state or federal courts located in San Diego, CA. We included these provisions primarily because (i) the Company is organized under Delaware law, (ii) Delaware courts have developed significant expertise and experience in corporate and commercial law matters and investment-related disputes (which typically involve very complex legal questions), particularly with respect to alternative entities (such as LLCs), and have developed a reputation for resolving disputes in these areas in an efficient manner, (iii) Delaware has a large and well-developed body of case law in the areas of corporate and alternative entities law and investment-related disputes, providing predictability and stability for the Company and its Investors, and (iv) the Company’s principal place of business is in San Diego, CA. These provisions could be unfavorable to an Investor to the extent a court in a different jurisdiction would be more likely to find in favor of an Investor or be more geographically convenient to an Investor. It is possible that a judge would find this provision unenforceable and allow an Investor to file a lawsuit in a different jurisdiction.

 

Section 27 of the Exchange Act provides that Federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over lawsuits brought under the Exchange Act, and that such lawsuits may be brought in any Federal district where the defendant is found or is an inhabitant or transacts business. Section 22 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), provides that Federal courts have concurrent jurisdiction with State courts over lawsuits brought under the Securities Act, and that such lawsuits may be brought in any Federal district where the defendant is found or is an inhabitant or transacts business. Investors cannot waive our (or their) compliance with Federal securities laws. Hence, to the extent the forum selection provisions of the Investment Agreement or the LLC Agreement conflict with these Federal statutes, the Federal statutes would prevail.

 

Limitation on Rights in LLC Agreement: The Company’s Limited Liability Company Agreement limits your rights in several important ways, including these:

 

The LLC Agreement significantly curtails your right to bring legal claims against management.

 

The LLC Agreement limits your right to obtain information about the Company and to inspect its books and records.

 

Investors can remove the Manager only in very limited circumstances, even if you think the Manager is doing a bad job.

 

The Manager is allowed to amend the LLC Agreement in certain respects without your consent.

 

The LLC Agreement restricts your right to sell or otherwise transfer your Class A Investor Shares.

 

The LLC Agreement gives the Manager the right to buy back your Class A Investor Shares without your consent if the Manager determines that (i) the Company would otherwise become subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (after referred to as “ERISA”), or (ii) you have engaged in certain misconduct.

 

The LLC Agreement provides that all disputes will be conducted in San Diego County, California.

 

Limitations on Rights in Investment Agreement: To purchase Class A Investor Shares, you are required to sign our Investment Agreement. The Investment Agreement will limit your rights in several important ways if you believe you have claims against us arising from the purchase of your Class A Investor Shares:

 

Any claims arising from your purchase of Class A Investor Shares or the Investment Agreement must be brought in the state or federal courts located in San Diego, California, which might not be convenient to you.

 

You would not be entitled to a jury trial.

 

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You would not be entitled to recover any lost profits or special, consequential, or punitive damages.

 

If you lost your claim against us, you would be required to pay our expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees. If you won, we would be required to pay yours.

 

Limits on Transferability: There are several obstacles to selling or otherwise transferring your Class A Investor Shares:

 

There will be no established market for Class A Investor Shares, meaning you could have difficulty finding a buyer.

 

Under the Limited Liability Company Agreement, Class A Investor Shares may not be transferred in some circumstances.

 

If you want to sell your Class A Investor Shares, you must first offer them to the Manager.

 

Under the Limited Liability Company Agreement, Class A Investor Shares may not be transferred if the Manager determines that the transfer could jeopardize the status of the Company as a REIT.

 

To qualify as a REIT, the Limited Liability Company Agreement limits the amount of the Company that any one person may own, which may restrict your ability to sell Class A Investor Shares to others who have invested in the Company.

 

Taking all that into account, you should plan to own your Class A Investor Shares indefinitely.

 

Risk of Failure to Comply with Securities Laws: Affiliates of the Company have previously offered and sold unregistered securities relying on well-established registration exemptions under Regulation D and Regulation A. This Offering by the Company relies on the exemption under Regulation A. In each instance, the affiliates and/or the Company have relied on, and followed, the advice of experienced securities lawyers. Thus, the affiliates and the Company believe in good faith that their offers and sales of unregistered securities have qualified (or, in the case of the Company, will qualify) for the applicable exemptions. If the affiliates and/or the Company are mistaken, however, and their offers and sales of unregistered securities did not qualify for any exemption from registration, the Federal government and State regulators could impose monetary and other sanctions. In addition, there is a risk that investors could then file private lawsuits based on the same allegations.

 

Reduced Disclosure Requirements Under the JOBS Act: The Class A Investor Shares are being offered pursuant to Tier 2 of Regulation A issued by the SEC, as amended pursuant to the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (known as the “JOBS Act”). Regulation A does not require us to provide you all the information that would be required in a registration statement in connection with an initial public offering (IPO) of securities. As a Regulation A issuer, we are also not subject to the same level of ongoing reporting obligations as a typical public reporting company, including, but not limited to, many of the disclosure requirements applicable to public reporting companies under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

We Are an “Emerging Growth Company” Under the JOBS Act: Today, the Company qualifies as an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act. If the Company were to become a public company (e.g., following an IPO) and continued to qualify as an emerging growth company, it would be able to take advantage of certain exemptions from the reporting requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and exemptions from certain investor protection measures under the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. Using these exemptions could benefit the Company by reducing compliance costs, but could also mean that investors receive less information and receive fewer protections than they would otherwise. However, these exemptions – and the status of the Company as an “emerging growth company” in the first place – will not be relevant unless the Company becomes a public reporting company, which we do not plan or foresee.

 

We Are Not Subject to the Corporate Governance Requirements that Apply to Companies Listed on a National Exchange: Companies whose securities are listed on a national stock exchange (for example, the New York Stock Exchange) are generally subject to a number of rules about corporate governance that are intended to protect investors. For example, the major U.S. stock exchanges require listed companies to have an audit committee made up entirely of independent members of the board of directors (i.e., directors with no material outside relationships with the company or management), which is responsible for monitoring the Company’s compliance with the law. As of the date of this Offering Circular, neither the Class A Investor Shares nor any other securities of the Company are listed on a national exchange, and it is likely that our securities will never be listed on a national exchange. Accordingly, you may not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to all of the corporate governance requirements of a national exchange. 

 

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Regulation As An Investment Company: If the Company were treated as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, we would be required to comply with a number of special rules and regulations and incur significant cost doing so. In addition, if it were determined that the Company had operated as an investment company without registering as such, we could be subject to significant penalties and, among other things, any contracts the Company had entered into could be rendered unenforceable. As described in “Investment Company Act Limitations.” We intend to conduct our business so that we are not treated as an investment company. However, we might not be successful.

 

Failure to Satisfy Conditions of REIT; Taxes on REITs: We intend to elect to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, or “REIT,” under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) for purposes of federal income taxes. To qualify as a REIT, the Company must satisfy a number of criteria, both now and on an ongoing basis. Should the Company fail to satisfy any of these criteria, even inadvertently, it could become subject to penalty taxes and/or lose its REIT status altogether, which would make the Company subject to federal income tax and thereby reduce the returns to investors substantially. Further, even if it maintains its REIT status, the Company could be subject to various taxes in some situations. While the Company intends to seek guidance from tax advisors and operate its business accordingly, there is no guaranty that it will be able to avoid taxes and maintain its qualification as a REIT.

 

REIT Requirements Could Restrict Actions: REITs are subject to a 100% tax on income from “prohibited transactions,” which include sales of assets that constitute inventory or other property held for sale in the ordinary course of a business, other than foreclosure property. This 100% tax could impact our desire to sell assets and other investments at otherwise opportune times if we believe such sales could be considered a prohibited transaction.

 

Required Distributions: As a REIT, we generally must distribute 90% of our annual taxable income to our investors. From time to time we might generate taxable income greater than our net income for financial reporting purposes from, among other things, amortization of capitalized purchase premiums, or our taxable income might be greater than our cash flow available for distribution to our stockholders. If we do not have other funds available in these situations, we might be unable to distribute 90% of our taxable income as required by the REIT rules. In that case, we would need to borrow funds, sell a portion of our investments, potentially at disadvantageous prices, or find another alternative source of funds. These alternatives could increase our costs or reduce our equity and reduce amounts to invest in real estate assets and other investments. Moreover, the distributions received by our stockholders in such an event could constitute a return of capital for federal income tax purposes, as the distributions would be in excess of our earnings and profits.

 

Federal and State Income Taxes as a REIT: Even if the Company qualifies and maintains its qualification as a REIT, it may be subject to federal income taxes and related state taxes. For example, if we have net income from a “prohibited transaction,” such income will be subject to a 100% tax. The Company may not be able to make sufficient distributions to avoid excise taxes applicable to REITs. The Company may also decide to retain income it earns from the sale or other disposition of its property and pay income tax directly on such income. In that event, the Company’s investors will be treated as if they earned that income and paid the tax on it directly. However, shareholders that are tax-exempt would have no benefit from their deemed payment of such tax liability. The Company may also be subject to state and local taxes on its income or property. Any federal or state taxes paid by the Company will reduce the Company’s operating cash flow and cash available for distributions.

 

FIRPTA Tax on Non-U.S. Sellers: A non-U.S. Investor who sells Class A Investor Shares for a gain would generally be subject to tax under the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) if the Company does not qualify as a “domestically controlled REIT,” meaning a REIT in which less than 50% of the value of the outstanding shares are owned by non-U.S. persons. We intend to qualify as a domestically controlled REIT, but there can be no assurance we will always do so.

 

Breaches of Security: It is possible that our systems would be “hacked,” leading to the theft or disclosure of confidential information you have provided to us. Because techniques used to obtain unauthorized access or to sabotage systems change frequently and generally are not recognized until they are launched, we and our vendors may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate defensive measures.

 

The Foregoing Are Not Necessarily The Only Risks Of Investing
Please Consult With Your Professional Advisors

 

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OUR COMPANY AND BUSINESS

 

Overview

 

The Company was formed to invest in real estate projects in the United States. The Company will focus primarily on multifamily value-add properties but will also look for opportunities across other commercial real estate sectors, including industrial projects, data centers, self-storage, and medical office projects. The Company might seek to identify existing projects that have become distressed because of rising interest rates or other economic factors, but distressed projects will not be its principal focus.

 

Investments Through Other Entities

 

Sometimes the Company will own real estate directly. Most of the time, however, the investments made by the Company will be through other entities (“Project Entities”). For example, if the Company invests in a multifamily property, the property will likely be owned by a different entity, such as a limited partnership or a limited liability company. Typically, Project Entities will be controlled by the Sponsor or another entity controlled by the Sponsor. However, if the Company does not control the Project Entity itself then it will retain control rights, meaning the Company’s consent will be required to certain major actions taken by the Project Entity, such as the sale or refinancing of its real estate and the replacement of its manager or general partner.

 

LLC Agreement

 

The Company is governed by a Limited Liability Company Agreement dated July 5, 2022, which we refer to as the “LLC Agreement.” A copy of the LLC Agreement is filed as Exhibit 2.2 to the offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part.

 

Management

 

The Company is managed by the Manager. The LLC Agreement generally gives the Manager exclusive control over all aspects of the Company’s business. Other members of the Company, including Investors who purchase Class A Investor Shares in the Offering, generally have no right to participate in the management of the Company.

 

There is only one exception to this rule: the owners of the Class A Investor Shares may, in some situations, remove the Manager for cause. For more information, see “Summary of our LLC Agreement and Authorizing Resolution – Management.

 

Investment Strategy

 

The Company is seeking to invest in a diversified portfolio of predominantly multifamily value add real estate assets throughout the United States.

 

Specifically, we intend to invest primarily in multifamily value-add projects in markets that exhibit a trend of strong population and job growth and other favorable local market conditions. The value-add investment strategy entails (i) buying a project that in many instances is already stabilized and creating cash flow, (ii) implementing a capital expenditure program where we renovate both the interior units and the exterior of the property over a 18 to 36 month period, and (iii) improving the overall management of the property to decrease operating expenses and increase occupancy. We expect these renovations will allow us to charge tenants a higher rent and therefore “add value” to the asset by increasing cash flow and the property’s overall market value based on the higher net operating income.

 

We expect that once the Company has raised $75 million of equity capital, at least 50% of such capital will have been invested in projects of this kind.

 

The Company might also build or invest in new multifamily projects where it believes it can expect a significant profit.

 

The Company might also lend money to real estate projects to generate current yield.

 

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The Commercial Real Estate Market

 

The commercial real estate market is currently experienced market challenges in many locations throughout the United States. While retail, hospitality and office assets are experiencing significant vacancies, we expect the multifamily market will not see as steep of declines and in many markets will remain relatively stable given the overall housing shortage.

 

The Distressed Real Estate Market

 

Currently, we are beginning to see signs of distressed assets in the market, which allow for the potential to purchase assets at a significant discount. We plan to monitor certain markets for opportunities to invest in distressed assets assuming we are able to negotiate a purchase price that represents a significant discount to where we think true market value is.

 

Due Diligence

 

When the Company identifies a location or a potential property, it will typically sign a contract and place an escrow deposit to be held with the designated escrow agent. The Company will then conduct extensive due diligence, including physical site inspections, environmental studies, a review of applicable zoning and land use restrictions, title reports, a review of all leases (if any), a review of the revenues and expenses from the property, and a study of the local market and local conditions.

 

Based on its due diligence, the Company will determine whether to move forward with the property.

 

Evaluating Alternatives

 

During the initial 12-36 months of owning and managing the property, the Company will analyze market conditions and decide whether the property should be maintained, refinanced, restructured (i.e., condominium conversion), or sold.

 

Real Estate Investment Life Cycle

 

The life cycle of a real estate project varies on an individual property basis, but generally all projects experience periods of development, stabilization, and decline. A major component of successful real estate investing is timing the cycle – in effect, buying low, selling high. The Company will pay close attention to the ongoing market cycles in an effort to maximize returns to investors, but given current market conditions, we believe we will be well-positioned to capitalize on the natural ebbs and flows of the real estate investment life cycle.

 

Use of Leverage

 

We expect to use leverage on most of the real estate properties we invest in, meaning we will use debt to finance a portion of the purchase price. In general, for multifamily value-add projects we will target a loan-to-cost ratio of 65% -- 75%, although that ratio could be higher or lower for specific properties. In certain cases, depending on the property and its underwriting, we might also use mezzanine debt or preferred equity.

 

Competitive Landscape

 

Historically, the multifamily market has been driven by favorable supply/demand fundamentals, including (i) a limited number of new units coming onto the market; (ii) the demographic often referred to as “echo boomers,” (iii) an increase in the number of immigrants; and (iv) tighter lending guidelines leading to lower rates of home ownership.

 

The onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic interrupted many of these positive fundamentals, causing the multifamily housing market to experience more market turbulence than in recent years. While many of the direct impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have eased, the longer-term macroeconomic effects on global supply chains, inflation, labor shortages and wage increases continue to impact many industries including ours. In particular, the substantial influx of government aid to fight the pandemic and disruption of global supply chains have led to an increase in inflation not seen in more than a decade. While some experts believe this inflation is only temporary and will only affect a few industries long-term, it is possible these experts are wrong and that the current levels of inflation will continue to rise in the future. This sort of inflation, which so far has impacted the cost of essential goods such as food and transportation, is also the type of inflation that will likely hit our tenants the hardest.

 

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The rise in inflation rates caused the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates with indications of future increases, which has created further uncertainty for the economy in general and for the multifamily market in particular. Increases in interest rates may adversely affect our ability to obtain financing for our investments or to refinance existing loans when they the lending term ends. While there is debate among economists as to whether these factors, coupled with recent periods of economic contraction in the U.S., indicate that the U.S. will enter a recession in the near term, it remains difficult to predict the full impact of recent changes and of any future changes in interest rates or inflation.

 

Yet we remain optimistic about the medium- to long-term outlook of the multifamily market and believe the current market still presents investment opportunities. First, we believe that the number of new units coming onto the market will remain limited. Homebuilders have long struggled to match demand for new housing and recent interest rate growth puts increasing pressure on the residential construction industry. Second, the rapid rise in interest rates has led to tighter credit markets and increased credit standards for banks originating new loans, augmenting the pool of persons interested in multi-family housing. All of these factors are expected to reduce the pool of persons available to purchase single-family homes and increase the demand for multi-family housing. Finally, the past year’s substantial jump in immigration from other countries is also expected to add to demand for more multi-family housing.

 

Allocation of Projects between the Company and Other Entities

 

The Sponsor controls other entities focused on real estate assets in the United States, primarily multifamily properties. The scope of the Company may differ in some instances but there could nevertheless be instances where the same project fits the investment strategy of both the Company and another entity. In that case we will evaluate the project seeking to balance each portfolio.

 

We will try to keep the portfolios balanced in several ways:

 

Geographic Balance. We try to keep the portfolios balanced geographically. If a new project is located in North Carolina and another entity already owns three projects in North Carolina, the new project might make more sense in the Company.

 

Risk Balance. Each project carries a risk/reward profile. If a new project is weighted toward a higher risk/reward profile and the Company’s portfolio is already weighted in that direction, the new project might make more sense in another entity.

 

Balance in Property Rating. Multifamily projects are rated A, B, and C, in declining quality. We seek to achieve an average rating of B in each portfolio.

 

We might try to achieve balance in other ways as well.

 

If, in the end, a new project makes equal sense in either the Company or another entity controlled by the Sponsor, it is also possible that multiple portfolios will invest.

 

Term of the Company

 

We will begin deploying the capital we raise in this Offering as soon as we identify appropriate projects and have raised sufficient capital. We intend to operate the Company for five years from the date this Offering is qualified with the option of up to two additional one-year extensions at the discretion of the Manager.

 

To wind down the Company, the Manager will seek to generate liquidity for Investors and realize any gains in the value of our investments by selling or refinancing our properties and returning capital to Investors on an orderly basis. Sales and refinancing will be subject to prevailing market conditions and there is no guarantee that we will be successful in executing any such liquidity transactions on terms favorable to the Company and Investors, or that we will be able to do so within the time frame we have anticipated.

 

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PAST PERFORMANCE: OUR TRACK RECORD SO FAR

 

Narrative Summary

 

The Sponsor of the Company is DiversyFund, Inc. The principal owners of the Sponsor are Alan Lewis and Craig Cecilio.

 

The Sponsor was formed in August 2016. Since inception, the Sponsor or its affiliates (including other entities of which either Mr. Lewis or Mr. Cecilio was a principal) have acted as the sponsor of nine real estate investment opportunities offered to investors under SEC Regulation D, which we refer to as “Regulation D Programs,” and three real estate investment trusts. In the aggregate, the Regulation D Programs have raised $15,037,872 from 190 investors and purchased or built seven individual properties, all located in California or Texas. Of these, two properties have been sold. The first five Regulation D Programs involved new construction of single-family homes and multifamily properties, and all were more oriented toward “growth” than “income” objectives.

 

None of the Regulation D Programs (i) has been registered under the Securities Act; (ii) has been required to report under section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; (iii) has had a class of equity securities registered under section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or (iv) has, or has had, 300 or more security holders.

 

In addition to the Regulation D Programs, as of December 31, 2022, DF Growth REIT, LLC (“Growth REIT I”) had raised approximately $65,128,397 from 25,527 investors and invested $51,306,212 in 11 multifamily real estate projects located throughout the United States, all managed and controlled by the Sponsor. As of December 31, 2022, the aggregated dollar amount of property purchased by the Growth REIT, where the Growth REIT was the majority owner, was $93,023,892 (for some of the purchases, the Growth REIT is the co-owner). Of these properties, 100% are commercial, 4% are construction properties, and 96% are existing properties. None of these properties has been sold.

 

As of December 31, 2022, DF Growth REIT II, LLC (“Growth REIT II”) had raised approximately $8,300,787 from 3,982 investors and invested $5,014,216 in one multifamily existing real estate project located in North Charleston, South Carolina.

 

As of December 31, 2022, Value Add Growth REIT III, LLC (“Growth REIT III”) had raised nearly $5,000,000 from 3,982 investors and invested $3,420,304 in one multifamily existing real estate project, Onyx on Park, located in San Diego, CA.

 

Growth REIT I and Growth REIT II prepare and file public reports as required by Regulation A, including annual and semi-annual reports. All of the public filings of Growth REIT I and Growth REIT II are available on EDGAR, the SEC’s electronic portal, and will be provided to prospective investors upon request and free of charge. Growth REIT I and Growth REIT II have terminated their Regulation A offerings. The term of each of Growth REIT I and Growth REIT II is expected to be five to seven years after which each REIT will be liquidated and the proceeds distributed to investors.

 

Some of the Regulation D Programs and each of Growth REIT I, Growth REIT II and Growth REIT III have investment objectives similar to those of the Company.

 

The following properties have been built or acquired during the last four years by Growth REIT I, Growth REIT II, Growth REIT III or a Regulation D Program as of December 31, 2022:

 

Entity  Property Type  Location  Financing
DiversyFund Granito LLC  Single Family Residence  Los Angeles, CA  Debt
DiversyFund Park Blvd LLC  59 Units Multifamily  San Diego, CA  Equity
DiversyFund Monterey LLC  Single Family Residence  Monterey, CA  Debt
The Sardinia Group Inc.  8 Units Student Housing  San Diego, CA  Equity
DF Summerlyn LLC  200 Units Multifamily  Killeen, TX  Equity
McArthur LG, LLC  121 Units Multifamily  Fayetteville, NC  Equity
BLVDW NC LLC  242 Units Multifamily  Greenville, NC  Equity
Woodside Highland UT LLC  54 Units Multifamily  Highland, UT  Equity
4500 South State Street UT LLC  36 Units Multifamily  Murray, UT  Equity
524 SW ST. Lucie, LLC  30 Units Multifamily  Stuart, FL  Equity
201 SW Joan Jefferson Way LLC  49 Units Multifamily  Stuart, FL  Equity
WRTH North Charleston, LLC  145 Units Multifamily  North Charleston, SC  Equity
Mission Villas SA, LLC  176 Units Multifamily  San Antonio, TX  Equity
NCP Dove, LLC  285 Units Multifamily  North Charleston, SC  Equity

 

For more detailed information about these acquisitions, please see Table IV of the prior performance tables. Of course, the prior performance of any other program or affiliate cannot be relied upon as an indicator that the Company and Investors in this Offering will achieve similar results in the future.

 

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Prior Performance Tables

 

For more information about the prior Programs, presented as of December 31, 2022, please refer to “APPENDIX – RESULTS OF PRIOR PROGRAMS.”

 

WHAT IS A REIT, ANYWAY?

 

The Company intends to be treated as a Real Estate Investment Trust, or “REIT.”

 

A REIT is just a tax concept: an entity that is treated as a corporation for Federal income tax purposes and satisfies a long list of requirements listed in section 856 of the Internal Revenue Code. These requirements include:

 

The kinds of assets it owns

 

The kind of income it generates

 

Who owns it

 

How much of its income it distributes to its owners

 

A REIT is not a function of securities laws. Thus, many REITs have “gone public” by offering their securities in offerings that are registered under the Securities Act, while many other REITs are still private. Some “public” REITs have registered their shares on a national securities exchange, allowing the shares to be publicly traded, while the shares of other “public” REITs are traded privately. There are very large REITs and very small REITs, and everything in between. Some REITs invest in one class of real estate assets, others invest in completely different classes of real estate assets (e.g., only mortgages), and still others invest in multiple classes of real estate assets. The only thing all these companies have in common, being REITs, is that they all satisfy the requirement in section 856 of the Code.

 

Why go through the headache of satisfying all those rules to become a REIT? Just taxes:

 

If the Company were a regular limited liability company, not a REIT, then the income of the Company would be reported to Investors on Form K-1. Transferring the information from Form K-1 to his or her own personal tax return can be difficult and time-consuming.

 

Conversely, if the Company were a corporation and did not qualify as a REIT, it would be subject to tax on its income at the corporate level, and investors would then be subject to tax again when the Company distributed its income, resulting in two levels of tax on the same income.

 

As a REIT, the Company will not itself be subject to tax, and Investors will receive only a simple Form 1099 to report their income from the Company.

 

If you are interested, you can read much more detailed information about the tax treatment of REITs in “Federal Income Tax Consequences.

 

The Company is a limited liability company for purposes of state law but has elected to be treated as a corporation for Federal income tax purposes. That’s what allows the Company to be treated as a REIT.

 

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OUR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

 

When Investors buy Class A Investor Shares, they are buying an interest in Value Add Growth REIT IV, LLC, which is a Delaware limited liability company that has made an election to be taxed as a corporation and as a REIT for Federal income tax purposes. We refer to that entity as the “Company.”

 

Apart from Investors, the only other owner of the Company today is DiversyFund, Inc., which we refer to as the “Sponsor.” The Sponsor’s ownership of the Company’s common stock does not create any economic ownership of the Company’s equity value, however, and the economic benefit of the Sponsor’s ownership of the Company’s common stock is limited to the right to receive the Promoted Interest. The Sponsor will not participate in any distribution of dividends to holders of the Class A Investor Shares.

 

DF Manager, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which we refer to as the “Manager,” controls all of the aspects of the Company’s business and operations, including investment decisions (that is, deciding which properties to buy and sell and when to buy and sell them).

 

Of course, the Company could admit additional members in the future.

 

The following diagram illustrates the organizational structure of the Company, where Investors, who hold 100% of the members equity value of the Company, are included in the box at the lower left:

 

 

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MANAGEMENT TEAM

 

Name  Position  Age     Term of Office  Approximate
Hours Per Week If
Not Full Time
Craig Cecilio  Chief Executive Officer*   50   Indefinite  20 Hours
Alan Lewis  Chief Financial Officer*   46   Indefinite  20 Hours

 

*Mr. Cecilio and Mr. Lewis are officers of DiversyFund, Inc., the Sponsor. The Sponsor is the sole member, and the manager, of DF Manager, LLC, which is the Manager of the Company. The Company does not have any employees, directors or officers of its own.

 

Business Experience

 

Craig Cecilio serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Manager and has served as Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of the Sponsor since its inception. Mr. Cecilio has worked in the real estate industry for nearly 20 years. Over the course of his career, Mr. Cecilio has participated in the development of over 1,000 single family residences in California as either a joint venture equity partner, lender, or sponsor. Previously, Mr. Cecilio owned a real estate lending business, Coastal California Funding Group, Inc., which underwrote and financed residential renovations and ground-up construction in California coastal markets such as San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and a loan servicing business. Additionally, Mr. Cecilio founded a real estate debt fund in 2013, which manages a portfolio of real estate-backed bridge loans used primarily to “pre-fund” some of the Company’s real estate projects. Since 1997, Mr. Cecilio has financed nearly $500 million of real estate assets and has developed and managed over $50 million of residential property (renovations and ground-up). Mr. Cecilio has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

 

Alan R. Lewis is the Chief Financial Officer of the Manager and has served as Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of the Sponsor since its inception. Prior to the launch of the Manager, he was the head of the real estate private equity division of a real estate investment and development firm based in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he oversaw capital raising, deal structuring and development work for multi-family projects and master-planned residential communities. Previously, Mr. Lewis worked for nearly ten years on Wall Street as both an investment banker and a corporate lawyer, most recently as Managing Director of the Investment Banking Division of Brill Securities where Mr. Lewis provided financial advisory and capital raising services for high-growth companies along with real estate and oil and gas projects. Prior to joining Brill Securities in 2010, Mr. Lewis practiced as a corporate attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell, a Tier 1 ranked Wall Street law firm. His practice included IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial real estate including the acquisition and refinancing of several Fifth Avenue commercial buildings and acquisitions and portfolio restructurings for a $6 billion real estate private equity fund. Over his career, Mr. Lewis has led transactions totaling over $41 billion. Mr. Lewis has a Bachelor of Arts from Brigham Young University and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School.

 

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Ownership of Related Entities

 

The Sponsor owns 100% of DF Manager, LLC, the Manager of the Company, while Mr. Cecilio and Mr. Lewis own a majority of the Sponsor.

 

Family Relationships

 

There are no family relationships among the Executive Officers and Significant Employees of the Company.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

Within the last five years, no Executive Officer or Significant Employee of the Company has been convicted of, or pleaded guilty or no contest to, any criminal matter, excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses.

 

Within the last five years, no Executive Officer or Significant Employee of the Company, no partnership of which an Executive Officer or Significant Employee was a general partner, and no corporation or other business association of which an Executive Officer or Significant Employee was an executive officer, has been a debtor in bankruptcy or any similar proceedings.

 

One of our affiliates has been the subject of an SEC proceeding. See “SEC Administrative Proceeding with Affiliate.” Related to the SEC’s inquiry, in December 2022 attorneys for three shareholders in that affiliate brought a putative class action against DF Growth REIT II, LLC; DF Growth REIT I, LLC; the Sponsor; and Craig Cecilio and Alan Lewis as principals of the Sponsor. The suit largely piggybacks on the SEC’s claims, alleging that the named shareholders were thereby misled, and seeks compensation for their losses as well as reimbursement of all attorneys’ fees, costs and interest on those fees. In the event of a favorable verdict, California law provides reimbursement of actual economic losses or a right of rescission if no economic loss has been sustained. We have engaged defense counsel experienced in defending securities litigation as well as securities class action suits and we intend to defend aggressively against these claims.

 

COMPENSATION OF MANAGEMENT

 

Executive Officers

 

Each of the executive officers of our Manager also serves as an executive officer of the Sponsor. Each of these individuals receives compensation for their services, including services performed for us on behalf of our Manager, from our Sponsor. As executive officers of our Manager, these individuals manage our day-to-day affairs; oversee the review and selection of investment opportunities; service acquired investments; and monitor the performance of these investments to ensure that they are consistent with our investment objectives. Although we indirectly bear some of the costs of the compensation paid to these individuals, through fees and reimbursements we pay to our Manager, we do not pay any compensation directly to these individuals.

 

Compensation of the Manager and Sponsor

 

Our Manager and our Sponsor receive fees and expense reimbursements for services related to the Offering and for the investment and management of the Company’s assets. The items of compensation are summarized in the table below.

 

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Fees

 

Type of Fee   Description and Amount
     
Organization & Offering Expense Reimbursement   The Company will reimburse the Sponsor for direct expenses incurred by the Sponsor and its affiliates to organize and operate the Company and conduct the Offering, including:
       
   

Marketing and solicitation expenses including payroll expenses and fees paid to vendors, contractors, and consultants;  

       
    Production of fund formation and legal and disclosure documents and other legal and compliance costs including payroll expenses and fees paid to vendors, contractors and consultants;
       
    Software costs;
       
    Fees paid to vendors, contractors, and consultants relating to the Sponsor’s development and maintenance of an online fintech platform and smartphone applications used to market the Company and to operate the fintech platform for investors; and
       
    Payroll expenses and software costs from product and tech employees working on the fintech platform and smartphone applications.
       
    The Organization & Offering Expense Reimbursement may not exceed 10% of the capital raised from the sale of Class A Investor Shares.
     
 

Estimate: The amount of the organization and offering fee depends on the amount of capital raised. We cannot make a reasonable estimate at this time.

 

Asset Management Fee

 

 

The Sponsor will charge the Company an annual asset management fee equal to .5% of the capital raised from the sale of investor shares.

 

Estimate: The amount of the asset management fees depends on the amount of capital raised. We cannot make a reasonable estimate at this time.

 

Acquisition Fee  

The Sponsor will charge each Project Entity (or the Company itself, if the Company owns real estate directly) an acquisition fee of between 1% and 4% of the total project costs, including both “hard” costs (e.g., the cost of property) and “soft” costs (e.g., professional fees).

 

Where property is owned by an entity in which there is another financial partner – a joint venture – the Sponsor might be entitled to a similar acquisition fee to the extent negotiated with the financial partners in such joint venture (which could be higher than the 1-4% acquisition fee for direct investment). However, the Company’s share of the fee will not exceed 1-4% of the Company’s share of the total sale price.

 

Estimate: If the Company raises the full $75,00,000 and maintains an average leverage ratio (borrowing) of 55%, the acquisition fee would range between $1,666,667 and $6,666,667.

 

 

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Property

Disposition Fee

 

Where the Company owns property directly or is the sole owner of a Project Entity, the Sponsor will receive a property disposition fee equal to 1% of the total sale price of each property.

 

Where property is owned by an entity in which there is another financial partner – a joint venture – the Sponsor might be entitled to a similar disposition fee to the extent negotiated with the financial partners in such joint venture (which could be higher than the 1% disposition fee for direct investment). However, the Company’s share of the fee will not exceed 1% of the Company’s share of the total sale price.

 

Estimate: The amount of the disposition fee will depend on the selling price of assets by the Company and any joint ventures and, in the case of joint ventures, the terms our Sponsor negotiates with joint venture partners. We cannot make a reasonable estimate at this time. 

 

Financing Fee  

Where the Company owns property directly, or is the sole owner of a Project Entity, the Sponsor will receive a financing fee equal to 1.0% of the amount of each loan placed on a property, whether at the time of acquisition or pursuant to a refinancing. This financing fee will be in addition to any fees paid to third parties, such as mortgage brokers.

 

Where property is owned by an entity in which there is another financial partner – a joint venture – the Sponsor might be entitled to a similar financing fee to the extent negotiated with the financial partners in such joint venture (which could be higher than the 1% financing fee for direct investment). However, the Sponsor’s share of the fee will not exceed 1% of the Company’s share of the loan.

 

Estimate: The amount of the financing fee will depend on the selling price of assets by the Company and any joint ventures and, in the case of joint ventures, the terms our Sponsor negotiates with joint venture partners. We cannot make a reasonable estimate at this time.

 

Construction

Management Fee

 

 

The Sponsor might provide construction management services. If so, the Sponsor be entitled to a construction management fee equal to 7.5% of actual construction costs.

 

Estimate: The amount of the construction management fee will depend on the nature and cost of the construction services the Manager provides. We cannot make a reasonable estimate at this time.

 

Guaranty Fee  

If the Sponsor or an affiliate guaranties indebtedness of the Company or a Project Entity, including guaranties of any so-called “bad boy” carveouts, the guarantor(s) will be entitled to a guaranty fee equal to 0.5% of the loan.

 

Estimate: The amount of the guaranty fee will depend on the amount of loans requiring a guaranty. We cannot make a reasonable estimate at this time.

 

Other Fees  

The Company or Project Entities might engage the Sponsor or its affiliates to perform other services. The compensation paid to the Sponsor or its affiliates in each case must be (i) fair to the Company and the Project Entities, (ii) comparable to the compensation that would be paid to an unrelated party, and (iii) disclosed to Investors.

 

Estimate: We cannot make a reasonable estimate of other fees at this time. 

 

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Timing of Payments of Fees and Expense Reimbursements

 

The compensation and expense reimbursement paid by the Company to the Manager and the Sponsor during each stage of the Company’s trajectory are as follows:

 

Stage   Compensation to Manager   Compensation to Sponsor   Amount of Compensation to Sponsor
             
Organization   None   Organization & Offering Expense Reimbursement   Up to 10% of total amount of capital raised
             
        Asset Management Fee   .5% of total investment amount of capital raised
             
Asset Acquisition Stage       Organization & Offering Expense Reimbursement   Up to 10% of total amount of capital raised
             
        Asset Management Fee   ● . 5% of total investment amount of capital raised
             
        Acquisition Fee   1-4% of total asset acquisition cost
             
        Financing Fee   1% of total loan value
             
        Guaranty Fee   0-0.5% of total loan value
             
Operation Stage       Organization & Offering Expense Reimbursement   Up to 10% of total amount of capital raised
             
        Asset Management Fee   .5% of total investment amount of capital raised
             
        Acquisition Fee  
              1-4% of total asset acquisition cost
        Financing Fee  
                 
        Guaranty Fee   ●   0-0.5% of total loan value
             
        Construction Management Fee   0-7.5% of actual construction costs
             
        Disposition Fee   1% of property sale price
               
Liquidation Stage       Disposition Fee   1% of property sale price

 

Co-Investment

 

The Sponsor and its affiliates may also purchase Class A Investor Shares. If so, they will be entitled to the same distributions as other Investors.

 

Promoted Interest

 

As described in “Securities Being Offered – Distributions”, the Sponsor is entitled to share in certain distributions that we refer to as the “Promoted Interest.” The Promoted Interest is paid in two levels: first, after Investors have received a 7% preferred return on their investment, the Sponsor is entitled to a catchup return equal to approximately 53.85% of the preferred return paid to Investors; and second, after Investors have received their preferred return and the Sponsor has received its catchup return, the Sponsor is entitled to 35% of the remaining profits.

 

How much money the Sponsor ultimately receives as a Promoted Interest therefore depends on a number of factors, including:

 

How much capital is raised in the Offering;

 

The investment returns the Company is able to achieve;

 

When those returns are achieved (the Company might not achieve the same return every year);

 

When the Company distributes money to Investors; and

 

The amount of expenses the Company incurs.

 

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Reports to Investors

 

The Company files an annual report and semi-annual report that provides the owners of Class A Investor Shares details of the fees paid to the Sponsor, the Manager and their affiliates.

 

Clawback

 

If, upon the liquidation of the Company, the owners of the Class A Investor Shares other than the Manager, the Sponsor, and their affiliates have not received distributions sufficient to return their capital contributions plus a 7% cumulative, non-compounded annual return, the Manager, the Sponsor, and their affiliates will be required to return any distributions they have received from the Company (not fees), over and above their actual contributed capital, in an amount such that the Company can distribute the shortfall to the owners of the Class A Investor Shares, other than the Manager, the Sponsor, and their affiliates.

 

Method of Accounting

 

The compensation described in this section was calculated using the accrual method of accounting.

 

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT

 

The limited liability company interests in the Company are denominated by 20,000,000 “Shares,” consisting of 1,000,000 “Common Shares” and 19,000,000 “Investor Shares.” The Manager has the authority to divide the 19,000,000 Investor Shares into one or more “classes,” by adopting one or more authorizing resolutions. The Manager adopted the Authorizing Resolution to create 7,500,000 Class A Investor Shares.

 

As of the date of this Offering Circular, the limited liability company interests of the Company are owned as follows:

 

Common Shares

 

Beneficial Owner  Number of Shares   Percent of Class 
DiversyFund, Inc.*
750 B Street
Suite 1930
San Diego, CA. 92101
   1,000,000    100%
DF Manager, LLC
750 B Street
Suite 1930
San Diego, CA. 92101
   0    0%
Alan Lewis
750 B Street
Suite 1930
San Diego, CA. 92101
   0    0%
Craig Cecilio
750 B Street
Suite 1930
San Diego, CA. 92101
   0    0%

 

Class A Investor Shares

 

Beneficial Owner   Number of Shares   Percent of Class  
None   0   0 %

 

*DiversyFund, Inc., the Sponsor, is controlled by Mr. Lewis and Mr. Cecilio.

 

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VOTING RIGHTS OF OWNERS

 

Under the LLC Agreement, the Manager has full control over all aspects of the business of the Company. Investors will not be entitled to vote on any matter involving the Company or the Company, except that the owners of the Class A Investor Shares may, in some situations, remove the Manager for cause. For more information, see “Summary of Our LLC Agreement and Authorizing Resolution – Management.

 

The Manager is owned by the Sponsor, which is controlled by Mr. Lewis and Mr. Cecilio. Thus, except as provided above, they have complete control over the Company.

 

SEC ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST AN AFFILIATE

 

An affiliate of the Company was a respondent in an administrative proceeding with the SEC. In November 2021 the SEC began an investigation of DF Growth REIT II, LLC (“REIT II”) and in January 2022 the SEC suspended REIT II’s offering and commenced an administrative proceeding to make the suspension permanent. The SEC alleged two violations (failure to begin the offering within two calendar days of qualification and use of an offering circular supplement instead of a post-qualification amendment to increase the maximum offering amount from $50 million to $75 million) and three types of misleading statements on the Sponsor’s website (related to the affiliation of DF Growth REIT, LLC with REIT II, to how much capital REIT II needed to raise from investors and to the fees charged to REIT II by the sponsor of REIT II). None of the SEC’s allegations involved financial or accounting misconduct or wrongdoing. On June 9, 2023, the administrative proceeding was settled when REIT II and the SEC agreed to a settled order that permanently suspended REIT II’s exemption under Regulation A. REIT II was not required to pay any fines or penalties. On August 10, 2023, the SEC informed REIT II that it was also concluding its investigation and did not intend to recommend an enforcement action against DiversyFund, REIT I, REIT II, DF Manager, Mr. Cecilio or Mr. Lewis.

 

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

 

The Company has entered into a Management Agreement with the Manager, pursuant to which the Manager will provide management and investment management services as described in “Summary of LLC Agreement and Authorizing Resolution – Management.” Under the Management Agreement, the Company will pay the Sponsor certain fees as described in “Compensation of Management.” The Manager is an affiliate of our Sponsor, DiversyFund, Inc. Thus, the amount of fees and other terms of the Management Agreement were determined among related parties and not at arm’s-length.

 

The Sponsor, the Manager, Mr. Cecilio, Mr. Lewis, and parties related to them might also invest in the Company by purchasing Class A Investor Shares, along with other Investors.

 

SECURITIES BEING OFFERED

 

Description of Securities

 

We are offering to the public up to $75,000,000 of our Class A Investor Shares, which represent limited liability company interests in the Company. All of the rights and obligations associated with the Class A Investor Shares are set forth in:

 

The LLC Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.2 to the offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part; and

 

The Authorizing Resolution, which is filed as Exhibit 2.3 to the offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part.

 

Price of Class A Investor Shares

 

Initially, we will offer the Class A Investor Shares at $10 per Class A Investor Share. During the term of this Offering, we may increase or decrease the price per Class A Investor Share to reflect changes in the value of our assets and the amount of our liabilities, which will be determined by the Manager in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

To determine the price of the Class A Investor Shares, the Manager would:

 

Determine the fair market value of the Company’s assets, using appraisals and/or such other methods as the Manager may determine, including its own judgment;

 

Determine the amount of the Company’s liabilities; and

 

Determine the amount that a purchaser of Class A Investor Shares would receive if all of the assets of the Company were sold for their fair market values, less hypothetical sales commissions and transaction costs, all the liabilities of the Company were satisfied, and the net proceeds were distributed in accordance with the LLC Agreement.

 

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Changes in the price of the Class A Investor Shares will be reflected in a supplement or amendment to this Offering Circular filed with the SEC. At this time, the Manager cannot reasonably estimate when or how often it will amend the Offering price. Such amendments will depend upon numerous factors, including, but not limited to, (i) the amount of capital raised in this Offering, (ii) our ability to effectively deploy the capital we raise, (iii) the timing of actual asset acquisitions and dispositions by the Company, and (iv) the value of assets acquired or disposed of by the Company.

 

Voting Rights

 

Owners of the Class A Investor Shares – that is, Investors – will have no right to vote or otherwise participate in the management of the Company. Instead, the Company is managed by the Manager exclusively. However, under certain circumstances Investors have the right to remove the Manager for “cause.”

 

Distributions

 

We intend to make distributions periodically, as conditions permit. The order of distributions will be governed by the Company’s LLC Agreement and by the Authorizing Resolution.

 

We divide distributions into two categories:

 

Distributions of ordinary operating cash flow (for example, net income from the rental of a property, after expenses); and

 

Distributions of the net proceeds from “capital transactions” like sales or refinancing of properties (“net proceeds” means the gross proceeds of the capital transaction, reduced by the expenses of the transaction, including repayment of debt).

 

Distributions of ordinary operating cash flow will be in the following order of priority:

 

Step One: First, Investors will receive all the operating cash flow until they have received a 7% cumulative, non-compounded annual return on their invested capital. We refer to this as the “Preferred Return” of Investors.

 

Step Two: Second, any remaining operating cash flow will be distributed to the owner of the Common Shares (the Sponsor) in an amount that bears the same proportion to the total Preferred Return paid to date as 35 bears to 65, i.e., approximately 53.85%. We refer to this as the “Catchup Return.”

 

Step Three: Third, any remaining operating cash flow will be distributed 65% to the Investors on a pro rata basis, and 35% to the owner of the Common Shares.

 

Distributions of the net proceeds from capital transactions will be made in the following order or priority:

 

Step One: First, Investors will receive all the net proceeds until they have received their entire Preferred Return.

 

Step Two: Second, any remaining net proceeds will be distributed to the owners of the Common Shares in an amount equal to the Catchup Return.

 

Step Three: Third, Investors will receive any remaining net proceeds to return an allocable portion of the capital they invested*.

 

Step Four: Fourth, any remaining net proceeds will be distributed 65% to the Investors and 35% until Investors have received an “internal rate of return” of 12%**.

 

Step Five: Fifth, any remaining net proceeds will be distributed 50% to the Investors on a pro rata basis and 50% to the owner of the Common Shares.

 

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We may make distributions of ordinary operating cash flow on an annual basis. Distributions of the net proceeds from capital transactions will be made, if at all, upon the occurrence of a capital transaction.

 

*When we say that all distributions of the net proceeds from capital transactions will first be distributed to Investors until they have received an “allocable portion” of the capital they invested, we mean that when the Company enters into a capital transaction like a sale or refinancing, and decides to distribute some or all of the proceeds (as opposed to reinvesting the proceeds in other properties), the Manager will allocate all of the capital contributed by Investors (less any previous distributions of capital) among all of the properties owned by the Company, based on an estimate of the fair market value of each property (less debt encumbering each property). This will allow the Manager to determine how much capital is allocable to the property involved in the capital transaction.

 

**“Internal rate of return” is a financial concept that measures the overall return from an investment, taking into account all the money you put in as well as all the money you took out, as well as the timing of each contribution and distribution. Solely by way of example, you would have an internal rate of return if you contributed $100 to an investment and:

 

Liquidated the investment in one year for $116; or

 

Received no distributions for five years, and at the end of the fifth year liquidated the investment for $210.03; or

 

Received a payment of $16 at the end of year, and received your $100 back at the end of the fifth year.

 

We calculate the internal rate of return using the XIRR function in Microsoft Excel, the spreadsheet program.

 

NOTE CONCERNING CALCULATION OF RETURNS: In general, we will calculate the returns of Investors beginning on the last day of the quarter in which an Investor purchases his, her, or its Class A Investor Shares, based on the calendar year.

 

How We Decide How Much To Distribute

 

To decide how much to distribute, we start with our revenues, which may include proceeds from the sale or refinancing properties and rental income, and then subtract our actual expenses, which may include items such as management fees (including fees to the Sponsor or Manager), bank fees, appraisal costs, insurance, commissions, marketing costs, taxes, legal and accounting fees, travel expenses, and fees paid to third parties. Finally, depending on the circumstances at the time, we decide how much should be held in reserve against future contingencies. The amount we distribute is therefore our revenue, minus our expenses, minus the reserve amount.

 

Withholding

 

In some situations, we might be required by law to withhold taxes and/or other amounts from distributions made to Investors. The amount we withhold will still be treated as part of the distribution. For example, if we distribute $100 to you and are required to withhold $10 in taxes, for our purposes you will be treated as having received a distribution of $100 even though only $90 was deposited in your bank account.

 

No Guaranty

 

We can only distribute as much money as we have. There is no guaranty that we will have enough money, after paying expenses, to distribute anything to Investors.

 

Transfers

 

Investors may freely transfer their Class A Investor Shares, but only after providing the Manager with written assurance that (i) the transfer is not required to be registered under the Securities Act, (ii) the transferor or the transferee will reimburse the Company for expenses incurred in connection with the transfer, and (iii) the transfer will not compromise the Company’s election to be taxed as a REIT for purposes of Federal income taxation.

 

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Mandatory Redemptions

 

The Manager may require an Investor to sell his, her, or its Class A Investor Shares back to the Company:

 

If the Investor is an entity governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Code section 4975, or any similar Federal, State, or local law, and the Manager determines that all or any portion of the assets of the Company would, in the absence of the redemption, more likely than not be treated as “plan assets” or otherwise become subject to such laws.

 

If the Manager determines that the redemption would be beneficial in allowing the Company to retain its status as a REIT.

 

If the Manager determines that (i) such Investor made a material misrepresentation to the Company; (ii) legal or regulatory proceedings are commenced or threatened against the Company or any of its members arising from or relating to the Investor’s interest in the Company; (iii) the Manager believes that such Investor’s ownership has caused or will cause the Company to violate any law or regulation; (iv) such Investor has violated any of his, her, or its obligations to the Company or to the other Members; or (ii) such Investor is engaged in, or has engaged in conduct (including but not limited to criminal conduct) that (A) brings the Company, or threatens to bring the Company, into disrepute, or (B) is adverse and fundamentally unfair to the interests of the Company or the other Members.

 

If an Investor’s Class A Investor Shares are purchased pursuant to such a request, the price will be equal to:

 

If the purchase occurs before one year from the date this Offering is qualified, or within six months after the Investor purchased his, her, or its Class A Investor Shares from the Company, the amount the Investor paid for the Class A Investor Shares; and

 

Otherwise, 90% of the amount the selling Investor would have received had all assets of the Company been sold for their net asset value and the proceeds, less all liabilities and expenses, been distributed in liquidation of the Company.

 

The purchase price will be paid by wire transfer or other immediately available funds.

 

No Right Of Redemption

 

Investors do not have the right to cause the Company to re-purchase (redeem) their Class A Investor Shares.

 

Rights of Common Shares

 

Immediately following the Offering the Company will have two classes of securities outstanding: Class A Investor Shares and Common Shares. Investors will own all the Class A Investor Shares while the Sponsor will own all the Common Shares. The principal rights associated with the Common Shares are as follows:

 

Distributions: As the holder of the Common Shares, the Sponsor will be entitled to the distributions described above.

 

Voting Rights: The Common Shares will have no voting rights per se. However, the Manager, in its capacity as the manager of the Company, will control the Company.

 

Obligation to Contribute Capital: Holders of the Common Shares will have no obligation to contribute capital to the Company.

 

Redemptions: Holders of the Common Shares will have no right to have Common Shares redeemed.

 

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LIMIT ON AMOUNT A NON-ACCREDITED INVESTOR CAN INVEST

 

As long as you’re at least 18 years old, you can invest in this Offering. But if you’re not an “accredited” investor, the amount you can invest is limited by law.

 

Under 17 CFR §230.501, a regulation issued by the SEC, the term “accredited investor” means:

 

A natural person who has individual net worth, or joint net worth with the person’s spouse, that exceeds $1 million at the time of the purchase, excluding the value of the primary residence of such person;

 

A natural person with income exceeding $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with a spouse exceeding $300,000 for those years and a reasonable expectation of the same income level in the current year;

 

A trust with assets in excess of $5 million, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person;

 

A business in which all the equity owners are accredited investors;

 

An employee benefit plan, within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, if a bank, insurance company, or registered investment adviser makes the investment decisions, or if the plan has total assets in excess of $5 million;

 

A bank, insurance company, registered investment company, business development company, or small business investment company;

 

A charitable organization, corporation, or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets exceeding $5 million; and

 

A director, executive officer, or general partner of the company selling the securities, or any director, executive officer, or general partner of a general partner of that issuer.

 

If you fall within any of those categories, then you can invest as much as you want. If you don’t fall within any of those categories, then the most you can invest in this Offering is the greater of:

 

10% of your annual income; or

 

10% of your net worth.

 

These limits are imposed by law, not by us.

 

When you go to our website, www.DiversyFund.com, we will ask whether you’re an accredited investor. If you aren’t, then we’ll ask about your annual income and net worth.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

Size of Offering

 

We are offering up to $75,000,000 of our Class A Investor Shares in the Offering. We will begin deploying the proceeds of the Offering (that is, we will begin to invest in real estate projects) as soon as we identify appropriate projects, without waiting to raise any minimum amount.

 

Who is Selling Shares

 

Only the Company itself is selling securities in this Offering. No securities are being sold by or on behalf of any existing owner of the Company.

 

Who Can Buy Shares

 

Anyone 18 or older can buy Class A Investor Shares, regardless of income or net worth. If you are not an “accredited investor,” the law limits how much you can invest. See “Limit on Amount a Non-Accredited Investor Can Invest.

 

Term of Offering

 

The Offering will begin as soon as our offering statement is “qualified” by the SEC. The Offering will end upon the earlier of (1) the date we have sold $75,000,000 of Class A Investor Shares (i.e., all the securities we are offering), (2) the date three years after it begins, or (3) the date we decide to end it.

 

Minimum Initial Investment

 

The minimum initial investment is 50 Class A Investor Shares, or $500.

 

Manner of Distribution

 

The Class A Investor Shares will be offered by the Company itself through www.DiversyFund.com, which we refer to as the “Site.” Purchases and sales of our Class A Investor Shares made through the Site will not be subject to any sales commissions or fees.

 

COMMISSIONS AND DISCOUNTS

 

The Company has engaged Dalmore Group, LLC (“Dalmore”), a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and a member of FINRA, to act as the broker-dealer of record for this Offering, but not for underwriting or placement agent services. As compensation, the Company has agreed to pay Dalmore a commission equal to 1% of the amount raised in the Offering to support the Offering on all invested funds after the issuance of a No Objection Letter by FINRA. In addition, the Company has paid Dalmore a one-time advance set up fee of $5,000 to cover reasonable out-of-pocket accountable expenses actually anticipated to be incurred by Dalmore, such as, among other things, preparing the FINRA filing. Dalmore will refund any fee related to the advance to the extent it is not used, incurred or provided to the Company. In addition, the Company will pay a one-time $20,000 consulting fee that will be due immediately after FINRA issues a No Objection Letter. If the Offering is fully-subscribed the maximum amount the Company would pay Dalmore is $775,000.

 

How To Invest

 

To buy Class A Investor Shares, visit the Site and register, locate the Offering, and follow the instructions. We will ask for certain information about you, including:

 

Your name and address

 

Your social security number (for tax reporting purposes)

 

Whether you are an “accredited investor”

 

If you are not an accredited investor, your income and net worth

 

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We will also ask you to sign our Investment Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 4 to the offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part.

 

You will pay for your Class A Investor Shares using one of the options described on the Site.

 

The information you submit, including your signed Investment Agreement, is called your “subscription.” We will review your subscription and decide whether to accept it. We have the right to accept or reject subscriptions in our sole discretion, for any reason or for no reason.

 

Once we have accepted your subscription, we will notify you by email, and the investment process will be complete. We will also notify you by email if we do not accept your subscription, although we might not explain why. We reserve the right to reject any subscription in whole or in part for any reason. If we reject your subscription, we will return all your money without interest or deduction.

 

Investors who desire to purchase additional Class A Investor Shares in this Offering at regular intervals may be able to do so by electing to participate in the automatic investment program in the Investment Agreement. The minimum periodic investment is $500 per month. Investors may also elect to have distributions earned from Class A Investor Shares automatically reinvested in Class A Investor Shares, so long as this Offering remains ongoing. If you elect to participate in the automatic investment program and to have distributions reinvested, distributions earned from Class A Investor Shares purchased pursuant to the automatic investment program will automatically be reinvested.

 

You may terminate your participation in the automatic investment program or cease reinvestment of distributions at any time by providing us with notice on the Site. If you elect to participate in the automatic investment program or to reinvest distributions in Class A Investor Shares, you must agree that if at any time you fail to meet the applicable qualified purchaser limits or cannot make the other investor representations or warranties set forth in the then current offering circular or in the Investment Agreement, you will promptly notify us of that fact and your participation will terminate. See “LIMIT ON AMOUNT A NON-ACCREDITED INVESTOR CAN INVEST.”

 

Your Class A Investor Shares will be issued in electronic form only. We will not issue you a paper certificate representing your Class A Investor Shares.

 

When you invest through our Site, your money will be held in a segregated account of the Company with Silicon Valley Bank, a third-party financial institution. Your investment will be held in such account only until we review your subscription and decide whether to accept it and Dalmore clears your funds for release to the Company’s operating bank account. If we decide to reject your subscription for any reason, we will return your funds to you without interest or deduction.

 

Advertising the Offering

 

After the Offering has been “qualified” by the SEC, we intend to advertise the Offering using the Site and through other means, including public advertisements and audio-visual materials, in each case only as we authorize. Although these materials will not contain information that conflicts with the information in this Offering Circular and will be prepared with a view to presenting a balanced discussion of risk and reward with respect to the Class A Investor Shares, our advertising materials will not give a complete understanding of this Offering, the Company, or the Class A Investor Shares and are not to be considered part of this Offering Circular. The Offering is made only by means of this Offering Circular and prospective Investors must read and rely on the information provided in this Offering Circular in connection with their decision to invest in the Class A Investor Shares.

 

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Supplements and Amendments to Offering Circular

 

From time to time we will supplement or amend this Offering Circular during the term of the Offering to reflect changes or additions to the information presented, as required by SEC rules.

 

USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We expect that the principal costs of the Offering will be (i) legal, printing, state filings, FINRA and accounting costs, and (ii) broker dealer commissions. We expect the legal, printing, state filings and accounting costs to be about $100,000, no matter how much money we raise. The broker dealer commissions, on the other hand, will vary depending on the size of the Offering as the commissions will equal 1% of the money raised plus $25,000. If we raise $75,000,000 in the Offering we expect to pay Dalmore approximately $775,000. See “PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION – DISCOUNTS AND COMMISSIONS.”

 

After paying these costs, all of the proceeds of the Offering, no matter how much we raise, will be used to invest in real estate projects and to pay the Company’s normal operating costs, including fees to the Sponsor and its affiliates (as described above).

 

INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT LIMITATIONS

 

A company that is treated as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) is subject to stringent and onerous regulation, like a mutual fund. Being an investment company is not illegal, but it is very expensive. If the Company were treated as an investment company, it would be very bad for our business and our Investors.

 

Under section 3(a) of the 1940 Act, the term “investment company” means any company that:

 

Is or holds itself out as being engaged primarily, or proposes to engage primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities;

 

Is engaged or proposes to engage in the business of issuing face-amount certificates of the installment type, or has been engaged in such business and has any such certificate outstanding; or

 

Is engaged or proposes to engage in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding, or trading in securities, and owns or proposes to acquire investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the value of the company’s total assets (exclusive of Government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis.

 

Real estate itself is not a “security” for purposes of the 1940 Act. Thus, if all of the Company’s assets consisted of direct interests in real estate – direct ownership of land and buildings – the Company could not be an investment company.

 

However, the Company will own most assets through other companies. For example, the Company might own an interest in a real estate development through a limited liability company. Because an interest in a limited liability company is generally treated as a “security” within the meaning of the 1940 Act, the possibility remains that the Company could be treated as an investment company looking only at section 3(a)(1) of the statute.

 

However, section 3(b)(1) of the 1940 Act provides that “Any [company] primarily engaged, directly or through a wholly-owned subsidiary or subsidiaries, in a business or businesses other than that of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding, or trading in securities” will not be treated as an “investment company.” Further, 17 CFR §270.3a-1, a regulation issued by the SEC pursuant to section 3(b)(1), provides that a company will not be treated as an investment company if no more than 45% of the value of its assets (exclusive of government securities and cash items) consist of, and no more than 45% of its after-tax income is derived from, securities other than:

 

Government securities;

 

Securities issued by employees’ securities companies;

 

Securities issued by majority-owned subsidiaries which are not themselves investment companies; and

 

Securities issued by companies:

 

oWhich are controlled primarily by the company in question;

 

oThrough which the company in question engages in a business other than that of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities; and

 

oWhich are not themselves investment companies;

 

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For these purposes:

 

A subsidiary is a “majority-owned subsidiary” if the parent owns at least 50% of the voting securities of the subsidiary;

 

A parent is deemed to “control” a subsidiary if it has the power to exercise a controlling influence of the management or policies of the subsidiary; and

 

A parent is deemed to “control primarily” a subsidiary if (1) it has the power to exercise a controlling influence of the management or policies of the subsidiary, and (2) this power is greater than the power of any other person.

 

In all or almost all cases where the Company owns real estate indirectly, through a limited liability company or another entity (i) the Company will have the power to exercise a controlling influence of the management or policies of the limited liability company or other entity, and (ii) this power will be greater than the power of any other person. Hence, the Company should be deemed to “control primarily” the entity and, as a result, neither the asset nor the income of such entity should be taken into account in determining whether the Company exceeds the 45% limits provided in 17 CFR §270.3a-1.

 

This being the case, the Company expects to satisfy the requirements of 17 CFR §270.3a-1 and, consequently, to be exempted from the definition of “investment company” under the 1940 Act.

 

Section 5.7 of the LLC Agreement requires the Manager to use commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy the requirements of 17 CFR §270.3a-1 and ensure that the Company is not treated as an “investment company” within the meaning of the 1940 Act.

 

SUMMARY OF OUR LLC AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION

 

The Company as a whole is governed by an agreement captioned “Limited Liability Company Agreement” dated July 5, 2022. We refer to this as the “LLC Agreement.”

 

The Class A Investor Shares being offered in this Offering were created when the Manager adopted a resolution pursuant to section 3.2 of the LLC Agreement. We refer to this as the “Authorizing Resolution.”

 

The following summarizes some of the key provisions of the LLC Agreement and the Authorizing Resolution. This summary is qualified in its entirety by the LLC Agreement itself, which is filed as Exhibit 2.2 to the offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part, and by the Authorizing Resolution itself, which is filed as Exhibit 2.3 to the offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part.

 

Formation and Ownership

 

The Company was formed in Delaware on July 5, 2022, pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

 

Under the LLC Agreement, ownership interests in the Company are referred to as “Shares,” while the owners are referred to as “Members.”

 

Immediately before this Offering, the only owner of the Company was the Sponsor. Investors who buy Class A Investor Shares in the Offering will become owners, and the Company might admit other owners in the future.

 

Shares and Ownership

 

The interests in the Company are denominated by 20,000,000 “Shares,” consisting of 1,000,000 “Common Shares” and 19,000,000 “Investor Shares.” The Manager may further divide the 19,000,000 Investor Shares into one or more classes, by adopting one or more authorizing resolutions. Anyone owning Investor Shares is referred to in the LLC Agreement as an “Investor Member.”

 

The Manager adopted the Authorizing Resolution to create the Class A Investor Shares. Any Investor who buys Class A Investor Shares in the Offering will be an “Investor Member” under the LLC Agreement.

 

All of the Common Shares of the Company are owned by DiversyFund, Inc., an affiliate of the Manager, which we refer to as the “Sponsor.” The Class A Investor Shares will be owned by Investors, and are the subject of this Offering. By adopting other authorizing resolutions, the Manager may create, offer, and sell other classes of Investor Shares in the future, which could have rights superior to the rights of the Class A Investor Shares.

 

Management

 

The Manager has complete discretion over all aspects of the business conducted by the Company. For example, the Manager may (i) admit new members to the Company; (ii) enter into contracts on behalf of the Company; (iii) borrow money; (iv) acquire and dispose of assets; (v) determine the timing and amount of distributions to Members; (vi) create new classes of limited liability company interests; (vii) determine the information to be provided to the Members; (viii) grant liens and other encumbrances on the assets of the Company; (ix) and dissolve the Company.

 

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Investors who purchase Class A Investor Shares will not have any right to vote on any issue other than certain amendments to the LLC Agreement, or to remove the Manager.

 

Certain terms of the services to be provided by the Manager, as well as the compensation to be paid to the Manager by the Company, are set forth in the Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement between the Company and the Manager dated October 5, 2022, which we refer to as the “Management Agreement.” The principal terms of the Management Agreement are summarized in “Summary of Management Agreement.” A copy of the Management Agreement is filed as Exhibit 6 to the offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part.

 

The Manager can only be removed for “cause” under a procedure set forth in section 5.6 of the LLC Agreement.

 

The term “cause” includes:

 

An uncured breach of the LLC Agreement or the Management Agreement by the Manager; or

 

The bankruptcy of the Manager; or

 

Certain misconduct on the part of the Manager, if the individual responsible for the misconduct is not terminated.

 

A vote to remove the Manager for cause must be approved by Investor Members owning at least 75% of the outstanding Investor Shares. Whether “cause” exists would then be decided in arbitration proceedings conducted under the rules of the American Arbitration Association.

 

Exculpation and Indemnification of Manager

 

The LLC Agreement protects the Manager, its affiliates, their members, managers, officers, employees, and agents, and the officers, employees, and agents of the Company from lawsuits brought by Investors or other parties. For example, it provides that such persons will not be responsible to Investors or the Company for mistakes, errors in judgment, or other acts or omissions (failures to act) as long as the act or omission was not the result of fraud or willful misconduct by such persons. This limitation of liability is referred to as “exculpation.” The LLC Agreement also provides that these persons do not owe any fiduciary duties to the Company or its owners.

 

The LLC Agreement also requires the Company to indemnify (reimburse) the directors, officers and employees of the Company and their affiliates from losses, liabilities, and expenses they incur in performing their duties, provided that they (i) acted in good faith and in a manner believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, and (ii) the challenged conduct did not constitute fraud or willful misconduct, in either case as determined by a final, nonappealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction. For example, if a third party sued the Manager on a matter related to the Company’s business, the Company would be required to indemnify the Manager for any losses or expenses it incurs in connection with the lawsuit, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, etc. However, this indemnification is not available where a court or other juridical or governmental body determines that the person to be indemnified is not entitled to indemnification under the standard described in the preceding sentence.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no exculpation or indemnification is permitted to the extent such exculpation or indemnification would be inconsistent with the requirements of federal or state securities laws or other applicable law.

 

The detailed rules for exculpation and indemnification are set forth in section 6 of the LLC Agreement.

 

Obligation to Contribute Capital

 

Once an Investor pays for his, her, or its Class A Investor Shares, he, she, or it will not be required to make any further contributions to the Company. However, if an Investor has wrongfully received a distribution he, she, or it might have to pay it back.

 

Personal Liability

 

No Investor will be personally liable for any of the debts or obligations of the Company.

 

Distributions

 

The manner in which the Company will distribute its available cash is described in “Securities Being Offered – Distributions.

 

 

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Transfers and First Right of Refusal

 

In general, Investors may freely transfer their Class A Investor Shares. However, the Manager may prohibit a transfer that the Manager determines would jeopardize the status of the Company as a REIT.

 

If an Investor wants to sell Class A Investor Shares, the Investor must first offer the Class A Investor Shares to the Manager.

 

Death, Disability, Etc.

 

If an Investor who is a human being (as opposed to an Investor that is a legal entity) should die or become incapacitated, the Investor or his, her or its successors will continue to own the Investor’s Class A Investor Shares.

 

Fees to Manager and Affiliates

 

The Company will pay certain management fees and other fees to the Manager, as summarized in “Compensation of Management.” On June 20, 2023, the Management Agreement was amended and restated to reduce the obligation of the Company to pay the Manager an annual asset management fee to .5% of the aggregate capital raised in this Offering.

 

Mandatory Redemption

 

The Manager may cause the Company to redeem (purchase) the Class A Investor Shares owned by an Investor in some circumstances (in effect kicking the Investor out of the deal) as described in “Securities Being Offering – Mandatory Redemptions.

 

“Drag-Along” Right

 

If the Manager wants to sell the business conducted by the Company, it may affect the transaction as a sale of the assets owned by the Company or as a sale of all the Interests in the Company. In the latter case, Investors will be required to sell their Class A Investor Shares as directed by the Manager, receiving the same amount they would have received had the transaction been structured as a sale of assets.

 

No Redemption Right

 

Investors will not have any right to cause the Company to redeem (buy back) their Class A Investor Shares.

 

Electronic Delivery

 

All documents, including all tax-related documents, will be transmitted by the Company to Investors via electronic delivery.

 

Amendment

 

The Manager may amend the LLC Agreement unilaterally (that is, without the consent of anyone else) for a variety of purposes, including to:

 

Cure ambiguities or inconsistencies in the LLC Agreement;

 

Add to its own obligations or responsibilities;

 

Change the name of the Company;

 

Ensure that the Company (including the Company) satisfies applicable laws, including tax and securities laws; and

 

Ensure that the Company is eligible to be treated as a REIT.

 

An amendment that has, or could reasonably be expected to have, an adverse effect on Investors, requires the consent of the Manager and Investors holding a majority of the Class A Investor Shares.

 

An amendment that would require an Investor to make additional capital contributions or impose personal liability on an Investor requires the consent of the Manager and each affected Investor.

 

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Summary of Management Agreement

 

DF Manager, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is designated as the “manager” of the Company under the LLC Agreement. Under section 5.2 of the LLC Agreement, the Manager has:

 

Full and complete authority, power and discretion to manage and control the business, affairs and properties of the Company, to make all decisions regarding those matters, to execute any contracts or other instruments on behalf of the Company, and to perform any and all other acts or activities customary or incidental to the management of the Company’s business.

 

The Company and the Manager entered into a contract called a “Management Services Agreement” dated July 5, 2022, which we refer to as the “Management Agreement.” The Management Agreement describes at length and in detail many of the duties of the Manager, and also describes the Manager’s compensation. However, the list of the Manager’s duties and authority in the Management Agreement is not exclusive. Under the broad grant of authority in the LLC Agreement, the Manager could have duties and authority not listed in the Management Agreement.

 

The Management Agreement is filed as Exhibit 6 to the offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part.

 

The duties of the Manager include managing our investments, raising money, accounting and administrative services, and managing investor relations. Some of the specific duties of the Manager are:

 

Conducting this Offering

 

Establishing investment guidelines, policies, and procedures

 

Overseeing and conducting due diligence

 

Arranging for financing from banks and other financial institutions

 

Reviewing joint venture opportunities

 

Keeping and maintaining the books and records of the Company

 

Managing the Company’s portfolio of assets

 

Managing the administrative and back-office functions of the Company

 

Collecting, maintaining, and distributing information

 

Determining the improvements to be made to properties owned by the Company

 

Maintaining appropriate technology systems

 

Making, changing, and revoking tax elections including making an election be treated as a REIT and to be treated as a corporation for tax purposes

 

Complying with SEC requirements

 

Managing distributions and payments to Investors

 

Handling redemption requests from Investors

 

Engaging property managers, contractors, attorneys, accountants, and other third parties

 

Entering into contracts and other agreement

 

The compensation of the Manager is described in “Compensation of Management.

 

The Management Agreement will remain in effect for as long as the Manager is the manager of the Company under the LLC Agreement.

 

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FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

 

The following summarizes some of the Federal income tax consequences to the Company and Investors. This summary is based on the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”), regulations issued by the Internal Revenue Service (“Regulations”), and administrative rulings and court decisions as they exist today. The tax laws, and therefore the Federal income tax consequences of acquiring Class A Investor Shares, could change in the future.

 

This is only a summary, applicable to a generic Investor. Your personal situation may differ. We encourage you to consult with your own tax advisor before investing.

 

Federal Income Taxation of the Company

 

We intend to elect to be taxed as a “real estate investment trust,” or “REIT,” beginning with our first taxable year.

 

Assuming that we qualify as a REIT, the Company itself will generally not be subject to federal income taxes on net income that is currently distributed to shareholders. The Company will, however, be subject to federal income tax as follows:

 

We will be taxed at regular corporate tax rates on any undistributed REIT taxable income, including undistributed net capital gains.

 

A REIT may generally be subject to the “alternative minimum tax.”

 

If we have (i) net income from the sale or other disposition of “foreclosure property” which is held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business or (ii) other non-qualifying income from foreclosure property, we will be subject to tax at the highest corporate rate on such income.

 

If the Company has net income from “prohibited transactions” (which are, in general, certain sales or other dispositions of property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business other than foreclosure property), such income will be subject to a tax of 100% of the net income from such prohibited transactions.

 

If we are able to maintain our qualification as a REIT despite any failure to satisfy either the 75% or 95% income test (discussed below), we will be subject to a 100% tax on an amount equal to (a) the gross income attributable to the greater of the amount by which the Company fails the 75% or 95% of income test multiplied by (b) a specified fraction.

 

If we maintain our qualification as a REIT, despite any failure to satisfy the REIT asset tests (discussed below), then we will have to pay a tax equal to the greater of $50,000 or the highest marginal corporate tax rate multiplied by the net income generated by the qualifying assets.

 

A REIT will be subject to a 4.0% excise tax if it fails to make certain minimum distributions each calendar year.

 

A 35% tax will be imposed on the excess inclusions allocable to disqualified entities that hold interests in the REIT.

 

If a REIT acquires any asset from a C corporation (i.e., generally a corporation subject to full corporate-level tax) in a carryover basis transaction (or if a REIT such as the Company holds assets beginning on the first day of the first taxable year for which the Company qualifies as a REIT) and the REIT subsequently recognizes gain on the disposition of such asset during the 10-year period (the Recognition Period) beginning on the date on which the asset was acquired by the REIT (or the REIT first qualified as a REIT), then the excess of: (a) the fair market value of the assets as of the beginning of the applicable Recognition Period, over (b) the REIT’s adjusted basis in such assets as of the beginning of such Recognition Period will be subject to tax at the highest regular corporate rate, pursuant to guidelines issued by the Service (the Built-In Gain Rules).

 

A REIT will be subject to a tax equal to 100% of re-determined rents, re-determined deductions, and excess interest between a REIT and its taxable REIT subsidiary.

 

A REIT will be subject to the personal holding company tax, if the REIT qualifies as a personal holding company and has undistributed personal holding company income.

 

If we failed to satisfy one or more of the technical requirements described below, we might nevertheless be entitled to be treated as a REIT under certain “relief” provisions. Otherwise, we would be subject to tax on our taxable income at regular corporate rates, with no deduction allowed for distributions to shareholders. The resulting corporate income tax liability would significantly reduce the cash available for distribution to Investors.

 

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Requirements for Qualifying as a REIT

 

To qualify as a REIT, we must elect to be treated as a REIT and meet certain requirements related to our organization, income, assets and distributions. Each set of requirements is discussed in turn below.

 

Organizational Requirements

 

The Code defines a REIT as a corporation, trust or association:

 

Managed by one or more trustees or directors;

 

The beneficial ownership of which is evidenced by transferable shares, or by transferable certificates of beneficial ownership;

 

Which (but for sections 856 through 859 of the Code) would be taxable as a domestic corporation;

 

Which is neither a financial institution nor an insurance company within the meaning of the applicable provisions of the Code;

 

The beneficial ownership of which is held by at least 100 persons;

 

During the last half of each taxable year, is not closely held, i.e., not more than 50% of the value of its outstanding stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by or for five or fewer “individuals,” as defined in the Code to include certain entities;

 

Files an election or continues such election to be taxed as a REIT on its return for each taxable year;

 

Uses the calendar year as its taxable year; and

 

Meets other tests described below, including with respect to the nature of its assets and income and the amount of its distributions.

 

Income Test Requirements

 

To maintain qualification as a REIT, on an annual basis we must meet the following two gross income requirements:

 

At least 75% of our gross income for the taxable year must be derived from, among other things, rents from real property (with some exceptions), interest on obligations secured by mortgages, and certain gains on the sales of property.

 

In addition to deriving 75% of our gross income from, among other things, the sources listed above, at least 95% of the REIT’s gross income for the taxable year must be derived from the above-described qualifying income, or from dividends, interest or gains from the sale or disposition of stock or other securities that are not dealer property.

 

To satisfy the gross income requirements any “rents from real property” received must meet the following conditions:

 

The amount of rent must not be based in whole or in part on the income or profits of any person, but can be based on a fixed percentage of receipts or sales;

 

The rent cannot be from a tenant of which we and our affiliates own 10% or more of (i) the total combined voting power of all classes of voting stock, or total value of shares of all classes of stock, if a corporate tenant, or (ii) the interests in the assets or net profits of an entity, if not a corporate tenant;

 

The rent cannot be attributable to personal property unless it is leased in connection with real property and the rent attributable to such personal property is less than or equal to 15% of the total rent received for the taxable year attributable to both the real and personal property leased under such lease; and

 

The rent cannot be attributable to services furnished or rendered in connection with the rental of real property, unless such services are customarily provided in connection with the rental of real property, whether or not such charges are separately stated.

 

We do not anticipate deriving rent attributable to personal property leased in connection with real property that exceeds 15% of the total rent attributable to such lease.

 

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We may provide certain services with respect to our properties. We believe that these services will only be of the type that are usually or customarily rendered in connection with the rental of space for occupancy and that are not otherwise rendered to the tenants. Therefore, we believe that the provision of such customary services will not cause rents received with respect to our properties to fail to qualify as “rents from real property.” Non-customary services and services rendered primarily for the tenants’ convenience will be provided by an independent contractor or a taxable REIT subsidiary to avoid jeopardizing the qualification of rent as “rents from real property.”

 

Except for amounts received with respect to certain investments of cash reserves, we anticipate that substantially all of our gross income will be derived from sources that will allow us to satisfy the income tests described above; however, we can make no assurance in this regard.

 

Asset Test Requirements

 

At the close of each quarter of the taxable year, we must also satisfy the following four tests related to the nature and diversification of our assets:

 

At least 75% of the value of our total assets must be represented by real estate assets, cash and cash items (including receivables) and government securities;

 

No more than 25% of the value of our total assets can be represented by securities (other than those securities includible in the 75% asset test);

 

No more than 20% of the value of our total assets can be represented by securities of one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries; and

 

With the exception of taxable REIT subsidiaries and those securities includible under the 75% asset test, we may not own:

 

oSecurities of any one issuer whose value exceeds 5% of the value of our total assets;

 

oMore than 10% of any one issuer’s outstanding voting securities; and

 

oMore than 10% of the value of the outstanding securities of any one issuer.

 

Annual Distribution Requirements

 

To qualify as a REIT, we must meet the following annual distribution requirements:

 

We must distribute (other than capital gain distributions) to our beneficiaries an amount at least equal to the sum of: (i) 90% of the REIT taxable income (computed without regard to the dividends-paid deduction and by excluding our net capital gain), and (ii) 90% of the net income, if any, from foreclosure property in excess of the excise tax on net income from foreclosure property, minus the sum of certain items of non-cash income.

 

We must distribute during each calendar year at least the combined sum of 85% of our ordinary income for that year; 95% of our capital gain net income for that year; and any undistributed taxable income from prior periods.

 

We may not dispose of any asset that is subject to the Built-In Gain Rules during the 10-year period beginning on the date on which we acquired the asset.

 

We expect that our REIT taxable income will be less than our cash flow due to the allowance of depreciation and other non-cash charges in computing REIT taxable income. Accordingly, we anticipate that we generally will have sufficient cash or liquid assets to enable us to satisfy the 90% distribution requirement. It is possible, however, that we may not have sufficient cash or other liquid assets to meet the 90% distribution requirement or to distribute such greater amount as may be necessary to avoid income and excise tax. In such event, we may find it necessary to borrow funds to pay the required distribution or, if possible, pay taxable stock dividends in order to meet the distribution requirement.

 

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Taxation Of Investors

 

How Income is Reported to Investors

 

Each Investor will receive a Form 1099 from the Company each year, and will transfer the information onto his, her, or its personal tax return. Investors will not receive a Form K-1 from the Company.

 

Taxation of Distributions

 

Distributions to Investors other than “capital gain dividends” will be treated as taxable dividends up to the amount of the Company’s current or accumulated earnings and profits. To the extent that we make a distribution in excess of our positive current or accumulated earnings and profits, the distribution will be treated first as a tax-free return of capital, up to an Investor’s tax “basis” in his, her, or its Class A Investor Shares, then as capital gain.

 

Dividends that we declare in October, November, or December of any year payable to stockholders of record on a specified date in any such month are treated as both paid by us and received by Investors on December 31 of that year, provided that we actually pay the dividends during January of the following calendar year.

 

Dividends from the Company will not be treated as “qualifying dividends,” which are eligible for lower tax rates (generally the same tax rates that apply to long term capital gains).

 

“Capital gain dividends” will be reported as long-term capital gains on the tax returns of Investors (to the extent that they do not exceed our actual net capital gain for the taxable year), without regard to how long an Investor has owned his, her, or its Class A Investor Shares.

 

Taxation of Losses

 

Because the Company will be taxed as a corporation, and not as a partnership, Investors may not report on their own income tax returns any tax losses incurred by the Company.

 

Additional Medicare Tax

 

Higher-income taxpayers are subject to an additional 3.8% tax on net “investment income.” Income Investors receive from the Company will be included as “investment income” for these purposes.

 

Tax on Sale of Class A Investor Shares

 

An Investor who sells Class A Investor Shares generally will realize capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the selling price and his, her, or its adjusted tax “basis” in the Class A Investor Shares. If the Investor has owned the Class A Investor Shares for at least one year, any gain would generally be treated as long term capital gain.

 

Passive Activity Losses

 

Taxable distributions from the Company will not be treated as “passive activity income” under Code section 469 and may not be offset against losses from passive activities.

 

Withholding Taxes

 

We might be required to withhold federal income tax from distributions under certain circumstances, e.g., where an Investor has failed to provide us with a valid taxpayer identification number.

 

Each Investor must either report Company items on his tax return consistent with the treatment on the information return of the Company or file a statement with his tax return identifying and explaining the inconsistency. Otherwise the IRS may treat such inconsistency as a computational error and re-compute and assess the tax without the usual procedural protections applicable to federal income tax deficiency proceedings.

 

The Manager will serve as the “tax matters partner” of the Company and will generally control all proceedings with the IRS.

 

The Code imposes interest and a variety of potential penalties on underpayments of tax.

 

Other Tax Consequences

 

The foregoing discussion addresses only selected issues involving Federal income taxes, and does not address the impact of other taxes on an investment in the Company, including Federal estate, gift, or generation-skipping taxes, or State and local income or inheritance taxes. Prospective Investors should consult their own tax advisors with respect to such matters.

 

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MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION

 

Operating Results

 

The Company was created on July 5, 2022. The Company has not conducted any business and therefore has no operating results.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

The Company is seeking to raise up to $75,000,000 of capital in this Offering by selling Class A Investor Shares to Investors.

 

The Company does not currently have any capital commitments. We expect to deploy almost all of the capital we raise in the Offering in making real estate investments, as described in “Use of Proceeds.” Should we need more capital for any reason, we could either sell more Class A Investor Shares or sell other classes of securities. In selling Class A Investor Shares or other securities, we might be constrained by the securities laws. For example, we are not allowed to sell more than $75,000,000 of securities using Regulation A during any period of 12 months.

 

Plan of Operation

 

Having raised capital in the Offering, the Company will operate in the manner described in “Our Company and Business.

 

Whether we raise $75,000,000 in the Offering or something less, we expect the proceeds of the Offering to satisfy our cash requirements. If we raise less than $75,000,000, we will make fewer investments. Although we might decide to raise more capital in the future, we do not expect to do so.

 

Appointment of New Auditor and Termination of Engagement with Previous Auditor

 

On May 11, 2023, the Company approved the appointment of Fruci & Associates II, PLLC (“Fruci”) as the Company’s independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 and the termination of its engagement with Tesseract Advisory Group, LLC (“Tesseract”). Tesseract’s audit report on the Company’s balance sheet as of July 5, 2022 (inception), did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinions and was not qualified or modified as to any uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principle.

 

During the remainder of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 and through the date of engagement termination, there were no disagreements (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) between the Company and Tesseract on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to Tesseract’s satisfaction, would have caused Tesseract to make reference to the matter in their report, although Tesseract performed no procedures related to the Company's financial statements after July 18, 2022, the date of Tesseract’s audit report. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 and through the subsequent date of engagement termination there were no reportable events (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

 

The Company has provided Tesseract a copy of the offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part and requested that it provide the Company a letter addressed to the SEC indicating whether or not Tesseract agrees with the disclosures contained in this Offering Circular. A copy of Tesseract’s letter, dated September 14, 2023 is filed as Exhibit 9 to the offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part.

 

Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has consulted with Fruci regarding (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, (ii) the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Company that Fruci concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement or reportable event (as each term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) and (v) of Regulation S-K, respectively).

 

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Trend Information

 

To combat high inflation in 2022 and the first half of 2023, the Federal Reserve conducted its steepest series of interest rate hikes ever. As expected, this plan to slow down the economy and remove liquidity from the market through the use of monetary policy also led to a sharp decline in asset values across most sectors. While no asset is immune to these trends, hard assets such as real estate tend to perform better in inflationary environments than traditional investments such as stocks and bonds.

 

We seek to identify and make investments based in part on major macroeconomic trends because we believe those trends are likely to drive outsized growth which in turn can deliver better than average performance. Key trends include:

 

  Interest rate hikes conducted by the Federal Reserve to combat record high inflation
     
  Continuing rent increases caused by a post pandemic spike in demand combined with ongoing limitations on the supply of housing
     
  Sunbelt growth in which existing dynamics of strong population and job growth were accelerated by pandemic-driven migration of people and companies to the region; and
     
  Increasing demand for well-located, cash-flowing real estate assets

 

Looking ahead, we expect the coming year to be challenging for the broader economy with the possibility of economic conditions worsening before they improve and markets experiencing another year of flat or downward performance. Individuals, businesses, and investors may expect a period of generally depressed asset values and dramatically increased borrowing costs as compared to recent history.

 

ONGOING REPORTING AND SUPPLEMENTS TO THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR

 

We will be required to make annual and semi-annual filings with the SEC. We will make annual filings on Form 1-K, which will be due by the end of April each year and will include audited financial statements for the previous fiscal year. We will make semi-annual filings on Form 1-SA, which will be due by September 28 each year, which will include unaudited financial statements for the six months to June 30. We will also file a Form 1-U to announce important events such as the loss of a senior officer, a change in auditors or certain types of capital-raising. We will be required to keep making these reports unless we file a Form 1-Z to exit the reporting system, which we will only be able to do if we have less than 300 shareholders of record and have filed at least one Form 1-K.

 

At least every 12 months, we will file a post-qualification amendment to the offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part, to include the Company’s recent financial statements.  

 

We may supplement the information in this Offering Circular by filing a Supplement with the SEC. 

 

All these filings will be available on the SEC’s EDGAR filing system. You should read all the available information before investing.

 

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 

Value Add Growth REIT IV LLC

 

Audited Financial Statements and Report

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Value Add Growth REIT IV LLC

 

Index

 

    Page
Independent Auditor’s Report   F-2
Balance Sheet   F-4
Statement of Operations   F-5
Statement of Owners’ Equity   F-6
Statement of Cash Flows   F-7
Notes to the Financial Statements   F-8 - F-11

 

F-1

 

 

 

 

Independent Auditor’s Report

 

 

To the Board of Managers and Sponsor of
Value Add Growth REIT IV LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Members of:

WSCPA

AICPA

PCPS

 

 

 

 

802 North Washington

PO Box 2163

Spokane, Washington

99210-2163

 

P 509-624-9223

TF 1-877-264-0485

mail@fruci.com

www.fruci.com

Opinion

 

We have audited the financial statements of Value Add Growth REIT IV LLC (“the Company”), which comprise the balance sheet as of December 31, 2022 and the related statements of operations, members’ equity and cash flows for the period from July 5, 2022 (inception) through December 31, 2022, and the related notes to the financial statements.

 

In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Value Add Growth REIT IV LLC as of December 31, 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period from July 5, 2022 (inception) through December 31, 2022 in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are required to be independent of Value Add Growth REIT IV LLC and to meet our other ethical responsibilities, in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements relating to our audit. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

 

Substantial Doubt About the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements, the Company has not commenced its planned principal operations, intends to incur additional costs, and has disclosed that substantial doubt exists about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s evaluation of the events and conditions and management’s plans regarding these matters are also described in Note 3. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter.

 

Responsibilities of Management for the Financial Statements

 

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and for the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

 

In preparing the financial statements, management is required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about Value Add Growth REIT IV LLC’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are available to be issued.

 

F-2

 

 

Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements

 

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors’ report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute assurance and therefore is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. Misstatements, including omissions, are considered material if there is a substantial likelihood that, individually or in the aggregate, they would influence the judgment made by a reasonable user based on the financial statements.

 

In performing an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, we:

 

Exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit.

 

Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks. Such procedures include examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.

 

Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of Value Add Growth REIT IV LLC internal control. Accordingly, no such opinion is expressed.

 

Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluate the overall presentation of the financial statements.

 

Conclude, whether, in our judgment, there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about Value Add Growth REIT IV LLC’s ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time.

 

We are required to communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit, significant audit findings, and certain internal control related matters that we identified during the audit.

 

 

 

Fruci & Associates II, PLLC

Spokane, Washington

 

July 13, 2023

 

F-3

 

 

Value Add Growth REIT IV LLC

Balance Sheet

As of December 31, 2022

 

ASSETS    
Deferred Offering Costs  $48,783.00 
TOTAL ASSETS  $48,783.00 
      
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY     
      
LIABILITIES     
Accounts Payable  $28,783.00 
Due to Related Party   20,000.00 
TOTAL LIABILITIES   48,783.00 
      
EQUITY     
Capital (Units of Capital available: 20,000,000)  $- 
Accumulated Deficit  $- 
TOTAL EQUITY  $- 
      
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY  $48,783.00 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

F-4

 

 

Value Add Growth REIT IV LLC

Statement of Operations

For the Period July 5 (inception) through December 31, 2022

 

REVENUE    
Rental Property Revenue  $0.00 
Other Income   0.00 
TOTAL REVENUE  $0.00 
      
EXPENSES     
Operating Expenses  $0.00 
General and Administrative Expenses   0.00 
Total Operating Expenses   0.00 
TOTAL EXPENSES   0.00 
      
NET LOSS  $0.00 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

F-5

 

 

Value Add Growth REIT IV LLC

Statement of Members’ Equity

For the period July 5 (inception) through December 31, 2022

 

   Common Shares   Class A Investor Shares   Accumulated   Total 
   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Deficit   Equity 
July 5, 2022   1,000,000                 -             -   $               -   $           -   $           - 
Proceeds from issuance of Class A Shares   -    -    -    -    -    - 
Distributions declared on Class A Shares   -    -    -    -    -    - 
Net Gain   -    -    -    -    -    - 
Balance as of December 31, 2022   1,000,000   $-    -   $-   $-    - 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

F-6

 

 

Value Add Growth REIT IV LLC

Statement of Cash Flows

For the Period July 5 (inception) through December 31, 2022

 

   For the period July 5 (inception) through
December 31,
2022
 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES     
Net Loss  $0.00 
Increase in deferred offering costs   (48,783.00)
Increase in accrued expenses   - 
Increase in accounts payable   28,783.00 
Increase in dividends payable   - 
Increase in related party payable   20,000.00 
Increase in subscriptions received in advance   - 
Net cash (used in) operating activities  $- 
      
INVESTING ACTIVITIES  $- 
Purchase of real estate and improvements to real estate   - 
Net cash used in investing activities   - 
      
FINANCING ACTIVITIES     
Proceeds from the issuance of Class A shares  $- 
Paid to investors for dividends   - 
Net cash provided by financing activities   - 
      
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS     
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period   - 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period  $- 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

Supplemental Disclosures:

 

Interest: The Company didn’t make any payment of interest in 2022.

Income taxes: The Company didn’t make any payment of income taxes in 2022.

 

F-7

 

 

Value Add Growth REIT IV LLC

Notes to the Financial Statements

December 31, 2022

 

Note 1 – Nature of Operations

  

Value Add Growth REIT IV LLC (the “Company”) is a limited liability company organized July 5, 2022 under the laws of Delaware. The Company was formed to purchase and invest in certain real estate properties and projects such as multifamily and commercial real estate.

 

As of December 31, 2022, the Company has not commenced planned principal operations nor generated revenue. The Company’s activities since inception have consisted of formation activities and preparations to raise capital. Once the Company commences its planned principal operations, it will incur additional expenses. The Company is dependent upon additional capital resources for the commencement of its planned principal operations and is subject to risks and uncertainties; including failing to secure funding to operationalize the Company’s planned operations or failing to profitably operate the business.

 

The Company is externally managed by DF Manager, LLC, (“Manager”), which is a subsidiary of the Company’s sponsor, DiversyFund, Inc. (“Sponsor”).

 

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards could have a material effect on the accompanying balance sheet. As new accounting pronouncements are issued, the Company will adopt those that are applicable under the circumstances.

 

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP).

 

The Company adopted the calendar year as its basis of reporting.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of the balance sheet in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the balance sheet. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash Equivalents and Concentration of Cash Balance

 

The Company considers all highly liquid securities with an original maturity of less than three months to be cash equivalents. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents in bank deposit accounts, at times, may exceed federally insured limits.

 

Deferred Offering Costs

 

The Company complies with the requirements of FASB ASC 340-10-S99-1 with regards to offering costs. Prior to the completion of an offering, offering costs are capitalized. The deferred offering costs are charged to member’s equity upon the completion of an offering or to expense if the offering is not completed.

 

F-8

 

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) guidance specifies a hierarchy of valuation techniques based on whether the inputs to those valuation techniques are observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect market assumptions. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurement). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

 

Level 1 - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. Level 1 primarily consists of financial instruments whose value is based on quoted market prices such as exchange-traded instruments and listed equities.

 

Level 2 - Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly (e.g., quoted prices of similar assets or liabilities in active markets, or quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active).

 

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. Financial instruments are considered Level 3 when their fair values are determined using pricing models, discounted cash flows or similar techniques and at least one significant model assumption or input is unobservable.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company recognizes revenue when it: (1) identifies the contract with a customer; (2) identifies the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determines the transaction price; (4) allocates the transaction price to performance obligations; and (5) recognizes revenue when (or as) the Company satisfies a performance obligation.

 

Purchase Accounting for Acquisitions of Real Estate

 

Effective July 5, 2022 (inception), the Company adopted the provisions of Accounting Standard Update 2017-01, which provides that if substantially all the fair value of the gross assets is concentrated in any individual asset, the acquisition is treated as an asset acquisition as opposed to a business combination. Under an asset acquisition, costs directly related to the acquisition are capitalized as part of the purchase consideration. The fair value of the purchase consideration is then allocated based on the relative fair value of the assets. The estimates of the fair value of the purchase consideration and the fair value of the assets acquired is consistent with the techniques used in a business combination.

 

Accounting for Long-Lived Assets and Impairment of Real Estate Owned

 

The Company reviews its real estate portfolio quarterly to ascertain if there are any indicators of impairment to the value of any of its real estate assets, including deferred costs and intangibles, to determine if there is any need for an impairment charge. In reviewing the portfolio, the Company examines one or more of the following: the type of asset, the current financial statements or other available financial information of the asset, and the economic situation in the area in which the asset is located. For each real estate asset owned for which indicators of impairment exist, management performs a recoverability test by comparing the sum of the estimated undiscounted future cash flows attributable to the asset to its carrying amount. If the aggregate undiscounted cash flows are less than the asset’s carrying amount, an impairment loss is recorded to the extent that the estimated fair value is less than the asset’s carrying amount. The estimated fair value is determined using a discounted cash flow model of the expected future cash flows through the useful life of the property. The analysis includes an estimate of the future cash flows that are expected to result from the real estate investment’s use and eventual disposition. These cash flows consider factors such as expected future operating income, trends and prospects, the effects of leasing demand, competition and other factors.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company operates and is taxed as a REIT for federal income tax purposes for the year ended December 31, 2022. To qualify as a REIT, the Company must meet certain organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement to distribute at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. As a REIT, the Company generally is not subject to federal corporate income tax on that portion of its taxable income that is currently distributed to stockholders. The Company may be subject to certain state and local taxes on its income and property, and federal income and excise taxes on its undistributed income. No material provisions have been made for federal income taxes in the accompanying financial statements, and no gross deferred tax assets or liabilities have been recorded as of December 31, 2022.

 

All tax periods since inception remain open to examination by the major taxing authorities in all jurisdictions where we are subject to taxation.

 

Net Earnings or Loss per Unit

 

Net earnings or loss per unit is computed by dividing net income or loss by the weighted-average number of units outstanding during the period, excluding units subject to redemption or forfeiture. The Company presents basic and diluted net earnings or loss per unit. Diluted net earnings or loss per unit reflect the actual weighted average of units issued and outstanding during the period, adjusted for potentially dilutive securities outstanding. Potentially dilutive items are excluded from the computation of the diluted net earnings or loss per unit if their inclusion would be anti-dilutive. As no potentially dilutive items exist and no membership units are outstanding as of December 31, 2022, the Company has not presented basic net loss per unit or diluted net loss per unit.

 

F-9

 

 

Note 3 – Going Concern

 

The accompanying balance sheet has been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has not commenced planned principal operations, plans to incur additional costs in pursuit of its capital financing plans, and has not generated any revenues as of December 31, 2022. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern in the next twelve months is dependent upon its ability to obtain capital financing from investors sufficient to meet current and future obligations and deploy such capital to produce profitable operating results. No assurance can be given that the Company will be successful in these efforts.

 

Note 4 – Member’s Equity

 

The Company is managed by DF Manager, LLC, a related party. The Company has authorized 20,000,000 shares of LLC interests, consisting of 1,000,000 Common Shares and 19,000,000 Investor Shares. The Sponsor owns all of the Common Shares effective on July 5, 2022 (inception).

 

The Company may divide the Investor Shares into one or more classes and designate rights and privileges to share classes. The Company adopted an authorizing resolution designating 7,500,000 of its investor shares as Class A Investor Shares. Class A Investor Shares were designated certain rights and privileges, including: A) A policy on distributions of operating cash flows dictating that distributions to members are first to repay any member loans, second to holders of Class A Investor Shares until they have received their cumulative preferred returns of a non-compounded 7% annual return on unreturned investments, third to holders of Common Shares in an amount equal to the catchup return (as defined in the operating agreement, generally as the amount that bears the same proportion to the aggregate investor preferred return paid through such date as 35 bears to 65), and fourth 65% to Class A Investor Shares and 35% to Common Shares. B) A policy on distributions of net capital proceeds dictating that distributions to members are first to repay any member loans, second to holders of Class A Investor Shares until they have received their cumulative preferred returns of a non -compounded 7% annual return on unreturned investments, third to Class A Investor Shares until they have received full return of their allocated capital from the capital transactions, fourth to holders of Common Shares in an amount equal to the catchup return (as defined in the operating agreement, generally as the amount that bears the same proportion to the aggregate investor preferred return paid through such date as 35 bears to 65), fifth 65% to Class A Investor Shares and 35% to Common Shares until Class A Investor Shares have received their targeted internal rate of return of 12%, and sixth 50% to Class A Investor Shares and 50% to Common Shares. C) Class A Investor Shares may be withdrawn by holders with 90 days’ notice under certain terms defined in the Company’s operating agreement.

 

Investors do not have the right to cause the Company to re-purchase (redeem) their Class A Investor Shares.

 

No membership units have been issued and no capital has been contributed to the Company as of December 31, 2022.

 

The debts, obligations, and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, are solely the debts, obligations, and liabilities of the Company, and no member of the Company is obligated personally for any such debt, obligation, or liability.

 

Note 5 – Commitments and Contingencies

 

Legal Proceedings

 

As of December 31, 2022, we were not named as a defendant in any active or pending litigation. However, it is possible that the Company could become involved in various litigation matters arising in the ordinary course of our business. Although we are unable to predict with certainty the eventual outcome of any litigation, management is not aware of any litigation likely to occur that we currently assess as being significant to us.

 

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Note 6 – Related Party Arrangements

 

DF Manager, LLC, Manager

 

Subject to certain restrictions and limitations, the Manager is responsible for managing the Company’s affairs on a day-to-day basis and for identifying and making investments on behalf of the Company.

 

The Manager will not be reimbursed for organizational and offering expenses incurred in conjunction with the Offering. The Company will not reimburse the Manager for actual expenses incurred on behalf of the Company in connection with the selection or acquisition of an investment, to the extent not reimbursed by the borrower, whether or not the Company ultimately acquires the investment. The Company will not reimburse the Manager for out-of-pocket expenses paid to third parties in connection with providing services to the Company.

 

DiversyFund, Inc., Sponsor

 

The Sponsor will charge each Project Entity (or the Company itself, if the Company owns real estate directly) an acquisition fee of between 1% and 4% of the total project costs, including both “hard” costs (e.g., the cost of property) and “soft” costs (e.g., professional fees). Where property is owned by an entity in which there is another financial partner–a joint venture–the Sponsor might be entitled to a similar acquisition fee to the extent negotiated with the financial partner in such joint venture (which could be higher than the 1-4% acquisition fee for direct investment). However, the Company’s share of the fee will not exceed 1-4% of the Company’s share of the total sale price.

 

The Sponsor is entitled to an Organization & Offering Expense Reimbursement for direct expenses incurred by the Sponsor and its affiliates to organize and operate the Company and conduct the Offering. The Organization & Offering Expense Reimbursement may not exceed 10% of the capital raised from the sale of Class A Investor Shares.

 

The Sponsor will charge the Company an annual asset management fee equal to 2% of the capital raised from the sale of Class A Investor Shares. The Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, require the payment of the asset management fee up to five years in advance, which shall be non-refundable.

 

Related Party Payable

 

The above-mentioned Sponsor, DiversyFund, Inc., paid $20,000 for various offering costs on behalf of the Company. This amount is owed back to the Sponsor and will be repaid once the offering obtains sufficient liquidity.

 

Note 7 – Subsequent Events

 

Events that occur after the balance sheet date, but before the financial statements were available to be issued, must be evaluated for recognition or disclosure. The effects of subsequent events that provide evidence about conditions that existed at the balance sheet date are recognized in the accompanying financial statements. Subsequent events which provide evidence about conditions that existed after the balance sheet date require disclosure in the accompanying notes. Management has evaluated the activity of the Company through July 13, 2023, the date the financial statements were available to be issued.

 

Offering Proceeds

 

The Company intends to initiate a Regulation A offering of its Class A Investor Shares. Per the Offering Circular, the Company is authorized to raise $75 million. As of July 13, 2023, the Company has not raised any funds.

 

 

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GLOSSARY OF DEFINED TERMS

 

1940 Act The Investment Company Act of 1940.
   
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
   
Class A Investor Shares The limited liability company interests in the Company that are being offered to the public in the Offering.
   
Common Shares The limited liability company interests in the Company owned by the Sponsor.
   
Code The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (i.e., the Federal tax code).
   
Company Value Add Growth REIT IV LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of Delaware.
   
Growth REIT I DF Growth REIT, LLC, an affiliate of the Sponsor that has offered and sold securities under Regulation A.
   
Growth REIT II DF Growth REIT II, LLC, an affiliate of the Sponsor that has offered and sold securities under Regulation A.
   
Growth REIT III Value Add Growth REIT III, LLC, an affiliate of the Sponsor that has offered and sold securities under Regulation Crowdfunding.
   
Investor Anyone who purchases Class A Investor Shares in the Offering.
   
Management Agreement The agreement captioned “Management Services Agreement” dated July 5, 2022, by and between the Company and the Manager.
   
Manager DF Manager, LLC.
   
Members The owners of the Company. Under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, the owners of a limited liability company are referred to as “members.”

  

Offering The offering of Class A Investor Shares to the public pursuant to this Offering Circular.
   
Offering Circular The Offering Circular you are reading right now, which includes information about the Company and the Offering.
   
LLC Agreement The agreement by and among the Company and all of its members captioned “Limited Liability Company Agreement” and dated July 5, 2022.
   
Project Entity A limited partnership, limited liability company, or other legal entity formed to own a real estate project.
   
Promoted Interest The economic right of the Sponsor to share in the profits of the Company, over and above its rights as an Investor.
   
Regulations Regulations issued under the Code by the Internal Revenue Service.
   
Regulation D Program An offering conducted by the Sponsor or one of its affiliates that involved raising money from investors under Regulation D (17 CFR §230.500 et seq) and investing in real estate.
   
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust, as defined in section 856 of the Code.
   
Shares The limited liability company interests in the Company, which are divided into two classes:  Common Shares and Investor Shares.
   
Site The Internet site located at www.DiversyFund.com.
   
Sponsor DiversyFund, Inc.

 

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APPENDIX - RESULTS OF PRIOR PROGRAMS 

 

Prior Performance Tables

 

The following prior performance tables provide information relating to the real estate investment programs sponsored by DiversyFund, Inc., our Sponsor, and its affiliates. These consist of three REITs that began raising and deploying capital since December 31, 2018: DF Growth REIT, LLC; DF Growth REIT II, LLC; and Value Add Growth REIT III, LLC. With respect to its REIT Programs, our Sponsor seeks to produce attractive risk-adjusted returns by targeting debt and equity investments with significant potential value creation but below the radar of institutional-sized investors.

 

The REIT Programs were launched in November 2018 with the qualification of the Regulation A offering of DF Growth REIT, LLC. Our Sponsor and its affiliates are responsible for origination, due diligence, structuring, closing, acquiring, and asset management of all investments and loans made under the REIT ProgramsAs of December 31, 2022, in general, our Sponsor had facilitated or originated the majority of 16 real estate assets. 11 assets have been acquired in its REIT Programs with an aggregate asset value of approximately $161 million; all $161 million are investments in commercial real estate assets. Of the 11 assets acquired, 2 assets are managed by third party sponsors or co-general partners.

 

Through December 31, 2022, the REIT Programs consisted of three REITs which had collectively raised approximately $81.5 million from over 28,000 investors.

 

This information should be read together with the summary information included in the “PAST PERFORMANCE: OUR TRACK RECORD SO FAR” section of this offering circular.

 

Investors should not construe inclusion of the following tables as implying, in any manner, that we will have results comparable to those reflected in such tables. Distributable cash flow, federal income tax deductions or other factors could be substantially different. Investors should note that by acquiring our shares, they will not be acquiring any interest in any prior program.

 

Description of the Tables

 

All information contained in the Tables in this Appendix is as of December 31, 2022. The following tables are included herein:

 

Table I — Experience in Raising and Investing Funds

 

Table II — Compensation to Sponsor

 

Table III — Operating Results of Prior Programs

 

Table IV — Acquisition of Assets

 

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Table I. Experience Raising Funds

 

As of December 31, 2022 (UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

   DF Growth
REIT LLC
   DF Growth
REIT II LLC
   Value Add Growth
REIT III LLC
 
   Program 1   Program 2   Program 3 
Dollar Amount Offered [a]  $75,000   $50,000   $5,000 
Amount Raised as of December 31, 2022 [b]  $65,114   $11,347   $4,872 
Date Offering Began   11/13/2018    1/29/2021    3/16/2022 
Length of Offering (In Months)   37    13    4 
Months to Invest 90 Percent of Amount Available for Investment (Measured from the Beginning of Offering)   38    18    N/A 

 

[a]The amount represents the maximum amount offered to the public.
[b]Represents the dollar amount raised in public offerings. Excludes private placements.

 

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Table II. Compensation to Sponsor

 

As of December 31, 2022 (UNAUDITED)

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

   DF Growth
REIT LLC
   DF Growth
REIT II LLC
   Value Add Growth
REIT III LLC
 
   Program 1   Program 2   Program 3 
Date offering commenced  11/13/2018   1/29/2021   3/16/2022 
Dollar amount raised    $65,114   $11,347   $4,872 
Amount paid to sponsor from proceeds of offering:  $-   $1,212   $- 
Underwriting fees  $-   $-   $- 
Acquisition fees  $11,008   $1,425   $- 
- Real estate commissions  $    $ -  $- 
- Advisory fees  $-   $-   $- 
- Other (identify and quantify)  $-   $-   $- 
Other  $-   $-   $- 
Dollar amount of cash generated from operations before deducting payments to sponsor  $1,928   $(1,038)  $- 
Amounts paid to sponsor from operations:  $-   $-   $- 
Property management fees  $479   $37   $- 
Partnership management fees  $-   $-   $- 
Reimbursements  $485   $-   $- 
Leasing commissions       $-   $- 
Other  $    $-  $- 
Dollar amount of property sales and refinancing before deducting payments to sponsor  $35,511   $-   $- 
- Cash  $    $-  $- 
- Notes       $-  $- 
Amount paid to sponsor from property sales and refinancing:  $8,383   $-   $- 
Real estate commissions  $-   $-   $- 
Incentive fees  $-   $-   $- 
Other  $-   $-   $- 

 

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Table III. Operating Results

 

As of December 31, 2022 (UNAUDITED)

 

Table III sets forth the operating results of the prior REIT Programs for the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. Amounts are rounded to nearest 000’s.

(amounts in thousands except per share and per $1,000 invested data)

 

   DF Growth REIT LLC 
   Program 1 
   2022   2021 
SUMMARY BALANCE SHEET        
Total assets   122,008    124,636 
Total liabilities   61,822    66,160 
Total members’ equity   60,186    58,476 
SUMMARY OPERATING RESULTS          
Gross revenues   22,983    8,583 
Operating expense   12,173    8,508 
Operating income (loss)   10,810    75 
Interest expense   (7,191)   (3,693)
Net income (loss) (GAAP Basis)   3,619    (3,618)
SUMMARY STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS          
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities   1,928    (3,506)
Net cash (used in) investing activities   9,654    (57,506)
Net cash provided by financing activities   (3,205)   63,162 
AMOUNT AND SOURCE OF DISTRIBUTIONS          
Total cash distributions paid to investors [a]   3,985    1,823 
Distribution Data Per $1,000 Invested          
Total Distributions paid to investors   61.20    54.26 
From operations   61.20    54.26 
From all other sources (financing or offering proceeds)   0    0 
Estimated value per share [b]   N/A    N/A 

 

Notes:REIT 1 commenced financial operations from November 15, 2018
[a]Distributions were provided to investors in the form of reinvested shares including $1,590,821 cash dividend paid to investors in 2022.
[b]

N/A indicates there is no public trading market for the shares during the period indicated or estimated value per share as determined by the company’s Manager.

 

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Table III. Operating Results (continued)

 

   DF Growth REIT II LLC 
   Program 2 
   2022   2021 
SUMMARY BALANCE SHEET        
Total assets   8,206    7,386 
Total liabilities   83    206 
Total members’ equity   8,123    7,180 
SUMMARY OPERATING RESULTS          
Gross revenues   (1,451)   - 
Operating expense   378    1,057 
Operating income (loss)   (1,829)   (1,057)
Interest expense   -    - 
Net income (loss) (GAAP Basis)   (1,829)   (1,057)
SUMMARY STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS          
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities   (1,037)   (897)
Net cash (used in) investing activities   (3,827)   (5,014)
Net cash provided by financing activities   2,818    8,237 
AMOUNT AND SOURCE OF DISTRIBUTIONS          
Total cash distributions paid to investors [a]   228    64 
Distribution Data Per $1,000 Invested          
Total Distributions paid to investors   20.05    5.19 
From operations   20.05    5.19 
From all other sources (financing or offering proceeds)   0    0 
Estimated value per share [b]   N/A    N/A 

 

Notes:REIT II commenced financial operations from September 7, 2021
[a]Distributions were provided to investors in the form of reinvested shares
[b]N/A indicates there is no public trading market for the shares during the period indicated or estimated value per share as determined by the company’s Manager.

 

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Table III. Operating Results (continued)

 

   Value Add Growth 
   REIT III LLC 
   Program 3 
   2022   2021 
SUMMARY BALANCE SHEET        
Total assets   4,351    0 
Total liabilities   100    0 
Total members’ equity   4,251    0 
SUMMARY OPERATING RESULTS          
Gross revenues   -    0 
Operating expense   464    0 
Operating income (loss)   (464)   0 
Interest expense   -    0 
Net income (loss) (GAAP Basis)   (464)   0 
SUMMARY STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS          
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities   (364)   0 
Net cash (used in) investing activities   (3,420)   0 
Net cash provided by financing activities   4,715    0 
AMOUNT AND SOURCE OF DISTRIBUTIONS          
Total cash distributions paid to investors [a]   157    0 
Distribution Data Per $1,000 Invested          
Total Distributions paid to investors   32.24    0 
From operations   32.24    0 
From all other sources (financing or offering proceeds)   0    0 
Estimated value per share [b]   N/A    N/A 

 

Notes:REIT III commenced financial operations from June 30, 2022
[a]Distributions were provided to investors in the form of reinvested shares
[b]N/A indicates there is no public trading market for the shares during the period indicated or estimated value per share as determined by the company’s Manager.

 

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Table IV. Acquisition of Assets

 

As of December 31, 2022 (UNAUDITED)

 

Property  Location  Issuer  Type of
Property
  Date of
Purchase
  Date Sold  Gross Leasable
Square Footage
or # of Units
   Mortgage Financing at
Date of Purchase
   Cash Down
Payment
   Total Equity   Contract Purchase Price
Plus Acquisition Fee
   Sale Price 
McArthur Landing  NC  DF Growth REIT I  Multifamily  6/3/2020  11/30/2022    149,000   $6,280,000   $430,302   $4,925,249   $10,587,642     $ 16,600,000  
Blvd West  NC  DF Growth REIT I  Multifamily  7/27/2020  9/21/2022    166,100   $8,350,000   $542,000   $6,100,673   $13,968,383     $ 24,000,000  
Woodside  UT  DF Growth REIT I  Multifamily  9/2/2020  7/20/2022    47,100   $6,000,000   $167,725   $3,737,929   $9,289,658     $ 13,400,000  
Cottonwood  UT  DF Growth REIT I  Multifamily  10/8/2020  7/20/2022    29,000   $2,550,000   $163,761   $3,375,337   $5,680,162     $ 8,235,000  
France  FL  DF Growth REIT I  Multifamily  12/17/2020  N/A    21,720   $3,500,000   $325,325   $3,716,905   $4,802,186    $ -  
Azul  FL  DF Growth REIT I  Multifamily  1/27/2020  N/A    56,040   $10,000,000   $565,000   $7,671,305   $16,853,720    $ -  
Willow Ridge  SC  DF Growth REIT I, II  Multifamily  9/1/2021  N/A    140,728   $17,200,000   $950,000   $8,244,497   $24,318,600    $ -  
Mission Villas  TX  DF Growth REIT I, II  Multifamily  9/28/2021  N/A    109,512   $7,550,000   $766,019   $6,871,135   $11,130,000    $ -  
NCP Dove  SC  DF Growth REIT I, II  Multifamily  12/10/2021  N/A    275,872   $35,020,000   $200,000   $10,028,432   $51,696,200    $ -  
Swaying Oaks [a]  TX  DF Growth REIT I, II  Multifamily  3/11/2022  N/A    47,560   $5,525,000   $-   $3,437,920   $7,911,050    $ -  
Durant [a]  CA  DF Growth REIT I, II  Multifamily  6/16/2022  N/A    9,546   $3,217,500   $-   $1,701,940   $5,899,600    $ -  
Cobble Hill (a)  TX  DF Growth REIT I  Multifamily  8/5/2022  N/A    97,707   $7,200,000   $525,000    6,754,217   $12,000,000    $    
Village Creek (a)  TX  DF Growth REIT I  Multifamily  11/1/2022  N/A    148,692   $10,837,500   $625,000   $7,085,405   $14,550,000    $    

  

Notes:[a] Properties are not managed by DF; these are LP investments

 

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