Why Shareland - Shareland

The problem with real estate investing

Residential real estate is the backbone of personal wealth accumulation in the United States. As an investment, it offers an attractive risk-return profile while protecting against inflation, market volatility, and regulatory uncertainty. But investing in real estate comes with serious structural problems:

Illiquid - you can’t sell a fraction of your house when you need cash
Non-divisible - you own one property, not a diversified basket
Non-diversifiable - a typical homeowner is entirely exposed to one specific neighborhood
Capital-intensive - entry requires hundreds of thousands of dollars
Slow - buying and selling takes months and costs 6% in fees

Most Americans concentrate a meaningful portion of their assets into their primary home - with no way to diversify or hedge that exposure.

Why existing alternatives don’t work

There are three products that theoretically provide real estate price exposure today:

Product	Problem
Single-family REITs	No neighborhood-level exposure. Returns poorly correlated to actual housing markets.
Multifamily REITs	Same issue - broad exposure only, not specific to where you live or want to invest.
Case-Shiller futures	Metropolitan area only (not neighborhoods). Complex structure built for institutions, not individuals. Now largely discontinued.

Bank stocks and mortgage-backed securities don’t provide the exposure either. Retail investors currently have no tool that enables diversified, self-directed residential real estate exposure.

vs. Tokenized Real Estate Platforms

Several platforms have emerged claiming to “democratize” real estate investing through tokenization. Here’s how Shareland compares (as of Q1 2026):

Feature	Shareland	Arrived	RealT	Lofty
Exposure Type	Synthetic price exposure ($/sqft)	Direct property ownership (equity shares)	Tokenized rental property shares	Tokenized rental property shares
Minimum Investment	$1	$100	~$50	~$50
Liquidity	Instant (trade anytime)	None - locked until property sells	Limited secondary market	Limited secondary market
Geographic Granularity	Neighborhood-level	Property-specific	Property-specific	Property-specific
Diversification	Buy multiple neighborhoods instantly	Must buy shares in multiple properties	Must buy shares in multiple properties	Must buy shares in multiple properties
Fees	1.5% transaction fee	1% annual management + 5-10% platform fee on sale	1-2% annual management	1-2% annual management
Returns	Track market price appreciation	Rental income + appreciation (if property sells)	Rental income + appreciation (if property sells)	Rental income + appreciation (if property sells)
Risk	Market price volatility	Property-specific risk (vacancy, repairs, property manager competence)	Property-specific risk	Property-specific risk
Regulatory	SEC-registered securities offering	Reg CF/Reg A+	Reg D (accredited only) or Reg CF	Reg CF

Key insight: Traditional tokenized platforms require you to choose specific properties and wait years for liquidity. Shareland lets you trade synthetic exposure to entire neighborhoods with instant liquidity - more like trading stocks than owning rental property.

The Shareland solution

Shareland is a protocol that lets anyone trade synthetic land tokens that track the price of residential real estate in any neighborhood.

Any amount - from a dollar to millions
Any geography - from a specific block to the entire US
Any timeframe - from one day to forever
1.5% fees - vs 6% traditional
Instant liquidity - buy and sell on-chain immediately

The result: all the benefits of real estate investing - attractive returns, inflation protection, diversification - without the downsides of illiquid asset ownership.

Learn how SQFT tokens work

Understand the mechanics behind synthetic real estate tokens

​The problem with real estate investing

​Why existing alternatives don’t work

​vs. Tokenized Real Estate Platforms

​The Shareland solution

Learn how SQFT tokens work

The problem with real estate investing

Why existing alternatives don’t work

vs. Tokenized Real Estate Platforms

The Shareland solution