# Why Ketju rejected Lofty

- URL: https://riadefi.com/rejections/lofty/
- Exposure: other
- Memo version: v1
- Reviewed: 2026-08-17
- Next review: 2026-11-17

## The memo

REJECTED ON A DOCUMENTED PROPERTY-MANAGEMENT INCIDENT AND A LIQUIDITY GAP AGAINST ITS OWN MARKETING. Lofty tokenizes fractional ownership of individual US rental properties, each held by a dedicated Wyoming LLC, with membership interests represented as Algorand Standard Assets available from a $50 minimum. Unlike RealT, already rejected elsewhere in this registry and now in voluntary liquidation, Lofty remains open to US retail investors — but that retail access appears to rest on an untested legal theory (a Wyoming intrastate-LLC, direct-property-ownership structure) rather than a filed Regulation D, CF, or A+ exemption, per independent review. One Lofty property, 809 Kenmore Boulevard in Akron, Ohio, was condemned by the city over a broken heating system, water issues, and a rodent infestation, with tenants reportedly going more than 80 days without heat and an active lawsuit now filed against both Lofty and its property manager. Independently, multiple reviews and Trustpilot complaints describe the secondary market as materially less liquid than Lofty's own marketing claims, with some token holders unable to exit even at a loss.

## What would reopen the file

- The Akron property lawsuit resolves and Lofty demonstrates corrected property-management oversight across its portfolio
- Lofty's retail-offering legal theory is confirmed compliant by primary offering documents or an independent legal opinion, or the platform files a conventional Reg D/CF/A+ exemption
- Secondary-market liquidity is demonstrated to match marketing claims across a representative sample of properties, not just the most popular listings
- Realized property-sale returns are tracked and published across the full portfolio, not only headline unrealized yield projections

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