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Build & Diversify Your Portfolio with Professionally Managed New York City Real Estate - How It Works ››

Build Wealth

Receive passive income by investing in vetted properties in specific NYC neighborhoods with active professional management.

Diversify

Allocate a % of your portfolio to tangible real estate properties. Earn a return from income distributions and property appreciation.

Transparency

Physically visit the properties you own and receive income from. Review income statements and property information at your leisure.

Access

Get exclusive access to top quality NYC real estate investments in specific neighborhoods you know, love and believe are poised to appreciate.

How do investors make a return with Cityshares?

Your return is made up of several components that create your entire return profile. Roll over each item
below to learn how your potential return is achieved. Our strategy targets 12%+ annual returns with 60-80%
of that return coming from rental income and the balance from market appreciation and our our active
management strategy.

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Positive Leverage - The investment of borrowed funds at a rate higher than the interest on the mortgage.
Rental Income - Income available for distribution to investors after collecting rent from tenants and paying operating expenses.
Inflation - The general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
Active Management - The manager's ability to increase cash flow and building value at the property level through sourcing and buying properties at the right price, executing apartment and building renovations, sourcing ancillary income (ie antennas, laundry, etc), reducing operating expenses and optimizing the property financing.
Market Appreciation - The increase in the value of a property due to factors including supply and demand, population, employment, income growth, and real estate and economic cycles (among other factors!)
Neighborhood Appreciation - The incremental increase in the value of a property due to the increasing desirability of a neighborhood, largely due to access to employment, mass transportation, amenities, quality schools, and distinctive housing stock.

The values above each bar show an increasing value of your investment over time as a result of the different building blocks that drive your total return.
This illustration is based on an initial investment of $100,000 with a target total return of 12% per year.


The building blocks of your return. defined.

In order to earn a significant return on your real estate investments, there are several components
that contribute to your return.  We have defined these elements below

Current Income - Income generated from rent minus operating expenses.   4%-6%
Positive Leverage - The investment of borrowed funds at a rate of return higher than the interest on the mortgage.  0%-4%
Active Management - The manager’s ability to increase returns through sourcing and buying the right asset at the right price, sourcing ancillary income, reducing expenses, and optimizing the property financing.  2%-3%
Market Appreciation - The increase in the value of a property due to factors including supply and demand, population, employment and income growth and real estate and economic cycles (among other factors!)  1%-5%
Sub Market Appreciation - The additional increase in the value of a property due to access to employment, quality of housing stock, amenities, schools, transportation access, and factors specific to a particular neighborhood. 2%-5%
Total Return - The sum of current income, inflation, active management & market returns.
 10%-26%

Introducing Cityshares: Bedford-Stuvesant

Bedford-Stuyvesant, also known as Bed-Stuy, is a neighborhood in the northwest section of Brooklyn in New York City, home to ornate rows of brownstones and early middle-class apartments. Bedford-Stuyvesant is characterized by its wide, tree covered avenues, and low-scale residences: generally only church spires and school towers rise taller than four stories. We believe Bedford-Stuyvesant is one of NYC’s next great growth neighborhoods.

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John Jacob Astor (1763-1848)


"Could I begin life again, knowing what I know, and had money to invest, I would buy

every foot of land on the island of Manhattan."

 

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An investment in CityShares is appropriate only for certain sophisticated, accredited investors and involves significant risk, including a total loss of your investment. Please contact us if you are interested in obtaining more information about CityShares, and we will send you a questionnaire. Upon our receipt of satisfactory responses, we will send you a prospectus and subscription documents, which include detailed information on investment objectives, risks of investing, investor criteria and fees and expenses of the fund.  Please read these documents carefully before deciding to invest as you could lose your entire investment amount. CityShares reserves the right to accept or reject any subscription.

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