Real estate Investment Comparison

Landa vs. Lofty

Wondering whether Landa or Lofty is a better investment? We put them both to the test to help you compare and decide where to invest your money.

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Comparison Table
Landa
Lofty
Minimum Investment
$5
$50
Investment Holding Period
None
No Minimum
Early Withdrawal Penalties
None
None
Rent Payouts
Monthly
Daily
Avg. Yearly Returns
Undisclosed
10.66%
Accessibility
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Landa
Investment Quality Score
3.5
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Lofty
Investment Quality Score
4.0
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Landa

The Bottom Line

Landa offers a great customer experience, liquidity, and decent returns, but has a worrisome lack of return projections and historical performance data.

Landa Pros:

Good user experience 📱

Landa's mobile app is easy, intuitive, and delightful.

Low minimums  🔑

Investors can get started from just $5.

Some liquidity ⏩

Landa's secondary marketplace is one of the only in the space, making real liquidity a possibility.

Landa Cons:

Lack of documentation & projection data 📉

It's very difficult to fully understand what you're buying before you buy into a Landa property, and impossible to understand how Landa properties have performed in aggregate.

Investment Tip: Make sure to deeply understand an investment before you make it

Poor diversification options 📍

Most Landa properties are located in a single U.S. state, making investors vulnerable to market swings.

Investment Tip: Always ensure proper diversification across your investment portfolio

All properties are mortgaged 💸

Landa buys properties outright before selling fractions back to their investors. Investors therefore carry the cost of financing the property.

Investment Tip: Keep an eye out for fees that benefit the investment provider rather than the investor

Trading only available during business hours ⌛

You'll have to make trades on Landa's secondary market while you're at work .

Investment Tip: Make sure investment opportunities are flexible to your needs before making them

Lofty

The Bottom Line

Lofty gives investors unprecedented flexibility with their real estate investment with low minimums, no holding period, and almost instant liquidity. Some knowledge is required to get the most of your investments, but they do a good job at providing necessary documentation to help investors make the right choice.

Lofty Pros

No holding period 🙏

Secondary market allows investors to trade holdings with low fees from the day they buy them

Daily rent payments 📅

Investors receive pro-rated rent payments in their account daily

Low minimum investment 🔑

Easily invest in a fraction of a property — as little as 0.1% ownership per property.

Decentralized ownership ⛓️

Investors actually own the underlying property and vote on major property decisions

Open to investors everywhere 🌎

Investors from anywhere can invest in U.S. real estate

Lofty Cons

Some trading knowledge is helpful ⛓️

Fractional investing and managing properties is easy with Lofty, but it's helpful to understand the concept of "limit orders" when buying and selling. This is a key part of trading on Lofty, and it involves you choosing the specific price that you want to trade at.

Investment Tip: Make sure investment options don't put you out of your knowledge depth

Delinquency Risk 🏃

Lofty's Marketplace has a mix of low and high cap rate properties that you can choose from. Higher higher cap rate properties offer greater cash flow, but they may also carry higher risk of tenant delinquency.

Investment Tip: Do your due diligence to property evaluate risk/reward profiles of any investment

No Mobile App 📵

You can easily use Lofty via your mobile web browser, but Lofty does not yet have a dedicated mobile app.

Investment Tip: Choose investments that fit your prefered method of monitoring

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