Method and System of Enabling Investment in Real Estate Assets in Exchange for Periodic Payments

A method of enabling a plurality of investors to invest in individual real estate assets they do not own in exchange for periodic payments to the respective owners of said real estate assets, comprising:

• a. receiving from each of said investor criteria for investments in real estate assets;
• b. obtaining a plurality of applications from owners of real estate assets who desire to exchange an interest in potential future appreciation of their respective real estate assets for periodic payments from one or more investors, each of said applications including information pertaining to the respective owner and to its real estate asset;
• c. storing the investor criteria and the information pertaining to the respective owner and to its real estate asset in a computer system;
• d. determining, by using the computer system, whether the information in said applications matches any of said investor criteria;
• and
• e. for those of said applications having information that matches at least one of said investor criteria, facilitating said investor to enter into one or more individual contracts with selected ones of said corresponding owners to exchange periodic payments by respective investors for an interest in said potential future appreciation of the corresponding real estate asset of the selected owner.

A system for enabling investors to invest in potential appreciation of real estate assets of others in exchange for periodic payments to the owners of said real estate assets, comprising:

• a communication interface that receives investor criteria for investments in real estate assets;
• a processor;
• a memory coupled to the processor;
• and
• a management module stored in the memory and executable by the processor, the management module adapted to:
• store the received investor criteria in the memory;
• store in the memory information pertaining to owners and their real estate assets taken from applications from the owners;
• determine whether the information pertaining to the owners and their real estate assets matches the investor criteria;
• and
• for those owners where said information matches investor criteria, facilitate establishment of individual contracts with selected owners to exchange periodic payments from the investor for an interest in future appreciation of the corresponding real estate assets of the selected owners by informing the owners and the investors via the communication interface.