How interested would you be?

2015-10-17T06:01:18Z

The question is supposed to be, how interested would you be if a website sold shares of property which you could buy and trade with other members?

Just looking for some opinions and see what type of questions you lot can think of to ask :D
Obviously this is HYPOTHETICAL.

2015-10-17T06:18:54Z

@Nandan, yes I know, i asked how interested would people be, and what questions they would ask about it... Not what type of business it was, anything trading online is e-commerce.

2015-10-17T06:40:24Z

The company is registered. It is their main website. The property is registered as being owned by the company on the UK land registry. That at least proves its a real company that owns the real property.
To offload shares you sell them to other members.
There would be no guarantee of the value, a house price can like any commodity rise or fall, shares are sold as long term holding investments, there not really designed to be bought today and sold tomorrow.

2015-10-17T06:51:38Z

@ Howard, No this is something a little different. I think the biggest challenges they are going to have is getting enough members, as they intend to crowdfund themselves. The plan is all over the place, but from what i can work out, buying shares today in one house, at the end of the term when it matures you could end up with 2 or 3 properties. which confuses me.

?2015-10-17T06:33:15Z

Firstly I would be very suspicious - sounds like a scam. How would I sell a share in this property if I wanted out? Who would the real owner be, and what if several people with shares wanted to sell? What proof would I have of my legal rights and ownership? What protection would there be to maintain the value of the property I had a share in?

anne2015-10-17T06:37:06Z

Not at all. I know there is a lot of fraud out there. So, I probably get a reliable guy. Probably of a trading co or bank. So, even hypothetical I am skeptic.

Howard L2015-10-17T06:41:01Z

You just defined a REIT (real estate investment trust) which have been sold and traded for more than 50 years.

Nandan_Mallick2015-10-17T06:08:36Z

E-Commerce business

?2015-10-17T05:59:42Z

Well that was weird lol, it cut off the details.