You get to decide your investment strategy. You can sell all or part of your holdings in the early years for a quick return, or hold for longer period for larger returns, or even hold till the property sells for a share in the capital growth, it’s your choice.
Participating in Social Funding (“Bank of Family and Friends”) means No Acquisition or Establishment costs, as there is no change in ownership of the underlying property, no stamp duty is applicable to Brix purchasers, and there is no charge to create a MyBrix investor account to buy Brix
No holding or ongoing costs – As a Brix does not confer any ownership rights, no maintenance, insurance, or any other costs relating to the property such as council rates are borne by the Brix holders. Additionally, MyBrix does not have any fees or charges for purchasing or holding Brix
As an investor in a property being purchased by someone you know, be they part of your family or someone you know through your social circles, you will receive monthly payments based on how many Brix you agree to sell back each month. Each payment you receive will include additional amounts that increase every year through an agreed indexation percentage.
At the beginning of each 12 month period, the property owner sets a "BuyBack Quota" which details how many Brix they will buy back each month. As an investor you can decide if you want to participate in buyback in that year or hold for longer. As the price you get for selling the Brix back to the property owner is indexed (that is, the Brix price increases each year) you can decide each year to participate or not and how many Brix you want to sell back each month.
For example, if the index price in Yr 1 is $100 per Brix, you might decide to sell back 5 each month or 60 over the year. This means you are committing to sell $500 of Brix per month in Yr 1 back to the property owner.
As the Brix price is indexed (based on a setting made at the commencement of the funding by the owner) the price in Yr 2 might be $107 per Brix and selling the same 5 Brix per month will provide you $535 per month.
Our calculator below lets you model your specific circumstance and how much you could make through buying Brix and then selling them back to the owner based on the financial outcome you want to achieve.
Buyback by MyBrix is a revolutionary way for property owners to own their home sooner and save 100’s of thousands when compared to a traditional bank loan.
Buybacks are an essential ingredient in Social Funding (“Bank of Family and Friends”) as they turn the tables in favour of property owners, not the bank.
Property owners decide the monthly commitment they want to make to Buybacks and the amount of return that will be provided to their family and friends, who will be investors in their property.
Importantly Social Funding (“Bank of Family and Friends”) is not a loan, The property owner sells you fractional interests (Brix) and buys them back over a defined period.
Buyback is indexed so the longer you hold the Brix, the more you can earn, as an investor you get the choose when you sell based on the return you want to achieve.
You are buying Brix in a specific, Brix are the rights to the future sales proceeds and rental proceeds of a property, Brix don’t confer any ownership of the property. Brix are a financial product called a derivative created by MyBrix and are issued under an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). Brix are secured by a mortgage to protect all Brix holders.
The minimum investment is $1000 or 12 Brix, there is no maximum amount. All Brix are sold in lots of 12 to make the buyback process easier
As many or as few as is needed to fund the property, there is no limit, but realistically the owner should try to keep the number under 100 to make the buy bank process manageable.
This is up to you and the expectations of your investors (ie your family and friends) if some are willing to wait till you sell to get their investment returned, this will lower your monthly buy back amount. You will have a detailed consultation with a MyBrix expert to help you understand how to setup your buy back to meet the expectations of your investors, this will form the basis of your buyback setup and determine the minimum amount you need to fund each month.
The Property Owner's name will be on the title as they own the property. As a Brix holders you own the future sales and rental proceeds of the property, not the property itself
There are sound legal and financial framework to fully secure the investment of all Brix holders, however you are relying on your friend or family member to meet their obligations, Social Funding only fails when owners fail in their obligations to their family and friends.
The owner you can sell at any time, however they will not receive the full sales proceeds, as this will be split proportionally between all Brix holders (including you as an investor) based on the Net Sales proceeds. If at the time of the sale you own 25% of the Brix, you will get 25% of the net sales proceeds.
You should also note that MyBrix has exclusive rights to sell the property for the owner to ensure that the best price is achieved for all Brix holders.
We suggest a facility should go for a maximum of 10 years, but it can go longer depending on the expectations of the property owner and the investors.
Firstly, they will be letting down their family and friends who are expecting them to make these payments to buy their Brix back.
The interests of all Brix holders are protected by a mortgage and like any mortgage if the owner don’t comply with the obligations of the mortgage their property can be reprocessed and sold.
We encourage owners to make the payments each month to avoid not only disappointing their friends and family as well as any other undesired outcomes such a a forced sale.
Just like a bank loan, the owner pay for everything related to the property, as it is their property.
The short answer is yes, however a condition of the mortgage is that MyBrix needs to facilitate the rental process and the net rental receipts are split proportionally amongst all Brix holders. If you hold 25% of the Brix, you will receive 25% of the net rental receipts.
The are no direct charges for investors. MyBrix charges a fixed fee of 5% of the funding raised from the owner. The owner also pays a monthly account fee of $100 per property per month.
MyBrix does not provide any financial or other advice, you must obtain your own independent financial, legal and tax advice regarding the appropriateness of using any MyBrix Services, having regard to your personal objectives, financial situation and needs.
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