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SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-009630 to GROUNDFLOOR FINANCE INC. (CIK 0001588504)

GROUNDFLOOR FINANCE INC. (CIK 0001588504)
Date: Aug. 22, 2024 · CIK: 0001588504 · Accession: 0000000000-24-009630

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File numbers found in text: 024-12013

Date
August 22, 2024
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GROUNDFLOOR FINANCE INC. (CIK 0001588504)

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August 22, 2024 Nick Bhargava Chief Financial Officer Groundfloor Finance Inc. 1201 Peachtree St NE, Suite 1104-400 Atlanta, GA 30361 Re:Groundfloor Finance Inc. Post Qualification Amendment to Offering Statement on Form 1-A Filed July 26, 2024 File No. 024-12013 Dear Nick Bhargava: We have reviewed your amendment and have the following comments. Please respond to this letter by amending your offering statement and providing the requested information. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing any amendment to your offering statement and the information you provide in response to this letter, we may have additional comments. Post Qualification Amendment to Offering Statement on Form 1-A Cover Page 1.Please revise the references to $10,945,670 of LROs on the cover page and on page 1 as it appears from your disclosure elsewhere in the filing that you are seeking to qualify $14,172,049 of LROs. 2.Please reconcile your disclosure on the cover page that this PQA also withdraws an aggregate of $37,013,950 in aggregate amount of LROs with the disclosure on pages 65- 70 of your filing. 3.We note the disclosure on the cover page that you hereby incorporate by reference into this PQA all of the information contained in the Annual Report on Form 1-K, for Groundfloor Finance Inc., covering the periods ending December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. Please tell us the specific information you are attempting to incorporate by reference from your Form 1-K. Please note that reference may not be made to any document if the portion of such document containing the pertinent information includes an incorporation by reference to another document. Revise your incorporation by reference to comply with General Instruction III to Form 1-A.

August 22, 2024 Page 2 Risk Factors, page 8 4.Under "The payment obligations of the Borrower are not guaranteed . . .," please describe in greater detail the risks of Borrower defaults, such as the uncured default rate of LROs and when investors are informed that a Borrower misses a payment.

5.We note your disclosure that investors waive their rights to a jury trial under the Investor Agreement. Please disclose whether this provision applies to actions arising under the Securities Act or Exchange Act. If so, please also state that there is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such provision. If this provision applies to Securities Act claims, please also state that investors cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. Also, please disclose whether this provision is intended to apply to secondary purchasers. Please file the Investor Agreement as an exhibit. Management Discussion and Analysis, page 20 6.Under "Results of Operations," clarify whether the company's revenues all relate to the prior series LROs that the company has offered under Regulation A. If so, please describe in greater detail the results of the prior series LROs, including the extent to which the interest income, and if applicable principal payments, have complied with the terms of the series. Also discuss the extent to which the terms of any series have been amended and whether any defaults have occurred to date. Interests of Management and Others in Certain Transactions, page 55 7.Please update and reconcile your disclosure in this section with the disclosure in your financial statements including the loan to Moma Walnut, LLC referenced in Note 13. Plan of Distribution, page 71 8.We note your disclosure that you reserve the right to reject any investor’s subscription or commitment in whole or in part for any reason. Please clarify how soon after receipt of a subscription you will accept or reject such subscription, subject to the LRO being fully subscribed. 9.We note your disclosure that the offering of each series of LROs covered by this Offering Circular will remain open until the earlier of (i) 90 days, or (ii) the date the Offering of a particular series of LROs is fully subscribed with irrevocable funding commitments. Please reconcile this disclosure with your statement that you will notify investors who have previously committed funds to purchase such series of LROs of any such extension by email and will post a notice of the extension on the corresponding Project Summary on the Groundfloor Platform. If you may extend the offering period for a series of LROs please describe that clearly. Where you can find additional information, page 75 We note your reference to appropriate additional information in this section and your disclosure on page 71 that in addition to this Offering Circular, subject to limitations imposed by applicable securities laws, you may use additional advertising, sales and other promotional materials in connection with the Groundfloor Platform. Please clarify if these 10.

August 22, 2024 Page 3 materials are the types of communications contemplated by Rule 255 and revise to clarify that such information will be filed with the offering circular pursuant to Item 17 of Part III of Form 1-A or advise. Note 5. Loans to Developers and Allowance for Expected Credit Losses Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans, page F-14 11.Please explain why you recognized interest income on nonaccrual loans in the amounts of $1,992,728 and $5,714,335 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Exhibits 12.The legal opinion provided as exhibit 12.1 appears to reference the offering in Post- Qualification Amendment No. 4 rather than this amendment. Please provide an updated legal opinion. 13.We note that Exhibit 10 references a power of attorney filed on June 15, 2020; however, no power of attorney appears to have been filed on that date. Please file the power of attorney as an exhibit. General 14.We note that several sections of your disclosure are as of December 31, 2023. As examples we note the disclosure on page 50 regarding employees, legal proceedings and properties and on page 54 regarding your principal stockholders. Please provide your disclosure as of the most recent practicable date. We will consider qualifying your offering statement at your request. If a participant in your offering is required to clear its compensation arrangements with FINRA, please have FINRA advise us that it has no objections to the compensation arrangements prior to qualification. We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff. Please contact William Demarest at 202-551-3432 or Kristina Marrone at 202-551-3429 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Ruairi Regan at 202-551-3269 or Brigitte Lippmann at 202-551-3713 with any other questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Real Estate & Construction

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August 22, 2024
Nick Bhargava
Chief Financial Officer
Groundfloor Finance Inc.
1201 Peachtree St NE, Suite 1104-400
Atlanta, GA 30361
Re:Groundfloor Finance Inc.
Post Qualification Amendment to Offering Statement on Form 1-A
Filed July 26, 2024
File No. 024-12013
Dear Nick Bhargava:
            We have reviewed your amendment and have the following comments.
            Please respond to this letter by amending your offering statement and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and circumstances
or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response. After
reviewing any amendment to your offering statement and the information you provide in response
to this letter, we may have additional comments.
Post Qualification Amendment to Offering Statement on Form 1-A
Cover Page
1.Please revise the references to $10,945,670 of LROs on the cover page and on page 1 as it
appears from your disclosure elsewhere in the filing that you are seeking to qualify
$14,172,049 of LROs.
2.Please reconcile your disclosure on the cover page that this PQA also withdraws an
aggregate of $37,013,950 in aggregate amount of LROs with the disclosure on pages 65-
70 of your filing.
3.We note the disclosure on the cover page that you hereby incorporate by reference into
this PQA all of the information contained in the Annual Report on Form 1-K, for
Groundfloor Finance Inc., covering the periods ending December 31, 2023 and December
31, 2022. Please tell us the specific information you are attempting to incorporate by
reference from your Form 1-K. Please note that reference may not be made to any
document if the portion of such document containing the pertinent information includes
an incorporation by reference to another document.  Revise your incorporation by
reference to comply with General Instruction III to Form 1-A.

August 22, 2024
Page 2
Risk Factors, page 8
4.Under "The payment obligations of the Borrower are not guaranteed . . .," please describe
in greater detail the risks of Borrower defaults, such as the uncured default rate of LROs
and when investors are informed that a Borrower misses a payment.

5.We note your disclosure that investors waive their rights to a jury trial under the Investor
Agreement. Please disclose whether this provision applies to actions arising under the
Securities Act or Exchange Act. If so, please also state that there is uncertainty as to
whether a court would enforce such provision. If this provision applies to Securities
Act claims, please also state that investors cannot waive compliance with the federal
securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. Also, please disclose whether this
provision is intended to apply to secondary purchasers. Please file the Investor Agreement
as an exhibit.
Management Discussion and Analysis, page 20
6.Under "Results of Operations," clarify whether the company's revenues all relate to the
prior series LROs that the company has offered under Regulation A. If so, please describe
in greater detail the results of the prior series LROs, including the extent to which the
interest income, and if applicable principal payments, have complied with the terms of the
series. Also discuss the extent to which the terms of any series have been amended and
whether any defaults have occurred to date.
Interests of Management and Others in Certain Transactions, page 55
7.Please update and reconcile your disclosure in this section with the disclosure in your
financial statements including the loan to Moma Walnut, LLC referenced in Note 13.
Plan of Distribution, page 71
8.We note your disclosure that you reserve the right to reject any investor’s subscription or
commitment in whole or in part for any reason.  Please clarify how soon after receipt of a
subscription you will accept or reject such subscription, subject to the LRO being fully
subscribed.
9.We note your disclosure that the offering of each series of LROs covered by this Offering
Circular will remain open until the earlier of (i) 90 days, or (ii) the date the Offering of a
particular series of LROs is fully subscribed with irrevocable funding commitments.
Please reconcile this disclosure with your statement that you will notify investors who
have previously committed funds to purchase such series of LROs of any such extension
by email and will post a notice of the extension on the corresponding Project Summary on
the Groundfloor Platform. If you may extend the offering period for a series of LROs
please describe that clearly.
Where you can find additional information, page 75
We note your reference to appropriate additional information in this section and your
disclosure on page 71 that in addition to this Offering Circular, subject to limitations
imposed by applicable securities laws, you may use additional advertising, sales and other
promotional materials in connection with the Groundfloor Platform. Please clarify if these 10.

August 22, 2024
Page 3
materials are the types of communications contemplated by Rule 255 and revise to clarify
that such information will be filed with the offering circular pursuant to Item 17 of Part III
of Form 1-A or advise.
Note 5. Loans to Developers and Allowance for Expected Credit Losses
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans, page F-14
11.Please explain why you recognized interest income on nonaccrual loans in the amounts of
$1,992,728 and $5,714,335 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022,
respectively.
Exhibits
12.The legal opinion provided as exhibit 12.1 appears to reference the offering in Post-
Qualification Amendment No. 4 rather than this amendment. Please provide an updated
legal opinion.
13.We note that Exhibit 10 references a power of attorney filed on June 15, 2020; however,
no power of attorney appears to have been filed on that date. Please file the power of
attorney as an exhibit.
General
14.We note that several sections of your disclosure are as of December 31, 2023. As
examples we note the disclosure on page 50 regarding employees, legal proceedings and
properties and on page 54 regarding your principal stockholders. Please provide your
disclosure as of the most recent practicable date.
            We will consider qualifying your offering statement at your request. If a participant in
your offering is required to clear its compensation arrangements with FINRA, please have
FINRA advise us that it has no objections to the compensation arrangements prior to
qualification.
            We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of
action by the staff.
            Please contact William Demarest at 202-551-3432 or Kristina Marrone at 202-551-3429
if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Ruairi Regan at 202-551-3269 or Brigitte Lippmann at 202-551-3713 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Real Estate & Construction