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SEC Comment Letter for Belpointe PREP, LLC (OZ) (CIK 0001807046) (OZ) — May 13, 2020

Belpointe PREP, LLC (OZ) (CIK 0001807046)
Date: May 13, 2020 · CIK: 0001807046 · Accession: 0000000000-20-004245

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Date
May 13, 2020
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Belpointe PREP, LLC (OZ) (CIK 0001807046)

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United States securities and exchange commission logo May 13, 2020 Brandon E. Lacoff Chief Executive Officer Belpointe PREP, LLC 125 Greenwich Avenue, 3rd Floor Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 Re:Belpointe PREP, LLC Draft Registration Statement on Form S-11 Filed April 16, 2020 File No. 377-03128 Dear Mr. Lacoff: We have reviewed your draft registration statement and have the following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please respond to this letter by providing the requested information and either submitting an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your registration statement on EDGAR. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing the information you provide in response to these comments and your amended draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may have additional comments. Draft Registration Statement on Form S-11 Prospectus Summary, page 12 1.Please revise your risk factor disclosure and the Summary section of your prospectus to describe the issues investors may face as a result of receiving a Schedule K-1. In particular, we note that Schedules K-1 are usually complex, may involve the engagement by investors of sophisticated tax experts and may lead to a taxable event even if the security is not sold. In addition, we note your disclosure on page 44 and elsewhere indicates that you may be unable to provide investors with a Schedule K-1 on a timely basis. Please revise your Summary section to highlight this risk and revise your Questions and Answers on page 11 for consistency.

FirstName LastNameBrandon E. Lacoff Comapany NameBelpointe PREP, LLC May 13, 2020 Page 2 FirstName LastName Brandon E. Lacoff Belpointe PREP, LLC May 13, 2020 Page 2

Net Asset Value Calculation and Valuation Policies, page 71 2.Please provide us with a draft of your quarterly pricing supplement and the quarterly NAV disclosure and tell us how this pricing relates to your intention to have the Class A units quoted for trading on the OTCQX or listed on a national securities exchange going forward. Description of Our Units, page 83 3.We note your disclosure on pages 83 and 84 that your Class A, Class B and Class M units will have been duly issued upon consummation of the offering or upon effectiveness of the registration statement. It appears that these are legal conclusions that should be attributed to counsel. Please provide an opinion of counsel that supports these statements and revise to attribute these statements to counsel, or remove these statements. Supplemental Sales Material, page 106 4.Please supplementally provide us with copies of all written communications, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, that you, or anyone authorized to do so on your behalf, present to potential investors in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act, whether or not they retain copies of the communications. Appendix A: Prior Performance Tables TABLE V SALES OR DISPOSALS OF PROPERTIES, page A-6 5.Please revise the total column under Cost of Properties, Including Closing and Soft Costs in the table to include both the original mortgage financing and Total Acquisition Cost, Capital Improvement Closing and Soft Costs, or advise. Also, reconcile the Contract Purchase Price Plus Acquisition Fee column in Table VI with the Mortgage Financing at Date of Purchase and Cash Down Payment columns. You may contact Peter McPhun at 202-551-3581 or Robert Telewicz at 202-551-3438 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Ruairi Regan at 202-551-3269 or Maryse Mills-Apenteng at 202-551-3457 with any other questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Real Estate & Construction cc: Vanessa Schoenthaler, Esq.

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United States securities and exchange commission logo
May 13, 2020
Brandon E. Lacoff
Chief Executive Officer
Belpointe PREP, LLC
125 Greenwich Avenue, 3rd Floor
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
Re:Belpointe PREP, LLC
Draft Registration Statement on Form S-11
Filed April 16, 2020
File No. 377-03128
Dear Mr. Lacoff:
            We have reviewed your draft registration statement and have the following comments.  In
some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better
understand your disclosure.
            Please respond to this letter by providing the requested information and either submitting
an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your registration statement on
EDGAR.  If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances or do not
believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response.
            After reviewing the information you provide in response to these comments and your
amended draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may have additional
comments.
Draft Registration Statement on Form S-11
Prospectus Summary, page 12
1.Please revise your risk factor disclosure and the Summary section of your prospectus to
describe the issues investors may face as a result of receiving a Schedule K-1.  In
particular, we note that Schedules K-1 are usually complex, may involve the engagement
by investors of sophisticated tax experts and may lead to a taxable event even if the
security is not sold.  In addition, we note your disclosure on page 44 and elsewhere
indicates that you may be unable to provide investors with a Schedule K-1 on a timely
basis.  Please revise your Summary section to highlight this risk and revise your Questions
and Answers on page 11 for consistency.

 FirstName LastNameBrandon E. Lacoff
 Comapany NameBelpointe PREP, LLC
 May 13, 2020 Page 2
 FirstName LastName
Brandon E. Lacoff
Belpointe PREP, LLC
May 13, 2020
Page 2

Net Asset Value Calculation and Valuation Policies, page 71
2.Please provide us with a draft of your quarterly pricing supplement and the quarterly NAV
disclosure and tell us how this pricing relates to your intention to have the Class A units
quoted for trading on the OTCQX or listed on a national securities exchange going
forward.
Description of Our Units, page 83
3.We note your disclosure on pages 83 and 84 that your Class A, Class B and Class M units
will have been duly issued upon consummation of the offering or upon effectiveness of
the registration statement.  It appears that these are legal conclusions that should be
attributed to counsel.  Please provide an opinion of counsel that supports these statements
and revise to attribute these statements to counsel, or remove these statements.
Supplemental Sales Material, page 106
4.Please supplementally provide us with copies of all written communications, as defined in
Rule 405 under the Securities Act, that you, or anyone authorized to do so on your behalf,
present to potential investors in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act, whether or
not they retain copies of the communications.
Appendix A: Prior Performance Tables
TABLE V SALES OR DISPOSALS OF PROPERTIES, page A-6
5.Please revise the total column under Cost of Properties, Including Closing and Soft Costs
in the table to include both the original mortgage financing and Total Acquisition Cost,
Capital Improvement Closing and Soft Costs, or advise.  Also, reconcile the Contract
Purchase Price Plus Acquisition Fee column in Table VI with the Mortgage Financing at
Date of Purchase and Cash Down Payment columns.
            You may contact Peter McPhun at 202-551-3581 or Robert Telewicz at 202-551-3438 if
you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters.  Please
contact Ruairi Regan at 202-551-3269 or Maryse Mills-Apenteng at 202-551-3457 with any
other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Real Estate & Construction
cc:       Vanessa Schoenthaler, Esq.