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SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-006425 to reAlpha Tech Corp. (AIRE)

reAlpha Tech Corp.
Date: June 14, 2023 · CIK: 0001859199 · Accession: 0000000000-23-006425

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File numbers found in text: 333-271307

Date
June 14, 2023
Author
Giri Devanur
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reAlpha Tech Corp.

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United States securities and exchange commission logo June 14, 2023 Giri Devanur Chief Executive Officer reAlpha Tech Corp. 6515 Longshore Loop, Suite 100 Dublin, OH 43017 Re:reAlpha Tech Corp. Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 Filed May 26, 2023 File No. 333-271307 Dear Giri Devanur: We have reviewed your amended 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 amending your registration statement and providing the requested information. 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 any amendment to your registration statement and the information you provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Unless we note otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our May 15, 2023 letter. Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed May 26, 2023 Cover Page 1.Please confirm whether and how you meet Nasdaq's quantitative listing standards. 2.We note your response to comment 2, including the revisions to your Plan of Distribution. However, it appears that certain material disclosures were removed from the current amendment, including the following: •whether the registered stockholders may sell their shares of common stock covered by the registration statement at prevailing market prices at any time after the shares of common stock are listed for trading; •whether you are party to any arrangement with any registered stockholder or any broker-dealer with respect to sales of shares of common stock by the registered

FirstName LastNameGiri Devanur Comapany NamereAlpha Tech Corp. June 14, 2023 Page 2 FirstName LastNameGiri Devanur reAlpha Tech Corp. June 14, 2023 Page 2 stockholders; and •whether you will receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock by the registered stockholders. Please revise as appropriate. Recent Developments, page 2 3.Please revise your disclosure on page 3 under the heading titled "reAlpha Asset Management Inc. merges with reAlpha Tech Corp" to identify each of the parent and subsidiary. Selected Risks Associated with Our Business, page 5 4.We note your response to comment 12. Please add summary risk factor disclosure quantifying your net losses incurred in each of the past two fiscal years and quantify your accumulated deficit and outstanding indebtedness. Risk Factors, page 7 5.We note your response to comment 12. Please revise your risk factor on page 7, "We have a history of operating losses...," to quantify your outstanding indebtedness. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Results of Operations, page 44 6.We note your revised presentation of your results of operations. Please include disclosure regarding significant changes to each of the expense line items. Business, page 51 7.Please tell us how the investments in Naamche and Carthagos have been accounted for in your financial statements. Our Growth Strategy, page 54 8.We note your response to comment 26. To the extent material, please revise your risk factor disclosure to highlight any risks associated with your back office support functions being located outside the United States. Our Platform and Technologies, page 59 9.We note your response to prior comment 8 and that the app will allow Syndicate Members to monitor the financial metrics and performance of those properties in which they have invested and that you do not intend to provide such real-time visibility to holders of your common stock. Please specifically state whether the app will contain additional information that would not be readily available to investors by reviewing your SEC filings. If there will be additional information on the app, please provide us with your

FirstName LastNameGiri Devanur Comapany NamereAlpha Tech Corp. June 14, 2023 Page 3 FirstName LastName Giri Devanur reAlpha Tech Corp. June 14, 2023 Page 3

analysis of why the specific information on the app is not material and should not be made available to investors who may not want to use the app. 10.Please tell us what specific information will be made available to your Syndicate Members. In addition, please clarify whether such information and its presentation will be consistent with periodic updates provided within securities filings with the SEC and meet all the same requirements related to such filings. 11.Please clarify whether you are currently capable of providing real-time financial metrics and performance of properties or whether they are still under development. If the latter, provide a timeline and discussion of the status or stage of development you are in. Intellectual Property, page 63 12.We note your response to comment 35. Please revise your tabular disclosure on page 41 to disclose the application number and filed date for the provisional patent application filed for reAlpha BRAIN. Additionally, please disclose the trademark expiration date or expected expiration date for each of your trademark applications. Management Executive Officers and Directors, page 68 13.We note your response to comment 38 and partially reissue the comment. Please revise to describe the business experience during the past five years of Mr. Devanur, including his principal occupations and employment during the past five years and the name and principal business of any corporation or other organization in which he carried on such occupations and employment. In this regard, we note that Mr. Devanur's experience for the period from January 2018 to March 2021 is not described. Executive Compensation, page 74 14.Please revise to disclose all of the information required by Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to Ms. Currie. Please also revise to clarify, if true, that the tabular disclosure on page 74 contains information about the compensation paid to or earned by each of your named executive officers during the years ended April 30, 2023 and April 30, 2022. Registered Stockholders, page 80 15.Please separately identify each of the natural persons with sole or shared voting or investment power of the shares held by CH reAlpha Investments LLC and CH reAlpha Investments II LLC. Please refer to Item 507 of Regulation S-K and Question 140.02 of Regulation S-K Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations.

FirstName LastNameGiri Devanur Comapany NamereAlpha Tech Corp. June 14, 2023 Page 4 FirstName LastName Giri Devanur reAlpha Tech Corp. June 14, 2023 Page 4 Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, page F-8 16.Your response to comment 40 indicates that you have revised the disclosure in Note 3 to clarify how you intend to account for the property LLCs. Please clarify where the revised disclosure appears as we do not see any additional disclosure on this topic in Note 3. 17.We note your revised disclosure in response to comment 41. Your disclosure remains unclear. Please clarify what is meant by "the Company records up to 25% of the gross revenues from the short-term rental properties towards the management of the properties acquired". It appears that you are recording additional revenue for the outsourced property management services. General 18.We note that the company’s business is primarily that of acquiring and holding for investment real estate. Please file your next amendment on Form S-11 as required by General Instruction A to Form S-11 and provide the disclosure required by the form. 19.Please provide the disclosure required by Industry Guide 5 or advise. For example, revise your compensation disclosure to comply with Item 4 and provide the disclosure required by Item 8, including prior performance tables. For guidance, refer to Release No. 33-6900 (June 17, 1991), Item 7(c) of Part II of Form 1-A, and CF Disclosure Guidance Topic No. 6. 20.Please provide us with all promotional material and sales literature, including material that will be used only by broker-dealers. In this regard, please note that sales materials must set forth a balanced presentation of the risks and rewards to investors and should not contain any information or disclosure that is inconsistent with or not also provided in the prospectus. 21.We note your response to prior comment 48. Please revise your Summary and elsewhere as appropriate to disclose that you will no longer be eligible to conduct Regulation Crowdfunding offerings after the effectiveness of this registration statement. See Rule 100(b)(2) of Regulation Crowdfunding. 22.We note your response to comment 49 and partially reissue the comment. For each offering, please tell us the facts that make the exemption available. Additionally, please revise the second bullet point on page 53 to fully describe the July 29, 2022 exempt offering.

FirstName LastNameGiri Devanur Comapany NamereAlpha Tech Corp. June 14, 2023 Page 5 FirstName LastName Giri Devanur reAlpha Tech Corp. June 14, 2023 Page 5 You may contact William Demarest at 202-551-3432 or Kristi Marrone at 202-551- 3429 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Benjamin Holt at 202-551-6614 or Jeffrey Gabor at 202-551-2544 with any other questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Real Estate & Construction cc: Blake Baron

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United States securities and exchange commission logo
June 14, 2023
Giri Devanur
Chief Executive Officer
reAlpha Tech Corp.
6515 Longshore Loop, Suite 100
Dublin, OH 43017
Re:reAlpha Tech Corp.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed May 26, 2023
File No. 333-271307
Dear Giri Devanur:
            We have reviewed your amended 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 amending your registration statement and providing the
requested information.  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 any amendment to your registration statement and the information you
provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.  Unless we note
otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our May 15, 2023 letter.
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed May 26, 2023
Cover Page
1.Please confirm whether and how you meet Nasdaq's quantitative listing standards.
2.We note your response to comment 2, including the revisions to your Plan of
Distribution.  However, it appears that certain material disclosures were removed from the
current amendment, including the following:
•whether the registered stockholders may sell their shares of common stock covered
by the registration statement at prevailing market prices at any time after the shares of
common stock are listed for trading;
•whether you are party to any arrangement with any registered stockholder or any
broker-dealer with respect to sales of shares of common stock by the registered

 FirstName LastNameGiri Devanur
 Comapany NamereAlpha Tech Corp.
 June 14, 2023 Page 2
 FirstName LastNameGiri Devanur
reAlpha Tech Corp.
June 14, 2023
Page 2
stockholders; and
•whether you will receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock by
the registered stockholders.
Please revise as appropriate.
Recent Developments, page 2
3.Please revise your disclosure on page 3 under the heading titled "reAlpha Asset
Management Inc. merges with reAlpha Tech Corp" to identify each of the parent and
subsidiary.
Selected Risks Associated with Our Business, page 5
4.We note your response to comment 12.  Please add summary risk factor disclosure
quantifying your net losses incurred in each of the past two fiscal years and quantify your
accumulated deficit and outstanding indebtedness.
Risk Factors, page 7
5.We note your response to comment 12.  Please revise your risk factor on page 7, "We
have a history of operating losses...," to quantify your outstanding indebtedness.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Results of Operations, page 44
6.We note your revised presentation of your results of operations.  Please include disclosure
regarding significant changes to each of the expense line items.
Business, page 51
7.Please tell us how the investments in Naamche and Carthagos have been accounted for in
your financial statements.
Our Growth Strategy, page 54
8.We note your response to comment 26.  To the extent material,  please revise your risk
factor disclosure to highlight any risks associated with your back office support functions
being located outside the United States.
Our Platform and Technologies, page 59
9.We note your response to prior comment 8 and that the app will allow Syndicate Members
to monitor the financial metrics and performance of those properties in which they have
invested and that you do not intend to provide such real-time visibility to holders of your
common stock.  Please specifically state whether the app will contain additional
information that would not be readily available to investors by reviewing your SEC
filings.  If there will be additional information on the app, please provide us with your

 FirstName LastNameGiri Devanur
 Comapany NamereAlpha Tech Corp.
 June 14, 2023 Page 3
 FirstName LastName
Giri Devanur
reAlpha Tech Corp.
June 14, 2023
Page 3

analysis of why the specific information on the app is not material and should not be made
available to investors who may not want to use the app.
10.Please tell us what specific information will be made available to your Syndicate
Members.  In addition, please clarify whether such information and its presentation will be
consistent with periodic updates provided within securities filings with the SEC and meet
all the same requirements related to such filings.
11.Please clarify whether you are currently capable of providing real-time financial metrics
and performance of properties or whether they are still under development.  If the latter,
provide a timeline and discussion of the status or stage of development you are in.
Intellectual Property, page 63
12.We note your response to comment 35.  Please revise your tabular disclosure on page 41
to disclose the application number and filed date for the provisional patent application
filed for reAlpha BRAIN.  Additionally, please disclose the trademark expiration date or
expected expiration date for each of your trademark applications.
Management
Executive Officers and Directors, page 68
13.We note your response to comment 38 and partially reissue the comment.  Please revise to
describe the business experience during the past five years of Mr. Devanur, including
his principal occupations and employment during the past five years and the name and
principal business of any corporation or other organization in which he carried on such
occupations and employment.  In this regard, we note that Mr. Devanur's experience for
the period from January 2018 to March 2021 is not described.
Executive Compensation, page 74
14.Please revise to disclose all of the information required by Item 402 of Regulation S-K,
including compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to Ms. Currie.  Please also revise
to clarify, if true, that the tabular disclosure on page 74 contains information about the
compensation paid to or earned by each of your named executive officers during the years
ended April 30, 2023 and April 30, 2022.
Registered Stockholders, page 80
15.Please separately identify each of the natural persons with sole or shared voting or
investment power of the shares held by CH reAlpha Investments LLC and CH reAlpha
Investments II LLC.  Please refer to Item 507 of Regulation S-K and Question 140.02 of
Regulation S-K Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations.

 FirstName LastNameGiri Devanur
 Comapany NamereAlpha Tech Corp.
 June 14, 2023 Page 4
 FirstName LastName
Giri Devanur
reAlpha Tech Corp.
June 14, 2023
Page 4
Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, page F-8
16.Your response to comment 40 indicates that you have revised the disclosure in Note 3 to
clarify how you intend to account for the property LLCs.  Please clarify where the revised
disclosure appears as we do not see any additional disclosure on this topic in Note 3.
17.We note your revised disclosure in response to comment 41.  Your disclosure remains
unclear.  Please clarify what is meant by "the Company records up to 25% of the gross
revenues from the short-term rental properties towards the management of the properties
acquired".  It appears that you are recording additional revenue for the outsourced
property management services.
General
18.We note that the company’s business is primarily that of acquiring and holding for
investment real estate.  Please file your next amendment on Form S-11 as required by
General Instruction A to Form S-11 and provide the disclosure required by the form.
19.Please provide the disclosure required by Industry Guide 5 or advise.  For example, revise
your compensation disclosure to comply with Item 4 and provide the disclosure required
by Item 8, including prior performance tables.  For guidance, refer to Release No. 33-6900
(June 17, 1991), Item 7(c) of Part II of Form 1-A, and CF Disclosure Guidance Topic No.
6.
20.Please provide us with all promotional material and sales literature, including material that
will be used only by broker-dealers.  In this regard, please note that sales materials must
set forth a balanced presentation of the risks and rewards to investors and should not
contain any information or disclosure that is inconsistent with or not also provided in the
prospectus.
21.We note your response to prior comment 48.  Please revise your Summary and elsewhere
as appropriate to disclose that you will no longer be eligible to conduct Regulation
Crowdfunding offerings after the effectiveness of this registration statement.  See Rule
100(b)(2) of Regulation Crowdfunding.
22.We note your response to comment 49 and partially reissue the comment.  For each
offering, please tell us the facts that make the exemption available.  Additionally, please
revise the second bullet point on page 53 to fully describe the July 29, 2022 exempt
offering.

 FirstName LastNameGiri Devanur
 Comapany NamereAlpha Tech Corp.
 June 14, 2023 Page 5
 FirstName LastName
Giri Devanur
reAlpha Tech Corp.
June 14, 2023
Page 5
            You may contact William Demarest at 202-551-3432 or Kristi Marrone at 202-551-
3429 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters.  Please contact Benjamin Holt at 202-551-6614 or Jeffrey Gabor at 202-551-2544 with
any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Real Estate & Construction
cc:       Blake Baron