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SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-011764 to COMPOUND REAL ESTATE BONDS INC (CIK 0001919204)

COMPOUND REAL ESTATE BONDS INC (CIK 0001919204)
Date: Oct. 26, 2023 · CIK: 0001919204 · Accession: 0000000000-23-011764

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October 26, 2023
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COMPOUND REAL ESTATE BONDS INC (CIK 0001919204)

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United States securities and exchange commission logo October 26, 2023 Inderjit Tuli Chief Executive Officer Compound Real Estate Bonds, Inc. 1185 Avenue of the Americas, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10036 Re:Compound Real Estate Bonds, Inc. Post-Qualification Amendment No. 2 to Offering Statement on Form 1-A Filed October 6, 2023 File No. 024-11848 Dear Inderjit Tuli: 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 No. 2 to Offering Statement on Form 1-A General 1.We note that you now state that you have sold $2,313,600 in bonds. In your prior filing on August 22, 2023, you disclosed that you sold $2,063,420 in bonds. Please tell us when you sold additional bonds. In addition, please revise for consistency your disclosure on page 37 that "[a]s of the date of this offering circular, [you] have sold $2,063,420 worth of [your] Compound Bonds." 2.We note that in response to our prior comment 5 you stated that neither Inderjit Tuli nor Harminder Singh Burmi, who comprise all of your current officers and directors, have over the past 10 years had any experience raising money from third-party investors to be invested in real estate. Please revise your summary and risk factors section to describe the potential issues regarding management's lack of prior experience. 3.We note that on page 8 you state that "members of [your] management team have experience in investing in mortgage loan[s]." We further note that on page 48 you state

FirstName LastNameInderjit Tuli Comapany NameCompound Real Estate Bonds, Inc. October 26, 2023 Page 2 FirstName LastName Inderjit Tuli Compound Real Estate Bonds, Inc. October 26, 2023 Page 2 that neither Inderjit Tuli nor Harminder Singh Burmi, your sole officers and directors, "have had experience raising money from third-party investors to be invested in real estate." Please revise your disclosure to clarify these statements or advise. 4.We note your disclosure in several sections of the offering circular that you will pay a license fee to CH, your parent, in the amount of 2% of the value of the bonds sold and that your parent will not "seek reimbursement for these offering expenses or collect this license fee until the Company has total assets of at least $3,000,000." Please revise your disclosure to clarify the following: •because it appears that the licensing fee was not previously described in your offering circular, clarify if you will be obligated to pay the fee on the bonds sold to date; and •clarify, if true, that CH will receive the fee when you sell at least $3,000,000 in bonds or explain what you mean by "total assets of at least $3,000,000." 5.We note your response to our prior comment 5 and reissue in part. You state that you plan to acquire mortgages and other liens on and interests in real estate but have not yet identified any assets to acquire with the net proceeds of this offering. It appears, therefore, that you are conducting a blind pool offering. In accordance with Industry Guide 5, please include a separately captioned section on conflicts of interests. 6.We note your statement on page 35 that you have entered into an Administrative Services Agreement with Compound Administrative Services, an affiliate, through which your executive officers provide services to you, pursuant to which you have agreed to reimburse Compound Administrative Services for the costs incurred in paying for the staff and office expenses. We further note your disclosure on page 37 that as of June 30, 2023 the amount accrued under the agreement was $60,000 but that you had not yet begun making reimbursement payments. Please disclose the amount currently due under the agreement, the amount you anticipate owing under the agreement going forward, and when you expect to begin making reimbursement payments. 7.Please file test the waters materials as an exhibit to your offering statement. Refer to Item 17 of Form 1-A. In addition, please confirm that your website complies with Securities Act Rule 255. Offering Circular Summary Our Company, page 1 8.We note your disclosure that your plan is to acquire "mortgages and other liens on and interests in real estate" and other assets that consist of "real estate-type interests" but that you have not yet identified those properties that will be acquired. Please revise your disclosure here and elsewhere as appropriate to describe the types of mortgages, liens and other interests in real estate you intend on acquiring, for example, whether single- family, multi-family, commercial, residential or development properties. Please also clarify the meaning of the term "real estate-type interests" and disclose any planned geographic concentrations.

FirstName LastNameInderjit Tuli Comapany NameCompound Real Estate Bonds, Inc. October 26, 2023 Page 3 FirstName LastName Inderjit Tuli Compound Real Estate Bonds, Inc. October 26, 2023 Page 3 Use of Proceeds, page 27 9.We note your statement on page 28 that you are "currently in the process of deploying the assets [you] have raised through the date of this Amended Preliminary Offering Circular" and that you have already raised over $2.3 million in this offering. Describe the status of your current and planned operations in greater detail. To the extent that you discuss future activity, please provide the status of development and indicate the anticipated timeframe. Further, discuss the actual operations of your business, focusing on the particular means by which you will identify and acquire real estate related assets. Also clarify the steps you have taken already, if any, to initiate your operations and the associated costs. Management's Discussion and Analysis Results of Operations, page 37 10.Please revise the Management’s Discussion and Analysis section of your filing to explain the reason(s) for the material increase in your other general and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2022. Milestones, page 38 11.We note your statement that your anticipated timeline for reaching significant milestones in your plan of operations is contingent on reaching your fundraising goals, as well as mortgage and real estate market conditions. We further note that as of the date of this amendment, you have raised approximately $2.3 million. Please clarify when and under what conditions you anticipate beginning to acquire "mortgages and other liens on and interests in real estate." Disclose specifically if you plan on raising the entire $75 million prior to investing in real estate. Consolidated Balance Sheet, page F-14 12.Please tell us and revise your filing to explain the nature of the $6,262 credit balance recorded in your other assets line item as of June 30, 2023 and reclassify this amount as a liability, as appropriate. Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, page F-17 13.Please tell us how you determined that receipts from issuing bonds represents cash flows from operating activities rather than from financing activities. Please refer to ASC 230-10- 45-14(b) and revise your filing accordingly. Note 3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Recently issued accounting standards, page F-20 14.Please revise your disclosure to clearly state the financial statement impact of your adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit

FirstName LastNameInderjit Tuli Comapany NameCompound Real Estate Bonds, Inc. October 26, 2023 Page 4 FirstName LastName Inderjit Tuli Compound Real Estate Bonds, Inc. October 26, 2023 Page 4 Losses (Topic 326), which was effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning January 1, 2023. We note your current disclosure only states that you are evaluating the impact that adopting this accounting standard will have on your consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. Note 5. Intangible Assets, page F-21 15.We note disclosure that you entered into an agreement with a media company to have a mobile app and website developed permitting you to communicate with clients and issue bonds and that as of June 30, 2023 you have paid $55,182 and recorded these payments as intangible assets. We also note your disclosure that these intangible assets were not placed into service in 2022 and also that there is no accumulated amortization balance as of June 30, 2023. Please tell us and revise your filing to clearly state whether these intangible assets have been placed into service as we note disclosure on page 2 that states that in January 2022, you launched the Compound Fintech Platform, which consists of the Compound Website and the Compound App. Please also tell us how you considered the guidance in ASC 350-40-35-6 regarding amortization of your intangible assets. 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 Shannon Davis at 202-551-6687 or John Spitz at 202-551-3484 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Robert Arzonetti at 202-551-8819 or Tonya Aldave at 202-551-3601 with any other questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Finance cc: Arden Anderson

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United States securities and exchange commission logo
October 26, 2023
Inderjit Tuli
Chief Executive Officer
Compound Real Estate Bonds, Inc.
1185 Avenue of the Americas, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10036
Re:Compound Real Estate Bonds, Inc.
Post-Qualification Amendment No. 2 to
Offering Statement on Form 1-A
Filed October 6, 2023
File No. 024-11848
Dear Inderjit Tuli:
            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 No. 2 to Offering Statement on Form 1-A
General
1.We note that you now state that you have sold $2,313,600 in bonds. In your prior filing on
August 22, 2023,  you disclosed that you sold $2,063,420 in bonds. Please tell us when
you sold additional bonds. In addition, please revise for consistency your disclosure on
page 37 that "[a]s of the date of this offering circular, [you] have sold $2,063,420 worth of
[your] Compound Bonds."
2.We note that in response to our prior comment 5 you stated that neither Inderjit Tuli nor
Harminder Singh Burmi, who comprise all of your current officers and directors, have
over the past 10 years had any experience raising money from third-party investors to be
invested in real estate. Please revise your summary and risk factors section to describe the
potential issues regarding management's lack of prior experience.
3.We note that on page 8 you state that "members of [your] management team have
experience in investing in mortgage loan[s]." We further note that on page 48 you state

 FirstName LastNameInderjit Tuli
 Comapany NameCompound Real Estate Bonds, Inc.
 October 26, 2023 Page 2
 FirstName LastName
Inderjit Tuli
Compound Real Estate Bonds, Inc.
October 26, 2023
Page 2
that neither Inderjit Tuli nor Harminder Singh Burmi, your sole officers and directors,
"have had experience raising money from third-party investors to be invested in real
estate." Please revise your disclosure to clarify these statements or advise.
4.We note your disclosure in several sections of the offering circular that you will pay
a license fee to CH, your parent, in the amount of 2% of the value of the bonds sold and
that your parent will not "seek reimbursement for these offering expenses or collect this
license fee until the Company has total assets of at least $3,000,000." Please revise your
disclosure to clarify the following:
•because it appears that the licensing fee was not previously described in your offering
circular, clarify if you will be obligated to pay the fee on the bonds sold to date; and
•clarify, if true, that CH will receive the fee when you sell at least $3,000,000 in bonds
or explain what you mean by "total assets of at least $3,000,000."
5.We note your response to our prior comment 5 and reissue in part. You state that you plan
to acquire mortgages and other liens on and interests in real estate but have not yet
identified any assets to acquire with the net proceeds of this offering. It appears,
therefore, that you are conducting a blind pool offering. In accordance with Industry
Guide 5, please include a separately captioned section on conflicts of interests.
6.We note your statement on page 35 that you have entered into an Administrative Services
Agreement with Compound Administrative Services, an affiliate, through which your
executive officers provide services to you, pursuant to which you have agreed to
reimburse Compound Administrative Services for the costs incurred  in paying for the
staff and office expenses. We further note your disclosure on page 37 that as of June 30,
2023 the amount accrued under the agreement was $60,000 but that you had not yet begun
making reimbursement payments. Please disclose the amount currently due under the
agreement, the amount you anticipate owing under the agreement going forward, and
when you expect to begin making reimbursement payments.
7.Please file test the waters materials as an exhibit to your offering statement. Refer to Item
17 of Form 1-A. In addition, please confirm that your website complies with Securities
Act Rule 255.
Offering Circular Summary
Our Company, page 1
8.We note your disclosure that your plan is to acquire "mortgages and other liens on and
interests in real estate" and other assets that consist of "real estate-type interests" but that
you have not yet identified those properties that will be acquired. Please revise your
disclosure here and elsewhere as appropriate to describe the types of mortgages, liens and
other interests in real estate you intend on acquiring, for example, whether single-
family, multi-family, commercial, residential or development properties. Please also
clarify the meaning of the term "real estate-type interests" and disclose any planned
geographic concentrations.

 FirstName LastNameInderjit Tuli
 Comapany NameCompound Real Estate Bonds, Inc.
 October 26, 2023 Page 3
 FirstName LastName
Inderjit Tuli
Compound Real Estate Bonds, Inc.
October 26, 2023
Page 3
Use of Proceeds, page 27
9.We note your statement on page 28 that you are "currently in the process of deploying the
assets [you] have raised through the date of this Amended Preliminary Offering Circular"
and that you have already raised over $2.3 million in this offering. Describe the status of
your current and planned operations in greater detail. To the extent that you discuss future
activity, please provide the status of development and indicate the anticipated
timeframe. Further,  discuss the actual operations of your business, focusing on the
particular means by which you will identify and acquire real estate related assets. Also
clarify the steps you have taken already, if any, to initiate your operations and the
associated costs.
Management's Discussion and Analysis
Results of Operations, page 37
10.Please revise the Management’s Discussion and Analysis section of your filing to explain
the reason(s) for the material increase in your other general and administrative expenses
for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2022.
Milestones, page 38
11.We note your statement that your anticipated timeline for reaching significant milestones
in your plan of operations is contingent on reaching your fundraising goals, as well as
mortgage and real estate market conditions. We further note that as of the date of this
amendment, you have raised approximately $2.3 million. Please clarify when and under
what conditions you anticipate beginning to acquire "mortgages and other liens on and
interests in real estate." Disclose specifically if you plan on raising the entire $75 million
prior to investing in real estate.
Consolidated Balance Sheet, page F-14
12.Please tell us and revise your filing to explain the nature of the $6,262 credit balance
recorded in your other assets line item as of June 30, 2023 and reclassify this amount as a
liability, as appropriate.
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, page F-17
13.Please tell us how you determined that receipts from issuing bonds represents cash flows
from operating activities rather than from financing activities. Please refer to ASC 230-10-
45-14(b) and revise your filing accordingly.
Note 3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Recently issued accounting standards, page F-20
14.Please revise your disclosure to clearly state the financial statement impact of your
adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit

 FirstName LastNameInderjit Tuli
 Comapany NameCompound Real Estate Bonds, Inc.
 October 26, 2023 Page 4
 FirstName LastName
Inderjit Tuli
Compound Real Estate Bonds, Inc.
October 26, 2023
Page 4
Losses (Topic 326), which was effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those
years, beginning January 1, 2023. We note your current disclosure only states that you are
evaluating the impact that adopting this accounting standard will have on your
consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
Note 5. Intangible Assets, page F-21
15.We note disclosure that you entered into an agreement with a media company to have a
mobile app and website developed permitting you to communicate with clients and issue
bonds and that as of June 30, 2023 you have paid $55,182 and recorded these payments as
intangible assets. We also note your disclosure that these intangible assets were not placed
into service in 2022 and also that there is no accumulated amortization balance as of June
30, 2023. Please tell us and revise your filing to clearly state whether these intangible
assets have been placed into service as we note disclosure on page 2 that states that in
January 2022, you launched the Compound Fintech Platform, which consists of the
Compound Website and the Compound App. Please also tell us how you considered the
guidance in ASC 350-40-35-6 regarding amortization of your intangible assets.
            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 Shannon Davis at 202-551-6687 or John Spitz at 202-551-3484 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Robert Arzonetti at 202-551-8819 or Tonya Aldave at 202-551-3601 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Finance
cc:       Arden Anderson