SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-011594 to Tirios Propco Series LLC (CIK 0001975188)
Tirios Propco Series LLC (CIK 0001975188)
Date: Oct. 23, 2023 · CIK: 0001975188 · Accession: 0000000000-23-011594
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
October 23, 2023
Sachin Latawa
Chief Executive Officer
Tirios Propco Series LLC
8 The Green A
Dover, DE 19901
Re:Tirios Propco Series LLC
Amendment No. 5 to Offering Statements on Form 1-A
Filed October 4, 2023
File No. 024-12277
Dear Sachin Latawa:
We have reviewed your amended offering statement 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. Unless we note otherwise,
any references to prior comments are to comments in our September 15, 2023, letter.
Amendment No. 5 to Offering Statement on Form 1-A
Cover Page
1.We reissue comment 1. Please reconcile the termination date on the cover page with the
disclosure on page 25. In addition, we note the revision made in response to comment 1
that "each offering will commence within thirty (30) calendar days after the first
qualification date of the offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a
part." Please explain how this offering is not a delayed offering, and revise to comply with
Rule 251(d)(3)(i)(F) of Regulation A.
2.Given the operating agreement provisions that reduce or eliminate duties, including
fiduciary duties, of the Manager, and the lack of a conflicts of interest policy, please
provide cover page disclosure of these significant risks to investors.
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Summary, page 1
3.We note the offering for each series has no minimum that must be raised. We also note
that each property has a short-term third-party loan and an advance from the Manager.
The use of proceeds only reflects the repayment of the advance from the Manager. Please
clearly disclose whether, for each series, the property is expected to be able to generate
sufficient revenues to repay the loan when due, or the monthly payments on the
loans. Please also clearly disclose the impact rising interest rates may have upon your
refinancing abilities. We also note that the properties were purchased on May 3, 2023,
have been listed for rent, but have not been rented to date. Please address the risks
associated with the inability to rent the properties at the current estimated monthly rental
rates. In addition, given the duration of the offering, it appears the loans could become due
before the offering for that particular series has been completed. Please clarify who is
paying the interest on the loans during the offering period, and whether the interest will be
paid back from the series. If so, please clearly disclose the estimated interest owed. Please
also clarify what would happen if the loans become due and are unable to be repaid or
extended. Provide clear disclosure throughout the offering circular. Lastly, provide clear
risk factor disclosures.
Compensation Paid to Our Manager and Its Affiliates , page 4
4.Please revise here and elsewhere to explain why the individual series are being charged
with commissions to the manager as buyer's agents. It is usual and customary in the real
estate industry for the seller to pay both seller and buyer agent commission. Research
indicates this is standard practice in San Marcos, as well. If the company has an agreement
with sellers that negates this industry practice, please revise to describe the agreement and
to disclose why the manager believes it is advantageous to series investors to have done
so. Also, explain the difference between the asset acquisition fee and the commission as
buyer's agent fee.
The Current Offering - Secondary Market, page 7
5.We note your disclosure that the “Series Interests will generally not be transferable except
through the Secondary Trading Platform” (emphasis added). Please revise to disclose how
an investor may transfer the Series Interests if such transfers are not made through the
Secondary Trading Platform.
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Risk Factors
Our Operating Agreement contains provisions that reduce or eliminate duties ..., page 11
6.We note your response to comment 2 of our letter and reissue in part. Please revise your
disclosure here and in the section "Securities Being Offered," to clearly disclose when the
limitation or elimination of the fiduciary duties of the manager applies. Please also clarify
whether there is any uncertainty as to the enforceability of this under state law.
Plan of Distribution
Procedure for Transfer or Secondary Trading, page 32
7.We note your response to comment 7 and related revisions beginning on page 32. Please
revise this section to describe in greater detail the restrictions in the Operating Agreement
that apply to resales of Series Interests.
8.Please revise this section to provide a materially complete discussion of the Secondary
Trading Platform, including, without limitation, disclosing in greater detail:
•the parties who will operate the platform, their respective roles and how the platform
operates;
•the “certain technology services” that your Manager will provide to facilitate
transfers or secondary trading and the material terms thereof;
•the material terms of the Sample Agreement with North Capital PPEX, which you
have filed as Exhibit 6.9. Also please clarify the status of this agreement and any
material terms that remain unfinalized.
Please note that we may have further comments based upon your revised disclosure.
9.We note your disclosure that “[a]fter the Company has received necessary regulatory
approvals, the Company will enable Secondary Transfer functionality to accept transfer
requests.” Please disclose the regulatory approvals you need to enable Secondary Transfer
functionality on the platform. Discuss the status, timing, costs and plans to obtain them.
Use of Proceeds, page 34
10.We note the revisions made in response to comment 11. Please clarify the terms of
the Series Interests to be issued to the manager for the advances to the extent the proceeds
are not sufficient to repay such advances.
Description of Business
Plan of Operations, page 38
11.We note your response to comment 12 and reissue in part. In light of your expected use of
leverage in operations, please address in this section the impact of increased interest rates
on investors. We note that interest rates have increased over the past couple years and that,
specifically, with respect to the current properties, the loans are due in June 2024, and you
will likely need to obtain new financing at that time or renegotiate the current terms,
which could result in even higher interest rates. Please clearly disclose the impact
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increased rates could have upon the ability of the series to generate enough revenues to
make the monthly payments on the loans and the potential increased risk of default. Please
expand the risk factor on page 13 to highlight this additional risk.
Property Overview, page 42
12.Please refer to the response to comment 14. Please note that reasonable, fact-based
estimates are not the same as forecasted information. Given the material nature of the
operating costs of the properties to an investor's ability to make an informed investment,
please revise to address the following:
•Assuming you have not received a tax assessment on the properties, please disclose
why you are unable to provide a reasonable estimate of the annual real estate taxes
given that San Marcos discloses its residential real estate tax rates on its website.
•Based on your response, it appears the properties are not insured. If they are not,
please add a risk factor that states that fact. Also, disclose and discuss how you were
able to obtain financing on an uninsured residential property and disclose the
associated risks.
•If the properties are not insured, please disclose why you are unable to, at a
minimum, obtain quotes for insurance that would allow you to disclose fact-based
quotes for each property. Please obtain quotes for insurance and disclose them or
disclose specifically why you cannot.
•If you have not engaged an accounting firm to prepare and audit the financial
statements of the properties, revise to disclose that fact. As Tirios Corporation has
prior performance and experience with projects that have similar investment
objectives, it appears it should have the information needed to provide a reasonable
estimate of these costs. Please revise to provide a reasonable estimate of these costs
based on Tirios Corporations experience with similar investments or disclose in
specific detail why you cannot.
•Based on Tirios Corporation's experience with similar investments, it appears
you have the information necessary to budget maintenance costs for the
properties. Please revise to disclose a reasonable estimate for these costs or to explain
Tirios Corporation's experience does not provide a reasonable basis for doing so.
•Based on the disclosure regarding property management fees, asset management fees
and Tirios Corporation's experience with similar investments, it appears you have the
information necessary to make reasonable estimates of these fees. Please revise to
provide reasonable estimates of these fees or describe why you are unable to in more
detail than you currently disclose.
•Where a best estimate cannot be developed, a range of estimate is not inappropriate.
13.Noting that the properties were acquired approximately five months ago, please revise
here and elsewhere, as appropriate, to clarify why you have been unable to rent any of the
properties. Describe in detail the market conditions in San Marcos that have made the
properties unrentable to date. Include associated risk factor disclosure.
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FirstName LastName
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Tirios Propco Series LLC
October 23, 2023
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Compensation of Manager, page 46
14.We note your response to comment 16 and reissue. We note the disclosure that you may
retain the services of certain of the Manager's affiliates. Please clearly disclose the identity
of those affiliates that may provide services, clearly disclose the services they may
provide and disclose the potential compensation arrangements. To the extent specific
services will be provided by these affiliates for the series being offered, clearly
disclose. Please add risk factor disclosure.
Prior Performance Tables, page 76
15.We note your response to comment 17 and reissue in part. Please revise the tables to
comply with the guidance set forth in Corporation Finance Disclosure Topic 6. Further,
please ensure that you provide all of the disclosure required by Item 8 of Guide 5. For
example only, please disclose any adverse business developments experienced by the
prior programs.
Exhibits
16.Please ensure that the hyperlinks in the Exhibits Index are to the most recent versions of
the exhibits. Please also include the hyperlink for the Auditor's Consent and the Legality
Opinion.
Please contact Paul Cline at 202-551-3851 or Shannon Menjivar at 202-551-3856 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Stacie Gorman at 202-551-3585 or Pam Howell at 202-551-3357 with any other
questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Real Estate & Construction
cc: Arden Anderson, Esq.