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DigitalBit outperformed the public markets in 2018. WHAT'S NEXT?

By Porter Daniel on June 13, 2019

Nearly eight years ago, we set out to give investors a true alternative to the stock market by creating a simple, low-cost way to invest directly in real estate. 

Our performance in 2018 certainly feels validating in that aim. As a platform, DigitalBit beat the overall stock market by a healthy margin, with an average return...

A New Tax Code is Now Law and Presents Opportunities For Real Estate Investing Nationwide

At the end of 2017, President Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which introduced sweeping and transformative changes to the United States tax code.

In the time since, attentive real estate experts have identified beneficial tax advantages engineered by the law, potentially improving the economics of real estate investments for current and future investors a...

What You Should Expect from DigitalBit During the Next Financial Crisis

Though it may seem like a strange notion, I spend time every day preparing for the next financial crisis. As CEO of a financial technology company, it is arguably the most important part of my job. At DigitalBit, we tend to follow the advice of the great value investor Seth Klarman, who said, “Take care of the downside, and the upside will take care of itself.”

HOW WE HELP CHART A PATH TO FINANCIAL HEALTH

The Defensive Investment? Consider Multifamily. 

Real estate is often considered a cyclical investment class, meaning its fortunes can rise and fall along with the cycles of the general economy. That’s not always true, though. The multifamily sector has some features that can resist or even overcome broader market swings, and, given the current late-cycle marke...