SAN JOSE, CA / ACCESSWIRE / May 25, 2018 / i-House.com is the world's first company to come up with the concept of an ATO project. The company's first ATO project pre-sales flew off the shelves and was well received by investors worldwide. i-House.com has deep roots in the development of blockchain technology within the real estate industry and has made great achievements and increased their influence internationally.

i-House.com's latest project is located at the Palawan Jing Jin Bai Chuan He Feng Timeshare Resort on the Palawan Island in the Philippines. The i-House Club Shojin project plans are being finalized, and investment is restricted by investors' ROI based on a fixed number of years. If an investor of this project does not want to wait for the project's maturity, the investor can use the initially purchased right-of-use portion at the top-rated Sapphire Mountain Resort (also located on Palawan Island) and directly redeem it for use. Investors who take part in this i-House ATO project can also take advantage of perks enjoyed by members of Sapphire Mountain Resort.

The second i-House ATO project is like the company's first project in Karuizawa, Japan in that it's within the real estate hotel and travel resort industries. However, there is much more vitality in this local markets' future development prospects and the future utilization of usage rights. These conditions will provide a much broader space for development of the Philippines' travel and tourism sectors. i-House.com will utilize a blockchain-based platform to support their second i-House ATO project and will improve project operation, marketing, and service optimization among other aspects of the business.

Philippines: World Tourism Mecca

The Philippines is a very popular choice for many travelers, and its geographic position, climate, customs and culture attracts many visitors from across the globe. According to official statistics, there were 6.6 million tourists who chose to visit the Philippines in 2017 and this number is expected to break 10 million in 2018. The Tubbatha Reef Marine Reserve, Baroque churches, historic old cities and over 7,000 islands of varying sizes continue to attract an increasing number of visitors.

Palawan's year-round climate is moderate and is well-known for being one of the world's natural and cultural heritage sites. It is also the last place in the Philippines that has not been developed and is fond of their reputation as ''the world's first tourist mecca.'' Surrounding the resort is the Puerto Princesa International Airport, white sand-filled beaches, Honda Bay and several other entertainment and transportation options that can meet the needs of all travelers.

The resort area is 85,000 square meters in total and consists of 15 independent 120-130 square meter Japanese villas, all equipped with hot tubs, that are slated to be completed in the first quarter of 2019. This is also the location of the world's first magnetic-carbon tourism project. Jikitan is a type of Japanese technology that uses magnetic-carbon released into the human body's electromagnetic system to improve health and increase life expectancy.

Understanding ATO

If you do not fully understand the i-House ATO project model or underlying concept, please click on the web link at the bottom of the page to see an in-depth i-House ATO project introduction. One of the advantages of the ATO project is that it can allow everyday investors to join and invest in large-scale projects. Now at a 66-percent discount, investors can buy a portion of the second i-House ATO project's usage rights. Also, investors can obtain 10-percent of their total purchase value worth of IHT as a bonus for purchasing the ATO tokens. i-House.com will assist purchasers in transferring the right-to-use to third parties or the project manager after a three-year period if the purchaser does not choose to redeem them at either resort.

Currently i-House.com already has more than 10 i-House ATO projects in the pipeline. In June alone, there will be two more Japanese i-House ATO projects that are set to go online, and in July, they will announce the first-ever i-House ATO project in the U.S.

i-House.com was founded in 2017 in Hong Kong and is the leading real estate blockchain marketplace for investors and developers. i-House.com products are i-House Asset Tokenization Offering (ATO), i-House Token (IHT) and i-House Token Pay (IHTPay). i-House.com's mission is to give every individual the opportunity to own and share real estate investments seamlessly, making the dream of owning real estate a reality. i-House.com is disrupting the traditional real estate marketplace by combining the power of blockchain and emerging technologies. To learn more, visit i-House.com, and follow us on Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook.

In a recent interview by crypto influencer SkrillaKing, i-House.com Chairman and Founder Ricky NG announced that by the end of the month i-House.com will officially announce its second ATO project. There are currently more than 10 ATO projects in the pipeline for i-House.com. There are two Japanese i-House ATO projects slated to go online in June, and in July i-House.com hopes to announce its first ATO project in the U.S.

As the world’s first company to conceptualize an ATO project and implement it in a short amount of time, i-House.com continues to make great strides. The company’s first ATO project was the Karuizawa Time Share Resort that is already online, with presales exceeding expectations. The project also received large investments from reputable real estate funds.

Also, during the interview Mr. Ng talked in-depth about plans to further the company’s strategy on building and growing the i-House ATO platform by nurturing the partnerships acquired through the platform. The partnerships are on schedule to reach markets in Asia, United States and Southeast Asia. Another market i-House.com plans to enter is Europe, due the tremendous interests from countries such as Amsterdam and Paris, the chairman and founder sees an opportunity to enter this market toward the second half of the year.

Finally, Mr. Ng also talked about the use of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and IoT solutions in the future, this could determine which projects could be listed on the i-House ATO platform. With the use of these solutions, it will help commercial properties using the platform with fundraising, marketing and operations to get listed on travel booking websites more easily. The chairman and founder has laid out ambitious goals for the company, which include having 15–20 i-House ATO projects completed by the end of 2018.

To watch the interview in its entirety :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgCN50os3U0

i-House has some incredible news that we would like to announce to those investors, community users and media who have continually supported the ATO project in Japan.

i-House has received compliance documents from well-known U.S. law firms saying that its meet the regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and securities laws regarding utility tokens. At the same time, this will quicken the pace of i-House’s entry into the U.S. market and getting listed on other exchanges.

As the world’s first real estate blockchain application, i-House has utilized their advanced technology, investment background, and a strong team and platform to get listed on a number of mainstream exchanges in one month only. Through the release of the IHTPay, a digital payment method, and the entrance into the Japanese real estate industry, i-House had the first user who purchased Japanese real estate using the IHTPay payment tool in a short amount of time. Apart from this, the new concept ATO project presales has been unprecedentedly hot. It is because of these achievements that i-House has the qualifications to meet SEC regulations as well as interrelated securities laws on utility tokens.

Using i-House’s first ATO project as an example, local U.S. users can freely transact in this project by holding IHT. Of course, for those local ATO projects launched in the US, no matter if you run the platform or project, or are a local user or a user from another country, your use of i-House to conduct free transactions is permitted and protected.

The U.S. is an economic powerhouse, no matter if it is flowing abroad or attracting to within, the economy has great strength. Utilizing this juncture point, i-House will continue to actively negotiate with numerous local cooperative partners at full speed ahead. i-House will take their brand new ATO concept and apply it to more real estate development and management, thus being able to inject more vitality into the U.S. real estate industry and tourism market. This will allow an increasing number of partners and users to receive benefits from blockchain technology and the platform.

This recent news has further increased i-House’s influence internationally and in the blockchain industry. i-House will certainly become the leader in this field as they continue to expand to an increasing number of countries, where they can create more value for the industry and market.

1) What is ATO?
 
ATO’s (Asset Tokenize Offering) intent is to convert the income generated by the assets into services or product. The public can purchase in advance, to participate in property development. The assets of ATO will be supervised by i-house.com and a third-party lawyer to ensure that the project develops and operates as scheduled.

2) How can I participate?

ATO project is divided into pre-sale and formal sales. Investors can log onto www.i-house.com to apply.

3) Which platform can process ATO?

Investors can apply and purchase on i-house.com, and also through i-house.com official business partners and financial institutions.

4) What currency can I purchase with: legal currency or token?
 
ATO currently accepts currency and tokens, but with different terms and conditions. In token participation, users can subscribe directly on i-house.com and complete designated KYC and AML processes on i-house.com. With the participation of the ATO in legal currency, the transaction is not conducted in tokens, it’s like real estate crowdfunding or a real estate fund, need to follow federal financial regulations. At present, ATO only accepts institutional investors and qualified investors to subscribe, and must be approved by KYC and AML on i-house.com

5) How is profit calculated?
 
The ATO project will be sold at a discounted price, customers can then sell it at a regular price for an instant ROI.

6) What are the details for the ATO airdrop? Will market prices fluctuate irregularly?

IHT Airdrop will be purchased by the asset holders in the market and ATO project investors. Theoretically, the market price of ATO will not have much fluctuation because it has been associated with service pricing. However, as a platform, IHT token may have relatively large fluctuations.

7) Is the airdrop ratio determined by an IHT official? Can you be clearly viewed on the platform you invest?

It is suggested to purchase 8–10 percent of the fundraising amount as the proportion of airdrops. The specific ratio will be discussed by both parties, investors can refer to ATO white paper.

What’s the calculation for bonus, premium price and rental?

If you participate in tokens, the project profit is mainly from the services provided by the property side and the discounted price from the purchase. If you participate in legal currency, the project income mainly comes from the project’s bonus.

9) When will the real estate trading platforms be established?

The focus of the first half of 2018 will be on fundraising. A second-tier exchange will be developed for those ATO projects in second half of 2018, to speed up the liquidity of the project.

10) When will the details of the ATO airdrop regulation be announced?
 
On April 9 IHT will release the ATO white paper and open reservations on i-house.com. It will be launched to the public on April 26. For more information regarding regulations, please refer to the white paper.

11) Is it true that Chinese and U.S. investors cannot participate? How can Chinese investors participate?

Due to legal regulations in the U.S. and China, IHT does not allow individual investors of these countries to participate in ATO projects. However, institutions are not subject to this restriction. Institutions need to pass IHT-approved KYC and AML procedures.

12) Is ATO a domestic-based project?

ATO is a commercial product developed by i-house.com (IHT). IHT has an international team with offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and the Silicon Valley.

Thank you all for your support for IHT’s first ATO launch. In addition to the above mentioned, if you have other questions you can directly consult with our community ambassadors.


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If we say that the birth and circular use of currency quickened the pace of progress for humanity and made our lives more convenient, then the burgeoning application of digital assets and new payment tools, which are more advantageous in many ways, have changed our primary ways of living and thinking. Furthermore, these new applications of technology have injected new vigor into global economic development.

Recently, Ms. Hu of Hong Kong used IHTPay’s payment tool at a Hong Kong Cherry Blossom Real Estate Company branch to purchase a home in Nishinomiya, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan. This was preceded by an event on March 20th, when IHT and a Hong Kong-listed group eprint’s (1884) joint Japanese real estate investment firm, Hong Kong Cherry Blossom Real Estate Company, began working together. After a short time, a user purchased Japanese real estate using IHT, which was an industry first. This shows that the joining of the traditional real estate industry and IHT’s blockchain-based real estate model has resulted in quick real-life applications. “Using IHT saved a lot of time and was more convenient because I did not need to run to a bank and exchange Japanese yen, and I also didn’t need to worry about the fluctuations with the exchange rate” Ms. Hu said. “I only needed to head directly to the Hong Kong Cherry Blossom Real Estate Company’s branch to process the transaction and complete payment with IHT. Also, when I made the purchase the premiums went up some, which saved me even more money.”

In traditional real estate transactions, one must work with an unfamiliar seller, deal with pages on pages of contracts and endless transaction procedures where one is usually running around or waiting. Apart from that, these types of transactions are plagued by a high-risk of extortion, a lack of information transparency and very inefficient processes. IHT is based on blockchain technology which builds a bridge between both parties and at the same time can make the entire transaction process much more transparent, efficient and convenient. All of this made it so that Ms. Hu was able to complete her application, pay her deposit, sign all related documents and agreements as well as pay off her final balance and any service fees in a short amount of time.

“In 2018 we hope to have more than 100 cooperative real estate agencies and asset projects and we will focus on the Asia-Pacific region in the first half of the year, including Japan, China and Southeast Asia” said IHT CEO and Founder, IHT Ricky Ng. “In the latter half of the year, we will begin expanding into the European and North American markets. Our advantages based on IHT and IHTPay will be able to quickly service the real estate market and users, which will also increase the efficiency of real estate operations globally.”

We believe that the appearance of the first user who utilized IHTPay to purchase Japanese real estate is a tremendous beginning to our business applications. We can see the changes brought on by the combination of IHT and the traditional industry. Globally there is more real estate that is continually winding up, and in the future, the use of IHT to purchase global real estate will become a driving trend.

About IHT

IHT, the world’s first real estate blockchain transaction cloud platform, is a smart contract technology and distributed accounting technology developed for splitting real estate under i-house.com, which utilizes blockchain’s intrinsic advantages such as trustless mechanism, anti-tamper, co-supervision and traceability. To learn more, visit IHTcoin.com, and follow us on Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook.

On the 9th of April 2018, i-House released the world’s first ATO project presales, which was formally conducted on their official platform.

As soon as this ATO project presales went online, many zealous investors got their share and made reservations. Within only ten minutes, half of the presales were sold, while the total visits on the official page exceeded 500,000.

On the 26th of April i-House held a press conference in Japan, where the ATO project strut its heels on the global stage and received consistent local accolades. The Japanese policy investment bank Raysum, strategy research institute Mitsui & Co and the real estate investment consulting corporation LaSalle, among other attendees, all applauded and praised the project. At the same time, the project was reported on by the national Japanese TV station NHK, the largest Japanese economic newspaper, the Nikkei Business Daily, as well as Japan’s largest financial magazine from Nikkei Business Publications and other authoritative media organizations.

Presales welcomed a new high point after the press conference, and presently, the small amount of presales remaining have been saved for community user purchases. The ATO presale was able to receive such superb promotion and participation by users in such a short time because of i-Houes’s new application and model of combining real estate and blockchain technology, which fits the mutual needs of market development and users.

As an entirely new digital asset investment product, i-House has made it so even small-time investors can partake in large-scale projects. Investors can enjoy returns brought on by the ATO project’s increase in value as well as IHT rewards gifted by asset airdrops.

For those who were a little behind the ball, please don’t worry! i-House will take the experience from the first ATO project and apply them to many current projects that are being negotiated. i-House will publicly announce any developments first thing through official channels.

i-House is driven to create a blockchain-driven real estate + financing management platform, create more smart assets, increase the operation efficiency of the global real estate market and create more value for the industry.

Important Achievements:

April 9th: IHT’s first ATO Karuizawa project began and we also released a white paper
April 10th: IHT got online at the LBank Exchange
April 10th: The first user purchased Japanese real estate using IHTPay

Product Tech

1. The Japanese edition for ihtcoin.com and i-house.com are currently in development
2. Completed IHT’s Twitter and contributor air-drop
3. Development completion on multiple erc20 signatures for smart contracts and online testing was conducted on April 12th
4. Successfully hired two senior blockchain development engineers

Marketing Events

1. April 5th-6th, IHT made an appearance at Lion City’s De/Centralized 2018 Summit where founder and CEO Ricky Ng delivered a fantastic speech. While discussing blockchain real estate at the roundtable meeting, we conducted IHT’s first ATO case sharing on the official platform with other attendees.

2. April 12th, IHT was invited to take part in Shanghai’s 3rd Global FinTech and Blockchain Summit. The summits focus is on FinTech.

Community Events

1. The IHT community contributor program has already gone online, we welcome everyone on Twitter, Medium and Youtube to get involved in the $IHT and #ATO discussions!

2. We invite community members to make their way to Japan to participate in the April 26th release event series.

3. April 11th, IHT went live on LBank to celebrate the online exchange. Money prizes were reposted on Twitter, please follow @Ihtcoin!

IHT in the Media

1. As the Hong Konger who has taken part in the most financing projects, IHT’s founder and CEO Ricky Ng had an exclusive interview with Hong Kong’s first professional Chinese economic publication. During the interview, Ricky disclosed the thinking behind many years of innovation and current project progress.

Upcoming Plans

On April 26th IHT will announce the strategic partnership with the Karuizawa Happu Timeshare Resort at the Westin in Tokyo. Our Japanese www.i-house.com website will go live then and local media will be on site. Heavyweights in the business and political arena in Tokyo will be there to give their congratulations for this occasion. We are looking forward to it!

IHT has confirmed that we will participate in the Blockchain Conference’s Crypto Invest Summit West in LA from April 30th to May 2nd. IHT founder and CEO Ricky Ng will share how the traditional real estate industry combines with blockchain and share the first ATO project model.

April 20th-21st, IHT executives will head to Vietnam to learn more about the Southeast Asian real estate market. They have also been invited to Hanoi’s Southeast Asia BlockChain Innovation Summit.

April 23rd -25th IHT will take part in the World Blockchain Conference-3 PM Macau Summit

IHT and WBO Join Forces to Establish World’s First Real Estate Blockchain Research Institute

IHT and the WBO (World Blockchain Organization) have begun a strategic partnership. The partners will establish a “WBO Global Real Estate Blockchain Research Institute” together in Hong Kong, which will help aid the quick development of the global real estate industry.

As the world’s first real estate blockchain cloud transaction platform, IHT relied on their solid technology, investment background, strong team and platform, among other advantages, to accomplish extraordinary feats. Within a month IHT got listed on four online exchanges, had the first user who used IHT to purchase Japanese real estate, and released the IHTPay payment tool. At the same time, they came out with the world’s first ATO project, the Karuizawa Timeshare Resort. This project allows users to take apart right-of-use into little pieces to enjoy six-star luxury vacations for a greatly reduced price. Since its release, the project has received many accolades from industry experts and media.

Utilizing their experience and advantages in real estate blockchain, IHT has become the WBO’s first choice as a cooperative partner. Furthermore, both parties have decided to jointly establish a real estate blockchain research institute. IHT and WBO will together explore digitized real estate transactions, innovation in real estate financing as well as other research fields. This partnership will speed up the implementation and development of real estate blockchain in many other industries too.

IHT will also expand the scope of project cooperation outside of Japan, to cover the USA, Southeast Asia, Europe and other countries. Soon, IHT plans to release more ATO projects on the heels of the Karuizawa Timeshare Resort. They will add value to real estate through financing models, business promotion and project service; and will create the world’s first blockchain-driven real estate + finance management platform.

The WBO is a registered non-governmental organization with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA). The WBO is an international organization that is devoted to promoting responsible, sustainable, and universal blockchain technology.

The WBO strives to implement global ethic principles for the [Suspicious link removed]munity and to fully bring about blockchain’s technological social and economic contributions. WBO attempts to reduce blockchain’s negative impacts to the best of their ability as well as push for blockchain technology to serve as a tool for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The WBO’s mission is to promote sustainable global development, provide market insight, push for competition and sustainable blockchain policies and tools, boost blockchain education and training and improve on the actualization of blockchain development through the UN’s 100-country strong global technology aid programs.

The global real estate industry has billions of markets and a multitude of places for exploration. IHT believes that through their efforts, resource sharing and common exploration, both parties will surely push the development of the global real estate industry to new heights.

Reasons to Invest in IHT’s First ATO Project

Since the release of IHT’s first project, IHT has not analyzed or shared with the investors the inner logic behind digital assets in ATO investments. Many investors will ask: Why do I want to invest in ATO? Is it the right time to invest in ATO? What are the standards that IHT used in choosing their first ATO project? Can they ensure our assets will be safe?

This article will help explain the opportunity with IHT’s first ATO project.

Below are a few digital asset investment models:

1. Long-term holding of mainstream digital currencies.

holding such currencies, one must be able to accept losses and know that gains are only made when there are increases in earnings. Although this model is simple, there are high management costs and big fluctuations in earnings.

2. Investing in mining (digital currency mining)

. Currently this investment carries huge risk. Even if one purchases Ant s9+14t production without a price markup, and can get extremely low-cost electricity (0.2 RMB/kwh), one years worth of mining still results in a loss. This is calculated with a conservative five percent increase in difficulty. Presently, earnings from investments in mines still mainly come from increases in currency prices. This type of investing is no different than gambling and is also incredibly hard to predict.

3. Taking part in ICOs.

 Following the current consolidation of the blockchain investment market, projects that had positive and negative aspects were screened out and there is a plethora of air coins (hyped up digital currencies) going around. Under these conditions, many ICOs are ending up in bankruptcy. Many professional investment firms are now biding their time with these investments. Now many investors feel that their new investments in ICOs are not as good as investing in projects that are against the tide, which are feasible, more secure and part of a better trend. IHT believes this is the main reason why it has performed consistently well after listing on exchanges.

The question to ask is, can ATO provide investors with a relatively stable and fixed return on investment in the digital asset field? Risk management, especially using blockchain before, during and after investment, as well as active pricing for risk management can in the end, ensure the security of investor’s capital and earnings. This is the most crucial goal that IHT strives to accomplish.

The objective of this round of ATO financing included both natural persons (individual investors) and legal corporations. IHT interviewed many natural persons who reserved a spot right when we pushed off the project. IHT also had conversations with institutional investors that took part in the initial reservation phase, and this document embodies some of their viewpoints.

As for the many individual investors, we feel there are two different mentalities in the current market. The investment strategies of main investors also trend in opposite directions. One group of investors is staunchly positive about the future of digital currencies and they choose to hold onto digital currencies that transcend bull and bear markets. They also do not plan on doing reverse redemption into a legal currency. This type of investor’s investment in digital assets generally makes up a relatively small portion of their total assets. Individuals are hard pressed to realize timely and efficient management, while they hope to hedge against bear and bull markets as well as attain fixed income in a legal currency in a short amount of time. After they get their assets, they hope to continue holding onto digital currencies.

The other type of investor has the goal of winning the digital currency investment game in the short term. They lean towards grabbing opportunities in secondary markets. This type of investor will usually place digital currencies on the exchange, yet as investing in currencies is quite hard during bear markets, they will generally wait until signs of a bull market show themselves. IHT believes that these two types of investors are both targets for ATO investment strategies.

As for the first type of investor, ATO provides stable earnings that transcend bull and bear markets, and also provides a completely new, robust digital asset allocation strategy. As ATO projects can provide higher returns with IHT airdrops for clients, and as things continue to develop, more and more ATO projects will get onto IHT’s online platform. IHT’s own value is expected to continually grow, so investing in ATO projects not only can juggle the need for investing in currencies, it can also allow the second type of investors to receive stable returns.

Something worth paying attention to is this round of ATO investment carries high amounts of IHT airdrops. Investors will enjoy the capital benefits brought by the increase in value of the ATO project itself, and at the same time, will also attain returns from the forecasted price increase of IHT. This is an opportunity for overlapping dual returns, which allows ATO’s expected investment returns to greatly exceed those of traditional capital management.

IHT takes full responsibility in recommending its first ATO product to investors, and as a brand new product line for digital asset investments, IHT is thankful for blockchain’s technological empowerment, which has made the project traceable and dynamic. This allows small-time investors to not only be able to participate in large-scale projects, but also greatly lowers the ethical risks of managers while making things more clear, transparent and secure. No matter the amount of the investment, investors can receive coherent reports that are provided by smart contracts, verified by multiple parties, and come out on a routine basis.

IHT is thankful for the continued support. No matter if it is the security of the project or the operation process, IHT is very confident that when it successfully reveals the first ATO project in the future, investors will be incredibly pleased and impressed.

1: What is ATO?

We wanted to create a new way to finance for asset handlers, so we developed the Asset Tokenize Offering (ATO) product. This allows asset handlers to use tokens to invest in right-to-use investment products and to purchase memberships without having to go through the usual channels such as banks, funds or other traditional financing methods. Because financing is most often done before a building is put up or before the use of an asset changes, we have changed it into a membership system to conduct purchases.

Tokens are the right-to-use for a member, and it is not the same as the purchasing of shares or the increase in value of the property, rather it is an increase in the value of the right-to-use price. To protect investors, i-house.com does a trusteeship with shares. We hold onto a project’s partial shares to protect and ensure our investors. The simplest reason is, before a building is built or the use of an asset changes, one can do crowdfunding and be able to attain some high return real estate income due to an increase in value.

2. What are the benefits of ATO?

First off, it is different than the traditional securitized asset product. Because in this type of asset product, the purchase threshold is extremely high and there are some private equity funds that offer opportunities to buy in, but the lowest purchase threshold of this $158,000 or higher. Compliance for investor purchases are incredibly complex. On some Chinese domestic crowdfunding platforms, there are many corresponding legal restrictions that are borne out of compliance issues. When we utilize right-to-use to conduct this kind of ATO crowdfunding, it is like a membership because it uses tokens and what is bought and sold is the right-to-use. Later, when you make a purchase or sale, you can break down every little portion into smaller parts.

For example, the one we are entering now with the lowest threshold is probably Ethereum (ETH), which calls for around $400 to $500. For that dollar amount, a person can enter the initial token right-to-use sale. However, you are only investing in the right-to-use, not property rights.

3. What is core logic of the ATO product?

First, we can lower the threshold and take big real estate pieces and break them into smaller pieces. Secondly, we can make the entire asset management transparent and thirdly, we can quickly move assets.

We are very flexible in operation. This is one of the main reasons that we are doing the ATO product. We hope that ATO can supplant some ICOs in the future, because right now many people have participated in many ICOs. In fact, maybe our number of everyday projects aren’t all that many, yet we hope that we can use ATO methods to better protect and guarantee investors. Then we can guarantee everyone involved, where they can go invest in some real estate right-to-use projects.

For example, our appraisal is around $400 for the presale of the rights-to-use in a resort. This is the lowest market price we have set based on market conditions and this means we are selling them to users at a 40 percent discount. They can pay $240 for a share in the right-to-use. In the future, the increase in value might be 60 percent or higher because after three years, when the resort is completed, you can use $400 and sell it to a third party and i-house.com.

4. How is it different from traditional methods of purchasing? How do you ensure compliance?

Because it is not directly linked to shares, but is really a commodity, it is only this commodity that can circulate in the market. We can allow everyone to enter this type of real estate right-to-use investment at a very low price.

We have researched many Chinese and overseas real estate investments, and the size of such investments are big. But for some small-time investors, or for those investors who like to purchase products like ICOs, we believe you also need the option to invest a small amount.

We had many meetings with several lawyers regarding this topic. Our goal was to study how to take right-of-use and break it into smaller pieces to sell or transfer them faster. We also want to give investors a channel to enter real estate investments. This is a core ideal for the design of the product.

5. Talk about the Karuizawa project

Karuizawa is a very hot tourist destination in Japan. Its land is very limited, and developers have already taken it all up. This piece of land is the largest parcel that hasn’t been developed in Karuizawa.

After communicating with those involved in the project, we learned that they hoped the money also included the building of the resort and the income from selling the houses. They could go presell these houses to individuals or big investors, and at the same time, they could do time shares and ask these members to collect fees for time shares at the resort.

Before construction, we can calculate every house’s sale price and allow users to buy in beforehand. When the building and purchases are done, we can help you transfer them into the market. Then, we can help you attain that rise in value in the right-to-use. So why would we have this kind of project as our first one in Kuraizawa? Because the investment amount can begin from the smallest portion and then we can buy them one by one. Every parcel is $400, and this represents right-of-use for one night. Our pricing is $240 right now, so we are giving a 40 percent discount.

If after three years, you use the market price of $400 to sell it, you can then get a 60 percent increase in price. At the same time, we will ask those involved in the project to purchase IHT tokens, which can be airdropped to investors. So, you can get the equivalent of 10 percent of your IHT investment price to serve as an airdrop.

There are two parts to the earnings. One is the increase in value of the right-to-use, and the other is the increase in value of IHT. If everyone thinks that IHT will increase in value, for example by 100 percent, then your return will possibly reach around 70–80 percent in three years. So, this is the direction and motivation of our product design. We hope that everyone can understand our product design and join in on these types of investments. We also hope that people will be able to participate in this project.

6. Where is IHT used?

First off, we will release some ATO projects on our platform. Basically, every real estate project will have the tokens produced by our ATO, then the project and asset parties will need to purchase IHT to serve as our tech and service fee, this will also be how airdrops are given to users.

After we completed the first project, we found out that when we use an IHT airdrop, around 10 percent goes to the users and about five percent is the project party’s expenses, so these all will be bought in IHT.

The second use is when users who hold IHT can take part in ATO investment projects, just like when you invest in ICOs and use ETH It is the same logic as IHT can serve as one of the investment tokens.

The third is our product called IHTPay, which can be used to make payments. We have already had a buyer from Hong Kong who was buying Japanese real estate while in Hong Kong. She first bought IHT to take the money and send it over to Japan, then we took out that money in Japan and gave it to the homeowner. We did it that way because we were able to shorten the entire monetary transfer process to within an hour and be done with it. Before, when people wanted to purchase Japanese real estate from abroad, the transfer process needed at least two or three days. And if it was during a vacation it might take four or five days. If a house is easy to sell, it would already be gone by then. Our IHTPay is, we hope, for transnational real estate transactions.

7. Can IHT be used to pay for resort room fees?

If they accept IHT as payment, then one can use it for payment of room fees. In the future, assets that are connected to IHT can be used to pay for rooms, rent or all types of investments.

8. Will future fluctuations in IHT prices affect housing prices?

We are locked in on a price. We negotiate a daily price with the homeowner, so it won’t affect housing prices. Of course, there might be some service fees, but when the client changes money it produces about the same service fees. Our method is much faster, so we think there really is a market for it.

9. Does you have any plans for a main network?

We now are using ERC20 and to add more convenience, we are winding up and will release tokens with every project to everyone that they can freely convert. In the second half of the year we will begin thinking about our main network. Our thinking is to first have projects and then a main network, because otherwise it really doesn’t mean much. In the initial stage we will first place a bunch projects on the platform to help them to get financing.

10. Will homeowners be affected when they monetize, how about the IHT market?

We can talk about homeowners monetizing this way; our exchange will also hold some tokens and we will park capital on the receiving side that can be used to send money over to the homeowner. So, the homeowner will not exchange money that day and they will not have a big effect on the IHT tokens.

11. What is the significance of tokens?

First off, they can be used for shops and airdrops. Secondly, tokens can be used to invest in some projects. As the tokens are globalized, we have users from other countries and they all can quickly attain information and go make a purchase. Thirdly, because this is an extralegal currency system, there is no need for the tokens to be fully linked up with some financial regulations. We can take apart purchases and make them much smaller, which gives small-time investors the ability to participate.

12. Apart from Tokyo, do Japanese homes have lots of investment value?

Our properties now are all centered in Tokyo, but we are not just investing in homes, we are also getting into hotel development. For example, our second project will most likely take a commercial building and remake it into a hotel.

There will be some increase in value due to a change in asset use probably within the next one or two years. We truly feel that Japanese properties have solid investment value.

13. Is legal currency used to calculate an exchange amount in the end?

Yes, because property growth is reflected in legal currency growth. So, we use legal currency rates and display this to users.

14. IHT’s team structure?

At present our team has 50 people. We have around half in China, and the other half are dispersed between the US, Hong Kong and Japan.

We will quicken our pace of expansion abroad. We are currently hiring in Hong Kong, Japan and the US. Our Hong Kong market director will join us in May, while our Japanese partners have already joined the team. We will make an announcement soon.

15. China doesn’t allow the use of virtual currencies to purchase property, right?

Correct. Everyone knows that virtual currency in China is sensitive, so for the time being we are not going to push for this.

We will first start off in countries where Bitcoin is legal, such as Japan and the US. The US has always accepted Bitcoin, just not ICOs. We will also begin doing promotion in the US and Southeast Asian markets.

16. How do you use IHT to buy Japanese properties?

If you get in touch with our office, we can assist you in going to Japan to purchase property. There are some Japanese real estate brokers who have added our IHTPay logo on their door or window, so that buyers can see that said branches accept IHTPay.

17. The Tokyo press release event at the end of April will have what things that are marketed towards for buyers?

We are focusing on inviting more media to attend the press conference right now, yet there will surely be some individual investors who also attend. Apart from being a press conference for the Japanese Karuizawa project, we hope that it can also be the first ATO press conference. We hope that more media will come and report on this second conference, and we have invited some Chinese media members to attend as well in hopes that Chinese users can also be aware of what is happening.

18. Apart from IHT’s value itself, what other uses are there?

We hope that IHT will be able to participate in more asset construction and investment on projects where an assets purpose or use has changed. In the future, there will be more assets that can be introduced with IHT serving as the payment token.

This is our goal and we hope in three years that we can complete around 100 projects. Another goal we have set for this year is to complete 15 to 20 projects.

19. When will IHT move on to Europe and the US?

We have already spoke with some cooperative partners in the US and in the second half of this year, we will begin. As for Europe, we really need time to expand over there, so we expect that in the first half of 2019 we will be able to begin development in the European market.

20. How many cooperative partners and funds are you working with?

We have already met with five or six funds and cooperative partners. Now we will slowly begin to move into further meetings and communications with them. I think that many funds are quite interested in this sector. They are very interested in Japanese real estate and blockchain investments. South Korea is also a possibility, although Japanese real estate will be more popular with everyone.

21. Are there competitors in this real estate field?

In the Asia-Pacific region there is just us and there are some in the US. But there are strict regulations in the US, so we feel that their development will be slower than ours.

We have an early bird gets the worm advantage regarding our development in the real estate industry. Because our speed is very fast, we were able to release our first ATO just two months after getting listed on the exchange.


22. What is the roadmap like for the project?

The second quarter is Japan, and in the third quarter we will start on the US while we will also begin making headway with the Southeast Asian and Chinese markets.

23. You are going to develop the Chinese market this year?

The way we go about things in China might be a little different, as we will first stress the technology and monitoring platform. We will not directly get into situations with tokens as a financing channel. In the second half of the year we will develop this type of platform.

For now, we will focus on the Japanese, Southeast Asian and US markets. I also want to say some things about my views on the Japanese real estate industry. I have had around three to four months of frequent contact and I can say that Japanese real estate will be trending upwards in the next three years.

I think right now is a very good opportunity to use a similar method to enter into the Japanese market, because real estate in Japan is still low, so I think everyone can slowly move into some projects.

We would like to thank our many investors and users for their continued support and affirmation of i-house.com (IHT). No matter if it is on the exchange, the innovation to release the world’s first ATO project or expand into global markets, our team has from day one been keeping their eye on the ball.

We look forward to creating with everyone, and further on, we will routinely hold similar live broadcast events so that we can share and connect with everyone regarding project progress at the first moment. We welcome everyone to actively participate!

SAN JOSE, CA / ACCESSWIRE / April 26, 2018 / IHT today announced their strategic partnership in Tokyo, Japan with the Karuizawa Timeshare Resort using blockchain technology. IHT Founder and CEO Ricky Ng, Bagatelle Co. Ltd. Managing Director Tatsuya Sejima, Gravity Venture Capital Y&J Founding Partner and CEO Zhouying Dai, JINSE Co-Founder Yang Tong and several other high-profile Japanese influencers were in attendance: Masaharu Nakagawa, Senior Vice President of Innovation Promotion Office, Business Planning & Coordination Department, Development Bank of Japan; Masaru Ohnishi, Senior Analyst of Mitsui & Co. Global Strategic Studies Institute; LaSalle Investment Management; NHK, Japan's national public broadcasting media; The Nikkei, Japan's largest financial newspaper, and Nikkei Business Publications, Japan's largest financial newspaper attended this conference together.

The Karuizawa Timeshare Resort project, ATO (Asset Tokenize Offering), will be sold formally on IHT's platform, which will lower the threshold for participation as the right-to-use can be broken into smaller pieces. Not only can one enjoy a six-star luxury vacation for an incredibly low price but can also attain additional value-added services. The entire process uses blockchain technology which allows users to enjoy more openness and transparency at every turn, as well as more secure and convenient operations, which are all unique attributes of the blockchain. The Karuizawa Timeshare Resort project is an important high-end tourism project of the Karuizawa government. IHT is supporting the Karuizawa Timeshare Resort project through project financing, marketing and service management; which will be able to attract users from across the globe who can bring more life into the Japanese real estate market.

"IHT is determined to create a blockchain-driven real estate plus financing management platform," said Ricky Ng, IHT founder and CEO. "Our exploration to bring together blockchain and real estate management is an important outcome from the cooperation between us. IHT has always been devoted to the amalgamation of blockchain technology and the traditional travel real estate market, where we can create a completely new travel real estate model based on blockchain." The Karuizawa Timeshare Resort project is an important Japanese travel destination and will serve as IHT's entrance into the Japanese high-end real estate travel market. "Not long ago, we established a joint global real estate blockchain research institute with the World Blockchain Organization/Incubator Center. Both parties will focus together on digitized real estate transactions, innovation in financing models and other areas of research. This cooperation and research will quickly propel the implementation of globalized ATO projects," said Ng. Tatsuya Sejima, Director of the Karuizawa Timeshare Resort project, said, "IHT is the world's first real estate-blockchain cloud transaction platform, and it will help us use blockchain technology to record complex industry data while maintaining openness and transparency. The project will also greatly reduce the financing time and reduce managerial challenges for the project."

Blockchain technology is unique for its high-level of transparency and security. In real estate management, this possesses unique advantages. During recent years in global real estate markets, the resort industry's market presence and future resource development is expected to continually climb, and the use of blockchain technology with resorts will become an applicable model. It is reported that IHT and their first ATO project, the Karuizawa Timeshare Resort, conducted the first round of presales on their official platform from April 9 to April 25, 2018 with positive results. After the announcement at the conference regarding the formal sale of the ATO product, both parties will begin conducting in-depth research on blockchain technology conversion, real estate [Suspicious link removed]mercial models, project financing and user service management. IHT has previous experience with the Japanese real estate industry by partnering with ePrint (1884), which is a Hong Kong listed group that jointly operates a Japanese real estate firm called the Cherry Blossom Real Estate Firm. Users can use IHTPay, which is a payment tool based on an IHT project, to purchase Japanese real estate from several sources.

With both parties working together, IHT can utilize their experience and advantages in the real estate blockchain field to create a blockchain-driven real estate plus financing management platform. In the future, IHT will increase their speed of expansion and implementation into the United States, Southeast Asia, Europe and other countries, with the goal to increase circulation efficiency of real estate in the global market and create more value for the industry.

About IHT

IHT, the world's first real estate blockchain transaction cloud platform, is a smart contract technology and distributed accounting technology developed for splitting real estate, which utilizes blockchain's intrinsic advantages such as trustless mechanism, anti-tamper, co-supervision and traceability. To learn more, visit IHTcoin.com, and follow us on Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook.


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IHT Holds Real Estate Press Conference in Japan

IHT today announced their strategic partnership in Tokyo, Japan with the Karuizawa Timeshare Resort using blockchain technology. IHT Founder and CEO Ricky Ng, Bagatelle Co. Ltd. Managing Director Tatsuya Sejima, Gravity Venture Capital Y&J Founding Partner and CEO Zhouying Dai, JINSE Co-Founder Yang Tong and several other high-profile Japanese influencers were in attendance.

The Karuizawa Timeshare Resort project, ATO (Asset Tokenize Offering), will be sold formally on IHT’s platform, which will lower the threshold for participation as the right-to-use can be broken into smaller pieces. Not only can one enjoy a six-star luxury vacation for an incredibly low price but can also attain additional value-added services. The entire process uses blockchain technology which allows users to enjoy more openness and transparency at every turn, as well as more secure and convenient operations, which are all unique attributes of the blockchain. The Karuizawa Timeshare Resort project is an important high-end tourism project of the Karuizawa government. IHT is supporting the Karuizawa Timeshare Resort project through project financing, marketing and service management; which will be able to attract users from across the globe who can bring more life into the Japanese real estate market.


“IHT is determined to create a blockchain-driven real estate plus financing management platform,” said Ricky Ng, IHT founder and CEO. “Our exploration to bring together blockchain and real estate management is an important outcome from the cooperation between us. IHT has always been devoted to the amalgamation of blockchain technology and the traditional travel real estate market, where we can create a completely new travel real estate model based on blockchain.”

The Karuizawa Timeshare Resort project is an important Japanese travel destination and will serve as IHT’s entrance into the Japanese high-end real estate travel market. “Not long ago, we established a joint global real estate blockchain research institute with the World Blockchain Organization/Incubator Center. Both parties will focus together on digitized real estate transactions, innovation in financing models and other areas of research. This cooperation and research will quickly propel the implementation of globalized ATO projects,” said Ng. Tatsuya Sejima, Director of the Karuizawa Timeshare Resort project, said, “IHT is the world’s first real estate-blockchain cloud transaction platform, and it will help us use blockchain technology to record complex industry data while maintaining openness and transparency. The project will also greatly reduce the financing time and reduce managerial challenges for the project.”

Blockchain technology is unique for its high-level of transparency and security. In real estate management, this possesses unique advantages. During recent years in global real estate markets, the resort industry’s market presence and future resource development is expected to continually climb, and the use of blockchain technology with resorts will become an applicable model.


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In a recent move IHT partnered with iResort Karuizawa, in Japan’s Nagano region, and launched an ATO (Asset Tokenize Offering) on i-house.com. The move is expected to expand iResort Karuizawa’s fundraising channels and improve its management efficacy. This application has received a lot of interest ever since its inception and shows IHT’s progress in integrating blockchain technology with the tourism real estate industry.

The tourism sector has always been a lucrative industry attracting real estate developers and investors. IHT will connect assets holders with financial institutions by using its proprietary smart contract and distributed ledger technology. Using smart contracts allows for large real estate transactions to be split into smaller ones that can be distributed to several financial institutions. Using blockchain technology allows users to invest in a secure environment and yield stable returns as the same time.

“The combination of blockchain technology with traditional real estate proves that blockchain, as a new technology, has shifted from theories to practical usage,” said Ricky Ng, CEO and founder of IHT. “It prompts tourism-based real estate industry to usher into a new frontier and brings benefits to traditional real estate owners and the whole industry.”


The five-star resort is visited by more than 10 million tourists each year. The mild climate, abundance of sunshine, 108-hole golf course and award-winning restaurants are some of the reasons why the rich and famous, including Microsoft’s Bill Gates, choose to vacation here. “The launching of the ATO helps shorten the time spent on sourcing fundraising channels,” said a spokesperson for iResort Karuizawa. “Also, the blockchain technology allows us to record detailed and complex management data in a highly convenient way and ensures that each transaction is traceable, this will improve overal efficacy.”

About IHT

IHT, the world’s first real estate blockchain transaction cloud platform, is a smart contract technology and distributed accounting technology developed for splitting real estate under i-house.com, which utilizes blockchain’s intrinsic advantages such as trustless mechanism, anti-tamper, co-supervision and traceability. To learn more, visit IHTcoin.com, and follow us on Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook.

* Individuals in China and the U.S. cannot take part in the program, as ATO only works in regions and countries where the service is permitted by law.