AcreTrader is a real estate investing platform that allows users to buy shares of farmland and earn passive income online while handling all aspects of administration and property management, from insurance and accounting to working with local farmers and improving soil sustainability. The company reviews each farm, selecting less than 1% of the total parcels considered, then places each farm offering in a unique legal entity and offers shares to investors through its online platform.
Analyst Melody Brue examines the Fintech industry's' new involvement in democratizing farmland finance.
By allowing individual investors to buy shares in a farming operation, several new financial technology startups are breaking down barriers to farmland ownership.