Make your down payment with crypto

Qualify with Bitcoin

Qualify with BTC reserves. Fund from cold storage.

You don't need to keep your Bitcoin on an exchange to qualify for a traditional mortgage. RealOpen's lender-approved RealScore™ lets you use BTC held in cold storage, multisig, or any wallet you control. Your BTC will count as a reserve asset, and you can make your down payment with a Bitcoin transfer.

When it's time to fund, you send crypto — we convert it to fiat and wire to escrow on your behalf. For sellers, agents, and escrow: it's a typical financed purchase transaction.

Satisfy the underwriter with RealScore™. Keep full custody the entire time.

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A verified RealScore Report showing BTC held in self-custody

RealScore™ Proves BTC Reserves

Keep your assets in your wallet. No CEX required.

Fannie Mae says lenders need your crypto on a centralized exchange — with an account statement to prove it. A wallet screenshot won't suffice.

RealScore™ cracks the CEX code, so you don't have to send your coins — or your keys — to centralized crypto purgatory.

  • We verify your BTC, ETH, or stablecoin holdings—even from cold wallets
  • You get a lender-ready RealScore™ Report
  • No need to move your assets or give up custody

RealScore™ documents what you own, without requiring you to give up control.

TL;DR: Self-custody is no longer a problem. Your BTC can now back a mortgage.
How it works
A RealScore report validating BTC ownership without exchange custody

Why Trust a CEX?

Proof of reserves—without surrendering your keys

Your BTC is likely in self-custody storage for a reason. Moving it to a public, centralized exchange exposes your wealth to legitimate risks:

  • Paused Withdrawals: the classic pre-rug warning
  • Commingled Custody: your BTC is now part of their balance sheet
  • Rehypothecation: your assets, someone else's collateral
  • Disappearing Act: FTX, Celsius, BlockFi…

🔥 RealScore verifies your crypto directly from your wallet—cold, hot, or multisig—so you can stay in control while proving reserves.

TL;DR: CEX custody is optional. Proof of reserves doesn't require surrender.
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Using crypto to qualify for a mortgage through RealOpen

The BTC-backed Mortgage Process

From pre-qualification to funding

Just like any financed real estate deal—with a little Web3 swagger:

  • Start your mortgage application (even if you “don't believe in debt”)
  • Onboard with RealOpen and verify your crypto holdings
  • Get your RealScore™ Report and hand it to your lender like a boss
  • Find a home, sign a PDF mountain, and enter escrow
  • Send us the contract and escrow contact info
  • Fund by sending BTC from any wallet—cold, hot, multisig, or even a CEX (if you must)
  • We convert your BTC to fiat via a prime OTC desk
  • Fiat gets wired directly to escrow from RealOpen
  • Closing flows like any standard mortgage transaction

No exchange custody. No seller crypto exposure. Just real estate with a crypto core.

More about the process
Example RealScore Report showing verified crypto holdings for mortgage qualification

A sample RealScore™ Report — the on-chain history lenders ask for

What Lenders Actually Require

The documentation package that closes crypto-funded mortgage deals

Underwriters don’t care about your conviction — they care about source of funds. When a down payment starts as crypto, RealOpen produces the paper trail lenders ask for:

  • RealScore™ Report — your verified holdings and the complete on-chain history of the funding assets, across every chain they touched — no exchange custody required
  • Transaction Record — the crypto-to-fiat conversion and wire, documented end to end

This isn’t theoretical. Traditional-mortgage deals with RealOpen-funded down payments are a growing share of our closings — including a recent one funded in XRP, where the lender required our RealScore™ Report and Transaction Record before releasing loan documents. We produced them. It closed.

TL;DR: Your lender needs paperwork, not a crypto education. We hand them exactly what underwriting asks for.

The seasoning trap: don't sell 90 days early

The most expensive sentence in crypto homebuying is "sell it now and let it season for 60–90 days." It forces your taxable event months early, parks you in cash through whatever the market does next, and delays your offer — all to satisfy a requirement (sourcing) that a documented conversion satisfies directly. If a loan officer has said those words to you, start here: crypto down payment seasoning, explained — or go straight to what to say back to your lender.

Whether you're holding BTC, ETH, or stablecoins — RealOpen turns your crypto into real estate on your terms. Create your account, verify your identity, and become a verified buyer in minutes.

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