Buying real estate with crypto: step by step
- Verifications
- Proof of Funds
- Offers & Contract
- Funding
1. Create your RealOpen account
Less than 30 seconds
Head to the RealOpen Sign-up Page and create your account — you can sign in with your Apple, Google, or Coinbase account, or just use your preferred email. After you submit the login details, be sure to select Buyer on the next page.
2. Verify your identity
~3 minutes
We partner with a regulated compliance provider to verify your identity — the same secure KYC process used by top crypto exchanges. Submit your info, upload your ID, and take a quick selfie. It's fast, seamless, and handled entirely by AI. No need to dress up — it's not a photoshoot, just proof you're real.
3. Confirm your crypto assets
~1 minute
Start by sharing your wallet address. We'll run it through compliance, then send you a deposit address for a quick confirmation transfer — typically just $5-10. This proves you own the assets.
Have funds across multiple wallets? Confirm as many as you need: cold storage, hosted wallets, multisig — all are supported.
If you don't want to send funds, just sign a message and send us the hash. Either way, asset ownership confirmed and Proof of Funds is on the way.
4. Get your Proof of Funds letter
Instant
Once your assets are confirmed, we generate a custom Proof of Funds letter — instantly. It's crypto-backed, fiat-verified, and ready to present to any seller or agent.
No wallet screenshots. No awkward explaining.
Boom: you're a cash buyer.
Financing part of the purchase? Ask us for a Reserve Letter instead, so you can use your crypto as a reserve asset in your mortgage application.
5. Offer to buy any available home with your crypto
Any property, anywhere.
Once you're verified, you can make an offer on any home on the market — even if the seller only takes cash. You are no longer limited to the handful of homes on some crypto marketplace!
No need to teach listing agents about blockchain basics: your Proof of Funds letter shows that you have the assets for a cash purchase.
No custom contracts. No crypto addenda.
This is a traditional (coveted) cash purchase contract...the kind that makes your offer preferred.
6. Fund your purchase with a crypto transfer
On. Your. Terms.
When it's time to fund your deal, you'll send crypto directly to your RealOpen deposit address. Transfer it all at once or split it into smaller chunks — whatever you're comfortable with.
Send the earnest money deposit via RealOpen or pay it with cash — however you want to structure the deal.
Want to capture a prime trading window? It's common to convert and send funds to escrow early, especially when the market offers some spectacular trading days. You can fund some, most, or even all of the deal as early as you'd like.
We execute trades upon transfer confirmation and wire fiat directly to escrow. The closing office typically receives funds within a few hours of your crypto transfer.
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