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Sources:
Form 1-SA (June 30, 2026), Form 1-K (filed April 30, 2026), Form 1-A offering circular
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Short answer
Properties owned: 38, no mortgage debt (June 30, 2026)
Liquid assets: $16.3 million (June 30, 2026)
Recruitment bonuses or referral tiers: None
SEC file HO-15114: Closed February 9, 2026, no action recommended
What a Ponzi scheme is, and why this is not one
A Ponzi scheme has three marks: it owns little or nothing, it pays returns to earlier investors out of money from later ones, and it collapses when new money stops. Check each against the filings.
Ponzi test | What a Ponzi scheme does | What House Hack, Inc. does | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
Real assets | Owns little or nothing | 38 titled houses at a cost of $65.9 million, net book value $63.1 million, no mortgage debt | Form 1-SA, June 30, 2026 |
Where returns come from | New investors’ money | No dividends are paid at all. Revenue is rent ($1.35 million in H1 2026) plus courses and software ($1.77 million) | Form 1-SA |
Promised returns | Guaranteed, steady | None. The circular says investors could lose everything and may never be able to sell | Form 1-A |
Outside verification | None, or a captive accountant | Annual audit under PCAOB standards by dbbmckennon, filed publicly | Form 1-K |
Regulator contact | Avoided | SEC nonpublic investigation, records produced, file closed February 9, 2026 with no action recommended | Form 1-K, Legal Proceedings |
What a pyramid scheme is, and why this is not one
A pyramid scheme pays people for recruiting other people. Reinvest has no referral commissions, no downline, no tiers, and no bonus for bringing in another investor or member. Shares were sold through a qualified Regulation A offering at a price set by the board, and course memberships are a one-time purchase. Nobody at the company is paid on the number of people they sign up.
Is Reinvest an MLM?
No. There is nothing to resell and no one to recruit. Members buy access to courses, livestreams and software for themselves. Investors buy shares or bonds in a corporation. Neither comes with a sales kit or a commission plan.
Where the question comes from
Three honest triggers. The founder is a YouTuber who sells courses, and “influencer plus investment” pattern-matches to scams people have seen. Investors cannot sell their shares, which feels like a trap even though it is disclosed up front as illiquid private equity. And the company lost money in 2024 and 2025 while raising more capital, which a skeptic can read as “new money covering old losses.” The answer to that last one is in the balance sheet: the money bought houses, the houses are still there, and the first half of 2026 produced an operating profit of $539,484.
How to check this yourself
Form 1-SA. The June 30, 2026 semiannual report with the property count, the cash balance, the bond balance and the SEC closing letter in Legal Proceedings. Open the filing
Form 1-K. The annual report with the audited 2025 financial statements and the auditor’s opinion. Open the filing
All filings. Every document House Hack, Inc. has filed, under CIK 0001945278. Open the SEC company page
Ponzi schemes own nothing and pay with new money. Reinvest owns 38 debt-free houses, pays no returns at all, promises none, recruits nobody, and files audited numbers with the SEC. The risk here is illiquidity and losses, not a scheme.
Simply put
✅ The short version
➡️ A Ponzi scheme owns nothing and pays old investors with new money. Reinvest owns 38 houses with no mortgages and pays no returns at all.
➡️ A pyramid scheme pays you to recruit. Reinvest pays nobody to recruit anyone.
➡️ The books are audited and filed with the SEC. The SEC looked and closed the file.
🚨 What is true
➡️ You cannot sell the shares, and the company lost money in 2024 and 2025. That is a risky investment, disclosed as one.
Sources
Form 1-SA, semiannual report for the period ended June 30, 2026, balance sheet, property count, revenue split, Legal Proceedings. Open the filing
Form 1-K, annual report for 2025, filed April 30, 2026, audited financial statements and auditor’s report. Open the filing
Form 1-A, offering circular, risk factors, no public market, no redemption right, no guaranteed return. Open the filing
Verify against the SEC record
These anchors are the same on every page of this Library. Each line names the filing on SEC EDGAR, CIK 0001945278, where the fact can be checked.
SEC inquiry HO-15114: closed February 9, 2026, no enforcement action recommended. Record: Form 1-K (filed April 30, 2026) and Form 1-SA, Legal Proceedings. Open the Form 1-SA
Independent audit: annual, under PCAOB standards, by dbbmckennon. Record: Form 1-K, independent auditor’s report. Open the Form 1-K
Balance sheet, June 30, 2026: 38 properties, no mortgage debt, $16.3 million liquid assets, $38.6 million of 5% bonds. Record: Form 1-SA. Open the Form 1-SA
H1 2026 results: $3,174,550 revenue, $539,484 operating income, $150,608 GAAP net loss after bond interest. Record: Form 1-SA. Open the Form 1-SA
2025 option plan: $0.66 strike, no vesting before December 17, 2030, seven price and valuation hurdles. Record: Form 1-U/A. Open the EDGAR filing list
Liquidity: no public market and no redemption right for Class A shares. Record: Form 1-A offering circular. Open the Form 1-A
Founder’s personal matters: the 2023 DFPI consent order and the 2023 FTX settlement are Kevin Paffrath’s personally; House Hack, Inc. was not a party. Record: Form 1-K, Legal Proceedings. Open the Form 1-K
