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American Trade Cooperative
(ATC) - Real Estate
The American Trade Cooperative
(ATC) has been modeled after a Swiss Cooperative that
has successfully provided financial and credit services
to the real estate industry since the 1930s.
The most important element of ATC
is the Mutual Credit System which has the ability to
extend credit in the form of a Trade Credit, equal in
value to the U.S. Dollar, using as security,
unencumbered real estate and other assets.
The properties, together with
other types of assets, are placed in a vehicle similar
to a Trust *
and act as backing for the issue of the Trade Credits
which are then used, as part of the consideration, in
the purchase, sale and exchange of property and other
assets.
Because of licensing requirements, the American Trade
Cooperative has contracted with the International Real
Estate Equity Xchange (IREEX), a real estate operation,
to exclusively represent ATC in transactions involving
real property.
View link below to
learn how American real estate investors and agents can take
advantage of membership in the American Trade Cooperative:
View link below to
learn how Swiss real estate investors and agents take
advantage of membership in the WIR Cooperative
*The
ATC Trust vehicle is conceptually similar to a REIT, the
main difference being that REITs accept assets and issue
a security (stock) which becomes publicly traded. The
ATC Trust also accepts assets, however, instead of stock
it issues a Trade Credit which is used to transact deals
involving property and other assets.
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