VERUS INTERNATIONAL, INC. - Annual Report: 2014 (Form 10-K)

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

or

Commission File Number 001-34106

REALBIZ MEDIA GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (954) 888-9779

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:   None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:   Common stock, $.001 par value

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T ( §232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

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Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K ( § 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  ¨ 

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The aggregate market value of the voting stock and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates was approximately $11,561,600 as of April 30, 2014 when the last reported sales price was $0.19 per share. As of February 6, 2015, 89,633,377 shares of common stock were outstanding.

Realbiz Media Group, Inc.

Form 10-K

Table of Contents

PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

Overview of our Business and its History

We are engaged in the business of providing digital media and marketing services for the real estate industry. We currently generate revenue from service fees, product sales, membership fees and advertising revenues. The company was formed through the merging of three divisions: (i) our fully licensed real estate division (formerly known as Webdigs); (ii) our TV media contracts (Home Preview Channel /Extraordinary Vacation Homes/) division; and (iii) our Real Estate Virtual Tour and Media group (Realbiz 360). The assets of these divisions were used to create a new suite of real estate products and services that create stickiness through the utilization of video, social media and loyalty programs. At the core of the company’s programs is our proprietary video creation technology which allows for an automated conversion of data (text and pictures of home listings) to a video with voice and music. We provide video search, storage and marketing capabilities on multiple platform dynamics for web, mobile, and TV. Once a home, personal or community video is created using our proprietary technology, it can be published to social media, email or distributed to multiple real estate websites, broadband or television for consumer viewing.

We are engaged in the business of providing digital media and marketing services for the real estate industry. We currently generate revenue from service fees, product sales, membership fees and advertising revenues. RealBiz has positioned itself in the following areas summarized here and explained in more detail below:

Background and Industry Trends

We believe that the real estate market is undergoing a dramatic change not dissimilar to that previously experienced by traditional stock brokerages. We believe that the most critical aspect driving this change is the advent of the Internet as a tool for searching for and researching real estate, eliminating the commitments of time and expense involved with visiting multiple properties in person. According to the National Association of Realtors’ 2014 “Member Profile,” 89% of home buyers use the internet to search for a home, up from 74% in 2010. This mirrors the 69% who use a realtor for their search. Note: many buyers use both the internet and a realtor in their search. In addition, home sellers can use the Internet to check home valuations, track the housing market and research comparable sales information. The majority of consumers used the Internet frequently to search for homes (81%), with consumers aged 33 or younger being higher than average (92%) and 59-67 year olds below (although still high at 69%). Searches are often conducted on mobile devices such as iPhones (47%), iPads (40%) or Androids (24%). One of the most significant trends for our business is that 70% of homebuyers search for and watch video home tours. Also, real estate searches on Google have grown 253% over the past four years.

The increased use of technology throughout the entire process of a typical residential real estate transaction is an important development in the real estate market. For instance, electronic communication and electronic data storage permits a real estate brokerage to quickly reproduce standard real estate transaction documents, store such documents and store other important information about customers and properties, and communicate quickly with other parties involved in real estate transactions (e.g., title companies, insurers, surveyors, inspectors and governmental agencies), all of which permits increased efficiencies in the process of buying and selling a home. The technological changes and developments generally make it possible to effect a greater volume of transactions with less effort and expense.

We believe the technological developments in the real estate market and the increased amount of information available to and used by ordinary consumers appear to be circumstances that are similar to those developments that eventually gave rise to the non-traditional stock brokerages which have intruded upon the market dominance of traditional stock brokerages over the past two decades. For example, we note that the non-traditional stock brokerages developed their services and products to compete primarily on the bases of price, consumer effort and technology. Their websites, such as TD Ameritrade or e-Trade, provide not only trading capacity for the average consumer, but also a tremendous amount of information about companies. In this regard, we note that there has recently been a proliferation of various Internet-related real estate businesses that seek to provide either specific and limited services or information relating to residential real estate transactions (e.g., ForSaleByOwner.com, BuyOwner.com, Realtor.com, Trulia.com and Zillow.com). Like the non-traditional stock brokerages, these businesses typically rely on consumer effort, technology and price as the bases for competition. This is the model RealBiz has based its business plan on.

Website and Mobile Applications

Realbiz is utilizing its proprietary technological Intellectual Property along with its industry contracts to create two separate and very important critical paths for real estate professionals and their organizations to follow. By using its video processing capabilities combined with micro-site and website building techniques Realbiz has created an agent/broker micro-site product that leverages best practices in SEO (search engine optimization) on the agent/brokers behalf and delivers a web and mobile friendly rich media experience to consumers. This solution provides the broker a significant increase in organic ranking in local searches, increased site traffic and by doing so, reduces the agent/broker dependency on traditional listing aggregators. Secondly, by leveraging its relationship within the industry, Realbiz has access to a database of over 1.5 million homes. These homes are being converted into video assets and will be part of a real estate portal that unlike other listing aggregators will empower the agents with tools to push information in the form of video (their listings, other listings and useful home buyer/home owner information) to their prospect base. This solution provides the “zero listing” agent (about 70% of the agents in the U.S.) the opportunity to position themselves as a local community expert with listings and information that make him/her an asset to their prospect base. This portal and its tools are designed to provide a much needed sense of control to the agent community while providing a significant decrease in their cost of lead acquisition.

Market and Competition

The National Association of Realtors has approximately 1.2 million members, of which we estimate roughly half are active and associated with at least one real estate brokerage firm.

Presently, Zillow is the largest independent real estate market site, as measured by homes in its database and unique visitors to its website. Zillow at present is the market leader in terms of unique visitors to its website however no one company has yet been able to establish a clearly dominant position. Additionally Zillow is looking to complete its takeover of Trulia. Trulia.com has about 60% of Zillow's traffic and is growing faster year after year. As part of the industry consolidation, NewsCorp recently acquired the 3rd largest real estate portal, Realtor.com. Additionally there are a variety of other websites which have meaningful market share and listing information. We believe that we can carve out a piece of this lucrative market utilizing our innovative agent partnership platform and significant video assets.

Industry Segments

We currently operate in one primary operating segment, real estate, mainly through web-assisted services.

Seasonality of Business

The residential real estate market has traditionally experienced seasonality, with a peak in the spring and summer seasons and a decrease in activity during the fall and winter seasons. Revenues in each quarter can be significantly affected by activity during the prior quarter, given the time lag between contract execution and closing. A typical real estate transaction has a 30 day lag between contract signing and closing of the transaction.

Environmental Regulation

We are not subject to environmental regulations that have a material effect upon our capital expenditures or otherwise.

Other Regulation

We are subject to governmental regulation by federal, state and local regulatory authorities with respect to our operations. We operate several Internet websites that we use to distribute information about and provide our services and content. Internet services are now subject to regulation in the United States relating to the privacy and security of personally identifiable user information and acquisition of personal information from children under the age of 13, including the federal Child Online Protection Act (COPA) and the federal Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act (CAN-SPAM). In addition, a majority of states have enacted laws that impose data security and security breach obligations. Additional federal and state laws and regulations may be adopted with respect to the Internet or other online services, covering such issues as user privacy, child safety, data security, advertising, pricing, content, copyrights and trademarks, access by persons with disabilities, distribution, taxation and characteristics and quality of products and services. In addition, to the extent we offer products and services to online consumers outside the United States, the laws and regulations of foreign jurisdictions, including, without limitation, consumer protection, privacy, advertising, data retention, intellectual property, and content limitations, may impose additional compliance obligations on us.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The Company spends a significant amount of time and resources in developing new software and improving its current products. The Company has spent $743,000 and $835,000, respectively in research and development in each of the fiscal years ending 2014 and 2013. We believe that 2015 will be a transition year for RealBiz as many of the key products are now complete and are expected to be brought to market by March 2015.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The Company has been granted perpetual licenses of patents which the Company uses for imaging and streaming tiled images as well as 3D image and warping technologies.

Employees

The Company currently has 20 full-time and three part-time employees.

Corporate Structure and Information

Our principal offices are located at 2690 Weston Road, Suite 200, Weston, FL 33331, and our telephone number at that office is (954) 888-9779. Our website address is www.realbizmedia.com. The information contained on our website or that can be accessed through our website does not constitute part of this document.

On October 9, 2012, we completed a share exchange (the “Exchange Transaction” ) with Next 1 Interactive, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Next 1”), that was contemplated by that certain Share Exchange Agreement entered into on April 4, 2012 (the “Exchange Agreement”) pursuant to which we received all of the outstanding equity in Attaché Travel International, Inc., a Florida corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Next 1 (“Attaché”) in consideration of our issuance to Next 1 of 93 million shares of our newly designated Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (our “Series A Stock). Attaché owns approximately 80% of a corporation named RealBiz Holdings Inc. which is the parent corporation of RealBiz 360, Inc. (“RealBiz”). As a condition to the closing of the Exchange Transaction, on October 3, 2012, we changed our name from “Webdigs, Inc.” to “RealBiz Media Group, Inc.”, by engaging in a short-form parent-subsidiary merger in the State of Delaware. Bill Kerby, our Chief Executive Officer is also the Chief Executive Officer of Next 1 and our Chief Financial Officer, Adam Friedman is also the Chief Financial Officer of Next 1.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

An investment in our common stock involves significant risks. Before deciding to invest in our common stock, you should carefully consider each of the following risk factors and all of the other information set forth in this document. The following risks could materially harm our business, financial condition or future results. If any such risks materialize, the value of our common stock could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment.

We are a recently formed company with no history of profitability.

Our former entity, Webdigs, began operations in July 2007 and to date has not generated a yearly profit. In addition, consolidated annual revenues remain around $1 million. As a young company, we are subject to all of the risks associated with a new business enterprise. Our prospects must be considered in light of the risks, expenses and difficulties frequently encountered by companies in their early stages of development, especially in challenging and competitive industries such as residential real estate and mortgage brokerage and particularly in light of current general economic, real estate and credit market conditions.

We do not yet have a significant operating history which would provide you with meaningful information about our past or future operations. The Company has not yet achieved positive cash flow on a monthly basis during any fiscal year including the current fiscal year ending October 31, 2014 and there is significant risk to the survival of the enterprise.

There is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

We have had net losses for the years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 of $4,605,327 and $3,764,089 respectively. Furthermore, we had a working capital deficit as of October 31, 2014 of $2,319,305. Since the financial statements were prepared assuming that we would continue as a going concern, these conditions coupled with our current liquidity position raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Furthermore, since we are pursuing new products and services, this diminishes our ability to accurately forecast our revenues and expenses. We expect that our ability to continue as a going concern depends, in large part, on our ability to generate sufficient revenues, limit our expenses without sacrificing customer service, and obtain necessary financing. If we are unable to raise additional capital, we may be forced to discontinue our business.

We will require additional financing in the future, but such financing may not be available to us.

If adequate funds are not available on acceptable terms, we may be unable to fund the operation of our business. As a result, we would likely be forced to dramatically alter or cease operations. To date, our revenues from operations have not generated cash flow sufficient to finance our operations and growth. We will require as a result significant additional capital to continue our operations. There can be no assurance given that we will be able to secure additional financing in the future.

We critically rely on our executive management, and the loss of certain members of management would materially and negatively affect us.

Our success materially depends upon the efforts of our management and other key personnel, including but not limited to Bill Kerby, CEO and Chairman, Arun Srinivasan, Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Steven Marques, Acting President/Chief Revenue Officer, and Adam Friedman, Chief Financial Officer. If we lose the services of any of these members of management, our business would be materially and adversely affected. We have entered into a formal services and non-competition agreements with Mr. Srinivasan, however we have not yet completed employment agreements with other management. Nevertheless, agreements do not ensure the continued availability to us of Mr. Srinivasan or any other manager or employee. Furthermore, we do not have “key person” life insurance, and we do not presently intend to purchase such insurance.

Our future success also depends upon our ability to attract and retain highly qualified management personnel and other employees. Any difficulties in obtaining, retaining and training qualified employees could have a material adverse effect on our results of operation or financial condition. The process of identifying such personnel with the combination of skills and attributes required to carry out our strategy is often lengthy. Any difficulties in obtaining and retaining qualified managers and employees could have a material adverse effect on our results of operation or financial condition.

We may be unable to obtain sufficient market acceptance of our services.

The market for residential real estate sales is well-established. However, the market for non-traditional residential real estate sales is relatively new, developing and even more uncertain. As is typical in the case of a new and rapidly evolving industry, demand and market acceptance for products and services are subject to tremendous uncertainty. Our future growth and financial performance will almost entirely depend upon consumers’ acceptance of our products and services. In this regard, the failure of advertisers to accept our model or the inability of our services to satisfy consumer expectations, would have a material adverse effect on our business, and could cause us to cease operations.

We rely on third parties for key aspects of the process of providing services to our customers, and any failure or interruption in the services provided by these third parties could harm our ability to operate our business and damage our reputation.

We rely on third-party vendors, including website providers and information technology vendors. Any disruption in access to the websites developed and hosted by these third-party providers or any failure of these third-party providers to handle current or higher volumes of use could significantly harm our business. Any financial or other difficulties our providers face may have negative effects on our business, the nature and extent of which we cannot predict. We exercise little or no control over all of these third-party vendors, which increases our vulnerability to problems with the services they provide.

In addition, we license technology and related databases from third parties to facilitate aspects of our website and connectivity operations. Any errors, failures, interruptions or delays experienced in connection with these third-party technologies and information services could materially and negatively impact our relationship with our customers and adversely affect our brand and our business. It is possible that such errors, failures, interruptions or delays could even expose us to liabilities to our customers or other third parties.

Interruption or failure of our information technology and communications systems would impair our ability to effectively provide our services, which could in turn damage our reputation and harm our business.

Our ability to provide our services critically depends on the continuing operation of our information technology and communications systems. Any damage to or failure of our systems would likely result in interruptions in our service to customers and the closings of real estate transactions from which we principally derive revenue. Accordingly, interruptions in our service would likely reduce our revenues and profits, and our brand could be damaged, perhaps irreparably, if people believe our system and services are unreliable.

To our knowledge, our systems are vulnerable to damage or interruption from terrorist or malicious attacks, floods, tornados, fires, power loss, telecommunications failures, computer viruses and other attempts to harm our systems, and similar types of events. Our data centers are subject to break-ins, sabotage and intentional acts of vandalism, and to other potential disruptions. Some of our systems are not fully redundant (i.e., backed up), and our disaster recovery planning cannot account for all eventualities. The occurrence of a natural disaster, or a decision to close a facility we are using without adequate notice for financial reasons or other unanticipated problems at our data centers, could result in lengthy interruptions in our service. Any unscheduled interruption in our service would likely place a burden on our entire organization and result in an immediate loss of revenue. The steps we have taken to increase the reliability and redundancy of our systems are expensive, reduce our operating margin and even then may not be successful in reducing the frequency or duration of unscheduled downtime.

Our operations are dependent upon our ability to protect our intellectual property, which could be costly.

Our technology is the cornerstone of our business and our success will depend in part upon protecting any technology we use or may develop from infringement, misappropriation, duplication and discovery, and avoiding infringement and misappropriation of third party rights. Our intellectual property is essential to our business, and our ability to compete effectively with other companies depends on the proprietary nature of our technologies. We do not have patent protection for our proprietary video on demand technology. We rely upon trade secrets, know-how, continuing technological innovations and licensing opportunities to develop, maintain, and strengthen its competitive position. Although we have confidentiality provisions in the agreements with our employees and independent contractors, there can be no assurance that such agreements can fully protect our intellectual property, be enforced in a timely manner or that any such employees or consultants will not violate their agreements with us.

Furthermore, we may have to take legal action in the future to protect our trade secrets or know-how, or to defend them against claimed infringement of the rights of others. Any legal action of that type could be costly and time-consuming to us, and there can be no assurance that such actions will be successful. The invalidation of key proprietary rights which we own or unsuccessful outcomes in lawsuits to protect our intellectual property may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

If we cannot adequately protect our intellectual property rights, our competitors may be able to compete more directly with us, which could adversely affect our competitive position and, as a result, our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our certificate of incorporation grants our Board of Directors, without any action or approval by our stockholders, the power to issue additional shares of capital stock, including the power to designate additional classes of common and preferred stock.

On July 31, 2014, the Board and the holders of a majority of the voting power of our shareholders approved an amendment to our articles of incorporation to increase our authorized shares of common stock to 250,000,000 from 125,000,000 and increased the Company's Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to 120,000,000 from 100,000,000. Additionally, on July 31, 2014, the Board designated the terms of 1,00,000 Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.

The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Company shall have the authority to issue is 376,000,000 shares consisting of: 250,000,000 shares of common stock with a $0.001 par value per shares; 120,000,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred with a $0.001 par value per share; and 1,000,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred. We currently have 89,633,377 shares of common stock outstanding and 66,801,653 shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding.

Pursuant to authority granted by our certificate of incorporation and applicable state law, our Board of Directors, without any action or approval by our stockholders, may designate and issue shares in such classes or series (including other classes or series of preferred stock) as it deems appropriate and establish the rights, preferences and privileges of such shares, including dividends, liquidation and voting rights. The rights of holders of other classes or series of capital stock, including preferred stock that may be issued could be superior to the rights of the shares of common stock offered hereby. The designation and issuance of shares of capital stock having preferential rights could adversely affect other rights appurtenant to the shares of our common stock. Finally, any issuances of additional capital stock (common or preferred) will dilute the percentage of ownership interest of our stockholders and may dilute the per-share book value of the Company.

There is limited public market for our common stock.

There is currently a limited trading market for our securities on the OTCQB over-the-counter-market. Consequently, we cannot assure you when and if an active-trading market in our shares will be established, or whether any such market will be sustained or sufficiently liquid to enable holders of shares of our common stock to liquidate their investment in our company. If an active public market should develop in the future, the sale of unregistered and restricted securities by current shareholders may have a substantial impact on any such market.

We are required to comply with governmental regulations, which will increase our costs and could prohibit us from conducting business in certain jurisdictions.

We are subject to governmental regulation by federal, state and local regulatory authorities with respect to our real estate business. Governmental bodies may change the regulatory framework within which we intend to operate, without providing any recourse for adverse effects that the change may have on our business.

We can give no assurance that we will be able to comply with existing laws and regulations, that additional regulations that harm our business will not be adopted, or that we will continue to maintain our licenses, approvals or authorizations. Our failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations, or the adoption of new laws and regulations restricting our intended operations, could have a material adverse effect on our business and could cause us to cease operations.

The efforts of the National Association of Realtors or other organizations could prevent us from operating our business, and could lead to the imposition of significant restrictions on our operations.

The National Association of Realtors, which represents real estate brokerages, has issued rules that attempt to block access of web-assisted real estate companies to the Multiple Listing System (MLS) and may adopt additional rules intended to reduce or eliminate competition from web-assisted (online) discount real estate businesses such as Realbiz. Our business is dependent upon the ability to access the MLS to be competitive. We can give no assurance that the National Association of Realtors will not be successful in preventing our access to the MLS, or that it or another organization will not be successful in adopting rules or imposing other restrictions on web-assisted real estate businesses such as Realbiz. Such adoption or imposition of regulations or restrictions would have a material adverse effect on our business.

Competition in the traditional and online residential real estate industry is intense.

The residential real estate industry is highly competitive. We believe that important competitive factors in this industry include (but are not limited to) price, service, and ease of use. We presently face competition from numerous companies engaged in traditional residential real estate marketing services and we expect online competition to increase in the future from existing and new competitors. Most of our current and potential competitors have substantially greater financial, marketing and technical resources than us, as well as significant operating histories. Accordingly, we may not be able to compete successfully against new or existing competitors. Furthermore, competition may reduce the prices we are able to charge for our services, thereby potentially lowering revenues and margins, which would likely have a material adverse effect on our results of operation and financial condition.

The online residential real estate industry is subject to significant and rapid technological change.

The online residential real estate industry is subject to rapid innovation and technological change, shifting customer preferences, new service introductions and competition from traditional real estate brokerage firms. Competitors in this market have frequently taken different strategic approaches and have launched substantially different products or services in order to exploit the same perceived market opportunity. Although we believe that we are offering a unique solution, there can be no assurance that our services will be competitive technologically or otherwise, or that any other services developed by us will be competitive.

Our ability to compete in this industry will depend upon, among other things, broad acceptance of our services and on our ability to continually improve current and future services we may develop to meet changing customer requirements. There can be no assurance that we will successfully identify new service or product opportunities and develop and bring to the market new and enhanced solutions in a timely manner, that such products or services will be commercially successful, that we will benefit from such development, or that products and services developed by others will not render our products and services noncompetitive or obsolete. If we are unable to penetrate markets in a timely manner in response to changing market conditions or customer requirements, or if new or enhanced products or services do not achieve a significant degree of market acceptance, our business would be materially and adversely affected.

We may be impacted by general economic conditions within the United States residential real estate market.

The residential real estate market has experienced vast fluctuations in recent times. In some years, real estate home sales are brisk, while in other years the residential real estate market has been stagnant. Our ability to attract home sellers and buyers to use our website will, in part, depend upon consumers’ willingness in general to buy or sell a home. When consumers sense that the overall economy is not doing well, they are less likely to make an expensive purchase such as a home.

In addition, unemployment remains at the high levels by historical standards. There also remains an enormous inventory of unsold and vacant homes. In the first quarter of 2010, the US Census Bureau reported there were 19 million vacant homes in the United States.

We have identified material weaknesses in our internal controls, and we cannot provide assurances that these weaknesses will be effectively remediated or that additional material weaknesses will not occur in the future. If our internal control over financial reporting or our disclosure controls and procedures are not effective, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results, prevent fraud, or file our periodic reports in a timely manner, which may cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information and may lead to a decline in our stock price.

Our most recent evaluation of our internal controls resulted in our conclusion that our disclosure controls and procedures and that our internal control over financial reporting were not effective .Effective internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. In our case, our failure to achieve and maintain an effective internal control environment could cause us to be unable to produce reliable financial reports or prevent fraud. This may cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could in turn have a material adverse effect on our stock price.

Our lack of an independent audit committee and audit committee financial expert at this time may hinder our board of directors’ effectiveness in fulfilling the functions of the audit committee without undue influence from management and until we establish such committee will prevent us from obtaining a listing on a national securities exchange.

Although our common stock is not listed on any national securities exchange, for purposes of independence we use the definition of independence applied by NASDAQ. Currently, we have no independent audit committee. Our full board of directors functions as our audit committee and is comprised of seven directors, four of whom are considered to be "independent" in accordance with the requirements set forth in NASDAQ Listing Rule 5605(a)(2). An independent audit committee plays a crucial role in the corporate governance process, assessing our Company's processes relating to our risks and control environment, overseeing financial reporting, and evaluating internal and independent audit processes. The lack of an independent audit committee may prevent the board of directors from being independent from management in its judgments and decisions and its ability to pursue the responsibilities of an audit committee without undue influence. We may have difficulty attracting and retaining directors with the requisite qualifications. If we are unable to attract and retain qualified, independent directors, the management of our business could be compromised. An independent audit committee is required for listing on any national securities exchange, therefore until such time as we meet the audit committee independence requirements of a national securities exchange we will be ineligible for listing on any national securities exchange.

Our board of directors act as our compensation committee, which presents the risk that compensation and benefits paid to those executive officers who are board members and other officers may not be commensurate with our financial performance.

A compensation committee consisting of independent directors is a safeguard against self-dealing by company executives. Our board of directors acts as the compensation committee and determines the compensation and benefits of our executive officers, administers our employee stock and benefit plans, and reviews policies relating to the compensation and benefits of our employees. Our lack of an independent compensation committee presents the risk that our executive officer on the board may have influence over his personal compensation and benefits levels that may not be commensurate with our financial performance.

Certain provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and our bylaws may have anti-takeover effects which may make an acquisition of our company by another company more difficult.

We are subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, which prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any business combination, including mergers and asset sales, with an interested stockholder (generally, a 15% or greater stockholder) for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless the business combination is approved in a prescribed manner. The operation of Section 203 may have anti-takeover effects, which could delay, defer or prevent a takeover attempt that a holder of our common stock might consider in its best interest.

Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that permit us to issue, without any further vote or action by the stockholders, up to 125,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series and, with respect to each such series, to fix the number of shares constituting the series and the designation of the series, the voting powers, if any, of the shares of the series, and the preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions, of the shares of such series.

Our bylaws provide that special meetings of stockholders may be called only by the chairman or by our board. Stockholders are not permitted to call a special meeting of stockholders, to require that the board call such a special meeting, or to require that our board request the calling of a special meeting of stockholders.

These provisions on our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaw may have anti-takeover effects, which could delay, defer or prevent a takeover attempt that a holder of our common stock might consider in its best interest

We have never paid dividends and have no plans to pay dividends in the future.

Holders of shares of our common stock are entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared by our board of directors. To date, we have paid no cash dividends on our shares of our preferred or common stock and we do not expect to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. We intend to retain future earnings, if any, to provide funds for operations of our business. Therefore, any return investors in our preferred or common stock may have will be in the form of appreciation, if any, in the market value of their shares of common stock.

Certain of our officers may have a conflict of interest.

Some of our officers, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer are currently working for the Company on a part-time basis. Several of the part-time employees also work at other jobs and have discretion to decide what time they devote to our activities, which may result in a lack of availability when needed due to responsibilities at other jobs. We expect that some of these officers may join the Company on a full-time basis, but there can be no assurance given that any or all of our officers will be so employed.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

We maintain our principal executive offices at 2690 Weston Road, Suite 200, Weston, FL 33331. The Company’s parent Company, Next 1 Interactive, Inc. leases approximately 6,500 square feet of office space in Weston, Florida pursuant to a lease agreement with Bedner Farms, Inc. of the building located at 2690 Weston Road, Weston, Florida 33331. In accordance with the terms of the lease agreement, the Company is renting the commercial office space, for a term of five years commencing on January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2015. The Company does not currently pay rent to Next 1 Interactive, Inc.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are not currently party to any material legal proceedings. From time to time, we (or our principal operating subsidiary, RealBiz) may be named as a defendant in legal actions arising from our normal business activities.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

General

Our common stock is listed on the OTCQB under the symbol RBIZ. Our stock began trading under the symbol “WBDG” on December 19, 2008 and changed to “RBIZ” on October 5, 2012. The following table shows our high and low closing prices of our common stock at the end of each quarter for the fiscal years 2014 and 2013.

Our closing stock price on February 4, 2015 was $0.35. As of the date of this filing, we had approximately 440 holders of record of our common stock.

Dividends

We have not paid any dividends on our common stock and do not anticipate paying any such dividends in the near future. Instead, we intend to use any earnings for future acquisitions and expanding our business. Nevertheless, at this time there are not any restrictions on our ability to pay dividends on our common stock.

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

The table below sets forth certain information, as of the close of business on October 31, 2014, regarding equity compensation plans (including individual compensation arrangements) under which our securities were then authorized for issuance.

(1)    See Note 10 to the financial statements for more information on restricted stock grants.

Presently, we are not required by applicable state law or the listing standards of any self-regulatory agency (e.g., the OTCQB, NASD, AMEX or NYSE) to obtain the approval of our security holders prior to issuing any such compensatory options, warrants or other rights to purchase our securities.

Potential Anti-Takeover Effects

Certain provisions set forth in our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, in our bylaws and in Delaware law, which are summarized below, may be deemed to have an anti-takeover effect and may delay, deter or prevent a tender offer or takeover attempt that a stockholder might consider to be in its best interests, including attempts that might result in a premium being paid over the market price for the shares held by stockholders.

Blank Check Preferred Stock. Our Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that permit us to issue, without any further vote or action by the stockholders, up to 125,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series and, with respect to each such series, to fix the number of shares constituting the series and the designation of the series, the voting powers, if any, of the shares of the series, and the preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions, of the shares of such series.

Special Meetings of Stockholders. Our bylaws provide that special meetings of stockholders may be called only by the chairman or by our board. Stockholders are not permitted to call a special meeting of stockholders, to require that the board call such a special meeting, or to require that our board request the calling of a special meeting of stockholders.

While the foregoing provisions of our certificate of incorporation, bylaws and Delaware law may have an anti-takeover effect, these provisions are intended to enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in the composition of the Board of Directors and in the policies formulated by the Board of Directors and to discourage certain types of transactions that may involve an actual or threatened change of control. In that regard, these provisions are designed to reduce our vulnerability to an unsolicited acquisition proposal. The provisions also are intended to discourage certain tactics that may be used in proxy fights. However, such provisions could have the effect of discouraging others from making tender offers for our shares and, as a consequence, they also may inhibit fluctuations in the market price of our common stock that could result from actual or rumored takeover attempts. Such provisions also may have the effect of preventing changes in our management.

Delaware Takeover Statute

In general, Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law prohibits a Delaware corporation that is a public company from engaging in any “business combination” (as defined below) with any “interested stockholder” (defined generally as an entity or person beneficially owning 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation and any entity or person affiliated with such entity or person) for a period of three years following the date that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless: (1) prior to such date, the Board of Directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder; (2) on consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the number of shares outstanding those shares owned (x) by persons who are directors and also officers and (y) by employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or (3) on or subsequent to such date, the business combination is approved by the Board of Directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.

Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law defines “business combination” to include: (1) any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder; (2) any sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of ten percent or more of the assets of the corporation involving the interested stockholder; (3) subject to certain exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder; (4) any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the corporation beneficially owned by the interested stockholder; or (5) the receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits provided by or through the corporation.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

Our transfer agent is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, located at 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219. The transfer agent’s telephone number is (718) 921-8200. The transfer agent is registered under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.

Listing

Our common stock is currently traded on the OTCQB (a market tier on the over-the-counter Pink Sheets market) under the symbol RBIZ.PK.

Sales of Unregistered Securities

For these issuances of common stock, we relied on the exemption from federal registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and, in those instances where the issuances were made to affiliates or accredited investors, upon Rule 506 promulgated thereunder. In that regard, we relied on Rule 506 based on the fact that the investors who purchased these securities qualified as an “accredited investors” under Rule 501 of the Securities Act of 1933. In all cases, investors had knowledge and experience in financial and business matters such that they were capable of evaluating the risks of the investment. The securities offered and sold in the transactions were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and therefore may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

Set forth below is information regarding securities sold by us during the three months ended October 31, 2014 that were not registered under the Securities Act:

Unless otherwise stated, the sales of the above securities were deemed to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act (or Regulation D promulgated there under), as transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering. The recipients of the securities in each of these transactions represented their intentions to acquire the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof, and appropriate legends were placed upon the stock certificates issued in these transactions.

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information required by this item.

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes that appear elsewhere in this filing.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Some of the statements made in this section of our report are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements generally relate to and are based upon our current plans, expectations, assumptions and projections about future events. Our management currently believes that the various plans, expectations, and assumptions reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable. Nevertheless, all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and our actual future results may be materially different from the plans, objectives or expectations, or our assumptions and projections underlying our present plans, objectives and expectations, which are expressed in this section.

In light of the foregoing, prospective investors are cautioned that the forward-looking statements included in this filing may ultimately prove to be inaccurate—even materially inaccurate. Because of the significant uncertainties inherent in such forward-looking statements, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation or warranty by Realbiz Media Group, Inc. or any other person that our objectives, plans, expectations or projections that are contained in this filing will be achieved in any specified time frame, if ever. We undertake no obligation to publicly release any revisions to the forward-looking statements or reflect events or circumstances after the date of this document. The risks discussed in the Item 1A of this filing should be considered in evaluating our prospects and future performance.

General Overview

We are engaged in the business of providing digital media and marketing services for the real estate industry. We currently generate revenue from service fees, product sales, membership fees and advertising revenues. The company was formed through the merging of three divisions: (i) our fully licensed real estate division (formerly known as Webdigs); (ii) our TV media contracts (Home Preview Channel /Extraordinary Vacation Homes/) division; and (iii) our Real Estate Virtual Tour and Media group (Realbiz 360). The assets of these divisions were used to create a new suite of real estate products and services that create stickiness through the utilization of video, social media and loyalty programs. At the core of the company’s programs is our proprietary video creation technology which allows for an automated conversion of data (text and pictures of home listings) to a video with voice and music. We provide video search, storage and marketing capabilities on multiple platform dynamics for web, mobile, and TV. Once a home, personal or community video is created using our proprietary technology, it can be published to social media, email or distributed to multiple real estate websites, broadband or television for consumer viewing.

We are engaged in the business of providing digital media and marketing services for the real estate industry. We currently generate revenue from service fees, product sales, membership fees and advertising revenues. RealBiz has positioned itself in the following areas summarized here and explained in more detail below:

The Share Exchange

On October 9, 2012, we completed a share exchange (the “Exchange Transaction” ) with Next 1 Interactive, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Next 1”),that was contemplated by that certain Share Exchange Agreement entered into on April 4, 2012 (the “Exchange Agreement”) pursuant to which we received all of the outstanding equity in Attaché Travel International, Inc., a Florida corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Next 1 (“Attaché”) in consideration of our issuance to Next 1 of 93 million shares of our newly designated Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (our “Series A Stock). Attaché owns approximately 80% of a corporation named RealBiz Holdings Inc. which is the parent corporation of RealBiz 360, Inc. (“RealBiz”). As a condition to the closing of the Exchange Transaction, on October 3, 2012, we changed our name from “Webdigs, Inc.” to “RealBiz Media Group, Inc.”, by engaging in a short-form parent-subsidiary merger in the State of Delaware. Bill Kerby, our Chief Executive Officer is also the Chief Executive Officer of Next 1 and our Chief Financial Officer, Adam Friedman is also the Chief Financial Officer of Next 1.

Coincident with the closing of the Exchange Transaction, we converted all of our outstanding debt, payables and liabilities owed to Robert A. Buntz, Jr. (“Buntz”) and Edward Wicker (“Wicker”) into an aggregate of 7 million shares of Series A Stock. Specifically, Mr. Buntz received 5,983,600 shares of Series A Stock upon his conversion of approximately $401,498 in liabilities we owed him, and Wicker received 1,016,400 shares of Series A Stock upon his conversion of approximately $53,356 in liabilities we owed him. Mr. Buntz was a director of our Company until his resignation of March 31, 2014. At the closing of the Exchange Transaction, Mr. Wicker resigned his position as a director of our Company and as our Chief Financial Officer. The Preferred A Shares for Mr. Buntz were converted to 5,990,238 Common Shares on February 27, 2013.

As a result of the Exchange Transaction and the conversion of liabilities referred to above, the shareholders of our Company before the Exchange Transaction retained approximately 365,176 shares of common stock (after giving effect to a reverse split effected as of May 3, 2012), representing approximately .364% of our issued and outstanding shares of capital stock (both common and preferred) immediately after the Exchange Transaction.

On March 16, 2012, we sold the “Webdigs” domain, technology and certain trademarks to Fiontrai II, LLC for $15,000. These assets, which were held in Webdigs, LLC, included US Trademark No. 3,461,665 "Webdigs", along with www.webdigs.com domain name and the original webdigs.com website software and technology developed by MoCo, Inc. Included in this transaction was a royalty agreement whereby Webdigs could receive royalty payments from Fiontrai upon its licensing the technology to other third parties. Also included in this transaction was a royalty agreement for which Fiontrai II paid $1,000.00 (part of the total $15,000). Mr. Buntz purchased the royalty agreement from us in exchange for a principal reduction of his loan to the Company of $5,000.

Subsequent Events.

The Company has evaluated subsequent events occurring after the balance sheet date and has identified the following:

During December 2014 and January 2015, the Company:

Results of Operations

The following information should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report.

Revenues

Despite a 15.5% increase in total revenue in the fourth quarter 2014 from the third quarter of 2014, our total revenues decreased 5% to $1,090,674 for the year ended October 31, 2014, compared to $1,145,540 for the year ended October 31, 2013, a decrease of $54,866. The decrease is the result of the Company's shifting away from the legacy virtual tour business towards its rollout of its new technology products and its offer to agents of a free trial period before charging fees for the use of new products.

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenues increased 588% to $414,652 for year ended October 31, 2014, compared to $60,297 for the year ended October 31, 2013, an increase of $354,355. This is predominately due to the amortization of the cost of the Nestbuilder website placed in service in March 2014 which has been classified as a cost of sale as the website is considered a revenue producing tool for the Company.

Operating Expenses

Our operating expenses, include salaries and benefits, selling and promotion, general and administrative expenses, increased 9% to $5,230,209 for the year ended October 31, 2014, compared to $4,791,247 for the year ended October 31, 2013, an increase of $438,962.This increase was substantially due to an increase in consulting fees of $228,831 and to a lesser extent due an increase in investor relations of $136,472, impairment to ReachFactor intangible assets of $125,000, amortization of intangible assets of $99,996, audit and accounting fees of $84,059, webhosting of $41,230, legal and professional fees of $26,982, depreciation of $13,576 and bank charges of $11,853. This was partially offset by a decrease in salaries and benefits of $78,825, bad debt of $76,823, office expense of $73,109, filing fees of $66,520 and to a lesser extent a decrease in rent of $16,081, telephone of $13,436 and miscellaneous operating expense of $4,243.

Other Income (Expenses)

Our other expenses decreased 12% to $51,140 for year ended October 31, 2014, compared to $58,085 of other expenses for year ended October 31, 2013, a decrease of $6,945. This decrease was substantially due to a decrease in interest expense to $3,919 for the year ended October 31, 2014, compared to $442,341for the year ended October 31, 2013, a decrease of $ 438,422 due to the lack of amortization of the beneficial conversion feature in the current fiscal year as compared to the prior fiscal year; and to a lesser extent an increase in other income to $176,100 for the year ended October 31, 2014, compared to other expense of $640 for the year ended October 31, 2013, an increase of $176,740 primarily consisting of proceeds received from a grant program in Canada to encourage research and development, and a gain on change of fair value of derivatives of $9,323 not existing in the prior fiscal year. This was partially offset by no gain on forgiveness of notes payable and accrued liabilities in the current fiscal year versus $384,304 in the prior fiscal year and to a lesser extent initial derivative liability expense of $234,303 due to the existence of an embedded derivative liability from a convertible promissory note executed during the current fiscal year end.

Net Loss

We had a net loss of $4,605,327 for the year ended October 31, 2014, compared to net loss of $3,764,089 for the year ended October 31, 2013, an increase of $841,238. The increase in loss from 2013 to 2014 was primarily due to an increase of $519,835 in the amortization of intangible assets, consulting fees of $228,831 and impairment of ReachFactor intangible assets of $125,000.

Assets and Employees; Research and Development

We do not currently anticipate purchasing any equipment or other assets in the near term, however, as we expand operations, we will need additional equipment and employees to create and market our products.

Liquidity and Capital Resources; Anticipated Financing Needs

At October 31, 2014, we had $20,066 cash on-hand, a decrease of $1,284,308 from $1,304,374 at the start of fiscal 2014. The decrease in cash was due primarily to operating expenses, website development costs and advances to affiliates. The Company continues to raise capital through equity financings and has raised an additional $1.0 million since October 31, 2014.

Net cash used in operating activities was $2,306,959 for the year ended October 31, 2014, an increase of $148,083 from $2,158,876 used during the year ended October 31, 2013. This increase was primarily due to an increase in amortization of intangibles, impairment of ReachFactor intangible assets, initial derivative liability expense and stock based compensation and consulting fees.

Net cash used in investing activities increased to $749,580 for the year ended October 31, 2014, compared to $470,506 for the year ended October 31, 2013, an increase of $279,074 primarily due to incurring website and software development costs and to a lesser extent the purchase of computer equipment.

Net cash provided by financing activities decreased by $2,197,740 to $1,712,974, for the year ended October 31, 2014, compared to $3,910,714 for the year ended October 31, 2013. This decrease was primarily due to the net decrease of proceeds in the issuance of common stock and the exercise of warrants of $2,366,812 offset by increases in proceeds, net of payments, of $169,072 received for convertible promissory notes, loans and subscription advances.

Critical Accounting Policies

In December 2001, the SEC requested that all registrants list their most “critical accounting polices” in the Management Discussion and Analysis. The SEC indicated that a “critical accounting policy” is one which is both important to the portrayal of a company’s financial condition and results, and requires management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. We have identified the policies below as critical to our understanding of the results of our business operations. We discuss the impact and any associated risks related to these policies on our business operations throughout Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations where such policies affect our reported and expected financial results.

In the ordinary course of business, we have made a number of estimates and assumptions in preparing our financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates and assumptions. The following critical accounting policies are those that are most important to the portrayal of our consolidated financial statements. These policies require our most difficult, subjective, and complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. For a summary of all of our significant accounting policies, including the critical accounting policies discussed below, refer to Note 1 ― “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” included in the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements”,

We consider the following accounting policies to be those most important to the portrayal of our results of operations and financial condition:

Revenue Recognition. Real estate brokerage revenues were recognized at the closing of a real estate transaction. Fees due to third party real estate agents or clients are accrued at the time of closing and treated as an offset to gross revenues.

Income Taxes. The Company accounts for income taxes using an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Accordingly, deferred tax assets and liabilities arise from the difference between the tax basis of an asset or liability and its reported amount in the consolidated financial statements. Deferred tax amounts are determined using the tax rates expected to be in effect when the taxes will actually be paid or refunds received, as provided under currently enacted tax law. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. Income tax expense or benefit is the tax payable or refundable, respectively, for the period plus or minus the change in deferred tax assets and liabilities during the period. The Company has recorded a full valuation allowance for its net deferred tax assets as of October 31, 2014 and 2013 because realization of those assets is not reasonably assured.

The Company will recognize a financial statement benefit of a tax position only after determining that the relevant tax authority would more likely than not sustain the position following an audit. For tax positions meeting the more-likely-than-not threshold, the amount recognized in the financial statements is the largest benefit that has a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement with the relevant tax authority.

The Company believes its income tax filing positions and deductions will be sustained upon examination and, accordingly, no reserves, or related accruals for interest and penalties has been recorded at October 31, 2014 and 2013.

Share-Based Compensation. The Company accounts for stock incentive plans by measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all stock-based awards based on estimated fair values, net of estimated forfeitures. Share-based compensation expense recognized for the years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 includes compensation cost for restricted stock awards and stock options. The Company uses the Black- Scholes option-pricing model to determine the fair value of options granted as of the grant date.

Accounts Receivable. The Company provides its marketing and promotional services to agents or brokers via a web-based portal that allows for credit card payments. The Company recognizes accounts receivable for amounts uncollected from the credit card service provider at the end of the accounting period. The Company regularly reviews outstanding receivables and provides for estimated losses through an allowance for doubtful accounts. In evaluating the level of established loss reserves, the Company makes judgments regarding its customers’ ability to make required payments, economic events and other factors. As the financial condition of these parties change, circumstances develop or additional information becomes available, adjustments to the allowance for doubtful accounts may be required. The Company maintains reserves for potential credit losses, and such losses traditionally have been within its expectations. For the years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company determined the allowance for doubtful accounts to be $-0- and $76,823, respectively.

Office Equipment and Fixtures. Office equipment and fixtures are recorded at cost. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred; major renewals and betterments are capitalized. When items of property or equipment are sold or retired, the related costs and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gain or loss is included in operating income.

Depreciation is provided on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets as follows:

Intangible Assets.

On October 3, 2012, Next 1 Interactive, Inc. (“Next 1”) entered a securities exchange agreement and exercised the option purchase agreement to purchase 664.1 common shares of Real Biz Holdings, Inc. Next 1 applied $300,000 of cash, issued a Series D Preferred stock subscription agreement for 380,000 shares and agreed to a $50,000 thirty day (30) day post closing final buyout bringing the total value of the agreement to $2,250,000.

Next 1 accounted for the acquisition utilizing the purchase method of accounting in accordance with ASC 805 "Business Combinations". Next 1 is the acquirer for accounting purposes and Real Biz Holdings, Inc. is the acquired Company. Accordingly, Next 1 applied push-down accounting and adjusted to fair value all of the assets and liabilities directly on the financial statements of the subsidiary, Real Biz Holdings, Inc.

The net purchase price, including acquisition costs paid by Next 1, was allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed on the records of the Next 1 as follows:

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). This ASU affects any entity that either enters into contracts with customers to transfer goods or services or enters into contracts for the transfer of nonfinancial assets unless those contracts are within the scope of other standards (for example, insurance contracts or lease contracts). This ASU will supersede the revenue recognition requirements in Topic 605, Revenue Recognition, and most industry-specific guidance throughout the Industry Topics of the codification. Additionally, this ASU supersedes some cost guidance included in Subtopic 605-35, Revenue Recognition-Construction-Type and Production-Type Contracts. The guidance's core principle is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In applying the revenue principles, an entity will identify the performance obligations, determine the transaction price, allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations and recognize revenue when the performance obligation is satisfied. The ASU further states that an entity should disclose sufficient information to enable users of financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. The amendments in this ASU are effective for annual reporting periods (including interim reporting periods within those periods) beginning after December 15, 2016, for public companies. Early adoption is not permitted. The Company is still evaluating the provisions of ASU 2014-09 and its impact on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08, “Presentation of Financial Statements and Property, Plant, and Equipment,” (ASU 2014-08). This ASU changes the threshold for reporting discontinued operations and adds new disclosures. The new guidance defines a discontinued operation as a disposal of a component or group of components that is disposed of or is classified as held for sale and “represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on our operations and financial results.” For disposals of individually significant components that do not qualify as discontinued operations, the Company must disclose pre-tax earnings of the disposed component. This guidance is effective for us prospectively for all disposals (or classifications as held for sale) of components of an entity that occur within annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014, and interim periods within those years. Early adoption is permitted, but only for disposals (or classifications as held for sale) that have not been reported in financial statements previously issued or available for issuance. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Seasonality of Business

The residential real estate market has traditionally experienced seasonality, with a peak in the spring and summer seasons and a decrease in activity during the fall and winter seasons. Revenues in each quarter can be significantly affected by activity during the prior quarter, given the time lag between contract execution and closing. A typical real estate transaction has a 30 day lag between contract signing and closing of the transaction.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.

ITEM 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Not applicable

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

See financial statements starting on page 29.

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain a system of disclosure controls and procedures that is designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer), as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of October 31, 2014 to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to our management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Management’s Annual Report On Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Based on this evaluation and taking into account that certain material weaknesses existed as of October 31, 2014, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.  As a result of this conclusion, the financial statements for the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K were prepared with particular attention to the material weaknesses previously disclosed. Notwithstanding the material weaknesses in internal controls that continue to exist as of October 31, 2014, we have concluded that the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K present fairly, the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f), is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, our principal executive and principal financial officers and effected by our Board of Directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and includes those policies and procedures that:

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.

Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of October 31, 2014. In making this assessment, our management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework.

A material weakness is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected.  In connection with the assessment described above, management has re-evaluated the control deficiencies identified in the prior fiscal year.

We conclude that, as of October 31, 2014, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective based on the criteria in “Internal Control-Integrated Framework” issued by COSO.  We intend to further improve our internal controls in our current fiscal year and add additional measures to further mitigate our material internal control weaknesses as the Company grows assuming our operating funds are sufficient.

This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to the rules of the SEC to provide only management’s report in this annual report.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended October 31, 2014, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Management has concluded that the material weaknesses in internal control as described in Item 9A of the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2013 have not been fully remediated. 

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

None  

PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Directors, Executive Officers and Other Key Employees

Biographies for the members of our Board of Directors and our management team are set forth below:

William Kerby – Chief Executive Officer and Chairman:

On December 21, 2012, the board of directors of the Company appointed William Kerby, age 57, to the position of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Company. Mr. Kerby is the founder of Next 1, Interactive, Inc. From 2008 to present, he has been the architect of the Next 1 model, overseeing the development and operations of the Travel, Real Estate and Media divisions of the company. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Kerby served as the Chairman and CEO of Extraordinary Vacations Group whose operations included Cruise & Vacation Shoppes, Maupintour Extraordinary Vacations and the Travel Magazine - a TV series of 160 travel shows. From 2002 to 2004 Mr. Kerby was Chairman of Cruise & Vacation Shoppes after it was acquired by a small group of investors and management from Travelbyus. Mr. Kerby was given the mandate to expand the operations focusing on a “marketing driven travel model.” In June 2004 Cruise & Vacation Shoppe was merged into Extraordinary Vacations Group. From 1999 to 2002 Mr. Kerby founded and managed Travelbyus, a publicly traded company on the TSX and NASD Small Cap. The launch included an intellectually patented travel model that utilized technology-based marketing to promote its travel services and products. Mr. Kerby negotiated the acquisition and financing of 21Companies encompassing multiple tour operators, 2,100 travel agencies, media that included print, television, outdoor billboard and wireless applications and leading edge technology in order to build and complete the Travelbyus model. The company had over 500 employees, gross revenues exceeding $3 billion and a Market Cap over $900 million. Prior to this Mr. Kerby founded Leisure Canada – a company that included a nationwide Travel Agency, international tour operations, travel magazines and the Master Franchise for Thrifty Car Rental British Columbia .

The Board believes that Mr. Kerby’s vast knowledge of the industry and extensive experience in senior corporate positions make him ideally qualified to help lead the Company. His executive leadership and operational experience provide him with a broad understanding of the operational, financial and strategic issues facing public companies. His service with other public companies provides him with extensive corporate governance knowledge.

Adam Friedman - Chief Financial Officer:

On December 21, 2012, the board of directors of the Company appointed Adam Friedman, age 50, to the position of Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Friedman has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Next 1 Interactive, Inc. since 2010. From 2006 to 2010, Mr. Friedman had previously served as Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary, and Controller for MDwerks, Inc. (“MDwerks”) where his responsibilities included overseeing the company’s finances, human resources department, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission compliance, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Prior to joining MDwerks, Mr. Friedman served as the Vice President of Finance for CSA Marketing, Inc. from 2005 to 2006. For the eleven years prior to 2005, Mr. Friedman served as the Business Manager/Controller and Director of Financial Planning at the GE/NBC/Telemundo Group, Inc. Mr. Friedman also worked as a Senior Financial Analyst for Knight-Ridder, Inc and as an Audit Senior Accountant for KPMG Peat Marwick. Mr. Friedman received his MBA from St. Thomas University and his BSM from Tulane University.

Don Monaco - Director:

On December 21, 2012, the Company appointed Don Monaco, 62, as a member of its Board of Directors. Since 2005, Mr. Monaco has been the principal owner of Monaco Air Duluth, LLC, a full service, fixed-base operator aviation services business at Duluth International Airport serving airline, military and general aviation customers. Mr. Monaco spent over 18 years as a Partner and Senior Executive and 28 years as an international information technology and business management consultant with Accenture in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Monaco also serves as a Commissioner on the Metropolitan Airports Commission in Minneapolis-St. Paul and as a Commissioner of the Duluth Economic Development Authority. Mr. Monaco is also the President of the Monaco Air Foundation, Chairman of the Miller-Dwan Foundation, Treasurer of Honor Flight Northland, Treasurer of the Duluth Aviation Institute, Co-Chair of the Northern Aero Alliance, a Director for the Destination Duluth nonprofit corporation, a member of the Duluth Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee, and a member of Lake Superior College's Center for Advanced Aviation Advisory Committee.

The Company believes that Mr. Monaco’s senior management and information technology experience qualifies him to be a member of the Board.

Doug Checkeris - Director:

On December 21, 2012, the Company appointed Doug Checkeris, 58, as a member of its Board of Directors. Mr. Checkeris is currently a Director of Cieslok Outdoor, a privately held digital outdoor media company, a Partner/Founder of Unreal Gaming Inc., a Pennsylvania based company that is building a platform to serve the online business for money gaming operators and casinos, and a Partner at GNR8R Media Group, a Toronto based marketing company that envisions, designs and orchestrates 21st Century operating systems.  Mr. Checkeris is a Senior Media and Advertising Executive with nearly three decades of hands-on management in all facets of interactive media. Doug’s work experience includes 14 years of service with Mediacom where he rose through the ranks to become the CEO for Mediacom North America.  With close to $18 billion in global billings, 4,600 employees, and 116 offices in 89 countries, Mediacom provides and specializes in business-building media solutions for some of the world’s largest, well-known advertisers. Previous to Mediacom, Doug started his career in a media company in Toronto, Canada, and was a partner when the company was acquired by Grey Worldwide and the WPP.

Mr. Checkeris’ media and advertising experience qualifies him to be a member of the Board. His executive leadership experience provides him with valuable experience.

Arun Srinivasan – Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Director:

On May 27, 2014, the board of directors of the Company appointed Arun Srinivasan, to the position of Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Technology Officer as well as a Director of the Company. In 2008, Mr. Srinivasan co-founded ReachFactor Inc., an award-winning social media and reputation marketing platform for real estate agents and brokerages.  From 2008 to present, he served as Chief Operating Officer of ReachFactor, overseeing all aspects of its operations as it grew to serve thousands of agents and brokerages across the country. From 1998 to 2008, he was the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of BroadSpire Inc., one of the largest private website hosting and online marketing companies with over 250,000 clients internationally. In this role, he oversaw service delivery for all clients which included companies such as Paramount Pictures, Boston Beer Company, HBO, Dreamworks, and many of the Fortune 500. Mr. Srinivasan received his Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Yale University.

Mr. Srinivasan’s marketing and technology experience make him uniquely qualified to act as a director.

Pat LaVecchia - Director:

On March 31, 2014, the Company appointed Pat LaVecchia as a member of its board of directors. Mr. LaVecchia has been a founding principal and Managing Member of LaVecchia Capital LLC (“LaVecchia Capital”), a merchant banking and investment firm, since 2007 and has over 20 years of experience in the financial industry. Mr. LaVecchia has built and run several major Wall Street groups and has extensive expertise in capital markets, including initial public offerings, secondary offerings, raising capital for private companies and PIPEs as well as playing the leading role in numerous mergers, acquisitions, private placements and high yield transactions. Prior to forming LaVecchia Capital, Mr. LaVecchia ran several groups at major firms including: Managing Director and Head of the Private Equity Placement Group at Bear, Stearns & Company (1994 to 1997); Group Head of Global Private Corporate Equity Placements at Credit Suisse First Boston (1997 to 2000); Managing Director and Group Head of the Private Finance and Sponsors Group at Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc (2001 to 2003); co-founder and Managing Partner of Viant Group (2003-2005) and Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets at FTN Midwest Securities Corp. (2005 to 2007). Mr. LaVecchia received his B.A., magna cum laude (and elected to Phi Beta Kappa), from Clark University and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a major in Finance and a concentration in Strategic Planning. In the past, Mr. LaVecchia has served on several public company boards, including as Vice Chairman of InfuSystems, Inc. (INFU).   Mr. LaVecchia is also currently a Managing Member of Sapphire Capital Partners. Mr. LaVecchia also sits on several advisory boards and non-profit boards.

The Company believes that Mr. LaVecchia’s investment banking and business experience allows him to contribute business and financing expertise and qualifies him to be a member of the Board.

Michael Craig - Director:

On May 1, 2014, the Company appointed Michael Craig, as a member of its board of directors. Since August 2012, Mr. Craig has been the President of MaasPros, a company in Canada that assists businesses in implementing profitable and measurable digital marketing solutions to converts visitors into qualified leads. From April 2011 to August 2012, Mr. Craig was Chief Operating Officer of Winmar Franchise Corporation, a property restoration company in Canada. From 2009 through 2010, Mr. Craig was a consultant for the Pizzaiolo Gourmet Pizza company. Prior to these positions, Mr. Craig had various positions in many varied industries.

Mr. Craig’s technology and vast business experience qualifies him to be a member of the Board. His executive leadership experience provides him with valuable experience.

Steven Marques – Chief Revenue Officer/Acting President:

On December 21, 2012, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Steven Marques, 54, to the position of Chief Revenue Officer. Mr. Marques is Acting President and was previously President/Chief Operations Officer of RealBiz360 Inc. d/b/a RealBiz Media Inc which began in early 2004 prior to the merger into RealbizMedia Group. He led the company to become one of top 5 leading Virtual Tour companies in North America. Steve was instrumental in overseeing the Company’s current operating plan to include the move to Video On Demand television with its partner Next 1 Interactive, which then led the company’s expansion into Video Content Syndication which is the base of its business plan today. Under his management he was instrumental for the Company’s strategic alliances and key partnerships with companies like Realogy, specifically C21, ERA, Keller Williams, Move-Realtor.com, Prudential, Coldwell Banker NRT franchises and more. Mr. Marques’ prior leadership roles include; Vice President of Global Sales for iseemedia; Sr. Vice President of Marketing for Omnigon, a San Diego based Bio-tech Company, and MGI software, leaders in consumer based photo and video software. Mr. Marques has been in the Computer and Internet industry since 1983 where he was part of the start-up management teams of Egghead Discount Software which was one of America’s first Retail Computer software chains with over 200 locations at its peak.

Mr. Marques’ direct involvement in overseeing and applying our operating plan and expanding its business into Video Content Syndication, as well as prior position as our Acting President, makes him uniquely qualified to act as our Chief Revenue Officer,

Keith A White-Director

Keith A. White, age 52, combines over 25 years of management experience in the real estate industry. Since 1995, Mr. White has been the principal owner of Marketplace Home Mortgage, LLC (“MHM”), a full service correspondence residential mortgage lender based in Edina, MN. Mr. White also owns and manages Alliance Title, LLC, Marketplace Insurance Services and various commercial office buildings. In addition, in 1999, Mr. White founded Marketline Constructions Capital, LLC, a construction lender, and operated the company through 2008. In 2000, Mr. White founded Maribella Mortgage, LLC, a wholesale mortgage lender, and managed the company until 2007. Prior to finding MHM in 1995, Mr. White culminated his nine year career with GMAC Mortgage as the Minnesota-Wisconsin Area Manager.

Mr. White has an undergraduate degree from St. Cloud State University with a major in finance, real estate, and economics.

Mr. White’s extensive experience in operating successful business ventures related to the real estate industry give Mr. White a wide ranging and diverse, entrepreneurial view of potential business opportunities that make him well- qualified to help lead the Company to becoming an even greater force in the fast-growing, high resolution, digital media arena for the real estate industry.

Corporate Governance

Leadership Structure

Our Chief Executive Officer also serves as our Chairman of the Board.  Our Board of Directors does not have a lead independent director.   Our Board of Directors has determined its leadership structure was appropriate and effective for us given our stage of development.

Board Committees

We presently do not have an audit committee, compensation committee or nominating committee or committee performing similar functions, as our management believes that until this point it has been premature at the early stage of our management and business development to form an audit, compensation or nominating committee.

Director Independence

Although our common stock is not listed on any national securities exchange, for purposes of independence we use the definition of independence applied by The NASDAQ Stock Market.  The Board has determined that four of its seven directors (Messrs. Monaco, LaVecchia, Craig and White) are “independent” in accordance with such definition.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires our executive officers, directors and persons who beneficially own more than 10 percent of a registered class of the Realbiz Media’s equity securities, to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our common stock.  Such officers, directors and persons are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms that they file with the SEC.

Based solely on a review of the copies of such forms that were received by us, or written representations from certain reporting persons that no Form 5s were required for those persons, we are not aware of any failures to file reports or report transactions in a timely manner during the year ended October 31, 2014 other than the late filing on a Form 4s by Robert Buntz, one of our former directors, a Form 3 by Mr. Kerby, a Form 4 by Mr. Friedman, a Form 3 and Form 4 by Mr. Checkeris, two Form 4s by Mr. LaVecchia, a Form 3 by Mr. Marques, a Form 4 by Mr. White, a Form 3 by Mr. Craig, a Form 3 by Mr. Srinivasan and a Form 4 by Mr. Monaco.

Code of Ethics

We have long maintained a Code of Conduct which is applicable to all of our directors, officers and employees.  The code of ethics can be obtained without charge by contacting our Chief Financial Officer at our principal offices located at 2690 Weston Road, Suite 200, Weston, Florida 33331.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Summary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth the cash and non-cash compensation for the years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 which was awarded to or earned by (i) our Chief Executive Officer during fiscal year 2014 and (ii) our other executive officers (other than the Chief Executive Officer) who served the Company and who received in excess of $100,000 in total compensation for a year (collectively, the “named executive officers”).

Currently, the Company does not offer any executive bonus or incentive compensation plan and there are no current plans to put one in place for fiscal year 2015.

Employment Agreements with Executives and Key Personnel

On May 24, 2014, Realbiz Media Group, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Asset Sale Agreement with ReachFactor, Inc. (“ReachFactor”) and its two principals, Suresh Srinivasan and Arun Srinivasan pursuant to which the Company acquired substantially all of the assets of ReachFactor and the Company assumed certain liabilities of ReachFactor not to exceed $25,000 in consideration of the Company’s issuance to ReachFactor of 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.  The acquisition of the assets is subject to an unwind at the option of Suresh Srinivasan and Arun Srinivasan if on or prior to the date that is six months after the closing of the Asset Sale Agreement, the Company terminates the employment of either of Suresh Srinivasan and/ or Arun Srinivasan (each referred to as an “Executive”) without cause or either Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason. In the event of an unwind the assets revert back to ReachFactor and the 2,000,000 shares of stock revert back to the Company.

As a condition to the closing of the Asset Sale Agreement, the Company also entered into an employment agreement with each of Suresh Srinivasan (the “Suresh Employment Agreement”) and Arun Srinivasan (the “Arun Employment Agreement”).  Under the terms of the Suresh Employment Agreement, Suresh Srinivasan has been retained to serve as Chief Operating Officer of the Company for a term of 36 months commencing May 27, 2014.  Under the terms of the Arun Employment Agreement, Arun Srinivasan has been retained to serve as Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Technology Officer of the Company for a term of 36 months commencing May 27, 2014. Each Executive will receive the following compensation: a base salary of $140,000 per year with an automatic increase to $200,000 per year on the earlier to occur of (1) the one year anniversary of his employment or (2) satisfaction of any of certain specified conditions set forth in the agreement.   Additionally, each Executive will receive healthcare for himself and his dependent family members with 100% of the premiums paid by the Company, and be eligible for bonus programs commensurate with other senior executives of the Company. Each Executive will be issued 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock which shares will be held in escrow to be released to each of them as follows:  ¼ of the shares every three (3) calendar months (on the final business day of the calendar month) and all of the shares immediately upon certain  triggering events described in the agreement. If the employment of either Executive is terminated for any reason, the terminated Executive, will be entitled to receive the accrued base salary, vacation pay, expense reimbursement and any other entitlements accrued by him to the extent not previously paid (the “Accrued Obligations”); provided, however, that if their employment is terminated (1) by the Company without Just Cause (as defined in the Employment Agreement) or by the Executive  for Good Reason (as defined in the Suresh and Arun Employment Agreement) then in addition to paying the Accrued Obligations, the vesting of the shares of stock held in escrow shall be accelerated and the shares held in escrow shall be released to the Executive. In the event such a termination occurs within six (6) months of the Closing Date of the Asset Sales Agreement, the Executive may elect (at its sole discretion) to initiate an “unwind event” as described above.  Arun Srinivasan was also granted the right to serve as a Board member and to be listed as a Board candidate at the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders. The Suresh and Arun Employment Agreements also include confidentiality obligations and inventions assignments by each Executive.  On September 18, 2014, the Company received Suresh Srinivasan's written resignation as the Chief Operating Officer of the Company effective September 30, 2014.

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End

There were no outstanding equity awards for the executives as of October 31, 2014.

Director Compensation  

Our non-employee directors have elected to forego any cash compensation for participating in Board of Directors and committee meetings telephonically until such time as we become profitable over the course of an entire fiscal year, at which time the Board of Directors may reconsider the structure of its director compensation. In general, director compensation will be subject to review and adjustment from time to time at the discretion of our Board of Directors.

The following table sets forth the compensation of our non-employee directors for fiscal year ending October 31, 2014:

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our issued and outstanding common stock as of January 31, 2015 after giving effect to the Exchange Transaction, by (i) each of our named executive officers; (ii) each of our directors; and (iii) all of our executive officers, directors and director nominees as a group. Ownership percentages are based on 88,298,077 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of the close of business on January 31, 2015 and 66,801,653 shares of Series A Stock issued and outstanding as of that date which converts into 66,801,653 shares of common stock. Based on that information available to us, as of that date, no person is a beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common stock other than Next 1 Interactive, Inc.

Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC. To our knowledge and subject to applicable community property laws, each of the holders of stock listed below has sole voting and investment power as to the stock owned unless otherwise noted. Except as otherwise noted below, the address for each director or officer listed in the table is c/o RealBiz Media Group, Inc., 2690 Weston Road, Suite 200, Weston, FL 33331.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS; DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

Related-Party Transaction Policy

Our Board of Directors has no formal written policy regarding transactions with related persons, but we do plan to abide by conflict-of-interest statutes under Delaware law and approve any related-party transactions by a majority of disinterested directors. In general, applicable law exhorts any director proposing to enter into a related-party transaction must disclose to our Board of Directors the proposed transaction and all material facts with respect thereto. In reviewing such a proposed transaction, our board expects to consider all relevant facts and circumstances, including (1) the commercial reasonableness of the terms, (2) the benefit and perceived benefits, or lack thereof, to us, (3) the opportunity costs of alternate transactions, (4) the materiality and character of the related party’s interest, and (5) the actual or apparent conflict of interest of the related party. We expect to apply this analysis with respect to related party transactions that may involve our officers or greater-than-five-percent shareholders.

We do expect to adopt a formal written policy respecting related-party transactions in which our directors, officers and greater-than-five-percent shareholders may engage, consistent with Sarbanes-Oxley related internal control requirements and best practices.

In connection with the closing of the Exchange Transaction on October 9, 2012, Messrs. Buntz and Wicker converted all of their outstanding notes, unpaid salary and all other obligations and liabilities to them owed by the Company into 5,990,238 and 1,016,400 shares of Series A Stock, respectively. The Preferred A Shares for Mr. Buntz were converted to 5,990,238 Common Shares on February 27, 2013. Mr. Buntz was the former CEO who resigned on March 31, 2014.

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

Aggregate fees billed by our principal independent registered public accounting firm for audits of the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years indicated:

Audit Fees. The fees identified under this caption were for professional services rendered by D’Arelli Pruzansky (DP) for fiscal years 2014 and 2013 in connection with the audit of our annual financial statements. The amounts also include fees for services that are normally provided by the independent public registered accounting firm in connection with statutory and regulatory filings and engagements for the years identified.

Audit-Related Fees. The fees identified under this caption were for review of our financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and were not reported under the caption “Audit Fees.” This category may include fees related to the performance of audits and attestation services not required by statute or regulations, and accounting consultations about the application of generally accepted accounting principles to proposed transactions.

Tax Fees. The fees identified under this caption were for tax compliance, tax planning, tax advice and corporate tax services. Corporate tax services encompass a variety of permissible services, including technical tax advice related to tax matters; assistance with withholding-tax matters; assistance with state and local taxes; preparation of reports to comply with local tax authority transfer pricing documentation requirements; and assistance with tax audits.

Approval Policy. Our Audit Committee approves in advance all services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm. All engagements of our independent registered public accounting firm in fiscal years 2014 and 2013 were pre-approved by the Board of Directors.

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

Financial Statements

ITEM 16. EXHIBITS

* Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be identified pursuant to Item 15(a)(3) of this report

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors

RealBiz Media Group, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of RealBiz Media Group, Inc. as of October 31, 2014 and 2013 and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2014. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall consolidated financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of RealBiz Media Group, Inc. as of October 31, 2014 and 2013 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2014 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has incurred net losses of $4,605,327 and $3,764,089 for the years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively and the Company had an accumulated deficit of $15,376,638 and a working capital deficit of $2,319,305 at October 31, 2014. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regards to these matters are also described in Note 3. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

/s/ D’Arelli Pruzansky, P.A.

Certified Public Accountants

Boca Raton, Florida

February 12, 2015

RealBiz Media Group, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

RealBiz Media Group, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

RealBiz Media Group, Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity

For the years ending October 31, 2014 and 2013