VERUS INTERNATIONAL, INC. - Annual Report: 2016 (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: (908) 758-3787

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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The aggregate market value of the voting stock and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates was approximately $655,730 as of April 30, 2016, when the last reported sales price was $0.0126 per share.

As of February 8, 2017, 243,659,200 shares of common stock were outstanding.

Documents Incorporated by Reference:

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RealBiz Media Group, Inc.

Form 10-K

Table of Contents

PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

RealBiz Media Group, Inc., including all its subsidiaries, are collectively referred to herein as “RealBiz,” “RBIZ”, “the Company,” “us,” or “we”.

Overview

We are currently engaged in the business of providing digital media and marketing services for the real estate industry and we intend to enter the international food distribution business. We will focus on international food distribution of nuts, fruits, honey, and meats. We intend to separate the real estate and food distribution business into two segments. We also plan to spin-off the real estate business into a separate company.

Real Estate

We have generated revenue from service fees (video creation and production and website hosting (ReachFactor)) and product sales (Nestbuilder Agent 2.0 and Microvideo app). We were 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 our 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.

Products and Services:

We currently offer the following products and services:

Enterprise Video Production: We service some of the largest and well known franchisor accounts in the North America real estate market in compiling real estate listings into a video format and distributing such video to franchisor’s websites, brokers and agents and lead generation platforms 24/7. Some of these multiyear contracts produced over 10 million video listings from 2012 to 2015 and we anticipate that such contracts will be eclipsing that production in 2017. This core area significantly contributes to our growth not only in this core service but continues to allow us access to national databases and directly agents and brokers to allow us access to upgrades and upsell other core products and services. We currently have the capacity to produce over 15,000 videos per day.

Nestbuilder Agent 2.0 (formerly PowerAgent): Nestbuilder Agent 2.0 is a newly developed comprehensive marketing toolset for the professional real estate agent which utilizes our proprietary video technology to allow any agent to create videos for their listings, edit such videos with music and include an introductory segment and market the videos through multiple sources. This product is powered by an intuitive CRM (customer relationship management) and has been designed to allow agents to extend their marketing reach through social media management, email marketing and web site syndication. In addition, the iOS and Android applications work in conjunction with Nestbuilder Agent 2.0 allowing the agent to take many of the capabilities mobile, right to where the asset is located.

The Virtual Tour (VT) and Microvideo App (MVA): These programs were developed and implemented to allow agents to access specific video based product strategies that are designed specifically to increase the search engine optimization (“SEO”) rank and traffic credit to real estate franchise systems and/or their brokers. The MVA is a proprietary video widget marketing application designed to deliver video and integrate SEO strategies, traffic generation, e-mail, lead generation with mobile-friendly viewing. This solution gives those franchises and brokers a much-needed tool to lower their cost of prospect acquisition.

ReachFactor: Our social media and marketing platform under the “ReachFactor” brand name offers a variety of solutions to agents and brokers such as web design and web hosting, digital ad campaigns, blogging, social media management, reputation management and search engine optimization.

NestBuilder Website Portal: We provide a consumer real estate portal at www.nestbuilder.com which contains over 1.5 million listings. Unlike other competitors, NestBuilder focuses on building agent’s brands and delivering high-quality leads. Nestbuilder achieves this by offering fully customizable webpages in NestBuilder Agent that will follow homebuyers throughout the home search, ultimately turning www.NestBuilder.com into each agent’s very own national portal. We provide this website free of charge to consumers and agents.

Nestbuilder Agent: This agent-only platform allows agents to claim and customize their own web page to be used as a marketing platform. This platform interacts with the Nestbuilder website allowing agents to claim their listings and then create customized listing pages, as well as being able to pull other Multiple Listing Service (“MLS”) property listings to create specialized marketing messages. Additionally, the agents can view the effectiveness of their marketing efforts through a dashboard that shows multiple statistics including number of views, time spent, origination and lead generation. This platform is provided free of charge and equips each real estate agent with contents and assets that they can use to pursue prospects and generate leads.

Ezflix Mobile Application: The ezflix mobile application is a free mobile/web video editor that pre-integrates with an agent’s listing data, allowing the agent to edit all of their listing’s data, and convert them into video with live video interstitial capabilities, audio recording and music. Ezflix can then share videos to all social media platforms, email, and multiple other real estate portals including, but not limited to, NestBuilder (www.nestbuilder.com) thereby giving agents a way to personalize their listing videos with entertaining local relevant content. This application is available to both web and mobile platforms, and was initially launched for both the Android and iOS versions in January and February 2015, respectively. This platform as it evolves will combine our Virtual Tour (“VT”) and Microvideo App lication (“MVA”) platform into one solution and distribute to multiple partners and resellers including Photographer and Videographer service providers’ network. This product integration was substantially upgraded during 2015 and integrates with our Nestbuilder Agent 2.0 product (formerly PowerAgent) released in January 2016.

Food Products

Verus Foods, Inc. (“Verus”) a Nevada corporation, and our wholly owned subsidiary is an international supplier of consumer food products. Verus markets under its own brand primarily to supermarkets, hotels, and other members of the wholesale trade. In 2017, Verus plans to pursue a three-pronged development program through the addition of cold-storage facilities, product line expansion, and new vertical farm-to-market operations. Verus’ initial focus is on frozen foods, particularly meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, and French fries. Verus has a significant regional presence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and sub-Saharan Africa (excluding Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”)-restricted nations), with deep roots in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.

Growth Strategy

Key Elements of our growth strategy during fiscal 2016 include:

Leverage our proprietary video technology. While our proprietary video technology has been developed for the real estate industry, we believe this technology can be applied to other industries as well. We believe that the used car sale industry could benefit from our automated and seamless development engine.

Design and develop technology for the real estate industry. We will continue working to develop technologies to increase sales and efficiencies for the real estate professional.

Fiscal 2016 Developments.

Redemption of Convertible Notes. In December 2015, we redeemed our outstanding 7.5% convertible promissory notes issued to Himmil Investments Ltd. (“Himmil”) and canceled Himmel’s warrant to purchase 675,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for $500,000. These convertible notes contained a variable conversion price which, in management’s opinion contributed to downward pressure on our stock price. The funds for the redemption of these notes resulted from the sale of our common stock and warrants which resulted in gross proceeds of $680,000. The balance of the proceeds, or $179,140 (after redemption of the Himmil notes and broker fees) was applied to working capital.

International Food Subsidiary. Beginning in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, we began discussions to add an international food subsidiary under the direction of consumer product industry-veteran Anshu Bhatnagar. Our interest in this business came from the potential to generate future revenue streams at a faster pace than our core business. This plan of action was subsequently implemented, with full integration of this subsidiary scheduled for Fiscal 2017.

Background and Industry Trends

We believe that the real estate market is undergoing a dramatic change similar 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 time commitments and expense involved with visiting multiple properties in person. Although many buyers use both the Internet and a realtor in their search, 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. In addition, home sellers can use the Internet to check home valuations, track the housing market and research comparable sales information. Most 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 lower than average at 69% Real estate 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 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 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 affect 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.

However, the market models of Zillow/Trulia and Realtor are now in direct conflict with the enterprises that own the listings and that make the actual sales. Zillow’s main revenues are generated by advertising the listing as though another agent owned the listing. Unaware, the consumer thus interacts with the displayed agent thinking they are the one that controls the listing. Then, the display agent contacts the true agent and asks to split the sales commission. As the consumer power of Zillow has grown, they have substantially cut into the profits of the enterprises and agents that actually own the listings. Thus, the battle lines are now drawn between Zillow and groups such as the Realogy member companies (including Century 21, Sotheby’s, Better Homes & Gardens, etc.) and Keller Williams.

We foresee direct and continuous pushback in 2016 by the enterprises against Zillow, in trying to neutralize their marketing power and take ownership back of their listings. As a publicly owned company Zillow can only grow revenues by increasing advertising rates to the agent community which strikes deep into agent discontent with the enterprises and the resulting demand in action. This competitive model is unique to the real estate industry and clearly will not follow the path of the aforementioned financial portals.

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 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 and increased site traffic, and by doing so, reduces the agent/broker’s dependency on traditional listing aggregators. Secondly, by integrating marketing capabilities into a single powerful platform, we have entered the direct to agent sales model through Nestbuilder Agent 2.0, our proprietary marketing toolset. This strategy lowers risk threshold by distributing revenues throughout 1,200,000 registered agents in the U.S. as well as providing a pathway to develop accelerating revenue stream via a monthly subscription model. While the former video generator intensive model for RealBiz will continue to be our primary revenue generator, we believe that our Nestbuilder Agent 2.0 will become the next generation of marketing for the real estate industry.

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. In 2015 Zillow completed its acquisition of Trulia making it the single most powerful name in the real estate web marketplace. In 2015 a full 29% of web property searches were conducted on the joint platforms. As part of the industry consolidation, NewsCorp recently acquired the third largest real estate portal, Realtor.com. Additionally, there are a variety of other websites which have meaningful market share and listing information. We believe a battle for the consumer mindset is now underway as the real estate enterprises enter into a competitive setting against Zillow/Trulia/Realtor. We also believe RealBiz can benefit from the acrimony as we have positioned ourselves as the friends of the enterprises and offer products and capabilities that will enhance the position of the enterprises by leveraging our technology.

Industry Segments

We have operated in one primary operating segment, real estate, mainly through web-assisted services. We intend to begin operations in a new segment for our planned food products business.

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.

Verus Food is expected to have only modest seasonality due to the product mix, which will include many staples such as nuts, fruits, honey, and meats. We expect our initial growth rates to mask any seasonality during our first year of operation which is anticipated to commence in 2017. In the Middle East markets, we expect to see a spike in sales during the month of Ramadan.

Other GOVERNMENT 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 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, most 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.

Verus is subject to U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) and other government regulations in the countries in which we operate.

engineering costs incurred

The Company spends a significant amount of time and resources in developing new software and improving its current products. The Company spent $207,081 and $474,292, respectively in engineering costs incurred in each of the fiscal years ending 2016 and 2015.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

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

Employees

The Company currently has 9 full-time employees.

Corporate Structure and Information

Our principal offices are located at 9711 Washingtonian Blvd #550, Gaithersburg, MD, 20850, and our telephone number at that office is (908) 758-3787. 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

On July 12, 2012, we were incorporated in the state of Delaware under the name Webdigs, Inc. On October 9, 2012, we completed a share exchange (the “Exchange Transaction”) with Monaker Group, Inc. (formerly known as Next 1 Interactive, Inc.), a Nevada corporation (“Monaker”), and we received all of the outstanding equity in Attaché Travel International, Inc., a Florida corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Monaker (“Attaché”) in consideration of our issuance to Monaker of 93 million shares of our newly designated Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. Attaché owned 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.

In August 2015, we completed the restructuring of our management, financial reporting and operations from our former parent company, Monaker Group, Inc. The primary purpose of the restructuring was to eliminate unnecessary development expenses and unlock revenue opportunities by creating a unified technology platform.

On August 6, 2015, we issued an aggregate 35,000 shares of our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock to (i) Keith White, a member of the Company’s Board of Director at the time and (ii) a company controlled by the Company’s then Chairman, Don Monaco. Mr. Monaco received 20,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock in consideration of cancellation of $100,000 in indebtedness owed to him by the Company’s former parent company, Monaker. The debt was convertible into 2 million shares of the Company’s common stock. Mr. White received 15,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock in exchange for 15,000 shares the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock held by Mr. White.

Each share of our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into 100 shares of the Company’s common stock. Accordingly, the 35,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock are convertible into an aggregate of 3,500,000 shares of common stock. Although, the holders of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock vote together with holders of our common stock as a single class, each holder of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock is entitled to the number of votes equal to 100 votes for each share of our common stock into which the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock could be converted. Accordingly, the 35,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled to 350,000,000 votes.

On November 16, 2016, the Company, with the approval of a majority of the shareholders eligible to vote, approved an amendment of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) to effect a 1 for 200 reverse split of the Company's issued and outstanding shares of common stock. The reverse split has not been declared effective by FINRA as of the filing date of this Annual Report.

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.

Risks Related to Our Business

We have no history of profitability.

Our former entity, Webdigs, began operations in July 2007 and to date has not generated a yearly profit. In addition, our consolidated annual revenues are currently approximately $886,000. As an early stage 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 ended October 31, 2016 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, 2016 and 2015 of $906,725 and $6,686,181, respectively. Furthermore, we had a working capital deficit of $1,811,563 as of October 31, 2016. 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 cease operations.

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

If adequate funds are not available to us 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. As a result, we will require significant additional capital to continue our operations. No assurance can be 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 our current Chief Executive Officer, Anshu Bhatnagar. If we lose the services of any of these members of management, our business would be materially and adversely affected. 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.

Although we plan to engage in a new line of business, we have not yet established a product or service in such business. If we are not successful in this endeavor, our financial condition will suffer.

On January 2, 2017, Anshu Bhatnagar was hired as our Chief Executive Officer. We intend to use Mr. Bhatnagar’s expertise to develop operations in the global Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Consumer Packaged Goods sectors. If we are unable to develop a revenue-generating business in these sectors, our financial condition will deteriorate. The Company does not yet have the infrastructure to support this type of business, and we will be relying solely upon Mr. Bhatnagar to establish a viable business in these sectors.

Furthermore, it will take time and capital to develop our food business. We cannot predict the speed at which we will begin generating revenues and profits from the anticipated new line of business. If we are unable to raise sufficient capital in time to commence operations in the food business, our business could fail.

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

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 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. If we are unable to attract home sellers and buyers to use our website, our financial condition will suffer.

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 two directors, neither of which are considered to be “independent” in accordance with the requirements set forth in NASDAQ Listing Rule 5605(a)(2). An independent audit committee would play 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 audit committee comprised of independend members 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 these executive officers who is also a Board member 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 Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), our Certificate of Incorporation, , 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 DGCL, 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 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 the Board request the calling of a special meeting of stockholders.

These provisions in our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws 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.

Risks Relating to Our Securities

Our Certificate of Incorporation grants our Board of Directors, without any action or approval by our stockholders, the power to designate and issue preferred stock with rights, preferences and privileges that may be adverse to the rights of the holders of our common stock.

The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Company has the authority to issue is 375,000,000 shares consisting of: (i) 250,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001, of which 243,659,200 shares are issued and outstanding as of the date of this report and (ii) 125,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share of which (A) 120,000,000 shares have been designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, of which 100,000 are outstanding as of the date of this report (B) 1,000,000 shares have been designated as Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, of which no shares are outstanding as of the date of this report, (C) 1,000,000 have been designated as Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, of which 160,000 shares are outstanding as of the date of this report and (D) 3,000,000 shares of blank check preferred stock.

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 holders of shares of our common stock. 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. For example, our Series C Convertible Preferred contain voting rights which provide each share of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock with 100 votes for each shares of common stock into which the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible. Accordingly, our currently outstanding 160,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (which are convertible into 16,000,000 shares of common stock) are entitled to 1,600,000,000 votes on any matter presented for a vote to our common stockholders. This has resulted in the holders of our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock having voting majority voting control of the Company.

There is a limited trading market for our shares. You may not be able to sell your shares if you need money.

Our common stock is quoted on the OTC Markets (QB Marketplace Tier), an inter-dealer automated quotation system for equity securities. During the three months ended January 31, 2017, the average daily trading volume of our common stock was approximately 250,980 shares. As of January 31, 2017, we had 473  record holders of our common stock (not including an indeterminate number of stockholders whose shares are held by brokers in “street name”). There has been limited trading activity in our stock, and when it has traded, the price has fluctuated widely. We consider our common stock to be “thinly traded” and any last reported sale prices may not be a true market-based valuation of the common stock. Stockholders may experience difficulty selling their shares if they choose to do so because of the illiquid market and limited public float for our common stock.

We are subject to the penny stock rules and these rules may adversely affect trading in our common stock.

Our common stock is a “low-priced” security under rules promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In accordance with these rules, broker-dealers participating in transactions in low-priced securities must first deliver a risk disclosure document which describes the risks associated with such stocks, the broker-dealer’s duties in selling the stock, the customer’s rights and remedies and certain market and other information. Furthermore, the broker-dealer must make a suitability determination approving the customer for low-priced stock transactions based on the customer’s financial situation, investment experience and objectives. Broker-dealers must also disclose these restrictions in writing to the customer, obtain specific written consent from the customer, and provide monthly account statements to the customer. The effect of these restrictions probably decreases the willingness of broker-dealers to make a market in our common stock, decreases liquidity of our common stock and increases transaction costs for sales and purchases of our common stock as compared to other securities.

We have never paid cash dividends and have no plans to pay cash 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.

If we fail to remain current on our reporting requirements, we could be removed from the OTCQB which would limit the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities and the ability of stockholders to sell their securities in the secondary market.

Securities traded on the OTCQB must be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the issuer must be current with its filings pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, as amended, in order to maintain price quotation privileges on the OTCQB. If we fail to remain current in our reporting requirements, we could be removed from the OTCQB. As a result, the market liquidity of our securities could be severely adversely affected by limiting the ability of broker-dealers to trade our securities and the ability of stockholders to sell their securities in the secondary market. In addition, we may be unable to get re-listed on the OTCQB which may have an adverse material effect on our Company.

Our common stock could be subject to extreme volatility.

The trading price of our common stock may be affected by a number of factors, including events described in the risk factors set forth in this Annual Report, as well as our operating results, financial condition and other events or factors. In addition to the uncertainties relating to future operating performance and the profitability of operations, factors such as variations in interim financial results or various, as yet unpredictable, factors, many of which are beyond our control, may have a negative effect on the market price of our common stock. In recent years, broad stock market indices, in general, and smaller capitalization companies, in particular, have experienced substantial price fluctuations. In a volatile market, we may experience wide fluctuations in the market price of our common stock and wide bid-ask spreads. These fluctuations may have a negative effect on the market price of our common stock. In addition, the securities market has, from time to time, experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that are not related to the operating performance of particular companies. These market fluctuations may also materially and adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.

None.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

We maintain our principal executive offices at 9711 Washingtonian Blvd #550, Gaithersburg, MD 20850. The Company currently leases this space for $809 per month under an agreement that expires in August, 2017.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On May 11, 2016, we filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Monaker seeking collection of the balance owed to us, in the amount of $1,287,517, for advances on operating expenses and various debt obligation conversions to and from. Currently, a court date of July 2017 is scheduled.

In December 2016, Monaker filed a lawsuit against us in Eleventh Circuit Federal Court seeking an injunction against our action to cancel 44,470,101 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and 10,359,892 shares of common stock which were issued to Monaker. Additionally, Monaker sought to reverse the cancellation of these shares in its entirety. On January 15, 2017, the Court denied Monaker’s motion for a preliminary injunction.

In addition to the matter presented above, in the ordinary course of business, we are from time to time involved in various pending or threatened legal actions. The litigation process is inherently uncertain and it is possible that the resolution of such matters might have a material adverse effect upon our financial condition and/or results of operations. However, in the opinion of our management, other than as set forth herein, matters currently pending or threatened against us are not expected to have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.

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 2016 and 2015.

Our closing stock price on February 8, 2017 was $0.025. As of February 8, 2017, we had approximately 473 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.  

We do not currently have any equity compensation plans in place.  

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

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. 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 report should be considered in evaluating our prospects and future performance.

General Overview

Fiscal 2016 was a year of consolidation and strategic re focusing for the Company. Specifically, we focused on our past year losses by building efficiency in product delivery and product quality. This effort produced a reduction of net loss from $(6,686,182) to $(906,725) down 86% versus year ago. Even more remarkable was our operating loss down from ($6,071,127) to ($471,692) a reduction of 92% versus year ago. These efficiencies were realized while our video business continued to experience pricing pressure due mostly from commoditizing of video technologies. Our 29% drop in revenue was mostly attributable to these market forces as some of our clients took in house technologies that were previously out sourced to our Company. We anticipate these trends to continue, thus in 2016 the Company launched a major development endeavor into the real estate Business to Consumer marketplace.  We anticipate the public launch of this new program in 2017.

Simultaneously, the company decided to strategically pivot our business model and took up an opportunity to enter the global food business. We also decided that the real estate business model, including the upcoming product launch, would best be served in a private company setting.

In conjunction with these actions, on January 2, 2017, we underwent a management restructuring. We appointed Anshu Bhatnagar as our Chief Executive Officer and will depend on his expertise to develop operations in the food industry. We plan to spin-off our current real estate business into a separate company that will be managed by our former Chief Executive Officer, Alex O. Aliksanyan. We believe this move will be of great value to our shareholders as we venture into a thriving business sector We anticipate that this change in direction will result in changing the Company’s name from RealBiz Media Group, Inc. to “Verus International, Inc.” and a new ticker symbol. During this transition, Mr. Bhatnagar will name a new management team, add infrastructure to support this new enterprise, and work to arrange the necessary capital structure to grow the Company. Our goal is to complete this transition period during the first 90 days of 2017.

Verus , a Nevada corporation, and our wholly owned subsidiary, is an international supplier of consumer food products. Verus markets food products under its own brand primarily to supermarkets, hotels, and other members of the wholesale trade. In 2017, the company plans to pursue a three-pronged development program through the addition of cold-storage facilities, product line expansion, and new vertical farm-to-market operations. Verus’ initial focus is on frozen foods, particularly meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, and French fries. Verus has a significant regional presence in MENA and sub-Saharan Africa (excluding OFAC-restricted nations), with deep roots in the GCC countries.

Much effort was made in building efficiency via a combination of cost cutting, asset reallocation and strategic reorganization of business units. These efforts, among other items, resulted in a reduction of our net cash used in operations from $1,527,745 in the year ended October 31, 2015 to $338,888 in the year ended October 31, 2016, representing a 78% reduction.

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

Total revenue decreased $362,388 or 29% for the year ended October 31, 2016 to $868,258 compared to $1,230,916 for the year ended October 31, 2015. The decrease is primarily a result of declining legacy virtual tour business.

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenues totaled $207,081 for year ended October 31, 2016, compared to $474,292 for the year ended October 31, 2015, representing a decrease of $267,211. Cost of revenues consists primarily of engineering costs incurred in connection with maintenance of our online networks, and the decrease in cost is in line with lower revenues.

Operating Expenses Our operating expenses, include salaries and benefits, selling and promotion, impairment of intangible assets, amortization and depreciation and general and administrative expenses, decreased 83% to $1,133,139, for the year ended October 31, 2016, compared to $6,827,750 for the year ended October 31, 2015, a decrease of $5,694,611. The decrease was substantially due to a decrease in amortization and depreciation of $1,893,679, impairment loss of $1,802,106, salaries and benefits of $708,155, selling and promotions expense of $258,387, and general and administrative expenses of $1,032,284. A breakdown of general and administrative expenses is as follows:

Other Income (Expenses)

Our other expenses, net, decreased by $180,023 for the year ended October 31, 2016. A summary of other income (expense) is as follows:

Net Loss

We had a net loss of $906,725 for the year ended October 31, 2016, compared to a net loss of $6,686,182 for the year ended October 31, 2015, a decrease of $5,779,457.

Liquidity and Capital Resources; Anticipated Financing Needs

At October 31, 2016, we had $148,887 cash on-hand, a decrease of $158,887 from $307,774 at the start of fiscal 2016.

Net cash used in operating activities was $338,888 for the year ended October 31, 2016, a decrease of $1,188,857 from $1,527,745 used during the year ended October 31, 2015. This decrease was primarily due to lower cash-based operating expenses as compared to the prior year.

Net cash used in investing activities decreased to $0 for the year ended October 31, 2016, compared to $120,547 for the year ended October 31, 2015. The decrease is primarily due to decreases in payments towards software and website development costs and to a lesser extent the purchase of computer equipment.

Net cash provided by financing activities decreased by $1,826,000 to $180,000 for the year ended October 31, 2016, compared to $1,936,000 for the year ended October 31, 2015.

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 (“GAAP”). 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 our significant accounting policies, including the critical accounting policies discussed below, refer to Note 2 — “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.

The Company recognizes revenue when all of the following criteria are met: (1) persuasive evidence that an arrangement exits; (2) delivery has occurred or services have been rendered; (3) the Company’s price to its customer is fixed or determinable and (4) collectability is reasonably assured.

The Company provides its marketing and promotional services to agents or brokers via a web-based portal that allows for credit card payments. Customers may pay a monthly recurring fee or an annual fee. Some customers additionally pay a one-time set up fee. Monthly recurring fees are recognized in the month the service is rendered.

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, 2016 and 2015 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, 2016 and 2015.

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, 2016 and 2015 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 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. The Company has determined the allowance for doubtful accounts to be $-0- as of October 31, 2016, and 2015.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“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 January 15, 2017, 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

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

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

See financial statements starting on page 30.

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

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, 2016 to ensure that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are functioning effectively to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that filed under the Exchange Act 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 and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. A controls system, no matter how well designed and operated, cannot provide absolute assurance that the objectives of the controls system are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected.

Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of October 31, 2016. 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 GAAP.

Management’s Annual Report On Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over our financial reporting. Management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

Based on this evaluation, management concluded that, as of October 31, 2016, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective. Detailed support for certain transactions were not maintained, and certain significant adjustments were identified during the annual audit. With the change in management which took place on January 2, 2017 with the appointment of a new CEO and new CFO, management believes that it will takes steps to remedy in weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.

As allowed by the rules of the Exchange Act, this Annual Report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting, and management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm.

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, 2016, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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:

Anshu Bhatnagar – Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

Mr. Bhatnagar is a food distribution veteran and previously was Chief Executive Officer of American Agro group, an international trading and distribution company that specialized in exporting agricultural commodities and food products.

Prior to joining RealBiz, Mr. Bhatnagar was also a Managing Member of Blue Capital Group, a real estate oriented multi-family office focused on acquiring, developing, and managing commercial real estate as well as investing in operating businesses. He joined Blue Capital Group in 2008, and this role involved transactions covering millions of square feet of office, residential, and hotel space. He has also owned, operated and sold other successful businesses in technology, construction, and waste management. In conjunction with these activities, Mr. Bhatnagar was involved in executing numerous debt and equity transactions with operating businesses.

Based on his business experience the Company believes that Mr. Bhatnagar is well-qualified to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors.

Mark Lucky - Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Lucky is a certified public accountant and has more than 15 years of experience serving as a public company Chief Financial Officer. Since May 2014, Mr. Lucky has been a principal at Mid-Atlantic CFO Advisory Services, LLC (“Mid-Atlantic”) and through Mid-Atlantic has served as a consultant to the Company as well as served as an interim Chief Financial Officer to NuState Energy Holdings, Inc., Intelligent Living America, Inc., and Ronn Motor Group, Inc. From March 2007 until May 2014, Mr. Lucky served as the Chief Financial Officer of IceWeb Inc., and from March 2009 to April 2011 he served as a director and Chief Financial Officer of HASCO Medical, Inc. In addition, Mr. Lucky previously worked in several senior finance positions. Mr. Lucky served as Senior Director of Finance and interim Chief Financial Officer at Axys Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Manager of Operations Planning at The Walt Disney Company, Senior Consultant at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLC and Senior Auditor at KPMG. Mr. Lucky received a B.A. degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Thomas Grbelja - Director

Mr. Grbelja had served as our Chief Financial Officer from June 19, 2105 to January 2, 2017. Mr. Grbelja has spent over 30 years as a Certified Public Accountant providing a wide variety of professional accounting, tax and financial consulting services to professional service, manufacturing, and construction industry participants. Since 1990 has served as the President and a Founding Member of Burke Grbelja & Symeonides, LLC, Certified Public Accountants, an accounting firm based in Rochelle Park, New Jersey. In addition, between 1983 and 1990, Mr. Grbelja worked as an accountant at Coopers & Lybrand, where he was responsible for the overall audit engagement, including filings with the SEC, for certain large, publicly traded companies. He received his undergraduate degree in accounting at Fairleigh Dickinson University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Based on his business experience the Company believes that Mr. Grbelja is well-qualified to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors.

Family Relationships

There are no family relationships among our executive officers and directors.

Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

None of our directors or executive officers has, during the past ten years:

Corporate Governance

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. The Board acts in place of such committees. Mr. Grbelja is deemed an audit committee expert based on his experience and expertise.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors, executive officers, and stockholders holding more than 10% of our outstanding common stock, to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in beneficial ownership of our common stock. Executive officers, directors and greater-than-10% stockholders are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file. To our knowledge, based solely on review of the copies of such reports furnished to us for the period ended October 31, 2016, all of the Section 16(a) reports required to be filed by our executive officers, directors, and greater-than-10% stockholders were filed on a timely basis, except as follows: Messrs. Aliksanyan and Grbelja failed to timely file their Form 3s. In addition, Mr. White failed to timely file a Form 4 for his August 2016 acquisition of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock in exchange for his Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. Mr. Aliksanyan failed to timely file a Form 4 related to a July 2016 stock grant under his employment agreement, which transaction was reported on a Form 5. Mr. Monaco failed to timely file Form 4s for the following transactions (i) August 2016 purchase of common stock, (ii) September 2016 purchase of common stock; (iii) August 2016 acquisition of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock and corresponding reduction of Monaker convertible debt and (iv) January 2016 disposition of Monaker Group Convertible Debt, all of which were reported on a Form 5. Monaker failed to file Form 4s or a Form 5 relating to dispositions of their Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.

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 9711 Washingtonian Blvd #550, Gaithersburg, MD 20850.

Changes in Nominating Procedures

None. 

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The following table sets forth the compensation paid to the current and former Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer who are the individuals with salaries in excess of $100,000.

Employment Agreements with Executives and Key Personnel

Anshu Bhatnagar Employment Agreement

On January 31, 2017, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Anshu Bhatnagar (the “Bhatnagar Employment Agreement”), effective as of January 2, 2017. Pursuant to the terms of the Bhatnagar Employment Agreement, Mr. Bhatnagar will serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) for a term which shall expire on December 31, 2021; provided, however, that the Bhatnagar Employment Agreement may be renewed thereafter upon written notice by the Company and Mr. Bhatnagar. Pursuant to the Bhatnagar Employment Agreement, the Company shall pay Mr. Bhatnagar (i) an annual base salary of $175,000, (ii) an annual discretionary bonus, as determined by the Board and (iii) warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase 37,500 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price equal to $1.20 per share (post reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock on a 1-for-200 basis). Mr. Bhatnagar may exercise the Warrants until such time as he owns 20% of the Company’s then issued and outstanding shares of common stock. In addition to the foregoing, after January 1, 2018, Mr. Bhatnagar shall receive warrants to acquire up to 3% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock at the beginning of each calendar year thereafter.

Mark Lucky Employment Agreement

On January 2, 2017, the Company and Mr. Lucky entered into a consulting agreement (the “Consulting Agreement”) pursuant to which Mr. Lucky will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer. Pursuant to the Consulting Agreement, Mr. Lucky will receive (i) $8,000 per month for his consulting services through March, 31, 2017 and (ii) a bonus equal to 1.5% of the gross proceeds from any financing resulting from efforts/introductions made by Mr. Lucky for a period of 12 months from the effective date of the Consulting Agreement; provided, however, that such bonus shall not exceed $300,000. In addition, Mr. Lucky received a 5 year warrant to purchase up to 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.006 per share. The warrant shall vest in full on April 1, 2017.

Thomas Grbelja Employment Agreement

On June 19, 2015, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Grbelja (the “Employment Agreement”). The initial term of the Employment Agreement is for a period of twelve (12) months unless sooner terminated, which term may be extended by mutual consent of the parties. Pursuant to the terms of the Employment Agreement, (i) Mr. Grbelja agrees to dedicate a minimum of 50% of his attention and time as is necessary for him to perform his duties as Chief Financial Officer; (ii) Mr. Grbelja shall receive an annual base salary of $70,000 in addition to $30,000 ($7,500 per quarter) in shares of the Company’s common stock determined based upon the closing price of the day the shares are earned, and three (3) weeks of paid vacation. If Mr. Grbelja desires to sell in excess of 100,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at any time when the daily trading volume of the Common Stock is less than 4,000,000 shares, then prior to selling such shares, Mr. Grbelja shall submit a written offer to the Company to acquire such shares at the market price of such shares on the date of the offer. The Company shall have five (5) days to notify Mr. Grbelja of its intent to exercise such right.

Mr. Grbelja currently serves as a Director and Chief Financial Officer for the real estate operations of the Company.

Potential Payments upon Termination

We have entered into agreements that require us to make payments and/or provide benefits to certain of our executive officers, including Mr. Bhatnagar and Mr. Grbelja, in the event of a termination of employment. The following summarizes the potential payments to each named executive officer for which we have entered into such an agreement assuming the termination of such executive officer’s employment with the Company.

Anshu Bhatnagar, Chief Executive Officer

If the Company terminates the Bhatnagar Employment Agreement for death or for Cause (as defined in the Bhatnagar Employment Agreement) or Mr. Bhatnagar terminates the Employment Agreement for other than Good Reason (as defined in the Bhatnagar Employment Agreement), Mr. Bhatnagar shall receive (i) any earned but unpaid base salary, (ii) any accrued but unpaid annual bonus, (iii) any earned but unpaid incentive compensation, (iv) unpaid business expense reimbursements, (v) accrued but unused vacation, (vi) accrued but unused sick leave and (vii) any vested benefits Mr. Bhatnagar may be eligible to receive pursuant to the Company’s employee benefit plans (collectively, the “Accrued Benefits”). If the Company terminates the Bhatnagar Employment Agreement due to disability or without Cause (as defined in the Bhatnagar Employment Agreement) or Mr. Bhatnagar terminates the Employment Agreement for Good Reason (as defined in the Bhatnagar Employment Agreement), the Company shall continue to pay Mr. Bhatnagar (i) his then base salary and Plans (as defined in the Bhatnagar Employment Agreement) for the balance of the Employment Period (as defined in the Bhatnagar Employment Agreement), (ii) the Accrued Benefits and (ii) any pro-rata share of the annual bonus that Mr. Bhatnagar would have or could have been earned prior to the Date of Termination (as defined in the Bhatnagar Employment Agreement). In addition to the foregoing, if Mr. Bhatnagar executes a general release of claims in favor of the Company within 21 days from the Date of Termination (as defined in the Bhatnagar Employment Agreement), Mr. Bhatnagar shall receive an additional 24 months of his then base salary.

Thomas Grbelja, Chief Financial Officer

If the Employment Agreement is terminated, Mr. Grbelja will be entitled to receive his 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 Mr. Grbelja’s employment is terminated (i) by the Company other than For Cause (as defined in the Employment Agreement) or (ii) by Mr. Grbelja For Good Reason (as defined in the Employment Agreement) then, in addition to paying the Accrued Obligations, the vesting of any shares of stock held in escrow or subject to a vesting schedule shall be accelerated and the shares shall be released to Mr. Grbelja. In the event of a termination by the Company other than For Cause (as defined in the Employment Agreement), disability or death occurs within six (6) months of the date of the Employment Agreement, Mr. Grbelja may elect, at his sole discretion, to initiate and “unwind” event as described above.   Mr. Grbelja resigned as Chief Financial Officer on January 2, 2017.

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End

There were no outstanding equity awards as of October 31, 2016.

Director Compensation

Our non-employee directors have elected to forego any cash compensation for participating in Board of Directors and committee meetings 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.

Accordingly, our non-employee directors received no compensation in the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016.

Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The following table sets forth information as of February 8, 2017, as to each person or group who is known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding voting securities and as to the security and percentage ownership of each of our executive officers and directors and of all of our officers and directors as a group. As of February 8, 2017, we had 243,659,200 shares of common stock outstanding.

Beneficial ownership is determined under the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting or investment power over securities. Except in cases where community property laws apply or as indicated in the footnotes to this table, we believe that each stockholder identified in the table possesses sole voting and investment power over all shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned by the stockholder.

Shares of common stock subject to options or warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of the date written above are considered outstanding and beneficially owned by the person holding the options for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of that person but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.

* Less than one percent.

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans. The following provides information concerning compensation plans under which our equity securities are authorized for issuance as of October 31, 2016:

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS; DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

On August 6, 2015, we issued a company controlled by our former Chairman, Don Monaco, 20,000 shares of our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock in consideration of his agreement to cancel and extinguish $100,000 of indebtedness owed to our former parent company, which indebtedness was convertible into 2,000,000 shares of our common stock. Each share of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into such number of shares of common stock as is determined by dividing (A) the stated value ($5) by (B) the conversion price then in effect ($0.05). In addition, the Series C Convertible Preferred vote with the common stockholders and each holder of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock is entitled to the number of votes equal to one hundred (100) votes for each share of common stock into which the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock can be converted. Accordingly, these shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock entitle Mr. Monaco’s to 200,000,000 votes on any matter presented to the holders of common stock for a vote.

On August 6, 2015, we issued Keith White, a former director, 15,000 shares of our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock in exchange for 15,000 shares of Series B preferred stock held by him. Mr. White originally paid $75,000 for his shares of Series B Preferred Stock. Each share of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into that number of shares of common stock as is determined by dividing (A) the stated value ($5) by (B) the conversion price then in effect ($0.05). In addition, the Series C Convertible Preferred vote with the common stockholders and each holder of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock is entitled to the number of votes equal to one hundred (100) votes for each share of common stock into which the Series C can be converted. Accordingly, Mr. White’s shares of Series C Convertible Preferred entitle him to 150,000,000 votes on any matter presented to the holders of common stock for a vote.

Effective August 28, 2015, we issued 1,000,000 shares of our common stock to a company controlled by our former Chairman, Don Monaco, for an aggregate purchase price of $50,000, or $0.05 per share.

Effective August 28, 2015, we issued a 0% promissory note in the amount of $50,000 to a company controlled by our former Chairman, Don Monaco. The note matured on February 28, 2016 and on November 20, 2015, we agreed to issue the company 1,000,000 shares of common stock valued at $0.05 per share in consideration of the company’s agreement to cancel and extinguish the note. Accordingly, there is no outstanding balance under this note as of the date of this report.

On September 15, 2015, we issued 1,587,302 shares of our common stock to a company controlled by our former Chairman (Don Monaco) for an aggregate purchase price of $100,000, or $0.063 per share.

On November 30, 2015, a company controlled by our former Chairman, Don Monaco, purchased 6,000,000 units at a price of $0.05 per unit for an aggregate purchase price of $300,000. Each unit consisted of 1 share of common stock and a one-year warrant to purchase 1 share of common at an exercise price of $0.05 per share. This resulted in the issuance of 6,000,000 shares of common stock and a one-year warrant to purchase 6,000,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.05 per share.

On December 1, 2015, our former Chief Executive Officer, Alex Aliksanyan, converted 30,000 shares of Monaker Series D Preferred Stock into 1,000,000 shares of our common stock pursuant to the terms of the Series D Preferred Stock. Mr. Aliksanyan originally received these preferred shares in consideration of his sale of assets of Stingy Travel to us in February 2015. Mr. Aliksanyan became an officer and director upon closing of this transaction in February 2015.

On December 8, 2016 we entered into an agreement, as amended and restated on January 2, 2017 (the “Agreement”) with Anshu Bhatnagar and Alex Aliksanyan. Pursuant to the Agreement, Mr. Bhatnagar received warrants on the Effective Date (the “Warrants”). The Warrants grant Mr. Bhatnagar the right to acquire 5% of the outstanding fully diluted common stock of the Company, this right being fully vested and exercisable as of the effective date of the Agreement. The Warrants also vest a right to acquire 7,500,000 shares of our common stock, at an exercise price equal to the market price as of December 8, 2016 ($0.006 per share), for each $1,000,000 of revenues that the Company earns during the 2017 calendar year. The right vests upon the filing of a Form 10-Q or Form 10-K that reports the revenues necessary for each right to vest. However, prior to December 31, 2017, the Warrants may only vest up to the number of shares that would bring Mr. Bhatnagar’s beneficial ownership of our common stock up to, but not to exceed fifty (50) percent. 

The Agreement also provides for a spin-off of our real estate subsidiaries that will be run by Mr. Aliksanyan, our former Chief Executive Officer. The spin off company is expected to indemnify us from any liability arising from our real estate operations and assume all liabilities that were outstanding or accrued prior to the effective date of the Agreement. We will indemnify Mr. Bhatnagar for any liability arising as a result of the spin-off or any actions prior to the effective date of the Agreement.

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 states that 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 of Directors 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 5% 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.

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 neither of its directors, Mr. Bhatnagar or Mr. Grbelja, are “independent” in accordance with such definition.

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 2016 and 2015 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 2016 and 2015 were pre-approved by the Board of Directors.

PART IV

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

Financial Statements

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

(1) Filed herewith.

(2) Furnished herewith.

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, as amended, this amended report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities 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, 2016 and 2015 and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2016. 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, 2016 and 2015 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2016 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 $906,725 and $6,686,182 and has incurred negative cash flows from operations of $338,888 and $1,527,745 for the years ended October 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and the Company had an accumulated deficit of $21,692,417 and a working capital deficit of $1,811,563 at October 31, 2016. 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.

February 8, 2017

5489 Wiles Road, Suite 303 Coconut Creek, FL 33073 Phone 754 205.6417 Fax 754 205.6419

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 Loss

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

RealBiz Media Group, Inc.

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit

For the years ending October 31, 2016 and 2015