Presidio Property Trust, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2010 September (Form 10-Q)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2010 | |
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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000-53673
(Commission file No.)
NetREIT, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization
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33-0841255
(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
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1282 Pacific Oaks Place, Escondido, California 92029
(Address of principal executive offices)
(760) 471-8536
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files) Yes o No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (check one):
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x.
At November 8, 2010, registrant had issued and outstanding 11,795,463 shares of its common stock, $0.01 par value.
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Part I FINANCIAL INFORMATION:
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Item 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
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NetREIT, Inc.
September 30, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | |||||||
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ASSETS
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Real estate assets, net
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$ | 103,654,992 | $ | 69,829,603 | ||||
Lease intangibles, net
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1,417,739 | 719,857 | ||||||
Land purchase option
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1,370,000 | 1,370,000 | ||||||
Investment in real estate ventures
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— | 14,192,629 | ||||||
Mortgages receivable and interest
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920,216 | 920,216 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
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7,265,577 | 9,298,523 | ||||||
Restricted cash
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285,394 | 296,395 | ||||||
Tenant receivables, net
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123,232 | 163,875 | ||||||
Due from related party
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44,795 | 20,081 | ||||||
Other assets, net
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5,012,965 | 3,180,658 | ||||||
TOTAL ASSETS
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$ | 120,094,910 | $ | 99,991,837 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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Liabilities:
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Mortgage notes payable
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$ | 39,291,022 | $ | 26,995,502 | ||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
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3,121,406 | 1,923,811 | ||||||
Dividends payable
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751,699 | 649,008 | ||||||
Tenant security deposits
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314,791 | 258,455 | ||||||
Total liabilities
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43,478,918 | 29,826,776 | ||||||
Commitments and contingencies
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Shareholders’ equity:
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Convertible Series AA preferred stock, $0.01 par value at September 30, 2010, no par value at December 31, 2009, $25 liquidating preference, shares authorized: 1,000,000; No shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2010 (redeemed in May 2010); 50,200 shares issued and outstanding, liquidating value of $1,255,000 at December 31, 2009
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— | 1,028,916 | ||||||
Common stock Series A, $0.01 par value at September 30, 2010, no par value at December 31, 2009, shares authorized: 100,000,000; 11,793,661 and 10,224,262 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively
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117,937 | 85,445,674 | ||||||
Common stock Series B, $0.01 par value at September 30, 2010, no par value at December 31, 2009, shares authorized: 1,000, no shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009
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Additional paid-in capital
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98,978,739 | 433,204 | ||||||
Dividends paid in excess of accumulated losses
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(29,068,384 | ) | (21,104,741 | ) | ||||
Total NetREIT shareholders’ equity
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70,028,292 | 65,803,053 | ||||||
Noncontrolling interests
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6,587,700 | 4,362,008 | ||||||
Total Shareholders’ equity
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76,615,992 | 70,165,061 | ||||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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$ | 120,094,910 | $ | 99,991,837 |
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
NetREIT, Inc.
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Three Months Ended September 30, 2010
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Three Months Ended September 30, 2009
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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010
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Rental income
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$ | 2,618,612 | $ | 1,340,938 | $ | 7,091,847 | $ | 3,885,731 | ||||||||
Costs and expenses:
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Interest
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538,063 | 261,678 | 1,414,127 | 712,857 | ||||||||||||
Rental operating costs
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1,132,908 | 678,801 | 3,192,549 | 1,874,689 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative
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781,729 | 507,156 | 2,349,517 | 1,576,618 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
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880,024 | 555,749 | 2,547,187 | 1,556,216 | ||||||||||||
Total costs and expenses
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3,332,724 | 2,003,384 | 9,503,380 | 5,720,380 | ||||||||||||
Other income (expense):
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Interest income
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24,180 | 16,271 | 78,937 | 67,859 | ||||||||||||
Equity in earnings (losses) of real estate ventures
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— | 5,722 | 1,769 | (50,382 | ) | |||||||||||
Total other income, net
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24,180 | 21,993 | 80,706 | 17,477 | ||||||||||||
Net loss before noncontrolling interests
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(689,932 | ) | (640,453 | ) | (2,330,827 | ) | (1,817,172 | ) | ||||||||
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests
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60,896 | — | 155,391 | — | ||||||||||||
Net loss
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(750,828 | ) | (640,453 | ) | (2,486,218 | ) | (1,817,172 | ) | ||||||||
Preferred stock dividends
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— | (21,963 | ) | (34,447 | ) | (65,888 | ) | |||||||||
Net loss attributable to common shareholders
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$ | (750,828 | ) | $ | (662,416 | ) | $ | (2,520,665 | ) | $ | (1,883,060 | ) | ||||
Loss per common share – basic and diluted
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$ | (0.07 | ) | $ | (0.08 | ) | $ | (0.23 | ) | $ | (0.25 | ) | ||||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding — basic and diluted
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11,509,003 | 8,665,118 | 10,964,396 | 8,002,756 |
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
NetREIT, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010
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Convertible Series AA Preferred Stock
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Dividends Paid in Excess of Accumulated
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Total NetREIT Shareholders’
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Balance, December 31, 2009
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50,200 | $ | 1,028,916 | 10,224,262 | $ | 85,445,674 | $ | 433,204 | $ | (21,104,741 | ) | $ | 65,803,053 | $ | 4,362,008 | $ | 70,165,061 | |||||||||||||||||||
Maryland reincorporation
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Sale and other issuances of common stock and warrants at $10 per share
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1,246,905 | 12,469 | 12,456,578 | 12,469,047 | 12,469,047 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock issuance costs
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(2,264,786 | ) | (2,264,786 | ) | (2,264,786 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Redemption of preferred stock
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(50,200 | ) | (1,028,916 | ) | (226,084 | ) | (1,255,000 | ) | (1,255,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise of stock options
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1,452 | 15 | 1,985 | 2,000 | 2,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise of warrants
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195 | 2 | 1,888 | 1,890 | 1,890 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Repurchase of common stock
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(7,854 | ) | (79 | ) | (62,755 | ) | (62,834 | ) | (62,834 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares issued upon expiration of warrants
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52,778 | 528 | 453,361 | (453,889 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vesting of restricted stock previously issued
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1,050 | 11 | 8,704 | 8,715 | 8,715 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Contributed capital of noncontrolling interests
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2,070,301 | 2,070,301 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income
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(2,486,218 | ) | (2,486,218 | ) | 155,391 | (2,330,827 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends (paid)/reinvested
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178,759 | 1,787 | 1,695,158 | (3,133,292 | ) | (1,436,347 | ) | (1,436,347 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends (declared)/ reinvested
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96,114 | 961 | 911,971 | (1,664,160 | ) | (751,228 | ) | (751,228 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, September 30, 2010
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— | $ | — | 11,793,661 | $ | 117,937 | $ | 98,978,739 | $ | (29,068,384 | ) | $ | 70,028,292 | $ | 6,587,700 | $ | 76,615,992 |
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
NetREIT, Inc.
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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010
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Net loss
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$ | (2,486,218 | ) | $ | (1,817,172 | ) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
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Depreciation and amortization
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2,547,187 | 1,556,216 | ||||||
Stock compensation
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243,405 | 224,916 | ||||||
Bad debt expense
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147,459 | 123,504 | ||||||
Distributions (to) from real estate ventures in excess of earnings
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(318,416 | ) | 406,307 | |||||
Equity in (earnings) losses of real estate ventures
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(1,769 | ) | 50,382 | |||||
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
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Due from related parties
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(24,714 | ) | 26,173 | |||||
Other assets
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(358,857 | ) | (399,941 | ) | ||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
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(69,096 | ) | (103,853 | ) | ||||
Tenant security deposits
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56,336 | 48,332 | ||||||
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
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Cash flows from investing activities:
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Real estate investments
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(15,653,167 | ) | (17,730,767 | ) | ||||
DMHU purchase (Note 1)
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(300,000 | ) | — | |||||
Investment in real estate ventures
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Deposits on potential acquisitions
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Restricted cash
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11,001 | 455,624 | ||||||
Net cash used in investing activities
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(15,942,166 | ) | (18,363,695 | ) | ||||
Cash flows from financing activities:
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Proceeds from mortgage notes payable
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7,925,000 | 14,051,617 | ||||||
Repayment of mortgage notes payable
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(681,492 | ) | (10,152,914 | ) | ||||
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock
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10,204,261 | 13,421,484 | ||||||
Redemption of preferred stock
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(1,255,000 | ) | — | |||||
Repurchase of common stock
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(62,934 | ) | (170,000 | ) | ||||
Exercise of warrants
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1,890 | 630 | ||||||
Exercise of stock options
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2,000 | 77,702 | ||||||
Deferred stock issuance costs
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(299,481 | ) | (47,673 | ) | ||||
Dividends paid
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(2,084,884 | ) | (1,805,004 | ) | ||||
Net cash provided by financing activities
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13,749,360 | 15,375,842 | ||||||
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
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(2,302,098 | ) | (2,872,989 | ) | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents:
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Beginning of period
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9,298,523 | 4,778,761 | ||||||
Addition to cash from consolidation of joint venture
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269,152 | — | ||||||
End of period
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$ | 7,265,577 | $ | 1,905,772 | ||||
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
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Interest paid
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$ | 1,411,426 | $ | 667,201 | ||||
Non-cash investing activities:
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Reclassification of investments in real estate ventures to real estate assets
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$ | 21,188,400 | $ | — | ||||
Accrual of acquisition goodwill and related liabilities
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$ | 1,032,000 | $ | — | ||||
Non-cash financing activities:
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Change in par value of stock for Maryland reincorporation
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$ | 85,343,431 | $ | — | ||||
Common shares issued upon expiration of warrants
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$ | 453,889 | $ | — | ||||
Reinvestment of cash dividend
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$ | 2,609,877 | $ | 1,920,296 | ||||
Accrual of dividends payable
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$ | 751,228 | $ | 593,486 |
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
NetREIT, Inc.
1. ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Organization. NetREIT (the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of California on January 28, 1999 for the purpose of investing in real estate properties. Effective August 4, 2010, NetREIT, a California Corporation, merged into NetREIT, Inc., a Maryland Corporation with NetREIT, Inc. becoming the surviving Corporation. As a result of the merger, NetREIT is now incorporated in the State of Maryland. As a California Corporation, the Company’s common stock had no par value. As a Maryland Corporation, the Company’s common stock now has a par value of $0.01 per share which resulted in the transfer of $85,343,431 from common stock to additional paid in capital. The Company qualifies and operates as a self-administered real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the “Code”) and commenced operations with capital provided by its private placement offering of its equity securities in 1999.
The Company invests in a diverse portfolio of real estate assets. The primary types of properties the Company invests in include office, retail, self-storage and residential properties located in the western United States. As of September 30, 2010, the Company owned or had an equity interest in eight office buildings (“Office Properties”) which total approximately 411,000 rentable square feet, three retail shopping centers and a 7-Eleven property (“Retail Properties”) which total approximately 85,000 rentable square feet, five self-storage facilities (“Self-Storage Properties”) which total approximately 487,000 rentable square feet, one 39 unit apartment building and investments in two limited partnerships with 19 model homes (“Residential Properties”).
The Company is a General Partner in four limited partnerships (NetREIT 01 LP, NetREIT Palm Self-Storage LP, NetREIT Casa Grande LP and NetREIT Garden Gateway LP) and a Managing Member in one limited liability company (Fontana Medical Plaza, LLC) with ownership in real estate income producing properties. In addition, the Company is a limited partner in two partnerships that purchase and leaseback model homes from developers (Dubose Acquisition Partners II and III or “DAP II and DAP III”). We refer to these entities collectively, as the “Partnerships”.
In March 2010, the Company purchased certain tangible and intangible personal property from Dubose Model Homes USA (“DMHU”), including rights to certain names, trademarks and trade secrets, title to certain business equipment, furnishings and related personal property. DMHU had used these assets in its previous business of purchasing model homes for investment in new residential housing tracts and initially leasing the model homes back to their developer. In addition, the Company also acquired DMHU’s rights under certain contracts, including contracts to provide management services to 19 limited partnerships sponsored by DMHU and for which a DMHU affiliate serves as general partner (the “Model Home Partnerships”). These partnerships include DAP II and DAP III in each of which the Company was a 51% limited partner. In the DMHU Purchase, the Company paid the owners of DMHU $300,000 cash and agreed to issue up to 120,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, depending on the levels of production the Company achieves from its newly formed Model Homes Division over the next three years. The Company also agreed to continue to employ three former DMHU employees and to pay certain obligations of DMHU, including its office lease which expired on September 30, 2010. As Mr. Dubose is a Company director and was the founder and former president and principal owner of DMHU and certain of its affiliates, this transaction was completed in compliance with the Company’s Board’s Related Party Transaction Policy. The transaction has been accounted for as a business combination. Management performed an analysis of intangible assets acquired with the assistance of an independent valuation specialist and it was determined that $209,000 of the purchase price is attributable to customer relationships and will be amortized over 10 years. The Company also estimated a liability of $1,032,000 associated with the 120,000 shares that it believes will be issued in the future. As a result of this acquisition, total goodwill of $1,123,000 was recorded. The Company’s investment in DAP II and DAP III are consolidated into the financial statements of NetREIT effective March 1, 2010.
The Company has formed its Model Homes Division which will pursue investment activities based on DMHU’s business model. The Model Homes Division’s activities will initially include the purchase and leaseback of model homes in new residential housing tract developments (“Model Homes”) and providing management services to the 19 Model Home Partnerships. To pursue this business, the Company formed a new subsidiary, NetREIT Advisors, LLC, a wholly-owned Delaware limited liability company, and is sponsoring the formation of NetREIT Dubose Model Home REIT, Inc. (“NetREIT Dubose”), a Maryland corporation. NetREIT Dubose, a proposed REIT, will invest in Model Homes it purchases from developers in transactions where the developer leases back the Model Home under a short term lease, typically one to three years in length. Upon expiration of the lease, NetREIT Dubose will seek to re-lease the Model Home until such time as it is able to sell the property. NetREIT Dubose will own substantially all of its assets and conduct its operations through a newly formed operating partnership called NetREIT Dubose Model Home REIT, LP (“Operating Partnership”) which is a wholly-owned Delaware limited partnership. NetREIT Advisors, LLC will serve as advisor to NetREIT Dubose.
NetREIT Advisors, LLC will also provide management services to the 19 Model Home Partnerships, pursuant to the rights under the management contracts assigned to it by DMHU. For these services, NetREIT Advisors, LLC receives ongoing management fees and has the right to receive certain other fees when the respective partnership sells or otherwise disposes of its properties.
In July 2010, the Company capitalized NetREIT Dubose with a contribution of its investments in DAP II and III and funded a $1.2 million convertible promissory note, which was converted to NetREIT Dubose common stock on September 30, 2010. NetREIT Dubose has also commenced raising outside investor capital through a Private Placement Memorandum (“PPM”). NetREIT Dubose intends to sell 1 million shares of its common stock at $10.00 per share, or $10 million under the initial offering. The Company also has the option to increase the maximum offering amount to 2 million shares or $20 million.
Basis of Presentation. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company’s management in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). Certain information and footnote disclosures required for annual consolidated financial statements have been condensed or excluded pursuant to rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In the opinion of management, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments of a normal and recurring nature that are considered necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position, results of our operations, and cash flows as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009. However, the results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2010. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. The condensed balance sheet at December 31, 2009 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Form 10-K.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles of Consolidation. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of NetREIT, Inc., NetREIT Advisors, LLC, the Partnership subsidiaries and NetREIT Dubose and its Operating Partnership subsidiary. As used herein, the “Company” refers to NetREIT and its consolidated subsidiaries, collectively. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation (Note 4).
Prior to formation of the Partnerships, the properties owned by those partnerships were held as tenants in common (“TIC”) with the other investors and accounted for using the equity method due to substantive participation rights of the TIC. Upon formation of the Partnerships, NetREIT became the sole general partner in each of these partnerships and the rights of the other partners were limited to certain protective rights. As a result of the change in the Company’s ability to influence and control the Partnerships, they are now accounted for as a subsidiary of the Company and are fully consolidated in the Company’s financial statements.
The Company classifies the noncontrolling interests in the Partnerships as part of consolidated net loss before noncontrolling interests in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and includes the accumulated amount of noncontrolling interests as part of shareholders’ equity from their inception in 2009. If a change in ownership of a consolidated subsidiary results in loss of control and deconsolidation, any retained ownership interest will be remeasured with the gain or loss reported in the statement of operations. Management has evaluated the noncontrolling interests and determined that they do not contain any redemption features.
Federal Income Taxes. The Company has elected to be taxed as a Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code, for federal income tax purposes. To qualify as a REIT, the Company must distribute annually at least 90% of adjusted taxable income, as defined in the Code, to its shareholders and satisfy certain other organizational and operating requirements. As a REIT, no provision will be made for federal income taxes on income resulting from those sales of real estate investments which have or will be distributed to shareholders within the prescribed limits. However, taxes will be provided for those gains which are not anticipated to be distributed to shareholders unless such gains are deferred pursuant to Section 1031. In addition, the Company will be subject to a federal excise tax which equals 4% of the excess, if any, of 85% of the Company’s ordinary income plus 95% of the Company’s capital gain net income over cash distributions, as defined.
Earnings and profits that determine the taxability of distributions to shareholders differ from net income reported for financial reporting purposes due to differences in estimated useful lives and methods used to compute depreciation and the carrying value (basis) on the investments in properties for tax purposes, among other things. During the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and the year ended December 31, 2009, all distributions were considered return of capital to the shareholders and therefore non-taxable.
The Company believes that it has met all of the REIT distribution and technical requirements for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and for the year ended December 31, 2009.
Stock Dividend. In December 2009, the Company declared a 5% stock dividend which was paid in Company common stock on January 2, 2010 to shareholders of record on January 1, 2010. All loss per share calculations are based on adjusted shares for the stock dividend as if the shares were issued at the beginning of the first period presented.
Real Estate Assets
Property Acquisitions. The Company accounts for its acquisitions of real estate in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) which requires the purchase price of acquired properties be allocated to the acquired tangible assets and liabilities, consisting of land, building, tenant improvements, a land purchase option, long-term debt and identified intangible assets and liabilities, consisting of the value of above-market and below-market leases, the value of in-place leases, unamortized lease origination costs and tenant relationships, based in each case on their fair values.
The Company allocates the purchase price to tangible assets of an acquired property (which includes land, building and tenant improvements) based on the estimated fair values of those tangible assets, assuming the building was vacant. Estimates of fair value for land, building and building improvements are based on many factors including, but not limited to, comparisons to other properties sold in the same geographic area and independent third party valuations. The Company also considers information obtained about each property as a result of its pre-acquisition due diligence, marketing and leasing activities in estimating the fair values of the tangible and intangible assets and liabilities acquired.
The total value allocable to intangible assets acquired, which consists of unamortized lease origination costs, in-place leases, above and below market leases and tenant relationships, are allocated based on management’s evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant’s lease and the Company’s overall relationship with that respective tenant. Characteristics considered by management in allocating these values include the nature and extent of the existing business relationships with the tenant, growth prospects for developing new business with the tenant, the remaining term of the lease and the tenant’s credit quality, among other factors.
The value allocable to above or below market component of an acquired in-place lease is determined based upon the present value (using a market discount rate) of the difference between (i) the contractual rents to be paid pursuant to the lease over its remaining term, and (ii) management’s estimate of rents that would be paid using fair market rates over the remaining term of the lease. The amounts allocated to above or below market leases are included in lease intangibles, net in the accompanying balance sheets and are amortized on a straight-line basis as an increase or reduction of rental income over the remaining non-cancelable term of the respective leases.
The land lease acquired with the World Plaza acquisition in 2007 has a fixed purchase price option cost of $181,710 at the termination of the lease in 2062. Management valued the land option at its residual value of $1,370,000, based upon comparable land sales adjusted to present value. The difference between the strike price of the option and the recorded cost of the land purchase option is approximately $1.2 million. Accordingly, management has determined that exercise of the option is considered probable. The land purchase option was determined to be a contract based intangible asset associated with the land. As a result, this asset has an indefinite life and is treated as a non-amortizable asset. The amount is included as land purchase option on the accompanying balance sheets.
The value of in-place leases, unamortized lease origination costs, above and below market leases and tenant relationships are amortized to expense over the remaining term of the respective leases, which range from less than a year to ten years. The amount allocated to acquire in-place leases is determined based on management’s assessment of lost revenue and costs incurred for the period required to lease the “assumed vacant” property to the occupancy level when purchased. The amount allocated to unamortized lease origination costs is determined by what the Company would have paid to a third party to recruit a new tenant reduced by the expired term of the respective lease. The amount allocated to tenant relationships is the benefit resulting from the likelihood of a tenant renewing its lease. Amortization expense related to these assets was $90,126 and $113,716 for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Amortization expense related to these assets was $307,199 and $282,612 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
Sales of Undivided Interests in Properties. Gains from the sale of undivided interests in properties are recognized under the full accrual method by the Company when certain criteria are met. Gain or loss (the difference between the sales value and the proportionate cost of the partial interest sold) shall be recognized at the date of sale if a sale has been consummated and the following criteria are met:
a.
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The buyer is independent of the seller.
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b.
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Collection of the sales price is reasonably assured.
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c.
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The seller will not be required to support the operations of the property or its related obligations to an extent greater than its proportionate interest.
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Gains relating to transactions which do not meet the criteria for full accrual method of accounting are deferred and recognized when the full accrual method of accounting criteria are met or by using the installment or deposit methods of profit recognition, as appropriate in the circumstances.
As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company did not classify any properties as held for sale.
Depreciation and Amortization of Buildings and Improvements. Land, buildings and improvements are recorded at cost. Major replacements and betterments, which improve or extend the life of the asset, are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives, while ordinary repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred. The cost of buildings and improvements are depreciated using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives ranging from 30 to 55 years for buildings, improvements are amortized over the shorter of the estimated life of the asset or term of the tenant lease which range from 1 to 10 years, and 4 to 5 years for furniture, fixtures and equipment. Depreciation expense for buildings and improvements for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, was $763,459 and $426,941, respectively. Depreciation expense for buildings and improvements for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, was $2,160,645 and $1,245,919, respectively.
Impairment of Real Estate Assets. The Company reviews the carrying value of each property to determine if circumstances that indicate impairment in the carrying value of the investment exist or that depreciation periods should be modified. If circumstances support the possibility of impairment, the Company prepares a projection of the undiscounted future cash flows, without interest charges, of the specific property and determines if the investment in such property is recoverable. If impairment is indicated, the carrying value of the property would be written down to its estimated fair value based on the Company’s best estimate of the property’s discounted future cash flows. There have been no impairments recognized on the Company’s real estate assets at December 31, 2009 and, as of September 30, 2010, management does not believe that any indicators of impairment were evident.
Intangible Assets. Lease intangibles represents the allocation of a portion of the purchase price of a property acquisition representing the estimated value of in-place leases, unamortized lease origination costs, tenant relationships and a land purchase option. Intangible assets are comprised of finite-lived and indefinite-lived assets. Indefinite-lived assets are not amortized. Finite-lived intangibles are amortized over their expected useful lives.
The Company is required to perform a test for impairment of goodwill and other definite and indefinite lived assets at least annually, and more frequently as circumstances warrant. Based on the review, no impairment was deemed necessary at December 31, 2009 and, as of September 30, 2010, management does not believe that any indicators of impairment were evident.
Other intangible assets that are not deemed to have an indefinite useful life are amortized over their estimated useful lives. The carrying amount of intangible assets that are not deemed to have an indefinite useful life is regularly reviewed for indicators of impairments in value. Impairment is recognized only if the carrying amount of the intangible asset is considered to be unrecoverable from its undiscounted cash flows and is measured as the difference between the carrying amount and the estimated fair value of the asset. Based on the review, no impairment was deemed necessary at December 31, 2009 and, as of September 30, 2010, management does not believe that any indicators of impairment were evident.
Investments in Real Estate Ventures. The Company analyzes its investments in joint ventures to determine whether the joint venture should be accounted for under the equity method of accounting or consolidated into the financial statements. The Company has determined that the tenant in common investors in its real estate ventures have certain protective and substantive participation rights that limit the Company’s control of the investment. Therefore, the Company’s share of its investment in real estate ventures were accounted for under the equity method of accounting in the accompanying 2009 financial statements while properties were held as tenants in common. The Company did not have any investments in real estate ventures as of September 30, 2010.
Under the equity method, the Company’s investment in real estate ventures is stated at cost and adjusted for the Company’s share of net earnings or losses and reduced by distributions. Equity in earnings of real estate ventures is generally recognized based on the Company’s ownership interest in the earnings of each of the unconsolidated real estate ventures. For the purposes of presentation in the statement of cash flows, the Company follows the “look through” approach for classification of distributions from joint ventures. Under this approach, distributions are reported under operating cash flow unless the facts and circumstances of a specific distribution clearly indicate that it is a return of capital (e.g., a liquidating dividend or distribution of the proceeds from the joint venture’s sale of assets) in which case it is reported as an investing activity. Management assesses whether there are any indicators that the value of the Company’s investments in unconsolidated real estate ventures may be impaired when events or circumstances indicate that there may be an impairment. An investment is impaired if management’s estimate of the fair value of the investment is less than its carrying value. To the extent impairment has occurred, and is considered to be other than temporary, the loss is measured as the excess of the carrying amount of the investment over the fair value of the investment. No impairment charges were recognized for the year ended December 31, 2009.
Revenue Recognition. The Company recognizes revenue from rent, tenant reimbursements, and other revenue once all of the following criteria are met:
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•
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persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists;
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•
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delivery has occurred or services have been rendered;
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•
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the amount is fixed or determinable; and
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•
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the collectability of the amount is reasonably assured.
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Annual rental revenue is recognized in rental revenues on a straight-line basis over the term of the related lease.
Certain of the Company’s leases currently contain rental increases at specified intervals. The Company records as an asset, and includes in revenues, deferred rent receivable that will be received if the tenant makes all rent payments required through the expiration of the initial term of the lease. Deferred rent receivable in the accompanying balance sheets includes the cumulative difference between rental revenue recorded on a straight-line basis and rents received from the tenants in accordance with the lease terms. Accordingly, the Company determines, in its judgment, to what extent the deferred rent receivable applicable to each specific tenant is collectible. The Company reviews material deferred rent receivable, as it relates to straight-line rents, on a quarterly basis and takes into consideration the tenant’s payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the tenant operates and economic conditions in the area in which the property is located. In the event that the collectability of deferred rent with respect to any given tenant is in doubt, the Company records an increase in the allowance for uncollectible accounts or records a direct write-off of the specific rent receivable. No such reserves have been recorded as of September 30, 2010 or December 31, 2009.
Interest income on mortgages receivable is accrued as it is earned. The Company stops accruing interest income on a loan if it is past due for more than 90 days or there is doubt regarding collectability of the loan principal and/or accrued interest receivable.
Loss Per Common Share. Basic loss per common share (“Basic EPS”) is computed by dividing net loss available to common shareholders (the “numerator”) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding (the “denominator”) during the period. Diluted loss per common share (“Diluted EPS”) is similar to the computation of Basic EPS except that the denominator is increased to include the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the dilutive potential common shares had been issued. In addition, in computing the dilutive effect of convertible securities, the numerator is adjusted to add back the after-tax amount of interest recognized in the period associated with any convertible debt. The computation of Diluted EPS does not assume exercise or conversion of securities that would have an anti-dilutive effect on net earnings per share.
The following is a reconciliation of the denominator of the basic loss per common share computation to the denominator of the diluted loss per common share computations:
Three Months Ended
September 30,
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Nine Months Ended
September 30,
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2010
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2009
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2010
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2009
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Weighted average shares used for Basic EPS
|
11,509,003 | 8,252,493 | 10,964,396 | 7,621,672 | ||||||||||||
Stock dividend declared in December 2009 (retroactive adjustment)
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— | 412,625 | — | 381,084 | ||||||||||||
Adjusted weighted average shares used for Basic EPS
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11,509,003 | 8,665,118 | 10,964,396 | 8,002,756 | ||||||||||||
Effect of dilutive securities:
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Incremental shares from share-based compensation
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Incremental shares from conversion of NetREIT 01 LP Partnership
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Incremental shares from conversion of NetREIT Casa Grande LP Partnership
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Incremental shares from conversion of NetREIT Palm LP Partnership
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Incremental shares from conversion of NetREIT Garden Gateway Partnership
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Incremental shares from convertible preferred stock and warrants
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— | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Adjusted weighted average shares used for diluted EPS
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11,509,003 | 8,665,118 | 10,964,396 | 8,002,756 |
Weighted average shares from share based compensation, shares from conversion of NetREIT 01 LP Partnership, Casa Grande LP Partnership, NetREIT Palm Self-Storage LP Partnership, NetREIT Garden Gateway LP Partnership and shares from convertible preferred stock and warrants with respect to a total of 966,074 and 1,139,802 shares of common stock for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share as their effect was anti-dilutive.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments and Certain Other Assets/Liabilities. The Company calculates the fair value of financial instruments using available market information and appropriate present value or other valuation techniques such as discounted cash flow analyses. Those techniques are significantly affected by the assumptions used, including the discount rate and estimates of future cash flows. The derived fair value estimates cannot always be substantiated by comparison to independent markets and in many cases, could not be realized in immediate settlement of the instruments. Management believes that the carrying values reflected in the accompanying balance sheets reasonably approximate the fair values for financial instruments.
The Company does not have any assets or liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis and, as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, does not have any assets or liabilities that were measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis.
Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Significant estimates include the allocation of purchase price paid for property acquisitions between land, building and intangible assets acquired including their useful lives; the allowance for doubtful accounts, which is based on an evaluation of the tenants’ ability to pay and the provision for possible loan losses with respect to mortgages receivable and interest. Actual results may differ from those estimates.
Segments. The Company acquires and operates income producing properties including office properties, residential properties, retail properties and self-storage properties and invests in real estate assets, including real estate loans and, as a result, the Company operates in five business segments. See Note 8 “Segments”.
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3. REAL ESTATE ASSETS AND LEASE INTANGIBLES
A summary of the eighteen properties and investments in nineteen model homes owned by the Company as of September 30, 2010 is as follows:
Property Name
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Date Acquired
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Location
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Square Footage
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Property Description
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Real estate assets, net (in thousands)
|
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Casa Grande Apartments
|
April 1999
|
Cheyenne, Wyoming
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29,250 |
Residential
|
$ | 1,518.0 | |||||||
Havana/Parker Complex
|
June 2006
|
Aurora, Colorado
|
114,000 |
Office
|
6,536.0 | ||||||||
7-Eleven
|
September 2006
|
Escondido, California
|
3,000 |
Retail
|
1,309.4 | ||||||||
Garden Gateway Plaza
|
March 2007
|
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
115,052 |
Office
|
13,166.9 | ||||||||
World Plaza
|
September 2007
|
San Bernardino, California
|
55,098 |
Retail
|
5,748.8 | ||||||||
Regatta Square
|
October 2007
|
Denver, Colorado
|
5,983 |
Retail
|
1,999.1 | ||||||||
Sparky’s Palm Self-Storage
|
November 2007
|
Highland, California
|
50,250 |
Self Storage
|
4,738.7 | ||||||||
Sparky’s Joshua Self-Storage
|
December 2007
|
Hesperia, California
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149,750 |
Self Storage
|
7,364.6 | ||||||||
Executive Office Park
|
July 2008
|
Colorado Springs, Colorado
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65,084 |
Office
|
8,908.8 | ||||||||
Waterman Plaza
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August 2008
|
San Bernardino, California
|
21,170 |
Retail
|
6,619.2 | ||||||||
Pacific Oaks Plaza
|
September 2008
|
Escondido, California
|
16,000 |
Office
|
4,651.0 | ||||||||
Morena Office Center
|
January 2009
|
San Diego, California
|
26,784 |
Office
|
6,118.4 | ||||||||
Fontana Medical Plaza
|
February 2009
|
Fontana, California
|
10,500 |
Office
|
2,188.5 | ||||||||
Rangewood Medical Office Building
|
March 2009
|
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
18,222 |
Office
|
2,474.7 | ||||||||
Sparky’s Thousand Palms Self-Storage
|
August 2009
|
Thousand Palms, California
|
113,126 |
Self Storage
|
6,010.1 | ||||||||
19 Model Home Properties
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Various in 2009
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California and Nevada
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46,637 |
Residential
|
7,564.1 | ||||||||
Sparky’s Hesperia East Self-Storage
|
December 2009
|
Hesperia, California
|
72,940 |
Self Storage
|
2,763.0 | ||||||||
Sparky’s Rialto Self-Storage
|
May 2010
|
Rialto, California
|
101,343 |
Self Storage
|
4,853.9 | ||||||||
Genesis Plaza
|
August 2010
|
San Diego, California
|
57,685 |
Office
|
9,121.8 | ||||||||
Total real estate assets, net
|
$ | 103,655.0 |
A summary of the fifteen properties owned by the Company as of December 31, 2009 is as follows:
Property Name
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Date Acquired
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Location
|
Square Footage
|
Property Description
|
Real estate assets, net (in thousands)
|
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Casa Grande Apartments
|
April 1999
|
Cheyenne, Wyoming
|
29,250 |
Residential
|
$ | 1,571.9 | |||||||
Havana/Parker Complex
|
June 2006
|
Aurora, Colorado
|
114,000 |
Office
|
6,587.6 | ||||||||
7-Eleven
|
September 2006
|
Escondido, California
|
3,000 |
Retail
|
1,325.6 | ||||||||
World Plaza
|
September 2007
|
San Bernardino, California
|
55,098 |
Retail
|
5,810.5 | ||||||||
Regatta Square
|
October 2007
|
Denver, Colorado
|
5,983 |
Retail
|
2,030.2 | ||||||||
Sparky’s Palm Self-Storage
|
November 2007
|
Highland, California
|
50,250 |
Self Storage
|
4,819.4 | ||||||||
Sparky’s Joshua Self-Storage
|
December 2007
|
Hesperia, California
|
149,750 |
Self Storage
|
7,491.5 | ||||||||
Executive Office Park
|
July 2008
|
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
65,084 |
Office
|
9,180.5 | ||||||||
Waterman Plaza
|
August 2008
|
San Bernardino, California
|
21,170 |
Retail
|
6,699.2 | ||||||||
Pacific Oaks Plaza
|
September 2008
|
Escondido, California
|
16,000 |
Office
|
4,725.3 | ||||||||
Morena Office Center
|
January 2009
|
San Diego, California
|
26,784 |
Office
|
6,247.7 | ||||||||
Fontana Medical Plaza
|
February 2009
|
Fontana, California
|
10,500 |
Office
|
1,929.2 | ||||||||
Rangewood Medical Office Building
|
March 2009
|
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
18,222 |
Office
|
2,513.8 | ||||||||
Sparky’s Thousand Palms Self-Storage
|
August 2009
|
Thousand Palms, California
|
113,126 |
Self Storage
|
6,112.9 | ||||||||
Sparky’s Hesperia East Self-Storage
|
December 2009
|
Hesperia, California
|
72,940 |
Self Storage
|
2,784.3 | ||||||||
Total real estate assets, net
|
$ | 69,829.6 |
The following table sets forth the components of the Company’s in real estate assets:
September 30, 2010
|
December 31, 2009
|
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Land
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$ | 20,311,540 | $ | 13,820,313 | ||||
Buildings and other
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86,429,188 | 57,269,228 | ||||||
Tenant improvements
|
4,139,380 | 2,061,107 | ||||||
110,880,108 | 73,150,648 | |||||||
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
|
(7,225,116 | ) | (3,321,045 | ) | ||||
Real estate assets, net
|
$ | 103,654,992 | $ | 69,829,603 |
Operations from each property are included in the Company’s financial statements from the date of acquisition.
The Company acquired the following properties in 2010:
In May 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of Sparky’s Rialto Self Storage (Formerly known as Las Colinas Self Storage) located in Rialto, California. The purchase price was $4.9 million. The Company paid the purchase price through a cash payment of approximately $2.0 million and a promissory note in the amount of approximately $2.9 million. The property consists of approximately 7.5 acres of land, 101,343 rentable square feet and approximately 771 self storage units.
In August, 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of Genesis Plaza. The purchase price was $10.0 million The Company paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $5.0 million and a new mortgage loan with an insurance company secured by the Property of $5.0 million. The loan bears interest at 4.65% with a 25 year amortization schedule and a maturity date of August, 24, 2015 that may be extended for an additional 5 years at the lender’s discretion subject to a change in the interest rates and other terms of the agreement. The Property is a four-story suburban office building built in 1988 and located in the Kearny Mesa submarket of San Diego, California, consisting of 57,685 rentable square feet.
The Company acquired the following properties in 2009:
In January 2009, the Company acquired the Morena Office Center, an office building located in San Diego, California. The purchase price for the property was $6.6 million, including transaction costs. The Company purchased the property with $3.4 million cash and a $3.2 million draw on its former line of credit facility. This property consists of a building of approximately 26,784 rentable square feet.
In February 2009, the Company and Fontana Dialysis Building, LLC formed Fontana Medical Plaza, LLC (“FMP”) for which the Company is Managing Member and 51% owner. FMP assumed an agreement to purchase the Fontana Medical Plaza located in Fontana, California. The purchase price for the property was $1.9 million. The Company purchased the property with $800,000 cash and a $1,100,000 draw on its former line of credit facility. The property consists of approximately 10,500 rentable square feet.
In March 2009, the Company acquired The Rangewood Medical Office Building (“Rangewood”) located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The purchase price for the property was $2.6 million, including transaction costs. The Company purchased the property with $200,000 cash and a $2,430,000 draw on its former line of credit facility. Rangewood is a 3-story, Class A medical office building of approximately 18,222 rentable square feet.
In August 2009, the Company completed the acquisition of Sparky’s Thousand Palms Self-Storage (Formerly known as Monterey Palms Self-Storage) (“Thousand Palms”) located in Thousand Palms, California. The purchase price for the Property was $6.2 million. The Company paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $1.5 million which was applied to closing costs and fees and to an existing loan secured by Thousand Palms, and assumed a nonrecourse, variable interest rate, promissory note with a principal balance after the closing of $4.7 million. Thousand Palms consists of 113,126 rentable square feet comprised of 549 storage units.
In December 2009, the Company completed the acquisition of Sparky’s Hesperia East Self-Storage East (Formerly known as St. Thomas Self-Storage) located in Hesperia California. The purchase price for the Property was $2.8 million. The Company paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $1.1 million and a promissory note in the amount of $1.7 million. The property consists of approximately 5.8 acres of land, 72,940 rentable square feet and approximately 479 self-storage units.
The Company allocated the purchase price of the properties acquired during 2010 as follows:
Land
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Buildings
and other
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Tenant
Improvements
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Above Market Leases
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In-place
Leases
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Lease
Origination
Costs
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Tenant
Relationships
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Total Purchase
Price
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Sparky’s Rialto Self-Storage
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$ | 1,055,000 | $ | 3,820,000 | $ | 4,875,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Genesis Plaza
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1,400,000 | 7,543,510 | 200,954 | 388,692 | 219,070 | 247,774 | 10,000,000 |
The Company allocated the purchase price of the properties acquired during 2009 as follows:
Land
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Buildings
and other
|
Tenant
Improvements
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In-place
Leases
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Lease
Origination
Costs
|
Tenant
Relationships
|
Total Purchase
Price
|
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Morena Office Center
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$ | 1,333,000 | $ | 4,833,141 | $ | 242,324 | $ | 80,861 | $ | 85,674 | $ | 6,575,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Fontana Medical Plaza
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556,858 | 1,362,942 | 1,919,800 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rangewood Medical Office Building
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572,000 | 1,750,732 | 152,683 | 41,043 | 113,542 | 2,630,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sparky’s Thousand Palms Self-Storage
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620,000 | 5,530,000 | 50,000 | 6,200,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sparky’s Joshua Self-Storage East
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1,470,000 | 1,305,000 | 2,775,000 |
Lease Intangibles
The following table summarizes the net value of other intangible assets and the accumulated amortization for each class of intangible asset:
September 30, 2010
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December 31, 2009
|
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Lease
intangibles
|
Accumulated
amortization
|
Lease
intangibles,
net
|
Lease
intangibles
|
Accumulated
amortization
|
Lease
intangibles,
net
|
|||||||||||||||||||
In-place leases
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$ | 1,031,793 | $ | (505,915 | ) | $ | 525,878 | $ | 643,630 | $ | (255,127 | ) | $ | 388,503 | ||||||||||
Lease origination costs
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894,487 | (380,625 | ) | 513,862 | 508,621 | (188,100 | ) | 320,521 | ||||||||||||||||
Tenant relationships
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332,721 | (332,721 | ) | — | 332,721 | (299,388 | ) | 33,333 | ||||||||||||||||
Above market leases
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388,692 | (10,693 | ) | 377,999 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Below-market leases
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— | — | — | (40,160 | ) | 17,660 | (22,500 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
$ | 2,647,693 | $ | (1,229,954 | ) | $ | 1,417,739 | $ | 1,444,812 | $ | (724,955 | ) | $ | 719,857 |
As of September 30, 2010, the estimated aggregate amortization expense for the three month period ending December 31, 2010, each of the four succeeding fiscal years and thereafter is as follows:
Estimated
Aggregate
Amortization
Expense
|
||||
Three month period ending December 31, 2010
|
$ | 79,988 | ||
2011
|
463,880 | |||
2012
|
323,843 | |||
2013
|
227,311 | |||
2014
|
154,272 | |||
Thereafter
|
168,445 | |||
$ | 1,417,739 |
The weighted average amortization period for the lease intangibles, consisting of in-place leases, leasing costs and above market leases as of September 30, 2010 was 7.1 years.
4. INVESTMENT IN REAL ESTATE VENTURES
The following table sets forth the components of the Company’s investment in real estate ventures at December 31, 2009:
Equity
Percentage |
December 31, 2009
|
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Garden Gateway Plaza
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94.0 | % | $ | 12,665,799 | ||||
Dubose Acquisition Partners II, LTD & III, LTD
|
51.0 | 1,526,830 | ||||||
$ | 14,192,629 |
The Garden Gateway Plaza property was held as tenants in common with the other investors at December 31, 2009. Effective February 1, 2010, the tenants in common exchanged their interests in the property into a partnership. As a result, the Company has consolidated this partnership as its activity as the sole general partner and majority owner.
The Company is a limited partner in the Dubose Acquisition Partners II, LTD and III, LTD (“DAP II & III”). These are investments in limited partnerships that acquired model homes from homebuilders and leased them back to the seller. Effective March 1, 2010 the Company obtained the rights to manage the role of the general partner for these two partnerships and, as a result, has consolidated this partnership as its activity as majority owner and through assumption of managing the role of the general partner.
Condensed balance sheets of all investments included in investment in real estate ventures as of December 31, 2009 is as follows:
December 31, 2009
|
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Real estate assets and lease intangibles
|
$ | 20,791,102 | ||
Total assets
|
$ | 20,791,102 | ||
Mortgage notes payable
|
$ | 5,131,516 | ||
Owner’s equity
|
15,659,586 | |||
Total liabilities and owners’ equity
|
$ | 20,791,102 |
Condensed statements of operations of all investments included in investment in real estate ventures for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:
Three months ended
September 30,
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Nine months ended
September 30,
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2010
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2009
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2010
|
2009
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Rental income
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$ | — | $ | 794,105 | $ | 297,762 | $ | 2,312,826 | ||||||||
Costs and expenses:
|
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Rental operating costs
|
— | 297,777 | 62,055 | 862,691 | ||||||||||||
Interest Expense
|
— | 201,060 | 106,030 | 588,075 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
— | 205,047 | 99,908 | 647,884 | ||||||||||||
Partner’s share of net operating income
|
— | 84,499 | 28,000 | 264,558 | ||||||||||||
Equity in earnings (losses) of real estate ventures | $ | — | $ | 5,722 | $ | 1,769 | $ | (50,382 | ) |
5. MORTGAGE NOTES PAYABLE
Mortgage notes payable as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 consisted of the following:
September 30,
2010
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December 31,
2009
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Mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $24,330 through July 1, 2016, including interest at a fixed rate of 6.51%, collateralized by the Havana/Parker Complex property
|
$ | 3,341,811 | $ | 3,393,776 | ||||
Mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $71,412 through April 5, 2014, including interest at a fixed rate of 6.08%; collateralized by the leases and office buildings of the Garden Gateway Plaza property. Certain obligations under the note are guaranteed by the executive officers
|
9,888,115 | 10,075,155 | ||||||
Mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $27,088 through February 1, 2012, including interest at a fixed rate of 5.31%; collateralized by the World Plaza property
|
3,269,688 | 3,380,792 | ||||||
Mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $25,995 through September 1, 2015, including interest at a fixed rate of 6.5%; collateralized by the Waterman Plaza property
|
3,718,607 | 3,769,886 | ||||||
Mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $28,842 through March 1, 2034, including interest at a variable rate ranging from 5.5% to 10.5%; with a current rate of 5.5% collateralized by the Thousand Palms property
|
4,563,434 | 4,633,393 | ||||||
Mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $9,432 through December 18, 2016, including interest at a fixed rate of 5.00% through December 2011, 6.25% to maturity, collateralized by the Sparky’s Hesperia East Self-Storage property
|
1,723,598 | 1,742,500 | ||||||
Mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $17,226 through May 3, 2012, including interest at a fixed rate of 5.00%; monthly installments of $19,323 from June 3, 2012, including interest at 6.25% to maturity, collateralized by the Sparky’s Rialto Self-Storage property
|
2,902,653 | — | ||||||
Mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $28,219 through September 1, 2015, including interest at a fixed rate of 4.65%; collateralized by the Genesis Plaza property
|
5,000,000 | — | ||||||
Mortgage notes payable in monthly installments of $31,443 through February 10, 2012, including interest at a fixed rate of 5.50%, collateralized by 15 model home properties
|
2,989,922 | — | ||||||
Mortgage notes payable in monthly installments of $20,153 through September 18, 2012, including interest at a fixed rate of 6.50%, collateralized by 4 model home properties
|
1,893,194 | — | ||||||
$ | 39,291,022 | $ | 26,995,502 |
The Company is in compliance with all conditions and covenants of its mortgage notes payable.
Scheduled principal payments of mortgage notes payable as of September 30, 2010 for the three month period ending December 31, 2010 and the four succeeding fiscal years and thereafter, are as follows:
Scheduled
Principal
Payments
|
||||
Three month period ending December 31, 2010
|
$ | 278,780 | ||
2011
|
1,195,829 | |||
2012
|
8,300,975 | |||
2013
|
783,599 | |||
2014
|
9,482,494 | |||
Thereafter
|
19,249,345 | |||
Total
|
$ | 39,291,022 |
6. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Company leases a portion of its corporate headquarters at Pacific Oaks Plaza in Escondido, California to C.I. Holding Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries (“CI”), a small shareholder in the Company that is approximately 35% owned by the Company’s executive management and to other affiliates. Total rents charged and paid by these affiliates was $12,487 and $37,460 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
The Company has entered into a property management agreement with CHG Properties, Inc. (“CHG”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CI, to manage all of its properties at rates up to 5% of gross income. During the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company paid CHG total management fees of $103,000 and $88,300, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company paid CHG total management fees of $295,770 and $250,866, respectively.
During the term of the property management agreement, the Company has an option to acquire the business conducted by CHG. The option is exercisable, with the approval of a majority of the Company’s directors not otherwise interested in the transaction, without any consent of the property manager, its board or its shareholders,. The option price is shares of the Company to be determined by a predefined formula based on the net income of CHG during the 6-month period immediately preceding the month in which the acquisition notice is delivered.
In February 2010, the Company completed the DMHU acquisition as described in Note 1. Larry Dubose, a director of the Company since 2005, was founder, owner, chief executive officer and Chairman of DMHU and certain of its affiliates. Mr. Dubose will continue to serve as a director, officer and employee of the Company and certain of its affiliates.
7. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Employee Retirement and Share-Based Incentive Plans
Stock Options. The following table summarizes the stock option activity.
Shares
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
|||||||
Balance, December 31, 2007
|
21,266 | $ | 6.93 | |||||
Options exercised
|
(14,204 | ) | $ | 7.76 | ||||
Options outstanding and exercisable, December 31, 2008
|
7,062 | $ | 8.23 | |||||
Options exercised
|
(5,610 | ) | $ | 8.23 | ||||
Options outstanding and exercisable, December 31, 2009
|
1,452 | $ | 8.64 | |||||
Options exercised
|
(1,452 | ) | $ | 8.64 | ||||
Options outstanding and exercisable, September 30, 2010
|
— | $ | — |
Share-Based Incentive Plan. An incentive award plan has been established for the purpose of attracting and retaining officers, key employees and non-employee board members. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors adopted a Restricted Stock plan (“Restricted Stock”) in December 2006 and granted nonvested shares of restricted common stock annually beginning on January 1, 2007. The nonvested shares have voting rights and are eligible for any dividends paid to common shares. The share awards vest in equal annual installments over a three or five year period from date of issuance. The Company recognized compensation cost for these fixed awards over the service vesting period, which represents the requisite service period, using the straight-line attribution expense method.
The value of the nonvested shares was calculated based on the offering price of the shares in the most recent private placement offering, net of issuance costs or $8.60 per share adjusted for stock dividends since granted and assumed selling costs. The value of granted nonvested restricted stock granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 was $461,100 and $418,900, respectively. Compensation expense recorded during the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 was $71,100 and $39,000, respectively. Compensation expense recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 was $213,300 and $117,000, respectively. The remaining 98,016 nonvested restricted shares will vest in equal installments over the next one to four years.
A table of non-vested restricted shares granted and vested since December 31, 2008 is as follows:
Balance, December 31, 2008
|
27,228 | |||
Granted
|
43,985 | |||
Vested
|
(24,787 | ) | ||
Cancelled
|
(566 | ) | ||
Balance, December 31, 2009
|
45,860 | |||
Granted
|
53,616 | |||
Vested
|
(1,050 | ) | ||
Cancelled
|
(410 | ) | ||
Balance, September 30, 2010
|
98,016 |
Stock Dividend. The Company’s Board of Directors declared stock dividends on common shares to all Shareholders of record and at rates shown in the table below:
Stock
|
Common Stock
|
|||||||||||||||||
Date of Declaration
|
Record Date
|
Dividend Rate
|
Value
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
|||||||||||||
December 4, 2009
|
January 1, 2010
|
5 | % | $ | 8.60 | 482,027 | $ | 4,145,432 |
The stock dividend was issued on January 2, 2010.
Cash Dividends. Cash dividends declared per common share for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 were $0.429 and $0.45, respectively. The Series AA Preferred shares were redeemed in May 2010. Dividends paid through redemption in May 2010 were $34,447. The dividend paid to stockholders of the preferred shares for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $21,963 and 65,888, respectively, or an annualized portion of the 7% of the liquidation preference of $25 per share.
Sale of Common Stock. During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the net proceeds from the sale of 1,246,905 shares of common stock was $10,204,261. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the net proceeds from the sale of 1,636,270 shares of common stock was $13,421,484.
8. SEGMENTS
The Company’s reportable segments consist of the four types of commercial real estate properties for which the Company’s decision-makers internally evaluate operating performance and financial results: Residential Properties, Office Properties, Retail Properties, Self-Storage Properties and Mortgage Loans. The Company also has certain corporate level activities including accounting, finance, legal administration and management information systems which are not considered separate operating segments.
The Company’s chief operating decision maker evaluates the performance of its segments based upon net operating income. Net operating income is defined as operating revenues (rental income, tenant reimbursements and other property income) less property and related expenses (property expenses, real estate taxes, ground leases and provisions for bad debts) and excludes other non-property income and expenses, interest expense, depreciation and amortization, and general and administrative expenses. The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in the Company’s significant accounting policies (see Note 2). There is no intersegment activity.
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The following tables reconcile the Company’s segment activity to its results of operations and financial position as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009.
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
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2010
|
2009
|
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||||||||
Office Properties:
|
||||||||||||||||
Rental income
|
$ | 1,349,163 | $ | 745,507 | $ | 3,618,135 | $ | 2,212,645 | ||||||||
Property and related expenses
|
603,810 | 467,951 | 1,723,149 | 1,237,043 | ||||||||||||
Net operating income, as defined
|
745,353 | 277,556 | 1,894,986 | 975,602 | ||||||||||||
Equity in (losses) from real estate ventures
|
— | (53,679 | ) | (22,378 | ) | (196,337 | ) | |||||||||
Residential Properties:
|
||||||||||||||||
Rental income
|
329,051 | — | 820,716 | — | ||||||||||||
Property and related expenses
|
43,008 | — | 128,607 | — | ||||||||||||
Net operating income, as defined
|
286,043 | — | 692,109 | — | ||||||||||||
Equity in earnings from real estate ventures
|
— | 30,665 | 24,147 | 68,355 | ||||||||||||
Retail Properties:
|
||||||||||||||||
Rental income
|
420,823 | 384,446 | 1,247,565 | 1,136,995 | ||||||||||||
Property and related expenses
|
149,836 | 94,506 | 397,783 | 333,622 | ||||||||||||
Net operating income, as defined
|
270,987 | 289,940 | 849,782 | 803,373 | ||||||||||||
Equity in earnings from real estate ventures
|
— | 10,408 | — | 30,424 | ||||||||||||
Self-Storage Properties:
|
||||||||||||||||
Rental income
|
519,575 | 210,985 | 1,405,431 | 536,091 | ||||||||||||
Property and related expenses
|
336,254 | 116,344 | 943,010 | 304,024 | ||||||||||||
Net operating income, as defined
|
183,321 | 94,641 | 462,421 | 232,067 | ||||||||||||
Equity in earnings from real estate ventures
|
— | 18,325 | — | 47,176 | ||||||||||||
Mortgage loan activity:
|
|
|
||||||||||||||
Interest income
|
14,900 | 14,903 | 44,214 | 44,217 | ||||||||||||
Reconciliation to Net Income Available to
|
||||||||||||||||
Common Shareholders:
|
||||||||||||||||
Total net operating income, as defined, for reportable segments
|
1,500,604 | 682,762 | 3,945,281 | 2,004,877 | ||||||||||||
Unallocated other income:
|
||||||||||||||||
Total other income
|
9,280 | 1,368 | 34,723 | 23,642 | ||||||||||||
Unallocated other expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses
|
781,729 | 507,156 | 2,349,517 | 1,576,618 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense
|
538,063 | 261,678 | 1,414,127 | 712,857 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
880,024 | 555,749 | 2,547,187 | 1,556,216 | ||||||||||||
Net loss before noncontrolling interest
|
(689,932 | ) | (640,453 | ) | (2,330,827 | ) | (1,817,172 | ) | ||||||||
Noncontrolling interests
|
60,896 | — | 155,391 | — | ||||||||||||
Net loss
|
(750,828 | ) | (640,453 | ) | (2,486,218 | ) | (1,817,172 | ) | ||||||||
Preferred dividends
|
— | (21,963 | ) | (34,447 | ) | (65,888 | ) | |||||||||
Net loss attributable to common shareholders
|
$ | (750,828 | ) | $ | (662,416 | ) | $ | (2,520,665 | ) | $ | (1,883,060 | ) |
September 30,
2010
|
December 31,
2009
|
|||||||
Assets:
|
||||||||
Office Properties:
|
||||||||
Land, buildings and improvements, net (1)
|
$ | 54,307,134 | $ | 31,554,488 | ||||
Total assets (2)
|
55,400,410 | 32,652,322 | ||||||
Investment in real estate ventures
|
— | 12,665,799 | ||||||
Residential Property:
|
||||||||
Land, buildings and improvements, net
|
9,082,360 | 1,571,935 | ||||||
Total assets
|
10,790,547 | 1,594,248 | ||||||
Investment in real estate ventures
|
— | 1,526,830 | ||||||
Retail Properties:
|
||||||||
Land, buildings and improvements, net (1)
|
17,323,030 | 17,574,262 | ||||||
Total assets (2)
|
17,551,578 | 17,746,702 | ||||||
Self-Storage Properties:
|
||||||||
Land, buildings and improvements, net (1)
|
25,730,207 | 21,241,275 | ||||||
Total assets (2)
|
25,866,953 | 21,364,770 | ||||||
Mortgage loan activity:
|
||||||||
Mortgage receivable and accrued interest
|
920,216 | 920,216 | ||||||
Total assets
|
920,216 | 920,216 | ||||||
Reconciliation to Total Assets:
|
||||||||
Total assets for reportable segments
|
110,529,704 | 88,470,887 | ||||||
Other unallocated assets:
|
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
7,265,577 | 9,298,523 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other assets, net
|
2,299,629 | 2,222,427 | ||||||
Total Assets
|
$ | 120,094,910 | $ | 99,991,837 |
(1)
|
Includes lease intangibles and the land purchase option related to property acquisitions.
|
(2)
|
Includes land, buildings and improvements, current receivables, deferred rent receivables and deferred leasing costs and other related intangible assets, all shown on a net basis.
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
Capital Expenditures:(1)
|
||||||||
Office Properties:
|
||||||||
Acquisition of operating properties
|
$ | 10,000,000 | $ | 11,124,800 | ||||
Capital expenditures and tenant improvements
|
648,895 | 398,834 | ||||||
Residential Property:
|
||||||||
Acquisition of operating properties (2)
|
— | 1,456,050 | ||||||
Retail Properties:
|
||||||||
Capital expenditures and tenant improvements
|
89,559 | |||||||
Self Storage Properties:
|
||||||||
Acquisition of operating properties
|
4,875,000 | 6,200,000 | ||||||
Capital expenditures and tenant improvements
|
39,713 | 7,133 | ||||||
Total Reportable Segments:
|
||||||||
Acquisition of operating properties
|
14,875,000 | 17,324,800 | ||||||
Capital expenditures and tenant improvements
|
778,167 | 405,967 | ||||||
Total real estate investments
|
$ | 15,653,167 | $ | 17,730,767 | ||||
Total investments in real estate ventures
|
$ | — | $ | 1,456,050 |
(1)
|
Total consolidated capital expenditures are equal to the same amounts disclosed for total reportable segments.
|
(2)
|
Included in investments in real estate ventures.
|
9. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company is currently making a tender offer to the limited partners of three of the DMHU Model Home Partnerships to acquire their limited partner interests in exchange for NetREIT common stock based on a price of $10 per share or cash based on a 20% discount from the stated value of the stock offer. The Company will acquire these partnership interests with the intent to liquidate the respective partnership and hold the partnership assets and liabilities directly or through a subsidiary entity. There is no assurance that the Company will successfully acquire the limited partnership interests on the terms proposed. The Company believes the offering price reflects an opportunity to acquire the respective partnership assets at an attractive price. However, the price is not based on an independent appraisal or other independent valuation of these partnerships. The Company has valued the aggregate assets of these partnerships at $3,150,000 and thus the Company could issue up to $315,000 of the Company’s stock in the event all limited partners of each partnership accept the offer and are all issued shares of our common stock. In the future, the Company may seek to acquire the limited partnership interests of one or more of the other DMHU Model Home Partnerships.
In October 2010, NetREIT Dubose completed the sale and leaseback of 14 model homes with a total value of $2.8 million. The homes were paid in cash for 50% of the value and loans from a financial institution for the balance.
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion relates to our condensed consolidated financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report. Statements contained in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to materially differ from those projected. Some of the information presented is forward-looking in nature, including information concerning projected future occupancy rates, rental rate increases, project development timing and investment amounts. Although the information is based on our current expectations, actual results could vary from expectations stated in this report. Numerous factors will affect our actual results, some of which are beyond our control. These include the timing and strength of national and regional economic growth, the strength of commercial and residential markets, competitive market conditions, and fluctuations in availability and cost of construction materials and labor resulting from the effects of worldwide demand, future interest rate levels and capital market conditions.
You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this information, which speaks only as of the date of this report. We assume no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent we are required to do so in connection with our ongoing requirements under federal securities laws to disclose material information. For a discussion of important risks related to our business, and an investment in our securities, including risks that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from results and events referred to in the forward-looking information Item 1A and Item 7 included in the Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND
We operate as a self-administered real estate investment trust (“REIT”) headquartered in San Diego County, California, formed to own, operate and acquire income producing real estate properties.
FACTORS THAT MAY INFLUENCE FUTURE RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Growth and Expansion. During the last three years, we have completed the acquisition of fourteen income producing properties and we built our operational and administrative infrastructure, including hiring a staff of quality employees, to give us the capability to become a large real estate investing company as well as having the resources to deal with the additional burden of compliance with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules and regulations. In March 2010, we completed the Dubose Model Home USA ("DMHU") purchase with which we will expand our business using the assets we acquired in that transaction. We also added six new employees who, as former DMHU employees have a substantial experience in the business of the purchase and lease back of model homes from builders. In the process, and in addition to the cost of changing our state of incorporation from California to Maryland, our general and administrative expenses have increased at a greater rate than our operating income, resulting in net losses of $2,486,218 and $1,817,172 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. As we begin to generate revenues from the start-up of the Model Home business and as our recently acquired properties become stabilized and we continue to make additional property acquisitions, we expect revenues less rental operating costs to increase at a greater rate than our general and administrative costs. Therefore, we anticipate that our net loss will decline in the future.
During the last twelve months we also experienced rapid growth, having increased capital by approximately 21% to $70.0 million at September 30, 2010 from $58.1 million at September 30, 2009. Our investment portfolio, consisting of real estate assets, lease intangibles, investment in real estate ventures, land purchase option and mortgages receivable, have increased by approximately 34% to $107.4 at September 30, 2010 compared to $80.0 million at September 30, 2009. The primary source of the growth in the portfolio over this period was attributable to increase in capital from the net proceeds of approximately $19.4 million from the sale of additional equity securities and an increase in mortgage notes payable, net of $13.9 million.
Our ability to grow and make new investments is highly dependent upon our ability to procure external financing. Our principal source of external financing has been the issuance of common stock and long-term mortgages secured by the properties we purchase. We currently have nine unencumbered properties that we could borrow and secure such borrowing with those properties.
Acquisitions. As part of our growth strategy, we continually evaluate selected property acquisition opportunities. We are presented and continually evaluate potential acquisitions and, at any point, may have multiple acquisitions under consideration at various stages from initial review, negotiation and due diligence stages of completing a transaction while pending the clearance of certain contingencies as well. During the first quarter of 2010, we did not complete any acquisitions. During the second quarter of 2010, we completed the acquisition of the Sparky’s Rialto Self-Storage (formerly known as Las Colinas Self-Storage) located in Rialto, California. The purchase price was $4.9 million. The property consists of approximately 7.5 acres of land, 101,343 rentable square feet and approximately 771 self storage units. During the third quarter of 2010, we completed the acquisition of Genesis Plaza, an office building consisting of 57,685 square feet that was 87% occupied at the date of acquisition. The purchase price for Genesis Plaza was $10.0 million.
We actively seek potential acquisitions through regular communications with real estate brokers, banks and other third parties.
Since the end of the third quarter 2010, NetREIT Dubose Model Home REIT, Inc. has closed on two transactions for the purchase and lease back of 14 model homes. The transactions had a value totaling approximately $2.8 million, of which approximately 50% was financed through new mortgage notes payable.
Business Outlook. During 2010 the commercial real estate sector has seen an improvement based on transactions and stabilization of vacancies following the economic and financial crisis of 2008 and 2009. However, the current economic environment is still characterized by a residential housing slump, depressed commercial real estate valuations, weak consumer confidence, high unemployment and concerns of inflation/deflation.
Although we have sufficient cash available and we have been able to obtain mortgage financing on our acquisitions in 2010, the credit markets continue to be affected by numerous financial systems around the world that have become illiquid and more are expected in 2010. Banks have become less willing to lend on long term basis due to the significant disruption of the collateralized mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) market and the difficulty valuing underlying real estate in this market. We have found that alternative sources of financing such as life insurance companies have funds available and are willing to lend but on much more unfavorable terms than in the past.
The new Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act which was signed into law by President Obama in July 2010 will undoubtedly impact the capital-intensive commercial real estate market, however, it may be years before the full extent of the impact will be known. The new law will have an impact on the lending practices, capital requirements and involvement and co-investment in private equity fundraising. The new legislation will have a more significant impact on private equity real estate than on real estate investments trusts (“REIT”s). We may be impacted by increased costs of bank debt, however, we have access to many types of borrowings such as insurance companies.
The conditions described above have created an environment of limited financing alternatives for acquiring properties as lending institutions have cut back on making loans and tightened credit standards. Continued market volatility could impact our ability to finance future property acquisitions on attractive terms. In addition, this difficult economic environment may make it difficult for our tenants to continue to meet their obligations to us.
The effect of the credit market or deterioration in individual tenant credit may lower the market values of our properties. We generally seek three to five year leases with our tenants to mitigate the impact that fluctuations in interest rates have on the values of our investment portfolio.
Economic growth rates have shown trends of stabilizing in recent periods and inflation rates in the United States have remained low although it is expected that inflation rates are going to increase in the future. Changes in inflation/deflation are sometimes associated with changes in long-term interest rates, which may have a negative impact on the value of the portfolio we own. To mitigate this risk, we will continue to lease our properties with fixed rent increases and/or with scheduled rent increases based on formulas indexed to increases in the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) or other indices for the jurisdiction in which the property is located. To the extent that the CPI increases, additional rental income streams may be generated from these leases and thereby mitigate the impact of inflation.
Management Evaluation of Results of Operations
Management evaluates our results of operations with a primary focus on increasing and enhancing the value, quality and quantity of properties and seeking to increase value in our real estate. Management focuses its efforts on improving underperforming assets through re-leasing efforts, including negotiation of lease renewals, or selectively selling assets in order to increase value in our real estate portfolio. The ability to increase assets under management is affected by our ability to raise capital and our ability to identify appropriate investments.
Management’s evaluation of operating results includes an assessment of our ability to generate cash flow necessary to fund distributions to our shareholders. As a result, management’s assessment of operating results gives less emphasis to the effects of unrealized gains and losses and other non-cash charges such as depreciation and amortization and impairment charges, which may cause fluctuations in net income for comparable periods but have no impact on cash flows. Management’s evaluation of our potential for generating cash flow includes assessments of our recently acquired properties, our unstabilized properties, the long-term sustainability of our real estate portfolio, our future operating cash flow from anticipated acquisitions, and the proceeds from sales of our real estate.
In light of the distressed nature of the commercial real estate economy in 2009 and into 2010, we exercised extreme caution with respect to potential property acquisitions, and consequently we consummated fewer property acquisitions which resulted in the accumulation of significant cash balances that affected our current cash flow due to the very low yield on cash equivalents. In addition, our current cash flow from operating activities has been significantly impacted by the increase in general and administrative expenses required to enter the model home acquisition and lease back business, as well as, facilitate our growth in commercial investments. We anticipate that as our existing properties are stabilized and fully reflected in the annual cash flow and the cash flow from the model home division commences and as we acquire additional properties with the significant cash balances and ongoing net proceeds from our private offering of common stock, our revenues will increase at a faster rate than our general and administrative expenses due to efficiencies of scale. We therefore believe that when all properties are operating at stabilized rates, when excess available cash on hand is fully invested with future cash and with acquisitions from continuing capital raising activities, we will be able to fund our future distributions to our shareholders from cash flow from operations.
As of September 30, 2010, the Company owned or had an equity interest in eight office buildings (“Office Properties”) which total approximately 411,000 rentable square feet, three retail shopping centers and a 7-Eleven property (“Retail Properties”) which total approximately 85,000 rentable square feet, five self-storage facilities (“Self-Storage Properties”) which total approximately 487,000 rentable square feet, investments in two limited partnerships with 19 model homes, and one 39 unit apartment building (“Residential Properties”). Effective March 1, 2010 the Company obtained the rights to manage the role of the general partner for these two partnerships and, as a result, has consolidated this partnership as its activity as managing the role of the general partner.
Our properties are located primarily in Southern California and Colorado with a single property located in Wyoming. We do not develop properties but acquire properties that are stabilized or that we anticipate will be stabilized within two years of acquisition. We consider a property to be stabilized once it has achieved an 80% occupancy rate for a full year as of January 1 of such year, or has been operating for three years. Our geographical clustering of assets enables us to reduce our operating costs through economies of scale by servicing a number of properties with less staff, but it also makes us more susceptible to changing market conditions in these discrete geographic areas. Most of our office and retail properties are leased to a variety of tenants ranging from small businesses to large public companies, many of which do not have publicly rated debt. We have in the past entered into, and intend in the future to enter into, purchase agreements for real estate having net leases that require the tenant to pay all of the operating expense (Net, Net, Net Leases) or pay increases in operating expenses over specific base years.
Most of our office leases are for terms of 3 to 5 years with annual rental increases built into such leases. In general, we have been experiencing decreases in rental rates in many of our submarkets due to continuing recessionary conditions and other related factors when leases expire and are extended. We cannot give any assurance that as the older leases expire or as we add new tenants that rental rates will be equal to or above the current market rates. Also decreased demand and other negative trends or unforeseeable events that impair our ability to timely renew or re-lease space could have a negative effect on our future financial condition, results of operations and cash flow.
The Residential Properties are rented on a short term basis of less than six months for our apartment property and typically 30 months for our model home leases. The Self-Storage Properties are rented pursuant to rental agreements that are for no longer than 6 months. The Self-Storage Properties are located in markets having other self-storage properties. Competition with these other properties will impact our operating results of these properties, which depends materially on our ability to timely lease vacant self-storage units, to actively manage unit rental rates, and our tenants’ ability to make required rental payments. To be successful, we must be able to continue to respond quickly and effectively to changes in local and regional economic conditions by adjusting rental rates of these properties within their regional market in Southern California. We depend on advertisements, flyers, websites, etc. to secure new tenants to fill any vacancies.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The presentation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the reporting period. Certain accounting policies are considered to be critical accounting policies, as they require management to make assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time the estimate is made, and changes in the accounting estimate are reasonably likely to occur from period to period. As a company primarily involved in owning income generating real estate assets, management believes the following critical accounting policies reflect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our financial statements. For a summary of all of our significant accounting policies, see note 2 to our financial statements included elsewhere in this report.
Federal Income Taxes. We have elected to be taxed as a Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), for federal income tax purposes. To qualify as a REIT, we must distribute annually at least 90% of adjusted taxable income, as defined in the Code, to our shareholders and satisfy certain other organizational and operating requirements. As a REIT, no provision will be made for federal income taxes on income resulting from those sales of real estate investments which have or will be distributed to shareholders within the prescribed limits. However, taxes will be provided for those gains which are not anticipated to be distributed to shareholders unless such gains are deferred pursuant to Section 1031. In addition, the Company will be subject to a federal excise tax which equals 4% of the excess, if any, of 85% of the Company’s ordinary income plus 95% of the Company’s capital gain net income over cash distributions.
Earnings and profits that determine the taxability of distributions to shareholders differ from net income reported for financial reporting purposes due to differences in estimated useful lives and methods used to compute depreciation and the carrying value (basis) on the investments in properties for tax purposes, among other things. During the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, all distributions were considered return of capital to the shareholders and therefore non-taxable.
We believe that we have met all of the REIT distribution and technical requirements for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and for the year ended December 31, 2009.
REAL ESTATE ASSETS
Property Acquisitions. We account for our acquisitions of real estate in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requiring that the purchase price of acquired properties be allocated to the acquired tangible assets and liabilities, consisting of land, building, tenant improvements, a land purchase option, long-term debt and identified intangible assets and liabilities, consisting of the value of above-market and below-market leases, the value of in-place leases, unamortized lease origination costs and tenant relationships, based in each case on their fair values.
We allocate the purchase price to tangible assets of an acquired property (which includes land, building and tenant improvements) based on the estimated fair values of those tangible assets, assuming the building was vacant. Estimates of fair value for land, building and building improvements are based on many factors including, but not limited to, comparisons to other properties sold in the same geographic area and independent third party valuations. We also consider information obtained about each property as a result of its pre-acquisition due diligence, marketing and leasing activities in estimating the fair values of the tangible and intangible assets and liabilities acquired.
The total value allocable to intangible assets acquired, which consists of unamortized lease origination costs, in-place leases and tenant relationships, are allocated based on management’s evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant’s lease and our overall relationship with that respective tenant. Characteristics considered by management in allocating these values include the nature and extent of the existing business relationships with the tenant, growth prospects for developing new business with the tenant, the remaining term of the lease and the tenant’s credit quality, among other factors.
The value allocable to above or below market component of an acquired in-place lease is determined based upon the present value (using a market discount rate) of the difference between (i) the contractual rents to be paid pursuant to the lease over its remaining term, and (ii) management’s estimate of rents that would be paid using fair market rates over the remaining term of the lease. The amounts allocated to above or below market leases are included in lease intangibles, net in the accompanying balance sheets and are amortized on a straight-line basis as an increase or reduction of rental income over the remaining non-cancelable term of the respective leases.
The land lease acquired with the World Plaza acquisition in 2007 has a fixed purchase price option cost of $181,710 at the termination of the lease in 2062. Management valued the land option at its residual value of $1,370,000, based upon comparable land sales adjusted to present value. The difference between the strike price of the option and the recorded cost of the land purchase option is approximately $1.2 million. Accordingly, management has determined that exercise of the option is considered probable. The land purchase option was determined to be a contract based intangible asset associated with the land. As a result, this asset has an indefinite life and is treated as a non-amortizable asset. The amount is included as land purchase option in the accompanying balance sheets.
The value of in-place leases, unamortized lease origination costs and tenant relationships are amortized to expense over the remaining term of the respective leases, which range from less than a year to ten years. The amount allocated to acquire in-place leases is determined based on management’s assessment of lost revenue and costs incurred for the period required to lease the “assumed vacant” property to the occupancy level when purchased. The amount allocated to unamortized lease origination costs is determined by what the Company would have paid to a third party to recruit a new tenant reduced by the expired term of the respective lease. The amount allocated to tenant relationships is the benefit resulting from the likelihood of a tenant renewing its lease. Amortization expense related to these assets was $90,126 and $113,716 for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Amortization expense related to these assets was $307,199 and $282,612 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
Estimates of the fair values of the tangible and intangible assets require us to estimate market lease rates, property-operating expenses, carrying costs during lease-up periods, discount rates, market absorption periods, and the number of years the property will be held for investment. The use of inappropriate estimates would result in an incorrect assessment of our purchase price allocation, which would impact the amount of our net income.
Sales of Undivided Interests in Properties. Gains from the sale of undivided interests in properties will not be recognized under the full accrual method until certain criteria are met. Gain or loss (the difference between the sales value and the proportionate cost of the partial interest sold) shall be recognized at the date of sale if a sale has been consummated and the following criteria are met:
a. The buyer is independent of the seller.
b. Collection of the sales price is reasonably assured.
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The seller will not be required to support the operations of the property or its related obligations to an extent greater than its proportionate interest.
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Gains relating to transactions which do not meet the criteria for full accrual method of accounting are deferred and recognized when the full accrual method of accounting criteria are met or by using the installment or deposit methods of profit recognition, as appropriate in the circumstances.
As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, we did not classify any properties as held for sale.
Depreciation and Amortization of Buildings and Improvements Land, buildings and improvements are recorded at cost. Major replacements and betterments, which improve or extend the life of the asset, are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives, while ordinary repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred. The cost of buildings and improvements are depreciated using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives ranging from 30 to 55 years for buildings, improvements are amortized over the shorter of the estimated life of the asset or term of the tenant lease which range from 1 to 10 years, and 4 to 5 years for furniture, fixtures and equipment. Depreciation expense for buildings and improvements for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, was $763,459 and $426,941, respectively. Depreciation expense for buildings and improvements for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, was $2,160,645 and $1,245,919, respectively.
Impairment of Real Estate Assets. We review the carrying value of each property to determine if circumstances that indicate impairment in the carrying value of the investment exist or that depreciation periods should be modified. If circumstances support the possibility of impairment, we prepare a projection of the undiscounted future cash flows, without interest charges, of the specific property and determine if the investment in such property is recoverable. If impairment is indicated, the carrying value of the property would be written down to its estimated fair value based on the our best estimate of the property’s discounted future cash flows. There have been no impairments recognized on the Company’s real estate assets at December 31, 2009 and 2008 and, as of September 30, 2010, management does not believe that any indicators of impairment were evident.
Our strategy is to hold properties for long-term use. If our strategy and or market conditions change or we decide to dispose of an asset, we may be required to recognize an impairment loss to reduce the property to the lower of carrying amount or fair value and such a loss could potentially be material and could adversely affect our results of operations.
Intangible Assets. Lease intangibles represents the allocation of a portion of the purchase price of a property acquisition representing the estimated value of in-place leases, unamortized lease origination costs, tenant relationships and a land purchase option. Intangible assets are comprised of finite-lived and indefinite-lived assets. Indefinite-lived assets are not amortized. Finite-lived intangibles are amortized over their expected useful lives. We assess our intangible assets for impairment at least annually.
We are required to perform a test for impairment of other definite and indefinite lived intangible assets at least annually, and more frequently as circumstances warrant. Our testing date is the end of our calendar year. Based on our current reviews, no impairment was deemed necessary at December 31, 2009 or 2008 and, as of September 30, 2010, management does not believe that any indicators of impairment were evident.
Other intangible assets that are not deemed to have an indefinite useful life are amortized over their estimated useful lives. The carrying amount of intangible assets that are not deemed to have an indefinite useful life is regularly reviewed for indicators of impairments in value. Impairment is recognized only if the carrying amount of the intangible asset is considered to be unrecoverable from its undiscounted cash flows and is measured as the difference between the carrying amount and the estimated fair value of the asset. Based on the review, no impairment was deemed necessary at December 31, 2009 or 2008 and, as of September 30, 2010, management does not believe that any indicators of impairment were evident.
Investments in Real Estate Ventures. We analyze our investments in joint ventures to determine whether the joint venture should be accounted for under the equity method of accounting or consolidated into the financial statements. The Company has determined that the investors held as a tenant in common in its real estate ventures have certain protective and substantive participation rights that limit our control of the investment. Therefore, our share of investment in these real estate ventures was accounted for under the equity method of accounting in the accompanying financial statements while the properties were held as a tenant in common.
Under the equity method, our investment in real estate ventures is stated at cost and adjusted for our share of net earnings or losses and reduced by distributions. Equity in earnings of real estate ventures is generally recognized based on our ownership interest in the earnings of each of the unconsolidated real estate ventures. For the purposes of presentation in the statement of cash flows, we follow the “look through” approach for classification of distributions from joint ventures. Under this approach, distributions are reported under operating cash flow unless the facts and circumstances of a specific distribution clearly indicate that it is a return of capital (e.g., a liquidating dividend or distribution of the proceeds from the joint venture’s sale of assets) in which case it is reported as an investing activity. Management assesses whether there are any indicators that the value of our investments in unconsolidated real estate ventures may be impaired when events or circumstances indicate that there may be an impairment. An investment is impaired if management’s estimate of the fair value of the investment is less than its carrying value. To the extent impairment has occurred, and is considered to be other than temporary, the loss is measured as the excess of the carrying amount of the investment over the fair value of the investment. The Company did not have any investments in real estate ventures as of September 30, 2010. No impairment charges were recognized for the year ended December 31, 2009.
Revenue Recognition. We recognize revenue from rent, tenant reimbursements, and other revenue once all of the following criteria are met:
● persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists;
● delivery has occurred or services have been rendered;
● the amount is fixed or determinable; and
● the collectability of the amount is reasonably assured.
Annual rental revenue is recognized in rental revenues on a straight-line basis over the term of the related lease.
Certain of our leases currently contain rental increases at specified intervals. We record as an asset, and include in revenues, deferred rent receivable that will be received if the tenant makes all rent payments required through the expiration of the initial term of the lease. Deferred rent receivable in the accompanying balance sheets includes the cumulative difference between rental revenue recorded on a straight-line basis and rents received from the tenants in accordance with the lease terms. Accordingly, we determine, in our judgment, to what extent the deferred rent receivable applicable to each specific tenant is collectible. We review material deferred rent receivable, as it relates to straight-line rents, on a quarterly basis and take into consideration the tenant’s payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the tenant operates and economic conditions in the area in which the property is located. In the event that the collectability of deferred rent with respect to any given tenant is in doubt, we record an increase in the allowance for uncollectible accounts, we record a direct write-off of the specific rent receivable. No such reserves related to deferred rent receivables have been recorded as of September 30, 2010 or December 31, 2009.
Interest income on mortgages receivable is accrued as it is earned. The Company stops accruing interest income on a loan if it is past due for more than 90 days or there is doubt regarding collectability of the loan principal and/or accrued interest receivable.
New Accounting Pronouncements. There are currently no recently issued accounting pronouncements that are expected to have a material effect on our financial condition and results of operations in future periods.
THE FOLLOWING IS A COMPARISON OF OUR RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Our results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 are not indicative of those expected in future periods as we expect that rental income, interest expense, rental operating expense, general and administrative expense and depreciation and amortization will significantly increase in future periods as a result of the assets acquired over the last three years and as a result of anticipated growth through future acquisitions of real estate related investments.
RECENT EVENTS HAVING SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON RESULTS OF OPERATIONS COMPARISONS
Property Acquisitions
In January 2009, we acquired the Morena Office Center, an office building located in San Diego, California. The purchase price for the property was $6.6 million. We purchased the property with $3.4 million cash and a $3.2 million draw on our former line of credit facility. This property consists of approximately 26,784 square foot building on approximately 0.62 acres. There are a full three months of results of operations for this property included for the quarters ended September 30, 2009 and September 30, 2010. There are also a full nine months results of operations included in the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and September 30, 2010.
In February 2009, we formed Fontana Medical Plaza, LLC (“FMP”) with Fontana Dialysis LLC and we are the Managing Member and 51% owner of FMP. On February 19, 2009, FMP assumed an agreement to purchase the Fontana Medical Plaza located in Fontana, California. The purchase price for the property was $1,900,000. We purchased the property with $800,000 cash and a $1,100,000 draw on our former line of credit facility. The property consists of approximately 10,500 square feet and was unoccupied at the time of acquisition. The FMP has also assumed a lease agreement for a tenant to occupy 100% of the building for ten years with three five year renewal options. The new tenant commenced paying rent in November 2009. The lease agreement requires annual rent payments during the first five years of $259,973 increasing by 12.5% on the fifth year anniversary and on each five year anniversary thereafter. There are a full three months of results of operations for this property included for the quarters ended September 30, 2009 and September 30, 2010. There are approximately eight months results of operations included in the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and a full nine months results of operations included in the nine months ended September 30, 2010.
In March 2009, we acquired The Rangewood Medical Office Building (“Rangewood”) located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The purchase price for the property was $2.6 million. We purchased the property with $200,000 cash and a $2,430,000 draw on our former line of credit facility. Rangewood is a 3-story, Class A medical office building of approximately 18,222 rentable square feet. There are a full three months of results of operations for this property included for the quarters ended September 30, 2009 and September 30, 2010. There are approximately seven months of operations included in the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and a full nine months results of operations included in the nine months ended September 30, 2010.
In August 2009, we acquired Sparky’s Thousand Palms Self-Storage (formerly known as Monterey Palms Self-Storage) (“Thousand Palms”) located in Thousand Palms, California. The purchase price for the Property was $6.2 million. We paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $1.5 million which was applied to closing costs and fees and to an existing loan secured by Thousand Palms, and assumed a nonrecourse, variable interest rate, promissory note with a principal balance after the closing of $4.7 million. The property consists of nine (9) single story, Class A buildings, constructed of reinforced concrete masonry and metal construction with 113,126 rentable square feet comprised of 549 storage units which range in size from 25 to 300 square feet, and 94 enclosed RV and boat storage units that range in size from 150 to 600 square feet. There are approximately 2 months results of operations for this property included for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 and a full three months of operations included for the quarter ended September 30, 2010. There are approximately 2 months results of operations included in the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and a full nine months results of operations included in the nine months ended September 30, 2010.
In December 2009, we completed the acquisition of Sparky’s Hesperia East Self-Storage (formerly known as St. Thomas Self-Storage) located in Hesperia California. The purchase price for the property was $2.8 million. We paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $1.1 million and a promissory note in the amount of $1.7 million. The Property consists of sixteen (16) single story, Class A buildings, constructed of reinforced concrete masonry and metal construction with 72,940 rentable square feet comprised of 479 storage units which range in size from 25 to 300 square feet. The property also includes an onsite lobby and management offices as well as a manager’s living quarter. There are no results of operations for this property included for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 and a full three months results of operations included for the quarter ended September 30, 2010. There are no results of operations included in the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and a full nine months results of operations included in the nine months ended September 30, 2010.
As described in Note 1 above, in February 2010 the Company acquired certain personal property from DMHU in the DMHU Purchase. Subsequently, the Company has formed its Model Homes Division to exploit these assets.
In August 2010, the Company sponsored the formation of NetREIT Dubose and has formed NetREIT Advisors, LLC. The Company has contributed its limited partner interests in DAP II and DAP III to NetREIT Dubose through the Operating Partnership, has made an initial investment of $1.2 million in NetREIT Dubose for a total of 335,440 shares of NetREIT Dubose common stock, and has contributed substantial services of its executive and administrative staff to form and organize NetREIT Dubose.
In May 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of Sparky’s Rialto Self Storage (Formerly known as Las Colinas Self Storage) located in Rialto, California. The purchase price was $4.9 million. The Company paid the purchase price through a cash payment of approximately $2.0 million and a promissory note in the amount of approximately $2.9 million. The property consists of approximately 7.5 acres of land, 101,343 rentable square feet and approximately 771 self storage units. There are no results of operations for this property included for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 and three months results of operations included for the quarter ended September 30, 2010. There are no results of operations included in the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and approximately five months results of operations included in the nine months ended September 30, 2010.
In August, 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of Genesis Plaza. The purchase price was $10.0 million The Company paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $5.0 million and a new mortgage loan with an insurance company secured by the Property of $5.0 million. The loan bears interest at 4.65% with a 25 year amortization schedule and a maturity date of August, 24, 2015 that may be extended for an additional 5 years at the lender’s discretion subject to a change in the interest rates and other terms of the agreement. The Property is a four-story suburban office building built in 1988 and located in the Kearny Mesa submarket of San Diego, California, consisting of 57,685 rentable square feet. There are no results of operations for this property included for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 and approximately one month results of operations included for the quarter ended September 30, 2010. There are no results of operations included in the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and approximately one month results of operations included in the nine months ended September 30, 2010.
Sales of Undivided Interests in Properties and Subsequent Conversion to Partnerships – Accounting Implications.
Casa Grande Apartments
In March 2008, we sold an undivided 54.92% interest in the Casa Grande Apartments located in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The purchasers paid $1.0 million, net of transaction costs, in cash.
In December 2008, we sold an additional undivided 25.0% interest in the Casa Grande Apartments. The purchaser paid $0.5 million, net of transaction costs, in cash.
In 2009, the Company and the other tenants in common in the property contributed their respective interests in Casa Grande into a DOWNREIT Partnership for which we serve as general partner and in which we own a 20.07% equity interest.
The results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2009 were reported under the equity method of accounting. Due to the change in ownership structure and control, the partnership results of operations were consolidated with the results of operations of the Company for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010.
Sparky’s Palm Self-Storage
In October 2008, we sold an undivided 25.3% interest in the Sparky’s Palm Self Storage. The purchaser paid $1.4 million, net of transaction costs, in cash.
In December 2008, we sold an additional undivided 9.33% interest in the Sparky’s Palm Self Storage. The purchaser paid $0.5 million, net of transactions costs in cash.
In December 2008, we sold a further undivided 13.4% interest in the Sparky’s Palm Self Storage. The purchaser paid $0.7 million, of which $0.4 million was paid in cash and a $0.3 million promissory note was issued secured by the interest in the property.
In 2009, the Company and the other tenants in common in the property contributed their respective interests in Sparky’s Palm Self-Storage into a DOWNREIT Partnership for which we serve as general partner and in which we own an approximate 51.97% equity interest.
The results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2009 were reported under the equity method of accounting. Due to the change in ownership structure and control, the partnership results of operations were consolidated with the results of operations of the Company for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010.
Garden Gateway Plaza
In October 2008, we sold an undivided 5.99% interest in the Garden Gateway Plaza. The purchaser paid $1.0 million, of which $0.4 million was paid in cash and a $0.6 million promissory note was issued secured by the interest in the property.
Effective February 1, 2010, the Company and the other tenant in common in the property contributed their respective interests in Garden Gateway Plaza into a DOWNREIT Partnership for which we serve as general partner and in which we own an approximate 94.01% equity interest.
The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and the first month of 2010 were reported under the equity method of accounting. Due to the change in ownership structure and control, the partnership results of operations were consolidated with the results of operations of the Company for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and for eight of the nine months ended September 30, 2010.
Financing
In February 2005, we commenced a private placement offering of up to $50 million of (i) Series AA Preferred Stock and (ii) units, each unit consisting of two shares of our common stock and a warrant to purchase one share of our common stock at an exercise price of $12.00 (now $9.87, as adjusted for stock dividends) exercisable as of the date of issuance. These warrants expired on March 31, 2010. Each Unit was priced at $20.00 and the Series AA Preferred Stock was priced at $25.00 per share. A total of 433,204 Units were sold in this offering comprising an aggregate of 433,204 warrants to purchase common stock and 866,408 shares of common stock, and a total of 50,200 shares of the Series AA Preferred Stock were sold in this offering. All of the preferred stock was redeemed at liquidation value in May 2010.
In October 2006 we terminated our offering of Series AA Preferred Stock and Units, and we commenced a new offering of up to $200 million in shares of our common stock at a price of $10.00 per share. Net proceeds received from these offerings, after commissions, due diligence fees, and syndication expenses, were approximately $10.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and $13.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The net proceeds were primarily used to acquire properties and to expand our administrative staff and support capabilities to levels commensurate with our increasing assets and staff requirements. The Company has accumulated cash balances in 2010 as we attempt to acquire additional properties.
Mortgage Loan Receivables
Mortgage loan receivables have been a very minor source of revenue to us since our inception. No mortgage loan receivables were originated during 2010 or 2009 and as a general policy, we are not in the business of originating mortgage loans.
In 2007, we originated three loans to one borrower secured by land to be developed into a senior assisted living housing facility (the “Default Property”). The borrower defaulted on the notes at the end of 2008 at a time when the balance due to us, including accrued interest, was approximately $2.1 million.
During 2009, we acquired title to the Default Property. In connection with acquiring title to the Default Property, we entered into an exclusive option to sell the Default Property to the original borrower. The selling price is equal to the face value of the notes, all accrued interest through the date we acquired title to the Default Property, all costs incurred to maintain the Default Property including taxes and insurance plus additional charges equal to 1.75% of the outstanding balance per month from June 2009 through the date the option is exercised. The selling price was set at approximately $2.3 million as of the closing date and increases by a minimum of approximately $41,000 monthly, plus reimbursable expenses, until 18 months from the date we acquired title, or December 2010, at which time the exclusive option to sell the Default Property expires. We do not anticipate incurring any losses with respect to the Default Property.
In connection with the sale of two properties to unrelated tenants in common during 2008, we received mortgage notes receivable totaling $920,216 with interest rates ranging from 6.25% to 6.50% and due dates of October 1, 2013. The loans call for interest only payments and both were current as of September 30, 2010. Both notes are secured by the mortgagee’s interest in their respective property.
As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the aggregate total of mortgage notes receivable outstanding is $920,216, or less than 1% of total assets.
Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2010 to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2009
Revenues
Non-GAAP Supplemental Financial Measure: Rental Income and Rental Operating Costs before adjustment for Properties Accounted for Under the Equity Method.
As explained above under “Sales of Undivided Interests in Properties- Accounting Implications” we sold partial interests in four of our properties. Originally, the properties were held as tenants in common (“TIC”) with the other investors. While held as a TIC, the investor had certain protective and participating rights of ownership that prevented us from reporting the results of operations from the property on a gross rental income and rental operating cost basis. Instead, under the equity method used for GAAP purposes, we reported only its share of net income based upon its percentage share of its investment in the less than wholly owned property. For the first nine months of 2009 all results of operations for these properties were reported under the equity method. In late 2009, the ownership of the three of the four properties converted from TIC interests to limited partnerships.
Effective February 1, 2010, Garden Gateway Plaza, the last property held under TIC ownership was converted to a limited partnership.
As a result of the change in the Company’s ability to influence and control the Partnerships, we began to account for the partnerships as subsidiaries of the Company and they are fully consolidated in the financial statements. Our year to year comparability has been affected by this change in accounting methodology. For the first nine months of 2010, the results for all properties that were accounted for under the equity method in 2009 except for the Garden Gateway Plaza results of operations are fully consolidated. Garden Gateway Plaza is included on a fully consolidated basis for eight months in the nine month period ended September 30, 2010. All the aforementioned properties were accounted for under the equity method for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2009.
Effective March 1, 2010, in connection with the Dubose Model Home acquisition described above under Recent Events, the Company also had a change in its ability to influence and control its investments in two limited partnership investments we acquired in 2009. As a result, the accounting methodology was changed from equity method to full consolidation for the full three ended September 30, 2010 and for seven of the nine months ended September 30, 2010.
Management has chosen to provide an integrated analysis that includes a non-GAAP supplemental measure because we manage our real estate portfolio in this manner and we consider this computation to be an appropriate supplemental measure of comparable period to period rental income and rental operating costs.
Our calculations of “grossed-up” rental income and rental operating costs may be different from calculations used by other companies. This information should not be considered as an alternative to the equity method under GAAP.
The following table reflects the adjustments made to reconcile from the equity method used to the actual results had we reported based on total gross rental income and rental operating costs of all properties including properties less than 100% owned.
Three months ended September 30, 2010
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Rental income
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$ | 2,618,612 | $ | — | $ | 2,618,612 | $ | 1,340,938 | $ | 641,367 | $ | 1,982,305 | ||||||||||||
Rental operating costs
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1,132,908 | — | 1,132,908 | 678,801 | 270,559 | 949,360 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net operating income
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$ | 1,485,704 | $ | — | $ | 1,485,704 | $ | 662,137 | $ | 370,808 | $ | 1,032,945 |
Rental income as reported, was $2,618,612 for the three months ended September 30, 2010, compared to $1,340,938 for the same period in 2009, an increase of $1,277,674, or 95.2%. On a “grossed-up” basis, rental income was the same $2,618,612, for the three months ended September 30, 2010, compared to $1,982,305 for the same period in 2009, an increase of $636,307, or 32.1%. The increase in rental income as reported in 2010 compared to 2009 is primarily attributable to:
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The addition of two properties acquired in 2009, a property acquisition in May 2010 and consolidating our investment in two limited partnerships, which generated an additional $545,793 of rent revenue in the three month period ended September 30, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009. Plus, rental income increased by $135,316 for a property acquired in August 2010.
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A decrease of 64,866 in the three month period ended September 30, 2010 for same properties owned for both of the three month periods; and
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Rental income was increased by approximately $661,431 for properties accounted for under the equity method of accounting in 2009 and excluded from rental income and converted to the full consolidation in 2010 as discussed above.
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Rental revenues are expected to continue to increase in future periods, as compared to historical periods, as a result of owning the assets acquired during 2009 for an entire year, current year acquisitions and future acquisitions of real estate assets.
Interest income was $24,180 for the three month period ended September 30, 2010, compared to $16,271 for the same period in 2009, an increase of $7,909, or 48.6%. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in cash balances in 2010 that were invested in interest bearing accounts.
Rental Operating Costs
Rental operating costs as reported were $1,132,908 for the three month period ended September 30, 2010 compared to $678,801 for the same period in 2009, an increase of $454,107, or an increase of 66.9%. The increase in operating costs year over year is primarily attributable to the same reasons that rental revenue increased. Rental operating expenses on a “grossed-up” basis as a percentage of “grossed-up” rental income was 43.3% and 47.9% for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The decrease in operating costs as a percentage of revenue is primarily attributable to the addition of the Fontana Medical Building which is leased to a single tenant on net, net, net lease as well as the addition of Genesis Plaza which also has a low operating cost as a percentage of rental income.
Rental operating costs are expected to continue to increase in future periods, as compared to historical periods, as a result of owning recently acquired assets for entire periods and anticipated future acquisitions of real estate assets.
Interest Expense
Interest expense, including amortization of deferred finance charges, increased by $276,385, or 105.6% during the three month period ended September 30, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009. The primary reason for the increase is attributable to interest expense on the Garden Gateway Plaza property that had been included in equity in earnings (losses) of real estate ventures since the sale of an undivided interest in Garden Gateway in October 2008 through January 31, 2010. Effective February 1, 2010, the Garden Gateway Plaza property is consolidated in the financial statements. Interest on the Garden Gateway loan included in interest expense during the three months ended September 30, 2010 was $150,621, compared to zero interest that was included for the same period in 2009. The balance of the increase in interest expense was due to the addition of new mortgage notes payable issued in the second half of 2009 and new mortgage notes payable added in the current year. Further, the addition of interest expense on the Dubose Acquisition Partners II and III limited partnerships contributed to the increase in interest expense. During the three month period ended September 30, 2010, the average balance of the mortgage loans on eight of the properties and the Dubose Acquisition Partners’ properties was $37.7 million while the average for the same period in 2009 on five properties was $24.1 million. The weighted average interest rate as of September 30, 2010 was 5.69% compared to 5.99% as of September 30, 2009.
The following is a summary of our interest expense on loans by property for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009:
Date Acquired
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2010
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2009
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Havana/Parker Complex
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June 2006
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$ | 55,690 | $ | 56,830 | ||||||
Garden Gateway Plaza
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March 2007
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150,621 | — | ||||||||
World Plaza
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September 2007
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43,573 | 45,517 | ||||||||
Executive Office Park
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July 2008
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— | 6,449 | ||||||||
Waterman Plaza
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August 2008
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60,522 | 61,618 | ||||||||
Sparky’s Thousand Palms Self-Storage
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August 2009
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62,857 | 29,806 | ||||||||
Sparky’s Hesperia East Self-Storage
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December 2009
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21,538 | — | ||||||||
Interest on Dubose Acquisition Partners II and III notes
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Various in 2009
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73,444 | — | ||||||||
Sparky’s Rialto Self-Storage
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May 2010
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37,152 | — | ||||||||
Genesis Plaza
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August 2010
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24,471 | — | ||||||||
Amortization of deferred financing costs
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8,195 | 61,458 | |||||||||
$ | 538,063 | $ | 261,678 |
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses increased by $274,573 to $781,729 for the three months ended September 30, 2010, compared to $507,156 in the same period in 2009. As a percentage of rental income, including rental income from joint ventures, general and administrative expenses were 29.9% and 25.6% for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. In comparing our general and administrative expenses with other REITs, you should take into consideration that we are a self administered REIT, which generally means such expenses are greater for us than an advisory administered REIT.
For the three months ended September 30, 2010, our salaries and employee related expenses increased $274,178 to $528,429 compared to $254,251 for the same three months in 2009. The increase in salary and employee expenses in 2010 was attributable to the Company adding six employee’s in connection with the Dubose Model Home acquisition that began to generate revenues in the fourth quarter, 2010. In addition, the Company hired a Senior Vice-President – Asset Management, with extensive real estate experience, to manage the existing portfolio and to help with growing the Company through identification of potential property acquisitions. Further, the vesting of non-cash compensation related to restricted stock grants to employees was approximately $12,300 greater for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009. We anticipate an insignificant increase in staff and compensation costs as our capital and portfolio continue to increase. However, we anticipate that these costs as a percentage of total revenue will decline in future years.
Legal, accounting and public company related expenses decreased by $56,078, to $77,849 for the three month period ended September 30, 2010, compared to $133,927 during the same period in 2009. The decrease is primarily due to the prior year accounting effort responding to the Securities and Exchange (“SEC”) inquiries and completing the year end 2008 audit and SEC filings for all of 2008 through the first quarter 2009.
Directors’ compensation expense that consisted of non-cash amortization of restricted stock grants was approximately $19,800 higher for the three months ended September 30, 2010 over the same period in prior year due to the addition of a new independent director and an additional annual grant of restricted stock to all independent directors.
Net Loss
Net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2010 was $750,828, or $0.07 loss per share, compared to a net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2009 of $640,453, or $0.08 loss per share. The increase in net loss of $110,375 in the three month period ended September 30, 2010 was primarily attributable to increased general and administrative expenses, as discussed above and depreciation expense.
Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010 to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
Revenues
Non-GAAP Supplemental Financial Measure: Rental Income and Rental Operating Costs before adjustment for Properties Accounted for Under the Equity Method.
As explained above under “Sales of Undivided Interests in Properties- Accounting Implications” we sold partial interests in four of our properties. Originally, the properties were held as tenants in common (“TIC”) with the other investors. While held as a TIC, the investor had certain protective and participating rights of ownership that prevented us from reporting the results of operations from the property on a gross rental income and rental operating cost basis. Instead, under the equity method used for GAAP purposes, we reported only its share of net income based upon its percentage share of its investment in the less than wholly owned property. For the first nine months of 2009 all results of operations for these properties were reported under the equity method. In late 2009, the ownership of the three of the four properties converted from TIC interests to limited partnerships.
Effective February 1, 2010, Garden Gateway Plaza, the last property held under TIC ownership also converted to limited partnership.
As a result of the change in the Company’s ability to influence and control the Partnerships, we began to account for the partnerships as subsidiaries of the Company and they are fully consolidated in the financial statements. Our year to year comparability has been affected by this change in accounting methodology. For the first nine months of 2010, the results for all properties that were accounted for under the equity method in 2009 except for the Garden Gateway Plaza results of operations are fully consolidated. Garden Gateway Plaza is included on a fully consolidated basis for eight months in the nine month period ended September 30, 2010. All the aforementioned properties were accounted for under the equity method for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
Effective March 1, 2010, in connection with the Dubose Model Home acquisition described above under Recent Events, the Company also had a change in its ability to influence and control its investments in two limited partnership investments that we acquired in 2009. As a result, the accounting methodology was changed from equity method to full consolidation for seven of the nine months ended September 30, 2010.
Management has chosen to provide an integrated analysis that includes a non-GAAP supplemental measure because we manage our real estate portfolio in this manner and we consider this computation to be an appropriate supplemental measure of comparable period to period rental income and rental operating costs.
Our calculations of “grossed-up” rental income and rental operating costs may be different from calculations used by other companies. This information should not be considered as an alternative to the equity method under GAAP.
The following table reflects the adjustments made to reconcile from the equity method used to the actual results had we reported based on total gross rental income and rental operating costs of all properties including properties less than 100% owned.
Nine months ended September 30, 2010
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Nine months ended September 30, 2009
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Rental income
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$ | 7,091,847 | $ | 138,746 | $ | 7,230,593 | $ | 3,885,731 | $ | 1,925,730 | $ | 5,811,461 | ||||||||||||
Rental operating costs
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3,192,549 | 58,638 | 3,251,187 | 1,874,689 | 798,803 | 2,673,492 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net operating income
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$ | 3,899,298 | $ | 80,108 | $ | 3,979,406 | $ | 2,011,042 | $ | 1,126,927 | $ | 3,137,969 |
Rental income as reported, was $7,091,847 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, compared to $3,885,731 for the same period in 2009, an increase of $3,206,116, or 82.5%. On a “grossed-up” basis, rental income was $7,230,593, for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, compared to $5,811,461 for the same period in 2009, an increase of $1,419,132 or 24.4%. The increase in rental income as reported in 2010 compared to 2009 is primarily attributable to:
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The addition of five properties acquired in 2009 and 2010 and consolidating our investment in two limited partnerships, which generated an additional $1,504,689 of rent revenue in the nine month period ended September 30, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009;
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A decrease of $45,359 in the nine month period ended September 30, 2010 for same properties owned for both of the nine month periods; and
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Rental income was increased by approximately $1,747,264 for properties accounted for under the equity method of accounting in 2009 and excluded from rental income and converted to the full consolidation in 2010 as discussed above.
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Rental revenues are expected to continue to increase in future periods, as compared to historical periods, as a result of owning the assets acquired during 2009 for an entire year and future acquisitions of real estate assets.
Interest income was $78,937 for the nine months period ended September 30, 2010, compared to $67,859 for the same period in 2009, an increase of $11,078, or 16.3%. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in cash balances in 2010 that were invested in interest bearing accounts.
Rental Operating Expenses
Rental operating expenses were $3,192,549 for the nine month period ended September 30, 2010 compared to $1,874,689 for the same period in 2009, an increase of $1,317,860, or an increase of 70.3%. The increase in rental operating expense year over year is primarily attributable to the same reasons that rental revenue increased. Rental operating costs on a “grossed-up” basis as a percentage of “grossed-up” rental income was 45.0% and 46.0% for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The decrease in rental operating expenses as a percentage of revenue is due to the addition of two office buildings.
Rental operating expenses are expected to continue to increase in future periods, as compared to historical periods, as a result of owning recently acquired assets for entire periods and anticipated future acquisitions of real estate assets.
Interest Expense
Interest expense, including amortization of deferred finance charges, increased by $701,270, or 98.4% during the nine month period ended September 30, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009. The primary reason for the increase is attributable to interest expense on the Garden Gateway Plaza property that had been included in equity in earnings (losses) of real estate ventures since the sale of an undivided interest in Garden Gateway in October 2008 through January 31, 2010. Effective February 1, 2010, the Garden Gateway Plaza property is consolidated in the financial statements. Interest on the Garden Gateway Plaza loan included in interest expense during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $403,777, compared to zero interest that was included for the same period in 2009. The balance of the increase in interest expense was due to the addition of three new mortgage notes payable issued in the second half of 2009 and in 2010, the addition of interest expense on the Dubose Acquisition Partners II and III limited partnerships. During the nine month period ended September 30, 2010, the average balance of the mortgage loans on eight of the properties and the Dubose Acquisition Partners’ properties was $33.3 million while the average for the same period in 2009 on five properties was $24.2 million. The weighted average interest rate as of September 30, 2010 was 5.69% compared to 5.99% as of September 30, 2009.
The following is a summary of our interest expense on loans by property for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009:
Date Acquired
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2009
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Havana/Parker Complex
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June 2006
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$ | 166,109 | $ | 169,438 | |||||
Garden Gateway Plaza
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March 2007
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403,777 | — | |||||||
World Plaza
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September 2007
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132,196 | 137,955 | |||||||
Executive Office Park
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July 2008
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— | 104,594 | |||||||
Waterman Plaza
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August 2008
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182,403 | 185,639 | |||||||
Sparky’s Thousand Palms Self-Storage
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August 2009
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189,544 | 29,806 | |||||||
Sparky’s Hesperia East Self-Storage
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December 2009
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66,165 | — | |||||||
Interest on Dubose Acquisition Partners II and III notes
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Various in 2009
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169,658 | — | |||||||
Sparky’s Rialto Self-Storage
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May 2010
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58,651 | — | |||||||
Genesis Plaza
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August 2010
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24,471 | ||||||||
Amortization of deferred financing costs
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21,153 | 85,425 | ||||||||
$ | 1,414,127 | $ | 712,857 |
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses increased by $772,899 to $2,349,517 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, compared to $1,576,618 in the same period in 2009. As a percentage of rental income, including rental income from joint ventures, general and administrative expenses were 32.5% and 27.1% for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. In comparing our general and administrative expenses with other REITs, you should take into consideration that we are a self administered REIT, which means such expenses are greater for us than an advisory administered REIT.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, our salaries and employee related expenses increased $699,248 to $1,451,033 compared to $751,785 for the same nine months in 2009. The increase in salary and employee expenses in 2010 was attributable to the Company adding six employee’s in connection with the Dubose Model Home acquisition that will not generate revenue until the model home division is fully functional which is expected to occur early in the fourth quarter, 2010. In addition, the Company hired a Senior Vice-President – Asset Management, with extensive real estate experience, to manage the existing portfolio and to help with growing the Company through identification of potential property acquisitions. Further, the vesting of non-cash compensation related to restricted stock grants to employees was approximately $36,900 greater for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009. We anticipate an insignificant increase in staff and compensation costs as our capital and portfolio continue to increase. However, we anticipate that these costs as a percentage of total revenue will decline in future years.
Legal, accounting and public company related expenses decreased by $23,763, to $397,426 for the nine month period ended September 30, 2010, compared to $421,189 during the same period in 2009. The decrease is primarily due to higher costs in 2009 in support of the Company’s initial SEC filings which resulted in substantially higher audit and legal fees related to inquiries and responses from and to the SEC. The Company incurred large one time expenses relating to SEC filings in 2009 and the Maryland reincorporation and related proxy solicitation costs in 2010, and does not anticipate a similar expense in 2011.
Directors’ compensation expense that consisted of non-cash amortization of restricted stock grants was approximately $59,400 higher for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 over the same period in prior year due to the addition of a new independent director and an additional annual grant of restricted stock to all independent directors.
Net Loss
Net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $2,486,218, or $0.23 loss per share, compared to a net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 of $1,817,172, or $0.25 loss per share. The increase in net loss of $669,046 in the nine month period ended September 30, 2010 was primarily attributable to increased general and administrative expenses, as discussed above and depreciation expense.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
As discussed above under Business Outlook, during 2010, there have been indications of economic improvement and stabilization in the equity markets, however, we expect the market turbulence could continue in the commercial real estate arena as mortgage financing originated over the past three to seven years mature. We believe that as a result of these uncertainty of the trends, new mortgage financing will continue to be difficult to obtain, which may negatively impact our ability to finance future acquisitions. Long-term interest rates remain low by historical standards. On the other hand, we believe the negative trends in the mortgage markets will reduce property prices and may, in certain cases, reduce competition for those properties. We have $7.3 million in cash and cash equivalents, nine (9) unencumbered properties with a carrying value of $35.0 million and we continue our private placement offering for additional capital. We will continue to actively seek potential acquisitions of investments at favorable prices that will withstand the current economic conditions and that are likely to produce attractive long-term returns for our stockholders.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
At September 30, 2010, we had approximately $7.3 million in cash and cash equivalents compared to $9.3 million at December 31, 2009. We intend to use this cash to make additional acquisitions and for general corporate purposes.
Our cash and cash equivalents are held in accounts managed by third party institutions and consist of invested cash and cash in our operating accounts. During the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and for the twelve months ended December 31, 2009, we did not experience any loss or lack of access to our cash or cash equivalents.
Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was approximately $109,000 compared to net cash provided from operating activities of approximately $115,000 for the same period in 2009. The increase in cash used in operating activities was due to increased general and administrative expenses.
Investing Activities
Cash used in investing activities was approximately $15.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. During this period, the Company acquired two properties for $14.9 million, spent $0.7 million in capital expenditures and paid $300,000 to purchase Dubose Model Homes. Net cash used in investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was approximately $18.4 million, which consisted primarily of the purchase of four properties for approximately $17.3 million and our investment in two limited partnerships of approximately $1.5 million.
Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was approximately $13.7 million, which primarily consisted of $10.2 million net proceeds from the sale and issuance of our common stock, $7.9 million in proceeds from new mortgage notes payable used to finance the acquisition of two properties, offset by the payments on mortgage notes payable, a redemption of preferred stock and dividend payments of $0.7, $1.3 and $2.1 million, respectively.
Net cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was approximately $15.4 million, which primarily consisted of $13.4 million net proceeds from issuance of common stock and $3.9 million in proceeds from mortgage notes payable net of the principal payments made on mortgage notes payable and dividend payments of $0.8 and $1.3 million, respectively.
Contractual Obligations
The following table provides information with respect to the maturities and scheduled principal repayments of our secured debt and interest payments on our fixed-rate debt at September 30, 2010 and provides information about the minimum commitments due in connection with our ground lease obligation. Our secured debt agreements contain covenants and restrictions requiring us to meet certain financial ratios and reporting requirements. Non-compliance with one or more of the covenants or restrictions could result in the full or partial principal balance of such debt becoming immediately due and payable.
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$ | 289,358 | $ | 9,496,803 | (2) | $ | 10,255,513 | $ | 19,249,348 | $ | 39,291,022 | ||||||||||
Interest payments - fixed rate debt
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486,756 | 3,604,128 | 2,579,634 | 894,959 | 7,565,477 | ||||||||||||||||
Interest payments - Variable rate debt
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62,524 | 488,412 | 464,771 | 2,557,922 | 3,573,629 | ||||||||||||||||
Ground lease obligation (1)
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20,040 | 41,194 | 43,820 | 1,115,294 | 1,220,348 | ||||||||||||||||
$ | 858,678 | $ | 13,630,537 | $ | 13,343,738 | $ | 23,817,523 | $ | 51,650,476 |
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Lease obligations represent the ground lease payments due on our World Plaza property.
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Approximately 50% of the principal due relates to mortgage loans secured by model homes which are subject to extension until the model homes have been sold.
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We are in compliance with all conditions and covenants of our mortgage notes payable as of September 30, 2010.
Other Liquidity Needs
We are required to distribute 90% of our REIT taxable income (excluding capital gains) on an annual basis in order to qualify and maintain our qualification as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, we intend to continue to make regular quarterly distributions to our common shareholders from cash flow from operating activities. We may be required to use borrowings or other sources of capital, if necessary, to meet REIT distribution requirements and maintain our REIT status. In the past, we have distributed cash amounts in excess of our taxable income resulting in a return of capital to our shareholders, and we currently have the ability to refrain from increasing our distributions while still meeting our REIT requirement for 2010. If our net cash provided by activities and gains on sale of real estate (assuming we are successful in selling any of our properties) do not exceed our intended distributions to our common shareholders, we would have to borrow funds or use proceeds of our ongoing common stock offering to pay the distribution or reduce or eliminate the distribution. We consider market factors and our historical and anticipated performance in addition to REIT requirements in determining our distribution levels.
Until proceeds from our offering are fully invested and our acquired properties are generating operating cash flow sufficient to fully cover distributions to our shareholders, we intend to pay a portion of the distributions to our shareholders from the proceeds of our ongoing common stock private placement offering or from borrowings in anticipation of future cash flows, as deemed appropriate.
Capitalization
As of September 30, 2010, our total debt as a percentage of total market capitalization was 25% which was calculated based on the offering price per share of our common stock of $10.00 under our ongoing current private placement of our common stock.
Shares at September 30, 2010
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Total debt
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$ | 39,291,022 | 25 | % | ||||||||
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Common stock outstanding (1)
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11,793,661 | 117,936,610 | 75 | % | ||||||||
Total Market Capitalization
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$ | 157,227,632 |
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Value based on $10.00 per share the current price of shares being sold under the current private placement offering.
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, we do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements or obligations, including contingent obligations.
Capital Expenditures, Tenant Improvements and Leasing Costs
We currently project that during 2010 we could spend an additional $100,000 to $200,000 in capital improvements, tenant improvements, and leasing costs for properties within our portfolio. Capital expenditures may fluctuate in any given period subject to the nature, extent, and timing of improvements required to the properties. We may spend more on gross capital expenditures during 2010 compared to 2009 due to rising construction costs and the anticipated increase in property acquisitions in 2010. Tenant improvements and leasing costs may also fluctuate in any given year depending upon factors such as the property, the term of the lease, the type of lease, the involvement of external leasing agents and overall market conditions.
Non-GAAP Supplemental Financial Measure: Funds From Operations (“FFO”)
Management believes that FFO is a useful supplemental measure of our operating performance. We compute FFO using the definition outlined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”). NAREIT defines FFO as net income (loss) in accordance with GAAP, plus depreciation and amortization of real estate assets (excluding amortization of deferred financing costs and depreciation of non-real estate assets) reduced by gains and losses from sales of depreciable operating property and extraordinary items, as defined by GAAP. Other REITs may use different methodologies for calculating FFO and, accordingly, our FFO may not be comparable to other REITs. Because FFO excludes depreciation and amortization, gains and losses from property dispositions that are available for distribution to shareholders and extraordinary items, it provides a performance measure that, when compared year over year, reflects the impact to operations from trends in occupancy rates, rental rates, operating costs, development activities, general and administrative expenses and interest costs, providing a perspective not immediately apparent from net income. In addition, management believes that FFO provides useful information to the investment community about our financial performance when compared to other REITs since FFO is generally recognized as the industry standard for reporting the operations of REITs. However, FFO should not be viewed as an alternative measure of our operating performance since it does not reflect either depreciation and amortization costs or the level of capital expenditures and leasing costs necessary to maintain the operating performance of our properties that are significant economic costs and could materially impact our results from operations.
The following table presents our FFO for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009. FFO should not be considered an alternative to net income (loss), as an indication of our performance, nor is FFO indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs or our ability to make distributions to our shareholders. In addition, FFO may be used to fund all or a portion of certain capitalizable items that are excluded from FFO, such as capital expenditures and payments of debt, each of which may impact the amount of cash available for distribution to our shareholders.
Three Months Ended September 30,
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Net loss
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$ | (750,828 | ) | $ | (640,453 | ) | $ | (2,486,218 | ) | $ | (1,817,172 | ) | ||||
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Preferred stock dividends
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— | (21,963 | ) | (34,447 | ) | (65,888 | ) | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization (including depreciation expense of real estate ventures)
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880,024 | 756,683 | 2,647,095 | 2,197,768 | ||||||||||||
Amortization of deferred finance charges
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8,195 | 61,459 | 21,152 | 85,426 | ||||||||||||
Funds from operations
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$ | 137,391 | $ | 155,726 | $ | 147,582 | $ | 400,134 |
Inflation
Since the majority of our leases require tenants to pay most operating expenses, including real estate taxes, utilities, insurance and increases in common area maintenance expenses, we do not believe our exposure to increases in costs and operating expenses resulting from inflation would be material.
Segments Disclosure
Our reportable segments consist of mortgage activities and the four types of commercial real estate properties for which our decision-makers internally evaluate operating performance and financial results: Residential Properties, Office Properties, Retail Properties and Self-Storage Properties. We also have certain corporate level activities including accounting, finance, legal administration and management information systems that are not considered separate operating segments.
Our chief operating decision maker evaluates the performance of our segments based upon net operating income. Net operating income is defined as operating revenues (rental income, tenant reimbursements and other property income) less property and related expenses (property expenses, real estate taxes, ground leases and provisions for bad debts) and excludes other non-property income and expenses, interest expense, depreciation and amortization, and general and administrative expenses. There is no intersegment activity.
See the accompanying financial statements for a Schedule of the Segment Reconciliation to Net Income Available to Common Shareholders.
Not required
NetREIT maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company’s Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure based closely on the definition of “disclosure controls and procedures” in Rule 13a-14(c). In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
As of the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2010 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
None.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company sold 1,246,905 shares of its common stock for an aggregate net proceeds of $10,229,261. These shares were sold at a price of $10.00 per share in a private placement offering to a total of 372 accredited investors. Each issuee purchased their shares for investment and the shares are subject to appropriate transfer restrictions. The private placement offering was made by the Company through selected FINRA member broker-dealer firms. The sales were made in reliance on the exemptions from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 and applicable state securities laws contained in Section 4(2) of the Act and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder. In addition, the Company issued 2,000 shares to one individual through the redemption $20,000 of preferred stock.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company also sold 178,759 shares of its common stock to certain of its existing shareholders under its dividend reinvestment plan. The shares were sold directly by the Company without underwriters to a total of 1,414 persons participating in the plan. The Company sold these shares in reliance on the exemptions from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 and applicable state securities laws set forth in Section 4(2) of the Act and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder. Each issuee purchased the shares for investment and the shares are subject to appropriate transfer restrictions.
On January 2, 2010, the Company issued 482,027 shares of its common stock to 2,105 shareholders as a stock dividend declared in December 2009.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company issued 1,452 shares at an average exercise price of $8.23 upon the exercise of options by two of the Company’s Directors and one of its employees.
All shares issued in these offerings were sold for cash consideration. The Company used the net proceeds it received for the sale of these shares to acquire and/or maintain its real estate investments
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Period
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(a)
Total Number of Shares
Purchased
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(b)
Average
Price Paid
per Share
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(c)
Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (1) |
(d) Maximum
Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or
Programs (1) |
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July 1, 2010 – July 31, 2010
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7,854 | $ | 8.00 | |||||||||||||
Total
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7,854 | $ | 8.00 |
(1) The Company does not have a formal policy with respect to a stock repurchase program.
None.
None.
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Certificate of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, with respect to the registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2010.*
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Certification of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, with respect to the registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2010. *
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Certification of principal executive officer and principal financial officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. *
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* Filed Herewith
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: November 12, 2010
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NetREIT
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By:
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/s/ Jack K. Heilbron | |
Name: Jack K. Heilbron
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Title: Chief Executive Officer
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By:
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/s/ Kenneth W. Elsberry | |
Name: Kenneth W. Elsberry
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
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