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Presidio Property Trust, Inc. - Annual Report: 2011 (Form 10-K)

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-K

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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011

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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ________ to________

Commission file number 000-53673

NETREIT, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland
 
33-0841255
(State of other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
     
1282 Pacific Oaks Place
Escondido, CA
 
92029-2900
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip code)

(760) 471-8536
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, Series A, no par value
(Title of class)
 
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Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. R Yes £ No

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At March 15, 2012, registrant had issued and outstanding 15,287,998 shares of its common stock, no par value.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Part III, Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 incorporate by reference certain specific portions of the definitive Proxy Statement for NetREIT’s Annual Meeting currently scheduled to be held on May 18, 2012 to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A. Only those portions of the proxy statement which are specifically incorporated by reference herein shall constitute a part of this annual report.
 


 
 

 
 
Table of Contents
 
PART I
         
ITEM 1.     1  
ITEM 1A.     7  
ITEM 2.     27  
ITEM 3.     47  
ITEM 4.     47  
           
PART II
           
ITEM 5.     47  
ITEM 6.     51  
ITEM 7.     51  
ITEM 7A.     71  
ITEM 8.     71  
ITEM 9.     71  
ITEM 9A.     71  
ITEM 9B.     72  
           
PART III
           
ITEM 10.     72  
ITEM 11.     72  
ITEM 12.     72  
ITEM 13.      72  
ITEM 14.     72  
           
PART IV
           
ITEM 15.     73  
 
 
 

 

CAUTIONARY LANGUAGE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
AND INDUSTRY DATA

This Form 10-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Our actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including those set forth in this Form 10-K. Important factors that may cause actual results to differ from projections include, but are not limited to:

 
specific risks that may be referred to in this Form 10-K, including those set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of the Form 10-K;

 
adverse economic conditions in the real estate market;

 
adverse changes in the real estate financing markets;

 
our inability to raise sufficient additional capital to continue to expand our real estate investment portfolio and pay dividends on our shares;

 
unexpected costs, lower than expected rents and revenues from our properties, and/or increases in our operating costs;

 
inability to attract or retain qualified personnel, including real estate management personnel;

 
adverse results of any legal proceedings; and

 
changes in laws, rules and regulations affecting our business.

All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this Form 10-K regarding our strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenue or losses, projected costs, prospects, current expectations, forecasts, and plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. When used in this Form 10-K, the words “will,” “may,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “should,” “project,” “plan,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Form 10-K. We do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements or other information contained in this Form 10-K, except as required by federal securities laws. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements in this Form 10-K are reasonable, we cannot assure you that these plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved. We have disclosed important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from our expectations under the “Risk Factors” section of this Form 10-K and elsewhere in this Form 10-K. These cautionary statements qualify all forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf.

Information regarding market and industry statistics contained in this Form 10-K is included based on information available to us that we believe is accurate. We have not reviewed or included data from all sources, and we cannot assure you of the accuracy or completeness of the data included in this Form 10-K. Forecasts and other forward-looking information obtained from these sources are subject to the same qualifications and the additional uncertainties accompanying any estimates of future market size, revenue and market acceptance of products and services. We undertake no obligation to update forward-looking information to reflect actual results or changes in assumptions or other factors that could affect those statements. See the “Risk Factors” section of this Form 10-K for a more detailed discussion of uncertainties and risks that may have an impact on our future results.
 
 
 

 
 
ITEM 1. BUSINESS

Our Company, NetREIT, Inc.

NetREIT, Inc. (“we”, “us” or the “Company”) is a Maryland corporation which operates as a self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust as defined under the Internal Revenue Code (a “REIT”). As a Maryland chartered corporation, we are governed by the Maryland General Corporation Law (the MGCL). We contract with CHG Properties, Inc. (CHG Properties) to manage the day-to-day operations of our properties. We are a non-traded, publicly owned company registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 1934 Act). Our office is located at 1282 Pacific Oaks Place, Escondido, California, 92029-2900. Our telephone number is 866-781-7721. Our e-mail address is info@netreit.com or you may visit our website at www.netreit.com.

Our investment objective is to create current income and growth for our shareholders. We seek to accomplish this objective by seeking promising financial opportunities to acquire commercial, industrial, self-storage, retail, single family residential model homes and multi-unit residential real estate located primarily in the western United States. From January 2005 through December 31, 2011, our equity capitalization has increased from approximately $660,857 to approximately $82.8 million and our total assets increased during that period from $4.4 million to approximately $161.7 million. During this period, we increased our investments in real property (our Properties) from 2 to 100 Properties (78 model home properties). Our portfolio includes interests in nine commercial and one industrial office properties (“Office Properties”), six self-storage facilities (Self-Storage Properties”)  one apartment complex and 78 model homes (Model Homes” or “(Model Home Properties) (combined, “Residential Properties”), four retail centers and a single purpose 7-Eleven retail property (“Retail Properties”).

We own a 100% fee interest in 16 of these Properties. We also own partial interests in 6 Properties through our investments in 5 limited partnerships for which we serve as the General Partner (“GP”) and one limited liability company for which we serve as managing member. Each of these 5 limited partnerships are referred to as a “DownREIT.” In each DownREIT, we have the right, through options and put options, to require our co-investors to exchange their interests for shares of our common stock at a stated price within a definite period, generally 5 years from the date they first invested in the entity’s real property.

We own an interest in 48 Model Homes through our majority owned subsidiary, NetREIT Dubose Model Home REIT, Inc. (“NetREIT Dubose”), and interests in an additional 30 Model Homes through investments as majority limited partner in seven limited partnerships, Dubose Acquisition Partners II, LTD. (DAP II), Dubose Acquisition Partners III, LTD. (DAP III), Dubose Model Home Income Fund #3, LTD. (DMHI Fund #3), Dubose Model Home Income Fund #4, LTD. (DMHI Fund #4) Dubose Model Home Income Fund #5, LTD. (DMHI Fund #5), Dubose Model Home Investors Fund #113 LP (DMHI Fund #113) and Dubose Model Home Investors #201 LP (DMHI #201).

In March 2010, we purchased certain assets and rights from Dubose Model Homes USA (DMHU), which we refer to as the DMHU Purchase.” Mr. Larry Dubose was the founder, former president and former principal owner of DMHU. Pursuant to the DMHU Purchase, we were also assigned contracts to provide certain management services to 19 investment limited partnerships sponsored by DMHU and for which past or present DMHU affiliates serve as general partners. We refer to these 19 partnerships as the Dubose Partnerships.” The Dubose Partnerships include DAP II, DAP III, DMHI Fund #3, DMHI Fund #4, DMHI Fund #5 and DMHI Fund #113. These DMHU assets purchased Model Homes from, and leased them back to, homebuilders for their use in marketing their model home developments. We hold the Model Homes for appreciation and resale. We refer to these activities as our Model Homes Division.” To implement our future Model Homes Division activities, we formed a 100% owned subsidiaries known as NetREIT Advisors, LLC (NetREIT Advisors) to manage NetREIT Dubose and all the model home partnerships except DMHI#201 which is managed by another 100% owned subsidiary known as Dubose Advisors, LLC (Dubose Advisors). Mr. Dubose, Mr. Heilbron and Mr. Elsberry serve as NetREIT Advisors’ and Dubose Advisors’ CEO, President and CFO, respectively. In 2010, we invested $300,000 as member capital contributions to NetREIT Advisors. In 2011, we invested $25,000 as member capital contributions to Dubose Advisors and $250,000 as a limited partner investment in DMHI #201.
 
 
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In July 2010, we sponsored and through NetREIT Advisors, organized, and are making significant investments in, NetREIT Dubose. NetREIT Dubose is a proposed private REIT whose primary business is acquiring Model Homes from third party homebuilders in sale and leaseback (sale-leaseback) transactions whereby a homebuilder sells the model home to NetREIT Dubose and leases back under a triple net lease (NNN) the model home is for use in marketing its residential development. NetREIT Dubose is currently seeking to raise up to $20 million pursuant to a private placement of its common stock. We are a majority shareholder of NetREIT Dubose and will remain so for an indeterminate time. Our relationships with NetREIT Dubose exposes NetREIT, Inc. to additional risks (see Risk Factors section below.

NetREIT Advisors serves as external advisor to NetREIT Dubose. NetREIT Advisors also provides management services to the 19 Dubose Partnerships, pursuant to contracts DMHU assigned to us in the DMHU Purchase. For these services, NetREIT Advisors receives ongoing management fees and has the right to receive certain other fees when the respective partnership purchases, sells or otherwise disposes of its properties.

In September 2010, we commenced a tender offer to purchase outstanding limited partnership units of DMHI Fund #3, DMHI Fund #4 and DMHI Fund #5 in exchange for, at the election of each offeree limited partner, shares of our common stock valued at $10.00 per share or cash equal to 80% of the aggregate price of the shares offered. As a result of this tender offer, effective November 30, 2010 we acquired approximately 74% of DMHI Fund #3 for $475,997 in cash and 39,827 shares for a total combined cost of $874,263; approximately 71% of DMHI Fund #4 for $343,074 in cash and 49,132 shares for a total combined cost of $834,394; and approximately 67% of DMHI Fund #5 for $77,822 in cash and 23,931 shares for a total combined cost of $317,136. As a result, the Company is now the controlling partner of each of these partnerships and the financial statements of each have been included in the consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2010 including one month of operations for the year ended December 31, 2010 and a full year of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

DMHI Fund #3 and DMHI Fund #4 have investments as limited partners in DAP II and DAP III. As a result of our earlier 51% investment in these two funds, our ownership interests in DAP II and III increased to 75.7% and 83.0%, respectively.

In August 2011, we sponsored and through Dubose Advisors, organized DMHI #201 LP for the purpose of raising private equity to also invest in model home properties and lease them back to the homebuilders.

In November 2011, DMHI #201 completed a tender offer where it converted investors in DMHI #113 into investors of DMHI #201and cashed out one investor. After completing the transaction, DMHI #201 became a 65% owner of DMHI #113. DMHI #113 also had investments in DAP II and DAP III. As a result, the Company now beneficially owns a 77.7% interest in DAP II and 86.3% interest in DAP III.

Our Management

We refer to our executive officers and any directors who are affiliated with them as our management.” Our management is currently comprised of Jack K. Heilbron, our Chairman of the Board, chief executive officer (CEO) president and CEO and a director of NetREIT Dubose and Dubose Advisors; Kenneth W. Elsberry, our chief financial officer (CFO) and one of our directors; and Mr. Dubose, who is the CEO and a director of NetREIT Advisors, Dubose Advisors and the CFO and a director of NetREIT Dubose. Mr. Heilbron is responsible for managing our day-to-day affairs. Our property manager, CHG Properties, is a wholly owned subsidiary of CI Holding Group, Inc. (CI Holding). Messrs. Heilbron and Elsberry are executive officers, directors and minority shareholders of CI Holding. Mr. Dubose is responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of NetREIT Advisors and our Model Homes Division.
 
Our Board of Directors

Our management is subject to the direction and supervision of our board of directors (our Board). Among other things, our Board must approve each real property acquisition our management proposes. There are nine directors comprising our Board, six of whom are independent directors, as defined (Independent Directors). Three of our directors, Mr. Heilbron, Mr. Elsberry and Mr. Dubose are not independent directors.
 
 
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Our Property Manager

CHG Properties manages our properties under a Restated and Amended Property Management Agreement, dated October 14, 2010, between us and CHG Properties (the “Property Management Agreement”). The Property Management Agreement has been approved and is subject to continuing review by our directors, including a majority of our independent directors. CHG Properties is the wholly owned subsidiary of CI Holding Group, Inc. (“CI Holding”). Mr. Heilbron and Mr. Elsberry are minority shareholders of CI Holding. Also, Mr. Heilbron serves as Chairman of its board of directors and President of CHG Properties, and Mr. Elsberry serves as its CFO and Secretary and as a member of its board of directors.

Under the Property Management Agreement, we pay CHG Properties management fees in the amount of up to 5% of the gross revenues of each property managed. We believe these terms are no less favorable to NetREIT than those customary for similar services in the relevant markets and geographic areas of our properties. Depending upon the location of certain of our properties and other circumstances, we may retain property management companies which are unaffiliated with CHG Properties and CI Holdings to render property management services for some of our properties.

Our Contracts with CHG Properties

The Property Management Agreement. Under the Property Management Agreement, CHG Properties provides services in connection with the rental, leasing, operation and management of our properties in consideration for a monthly management fee in the amount of up to 5% of Gross Rental Income, as defined in the Property Management Agreement. In addition, we are required to compensate CHG Properties in the event it provides services other than those specified in the Property Management Agreement and to reimburse CHG Properties for its costs, other than its general, administrative and overhead costs, in providing services under the Property Management Agreement. We will maintain a property management agreement for each property, each of which will have an initial term ending December 31, in the year in which the property is acquired. Each Property Management Agreement will be subject to successive one-year renewals, unless we or the property manager notifies the other in writing of its intent to terminate the Property Management Agreement 60 days prior to the expiration of the initial renewal term. Our right to terminate will be limited so that the Property Management Agreement will be terminable by us only in the event of gross negligence or malfeasance on the part of CHG Properties.

Under the Property Management Agreement, CHG Properties hires, directs and establishes policies for employees who will have direct responsibility for each property’s operations, including resident managers and assistant managers, as well as building and maintenance personnel. We may employ some persons who are also employed by CHG Properties or its other affiliates. CHG Properties may, as it deems necessary, engage one or more agents to perform services for us, including local property managers. In doing so, however, CHG Properties is not relieved of its duties and responsibilities to us under the Property Management Agreement, and it must compensate any such agents without the right to any reimbursement from us or duplication of costs to us. CHG Properties also directs the purchase of equipment and supplies and supervises all maintenance activity.

Pursuant to the Property Management Agreement, CHG Properties is responsible for collection and bank deposit of rents, day-to-day maintenance of the properties, leasing and tenant relations, and the submission of approved vendor invoices to us for payment. CHG Properties also reviews and pays approved vendor invoices, monitors the payment of rents by tenants, and monitors the collection of reimbursements from tenants, where applicable, for common area maintenance, property taxes and insurance. Data relating to collections, payments and other operations of the properties is entered and maintained on a computer data bank located in CHG Properties’ office. CHG Properties is responsible for monitoring and supervising any management employees on the properties, including on-site apartment building managers.
 
 
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Under the Property Management Agreement, we indemnify CHG Properties and pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of any proceeding with respect to its acts or omissions. Conditions to our indemnification include: CHG Properties acted in good faith and the course of its conduct which caused the loss or liability was in our best interests; that the liability or loss to be indemnified was not the result of its willful misconduct or gross negligence; and that, in any event, such indemnification or agreement to hold harmless is recoverable only out of our assets and not from the assets of our shareholders.

Right to Acquire Property Manager’s Business. During the term of the Property Management Agreement, we have the option to acquire CHG Properties’ property management business, including its assets used in connection with that business. We have the right to do this without obtaining any consent from the property manager, its board, or its shareholders. We may elect to exercise this right at any time. Our board’s decision to exercise this right would require the approval of a majority of our directors not otherwise interested in the transaction (including a majority of our independent directors). In the event this acquisition is consummated, CHG Properties and/or its shareholders will receive the number of shares of our common stock determined as described below. We sometimes refer to our common stock as “Shares”. If the transaction is consummated, we will be obligated to pay any fees accrued under the contractual arrangements for services rendered through the closing date of the transaction.

In the event we choose to structure the transaction as a purchase of assets or a share exchange where we acquire the CHG Properties corporate entity, our articles and bylaws and the California Corporations Code permit us to do so without obtaining approval of our shareholders. We presently do not intend to seek shareholder approval if it is not then required.

The number of shares we would issue to acquire CHG Properties’ business will be determined as follows. First we would send notice to the Property Manager of our election to proceed with the acquisition (the “Acquisition Notice”). Next, an independent auditor, whose costs will be borne by CHG Properties, will determine the net income of the Property Manager for the 6-month period immediately preceding the month in which the Acquisition Notice is delivered as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The net income so determined will then be annualized. The annualized net income will then be multiplied by 90% and divided by our Funds From Operations per Weighted Average Share (“FFO Per Share”), which shall equal the annualized Funds From Operations for our quarter ended immediately preceding the date the Acquisition Notice is delivered per our Weighted Average Shares during such quarter. The FFO Per Share will be based on the quarterly report we file and deliver to our shareholders for such quarter. The resulting quotient will constitute the number of shares we will issue in the transaction, which must be consummated within 90 days after the Acquisition Notice. FFO means generally net income (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains or losses from debt restructuring and sales of properties, plus depreciation of real property and amortization, and extraordinary items.

Under certain circumstances, our acquisition of CHG Properties’ business under this agreement can be entered into and consummated without seeking shareholder approval. Any acquisition of the Property Manager will occur, if at all, only if our board obtains a fairness opinion from a recognized financial advisor or institution providing valuation services to the effect that the consideration to be paid for the Property Manager’s business is fair, from a financial point of view, to the shareholders. In the event the Property Management Agreement is terminated for any reason other than our acquisition of CHG Properties’ business, all of CHG Properties’ obligations and the Property Management Agreement will terminate. We have no intention to exercise our option to acquire CHG Properties’ property management business at this time.
 
 
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Federal Income Tax REIT Requirements

Starting in our 2000 tax year, we elected to be taxed as a REIT. As a REIT, we are generally not subject to federal income tax on income that we distribute to our shareholders. Under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), to maintain our status as a REIT and receive favorable REIT income tax treatment, we must comply with certain requirements of federal income tax laws and regulations. These laws and regulations are complex and subject to continuous change and reinterpretation. We have received an opinion of special tax counsel that we will qualify as a REIT if we achieve certain of our objectives, including diversity of stock ownership and operating standards. However, there is no assurance that we will be able to achieve these goals and thus qualify or continue to qualify to be taxed as a REIT.

The principal tax consequences of our being taxed as a REIT are that our shareholders may receive dividends that are indirectly sheltered from corporate federal income taxation. In the event we fail to qualify as a REIT, we will be subject to taxation on two levels because our income will be taxed at the corporate level and we will not be able to deduct dividends we pay to our shareholders. In turn, shareholders will be taxed on dividends they receive from us.

To continue to be taxed as a REIT, we must satisfy numerous organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement that we distribute at least 90% of our Real Estate Investment Trust taxable income to our shareholders, as defined in the Code and calculated on an annual basis. If we fail to qualify for taxation as a REIT in any year, our income will be taxed at regular corporate rates and shareholders will be taxed on dividends they receive from us, and we may be precluded from qualifying for treatment as a REIT for the four-year period following our failure to qualify. Even though we qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, we may still be subject to state and local taxes on our income and property and to federal income and excise taxes on our undistributed income.

Regulation

Our management will continually review our investment activity in order to prevent us from coming within the application of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”). Among other things, management will attempt to monitor the proportion of our portfolio that is placed in various investments so that we do not come within the definition of an “investment company” under the act. If at any time the character of our investments could cause us to be deemed an investment company for purposes of the 1940 Act, we will take the necessary action to ensure that we are not deemed to be an “investment company.”

Various environmental laws govern certain aspects of the ongoing operation of our properties.  Such environmental laws include those regulating the existence of asbestos-containing materials in buildings, management of surfaces with lead-based paint (and notices to residents about the lead-based paint) and waste-management activities. The failure to comply with such requirements could subject us to a government enforcement action and/or claims for damages by a private party.

To date, compliance with federal, state and local environmental protection regulations has not had a material effect on our capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position.  All proposed acquisitions are inspected prior to acquisition. The inspections are conducted by qualified environmental consultants, and we review the issued report prior to the purchase of any property.  Nevertheless, it is possible that our environmental assessments will not reveal all environmental liabilities, or that some material environmental liabilities exist of which we are unaware.  In some cases, we may be required to abandon otherwise economically attractive acquisitions because the costs of removal or control of hazardous materials have been prohibitive or we have been unwilling to accept the potential risks involved.  We do not believe we will be required to engage in any large-scale abatement at any of our properties. We believe that through professional environmental inspections and testing for asbestos, lead paint and other hazardous materials, coupled with a relatively conservative posture toward accepting known environmental risk, we can minimize our exposure to potential liability associated with environmental hazards.
 
 
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Federal legislation requires owners and landlords of residential housing constructed prior to 1978 to disclose to potential residents or purchasers of the communities any known lead paint hazards and imposes treble damages for failure to provide such notification. In addition, lead based paint in any of the communities may result in lead poisoning in children residing in that community if chips or particles of such lead based paint are ingested, and we may be held liable under state laws for any such injuries caused by ingestion of lead based paint by children living at the communities.

We are unaware of any environmental hazards at any of our properties that individually or in the aggregate may have a material adverse impact on our operations or financial position. We have not been notified by any governmental authority, and we are not otherwise aware, of any material non-compliance, liability, or claim relating to environmental liabilities in connection with any of our properties. We do not believe that the cost of continued compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations will have a material adverse effect on us or our financial condition or results of operations. Future environmental laws, regulations, or ordinances, however, may require additional remediation of existing conditions that are not currently actionable. Also, if more stringent requirements are imposed on us in the future, the costs of compliance could have a material adverse effect on us and our financial condition.

Competitive Factors

We compete with a number of other real estate investors, many of which own properties similar to ours in the same markets in which our properties are located. Competitors include other REITs, pension funds, insurance companies, investment funds and companies, partnerships, and developers. Many of these entities have substantially greater financial resources than we do and may be able to accept more risk than we can prudently manage, including risks with respect to the creditworthiness of a tenant or the geographic location of its investments. In addition, many of these entities have capital structures that allow them to make investments at higher prices than what we can prudently offer while still generating a return to their investors that is commensurate with the return we are seeking to provide our investors. If our competitors offer space at rental rates below current market rates, or below the rental rates we currently charge our tenants, we may lose potential tenants and we may be pressured to reduce our rental rates below those we currently charge or to offer more substantial rent abatements, tenant improvements, early termination rights or below-market renewal options in order to retain tenants when our tenants' leases expire.  The concentration of our properties in Southern California and Colorado makes us especially susceptible to local market conditions in these areas. For instance, our self-storage properties are located in Southern California markets containing numerous other self-storage properties. Competition with these other properties will impact the operating results of our self-storage 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 our properties as appropriate. If we are unable to respond quickly and effectively, our financial condition, results of operations, cash flow and ability to satisfy our debt service obligations and to pay dividends to you may be adversely affected.
 
Industry 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, Industrial and Commercial Office Properties, Retail Properties, Self-Storage Properties and Mortgage Loans. For financial data by segment, see Note 10 “Segments” in the notes to our consolidated financial statements filed herewith.
 
Our Offices and Employees

Our offices are situated in approximately 12,134 square feet of space in our Pacific Oaks Plaza located at 1282 Pacific Oaks Place in Escondido, California.

As of March 15, 2012, we employed 36 full time and 4 part-time employees.

Our Policies Regarding Operating Reserves

We are not required to maintain a specified level of operating reserves nor do we have a policy to do so. Our directors continually monitor our short term cash needs for capital expenditures and property operation with a view towards maintaining cash reserves in sufficient amounts to meet our anticipated short term cash requirements in this regard. In addition, based on the nature, location, age and condition of our properties, and our requirements under our various leases, we attempt to maintain sufficient reserves to meet these obligations. However, we cannot assure our shareholders that we will have sufficient reserves at all times to meet our short term obligations, especially unforeseen obligations, such as those arising from losses suffered by reason of acts of God or unsecured casualties. In the event we encounter situations requiring expenditures exceeding our reserves, we will be forced to seek funds from other sources, including short term borrowing, which may not be available on favorable terms or at all.

Available Information

Access to copies of our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other filings with the SEC, including amendments to such filings are available via a link to http:/ /www.sec.gov on our website at www.netreit.com as soon as reasonably practicable after such materials are electronically filed with the SEC. They are also available for printing by any stockholder upon request. We maintain our own website and our principal executive offices are located at 1282 Pacific Oaks Place, Escondido, California 92029 and our telephone number is (866) 781-7721.
 
 
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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Risks Relating to Our Status and an Investment in Our Securities

Our long term growth and achieving our full potential may ultimately depend on our obtaining additional equity capital. In the past we have relied on cash from the sale of our equity securities to fund the implementation of our business plan, including property acquisitions, building of our staff and internal management and administrative capabilities, and funding in substantial part our business operations. We terminated our private placement for common stock on December 31, 2011. Our ability to continue to fund property acquisitions, fund our operations, and fund payment of regular dividends to our shareholders over the long term is likely dependent upon our obtaining additional funds through the additional sales of our equity and/or debt securities. Without additional capital, we may not be able to grow our asset base to a size that is sufficient to support our current level of operations and/or our payment of dividends to our shareholders at current rates (or even at levels required by the REIT provisions, which generally require us to annually pay dividends to our shareholders equal to at least 90% of our REIT taxable income). There is no assurance as to when and under what terms we can successfully obtain additional funding through the sale of our equity and/or debt securities. Our access to additional equity or debt capital depends on a number of factors, including general market conditions, the market’s perception of our growth potential, our expected future earnings, and our debt levels.

We currently are wholly dependent upon our internal cash from operations and debt financing for future property acquisitions and the payment of our operational costs and to fund distributions to our shareholders. To the extent our cash from internal sources and/or debt financing of unencumbered properties is not sufficient to pay our costs of operations, our acquisition of additional properties, and/or our payment of dividends to our shareholders, we would be required to take one or more measures, including decreasing our operational costs through reductions in personnel and/or facilities, reducing or suspending our acquisition of additional properties, and/or suspending dividends to our shareholders. Our reduction of our operational costs and/or our reduction or suspension of property acquisitions would inhibit our growth and prevent us from fully implementing our business plan and reaching our investment objectives. Our reduction or suspension in our payment of dividends to our shareholders would reduce our shareholders’ return on their investment and possibly prevent us from satisfying the minimum distribution requirements of the REIT provisions. Any of these measures would likely have a substantial adverse effect on our financial condition, the value of our common stock, and our ability to raise additional capital.

If we are unable to find suitable investments, we may not be able to achieve our investment objectives or continue to pay dividends. Our achievement of our investment objectives and our ability to pay regular dividends is dependent upon our continued acquisition of suitable property investments, our selection of tenants, and our obtaining satisfactory financing arrangements in connection with such investments. We cannot be sure that our management will be successful in obtaining suitable investments on financially attractive terms or that, if we make investments, our objectives will be achieved.  If our management is unable to find suitable investments, we will hold the proceeds available for investment in an interest-bearing account, or invest the proceeds in short-term, investment-grade investments. Holding such short-term investments will prevent us from making the investments necessary to allow us to generate operating income to pay dividends.  As a result, we will need to raise additional capital to continue to pay dividends at the current level until such time as suitable property investments become available. In the event that we are unable to find suitable investments or obtain additional capital in future financings, our ability to pay dividends to our shareholders would be adversely affected and we may lose our qualification as a REIT.

We may be prevented from paying dividends by legal requirements which could impair our ability to qualify as a REIT. Under the MGCL, our directors may be personally liable for our payment of any distributions, including dividends, if at the time payment is made we do not satisfy certain solvency tests, including current assets and current liabilities ratio tests. In the event our board determines that we do not satisfy these statutory tests, we will not pay dividends on our common stock and may no longer qualify as a REIT.
 
 
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We depend on key personnel and the loss of such personnel could impair our ability to achieve our business objectives. Our ability to achieve our investment objectives and to pay dividends is dependent to a significant degree upon the continued contributions of certain key personnel in evaluating and consummating our investments, the selection of tenants and the determination of any financing arrangements. Our key personnel include Mr. Jack K. Heilbron, Mr. Kenneth W. Elsberry and Mr. Larry G. Dubose, each of whom would be difficult to replace. If any of our key employees were to cease employment, our operating results could suffer. We also believe that our future success depends, in large part, upon our ability to hire and retain skilled and experienced managerial, operational and marketing personnel. Competition for skilled and experienced personnel is intense, and we cannot assure our shareholders that we will be successful in attracting and retaining such skilled personnel.

The availability and timing of cash dividends is uncertain. We bear all expenses incurred in our operations, which are deducted from cash funds generated by operations prior to computing the amount of cash dividends to be distributed to the shareholders. In addition, subject to the requirement that we make certain distributions to maintain our REIT qualification, the board of directors, in its discretion, may retain any portion of such funds for working capital. We cannot assure our shareholders that we will have sufficient cash to pay dividends to our shareholders.

We may change one or more of our investment policies. One or more of our investment policies may be changed or modified from time to time by our management, subject to review by our independent directors who are charged with the responsibility and authority to review our investment policies and criteria at least annually to determine that the policies we are following are in the best interests of our shareholders.

Our shareholders have a very limited right to influence our business or affairs. Our executive officers, under the direction of our board of directors, have the exclusive right to manage our day-to-day business and affairs. Except for certain major decisions (such as mergers or the sales of substantially all of our assets) which require the vote of our shareholders, our shareholders generally do not have the right to participate in our management or investment decisions. Moreover, shareholders do not have the right to remove directors except for cause.

The limit on the amount of our common stock a person may own may discourage a takeover that could otherwise result in a premium price to our shareholders. In order for us to qualify as a REIT, no more than 50% of our outstanding stock may be beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals (including certain types of entities) at any time during the last half of each taxable year. To ensure that we do not fail to qualify as a REIT under this test, our articles of incorporation restrict, unless waived by our Board, ownership by one person or entity to no more than 9.8% in value or number, whichever is more restrictive, of any class of our outstanding stock. This restriction may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us, including an extraordinary transaction (such as a merger, tender offer or sale of all or substantially all of our assets) that might provide a premium price for holders of our common stock.
 
 
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If we failed to comply with applicable exemption requirements in connection with our private placement offerings, we may have liability for damages to certain of our shareholders. In the past we sold our securities to investors in reliance on an exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) and Rule 506 of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”) and various exemptions from registration under applicable state securities laws. Many requirements and conditions of these exemptions are subject to factual circumstances and subjective interpretation. There is no assurance that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), any state securities law administrator, or a trier of fact in a court or arbitration proceeding would not determine that we failed to meet one or more of these requirements. In the event the SEC, any state securities law administrator, or a trier of fact in a court or arbitration determines that we sold our securities without an applicable exemption from registration under the 1933 Act and/or the applicable state securities laws, we could be liable to the purchasers of our securities in that offering for rescission and possibly monetary damages. If a number of investors were successful in seeking one or more of these remedies, we could face severe financial demands that would adversely affect our business and financial condition.

Moreover, since 2005, we have conducted multiple private placement offerings, all in reliance upon the private placement exemptions from registration under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws. Under applicable law and regulations, these multiple offerings could be combined (or integrated) and treated as a single offering for federal and state securities law purposes. If so integrated, the offerings would be treated as a single offering and would be required to meet each of the requirements for the exemption relied upon. While we have structured each of these offerings individually so that if they are combined they would meet the requirements of the Rule 506 exemption, the area for application of this exemption to integrated offerings remains somewhat unclear and has not been fully defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission or the courts. Thus, there is uncertainty as to our burden of proving that we have correctly relied on one or more of these private placement exemptions.

It will be difficult for our shareholders to sell their common stock because there is currently no public market for the shares. If our shareholders are able to sell their shares, they will likely have to sell them at a substantial discount due to the lack of a public market for our shares. There is no public market for our common stock. Moreover, our articles of incorporation contains restrictions on the ownership and transfer of our shares including the limitation on the maximum number of shares a single holder may hold, as described above, and these restrictions may inhibit our shareholders’ ability to sell their shares. We do not have a share redemption program, nor do we plan to adopt one in the near future. Any share redemption program we may adopt will be limited in terms of the amount of shares that may be redeemed annually. Our board of directors will be able to limit, suspend or terminate any share redemption program. It will be difficult for our shareholders to sell their shares promptly or at all. If our shareholders are able to sell their shares, they likely will only be able to sell them at a substantial discount from the price they paid. We cannot assure that their shares will ever appreciate in value to equal the price our shareholders paid for their shares. Thus, our shareholders should consider the shares an illiquid and long-term investment, and they must be prepared to hold their shares for an indefinite length of time.
 
 
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Certain conditions will challenge our ability to establish a stable secondary market for our common stock and our ability to make some future offerings of our equity securities. Should we seek to establish a public market for our common stock by listing on a national securities exchange, we may experience a number of conditions and factors that will present challenges to establishing a stable secondary market for our common stock.

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As of March 15, 2012, we had  15,287,998 shares of our common stock outstanding. Substantially all of these shares would be freely tradable (subject to restrictions on the shares held by our directors, officers and other affiliates). Also, we intend to issue additional shares of our common stock in the future under our employee and agent incentive plans and possibly in one or more private offerings. Neither we nor any of our affiliates have any control, contractually or otherwise, on the amounts or frequency of trades the holders of these shares may make. Also, institutions and other professional investors could seek to take advantage of this condition through short sales of our common stock, which could exert a downward pressure on the trading price of our common stock.
 
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The sale and potential sale of a large number of outstanding freely tradable common stock in a secondary market may adversely affect the market price of our common stock in that market.
 
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A large amount of outstanding freely tradable common stock could discourage potential underwriters from participating in a public offering of our common stock and would place us at a disadvantage in negotiating a public offering price with underwriters who do choose to participate.
 
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Generally, a large amount of outstanding freely tradable stock would impair our ability to raise additional capital by selling additional equity securities in an underwritten offering where we seek to establish a secondary market for our common stock in connection with that offering.
 
The prices at which we have sold our common stock in the past were, in the absence of a public market, determined by us based on a number of objective and subjective factors. Accordingly, there is no assurance that the trading price of our common stock in a subsequent public market will correspond with our prior offering prices of the stock or that the trading price of our stock in a public market will reflect our financial condition or performance.
 
 
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Risks Relating to Real Estate Investments

Unsettled conditions in the financial and equity markets could negatively affect the U.S. and world economies and could adversely affect our business and operations. Uncertainties, dislocations and disruptions in the U.S. financial markets have resulted in a tightening or, in some locations, the unavailability of secured real estate financing. Mortgage securities and asset-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations and derivative securities associated with those markets are directly impacted. These uncertainties have affected the overall U.S. and world credit markets and, indirectly, both the residential and commercial real estate markets. These events will continue to negatively affect other economic sectors, such as retail sales manufacturing and labor. As a result, the U.S. and world economies experienced an economic recession of unpredictable severity and length. Recession effects included decreasing availability of capital and credit financing, job losses, decreases in wholesale and retail sales, manufacturing and service sectors. The effect of recent legislation and governmental action intended to stabilize the U.S. credit markets is unclear at this time.

Recent unavailability of certain types of credit financing and stagnation of real estate prices have lead to economic slowdown and a recession. Periods of economic slowdown or recession are typically accompanied by declines in real estate sales in general. These conditions in turn can result in increases in mortgage loan delinquencies and foreclosures and declines in real estate prices and values. Any material decline in real estate values would, among other things, increase the loan-to-value ratio of any properties on which we have mortgage financing and any real estate loans we own. A significant period of increased delinquencies, foreclosures or depressions in real estate prices would likely materially and adversely affect our ability to finance our real estate investments.

Current commercial mortgage market trends may affect the terms and conditions of our mortgage financing and make it more difficult for us to obtain mortgage financing and have an adverse effect on our ability to make suitable investments. In response to illiquidity, disruption and uncertainty in the commercial mortgage markets, lenders with whom we typically deal, such as insurance companies and national state chartered banks, have instituted more stringent underwriting requirements,  and increased their credit spreads as the demand for higher risk premiums continues. Thus, the amount of mortgage financing available has contracted and future borrowing costs may increase. Higher costs of mortgage financing and restricted levels of borrowing may result in lower yields from our real estate investments, which may reduce our cash flow available for distribution. These restrictions could include restrictions on our ability to make distributions to our shareholders. Because of these trends, we expect the terms and conditions of our mortgage loans will be more onerous and will contain more restrictive terms favorable to the lender, and that these terms and restrictions would reduce our operating flexibility. Unavailability of mortgage financing will directly reduce our ability to purchase additional properties and thus decrease our diversification of real estate ownership.

A decrease in real estate values will negatively affect our ability to refinance our properties and possibly our existing mortgage obligations. A decrease in real estate values will decrease the principal amount of secured loans we can obtain on a specific property and our ability to refinance our existing mortgage loans. In some circumstances, a decrease in the value of our existing property which secures a mortgage loan may require us to prepay or post additional security for that mortgage loan. This would occur where the lender’s initial appraised value of the property decreases below the value required to maintain a loan-to-value ratio specified in the mortgage loan agreement.
 
 
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We are not required to set aside and maintain specific levels of cash reserves and may have difficulty in the event of increases in existing expenses or unanticipated expenses. We do not anticipate that we will establish a permanent reserve for maintenance and repairs, lease commissions or tenant improvements of real estate properties. However, to the extent that we have insufficient funds for such purposes, we may establish reserves. To the extent that expenses increase or unanticipated expenses arise and accumulated reserves are insufficient to meet such expenses, we would be required to obtain additional funds through borrowing or the sale of additional equity, if available. Our ability to repay any indebtedness incurred in connection with the acquisition of a property or any subsequent financing or refinancing will depend in part upon the sale, refinancing or other disposition of that property prior to the date such amounts become due. There can be no assurance that any such sale or refinancing can be accomplished at a time or on such terms and conditions as will permit us to repay the outstanding principal amount of any indebtedness. In the event we are unable to sell or refinance that property prior to the anticipated repayment date of any indebtedness, we may be required to obtain the necessary funds through additional borrowings, if available. If additional funds are not available from any source, we may be subject to the risk of losing that property through foreclosure.

We may be unable to sell a property at any particular time which would limit our ability to realize a gain on our investments and decrease the value of our shares. In general, we intend to sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of the properties when we, in our sole discretion, determine such action to be in our best interests. Our shareholders should not, however, expect a sale within any specified period of time, as properties could be sold sooner because they are not performing or because we believe the maximum value can be obtained with a sale prior to the end of the anticipated holding period. Likewise, a sale may not be feasible until later than anticipated.

Some of our properties may depend upon a single tenant for all of their rental income and the loss of such tenants could have an adverse effect on our operations. We expect that a single tenant will occupy some of our properties. The success of these properties will be materially dependent on the financial stability of such tenants. Lease payment defaults by such tenants could cause us to reduce the amount of dividends we pay. A default of such a tenant on its lease payments to us would cause us to lose the revenue from the property and force us to find an alternative source of revenue to meet any mortgage payment, property taxes, insurance, and other operating expenses and prevent a foreclosure if the property is subject to a mortgage. In the event of a default, we may experience delays in enforcing our rights as landlord and may incur substantial costs in protecting our investment and reletting the property. If a lease is terminated, there is no assurance that we will be able to lease the property for the rent previously received or sell the property without incurring a loss.

The bankruptcy or insolvency of one of our major tenants could adversely impact our operations and our ability to pay dividends. The bankruptcy or insolvency of a significant tenant or a number of smaller tenants could have an adverse impact on our income and our ability to pay dividends. Generally, under bankruptcy law, a tenant has the option of continuing or terminating any unexpired lease. If the tenant continues its current lease, the tenant must cure all defaults under the lease and provide adequate assurance of its future performance under the lease. If the tenant terminates the lease, we will lose future rent under the lease and our claim for past due amounts owing under the lease (absent collateral securing the claim) will be treated as a general unsecured claim and may be subject to certain limitations. General unsecured claims are the last claims paid in a bankruptcy and, therefore, funds may not be available to pay such claims.  In addition, we may have difficulties enforcing our rights against such tenants as described above.

We may incur substantial costs in improving some of our properties which are suitable for only one use if such use is no longer possible. We expect that some of our properties will be designed for use by a particular tenant or business. If a lease on such a property terminates and the tenant does not renew, or if the tenant defaults on its lease, the property might not be marketable without substantial capital improvements. Improvements could require the use of cash that we would otherwise distribute to our shareholders. Also, our sale of the property without improvements would likely result in a lower sales price.
 
 
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We may obtain only limited warranties when we purchase a property and could suffer losses resulting from significant defects in such properties which are not covered by such warranties. The seller of a property will often sell such property in its “as is” condition on a “where is” basis and “with all faults,” without any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular use or purpose. In addition, purchase agreements may contain only limited warranties, representations and indemnifications that will only survive for a limited period after the closing. The purchase of properties with limited warranties increases the risk that we may lose some or all of our invested capital in the property as well as the loss of rental income from that property in the event there are significant defects in the property not included within the limited scope and timeframe of such warranties, representations and indemnifications.

Our ability to operate a property may be limited by contract which could prevent us from obtaining the maximum value from such properties. Some of our properties will most likely be contiguous to other parcels of real property, for example, comprising part of the same shopping center development. In connection therewith, there will likely exist significant covenants, conditions and restrictions, known as “CC&Rs,” relating to such property and any improvements on that property, and granting easements relating to that property. The CC&Rs will restrict the operation of that property. Moreover, the operation and management of the contiguous properties may impact such property. Compliance with CC&Rs may adversely affect our operating costs and reduce the amount of funds that we have available to pay dividends.

Shorter lease terms tend to increase our maintenance costs. Leases in our multi-family residential and self-storage properties are typically month-to-month. In our experience, shorter leases lead to more frequent tenant turnover which tends to increase our leasing and maintenance costs as compared to those we incur with longer leases. While we attempt to account for these anticipated higher costs in the amount of tenant deposits and rental rates we require, we are not always able to do so within a given tenant market.

A property that incurs a vacancy could be difficult to sell or re-lease and could have a material adverse effect on our operations and our ability to pay dividends. We expect our properties to periodically incur vacancies by reason of lease expirations, terminations or tenant defaults. If a tenant vacates a property, we may be unable either to re-lease the property for the rent due under the prior lease or to re-lease the property without incurring additional expenditures relating to the property. In addition, we could experience delays in enforcing our rights against the defaulting tenant and collecting rents and, in some cases, real estate taxes and insurance costs due from that tenant.

If the vacancy continues for a long period of time, we may suffer reduced revenues resulting in less cash dividends to be distributed to shareholders. In addition, the resale value of the property could be diminished because the market value of a particular property will depend principally upon the value of the leases of such property.

In order to re-lease a property, substantial renovations or remodeling could be required. The cost of construction in connection with any renovations or remodeling undertaken at a property and the time it takes to complete such renovations may be affected by factors beyond our control, including, but not limited to, the following: labor difficulties resulting in the interruption or slowdown of construction; energy shortages; material and labor shortages; changes in local climate as a result of global warming, increases in price due to inflation; adverse weather conditions; subcontractor defaults and delays; changes in federal, state or local laws; ordinances or regulations; and acts of God, which may result in uninsured losses. Also, we could incur additional delays and costs if we are required to engage substitute or additional contractors to complete any renovations in the event of delays or cost overruns. If we experience cost overruns resulting from delays or other causes in any construction, we may have to seek additional debt financing. Further, delays in the completion of any construction will cause a delay in our receipt of revenues from that property and could adversely affect our ability to attain revenue projections and meet our debt service obligations. Payment of cost overruns could impair the operational profitability of that property. Our inability to complete any construction on economically feasible terms could result in termination of construction and could significantly harm our business.
 
 
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We may have to extend credit to buyers of our properties and a default by such buyers could have a material adverse effect on our operations and our ability to pay dividends. In order to sell a property, we may lend the buyer all or a portion of the purchase price by allowing the buyer to pay with its promissory note. Generally, the note would be secured by a junior lien on the property behind the primary mortgage lender. However, in circumstances we deem appropriate, we may accept an unsecured note, which may or may not be guaranteed by a principal of the buyer or a third party. Providing financing of all or a portion of the purchase price to the buyer will increase the risks that we may not receive full payment for the property sold.  In addition, in the event that a property is sold in foreclosure and the proceeds are less than the amount of the senior lien, we may not receive any payment of the amounts secured by our junior liens.

We may not have funding for future tenant improvements which would make it difficult for us to lease such properties to new tenants. When a tenant at one of our commercial properties does not renew its lease or otherwise vacates its space in one of our buildings, it is likely that, in order to attract one or more new tenants, we will be required to expend substantial funds for tenant improvements and tenant refurbishments to the vacated space. We may depend on institutional lenders and/or tenants to finance our tenant improvements and tenant refurbishments in order to attract new tenants. We do not anticipate that we will maintain significant working capital reserves for these purposes. We therefore cannot assure our shareholders that we will have any sources of funding available to us for such purposes in the future.

Uninsured losses may adversely affect returns to our shareholders. Our policy is to obtain insurance coverage for each of our properties covering loss from liability, fire and casualty in the amounts and under the terms we deem sufficient to insure our losses. Under tenant leases on our commercial and retail properties, we require our tenants to obtain insurance for our properties to cover casualty losses and general liability in amounts and under terms customarily obtained for similar properties in the area. However, in certain areas, insurance to cover some losses, generally losses of a catastrophic nature such as earthquakes, floods, terrorism and wars is either unavailable or cannot be obtained at a reasonable cost. For example, in most earthquake-prone areas, we do not expect to obtain earthquake insurance because it is either not available or available at what we decide is too high of a cost. Also, tenants may not be able to obtain terrorism insurance in some urban areas. In the event we are unable or decide not to obtain such catastrophic coverage for a property and damage or destruction of the property occurs by reason of an uninsured disastrous event, we could lose some or all of our investment in the property. In addition, we have no source of funding to repair or reconstruct the damaged property, and we cannot assure our shareholders that any such sources of funding will be available to us for such purposes in the future.

If any of our insurance carriers become insolvent, we could be adversely affected. We carry several different lines of insurance, placed with several large insurance carriers. If any one of these large insurance carriers were to become insolvent, we would be forced to replace the existing insurance coverage with another suitable carrier, and any outstanding claims would be at risk for collection. In such an event, we cannot be certain that we would be able to replace the coverage at similar or otherwise favorable terms. Replacing insurance coverage at unfavorable rates and the potential of uncollectible claims due to carrier insolvency could adversely affect our results of operations and cash flows.

In addition, we could lose a significant portion and possibly all of our anticipated rental income from a property if it suffers damage. Our leases generally allow the tenant to terminate the lease if the lease premises are partially or completely damaged or destroyed by fire or other casualty, unless the premises are restored to the extent of insurance proceeds we receive. These leases will also permit the tenants to partially or completely abate rental payments during the time needed to rebuild or restore the damaged premises. Loss of rental income under these circumstances would require us to obtain additional funds to meet our expenses. We generally have insurance for rental loss to cover at least some losses from ongoing operations in the event of partial or total destruction of a property.
 
 
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In addition, we could lose a significant portion and possibly all of our anticipated rental income from a property if it suffers damage. Our leases generally allow the tenant to terminate the lease if the lease premises are partially or completely damaged or destroyed by fire or other casualty, unless the premises are restored to the extent of insurance proceeds we receive. These leases will also permit the tenants to partially or completely abate rental payments during the time needed to rebuild or restore the damaged premises. Loss of rental income under these circumstances would require us to obtain additional funds to meet our expenses. We generally have insurance for rental loss to cover at least some losses from ongoing operations in the event of partial or total destruction of a property.

We face possible liability if our properties contain asbestos or develop harmful mold. Federal regulations require us to identify and warn, via signs and labels, of potential hazards posed by workplace exposure to installed asbestos-containing materials (“ACMs”), and potential ACMs on our Properties. As a result of these regulations, we have an increased risk of personal injury lawsuits by workers and others exposed to ACMs and potential ACMs at our Properties. Also, these regulations may affect the value of any of our Properties containing ACMs and potential ACMs. Federal, state and local laws and regulations also govern the removal, encapsulation, disturbance, handling and/or disposal of ACMs and potential ACMs when such materials are in poor condition or in the event of construction, remodeling, renovation or demolition of a property.

Deficiencies in our established internal controls over our financial reporting, including disclosure controls, could adversely impact our business. Under current accounting standards and requirements, we have established various accounting and disclosure controls and procedures which provide us with internal control over our determination and reporting of financial matters. We have established these controls and procedures by reviewing those established by other real estate companies with businesses similar to ours and by consultation with outside accountants and advisors. However, there is no assurance that the internal controls and procedures we have established will prevent errors, misstatements or misrepresentations regarding our operations and financial status. While our management continues to review the effectiveness of our internal controls, disclosure controls, and procedures regarding our financial reporting, there is no assurance they will always accomplish our objectives with respect to all our activities. Errors, misstatements or misrepresentations in connection with our results of operations by reason of deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal financial reporting controls could result in having to restate our financial statements and other material costs for remediation, any of which could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition, or liquidity.

Our compliance with various legal requirements of real estate ownership may involve significant costs. Our properties are subject to various local, state and federal regulatory requirements, including those addressing zoning, environmental, land use, access for the handicapped and air and water quality. Compliance with these additional legal requirements could adversely affect our operating income and our ability to pay dividends. Also, the value of a property may be adversely affected by legislative, regulatory, administrative and enforcement actions at the local, state and national levels in a variety of areas, including environmental controls.

Environmental laws also may impose restrictions on the manner in which properties may be used or businesses may be operated, and these restrictions may require expenditures. Such laws may be amended so as to require compliance with stringent standards which could require us to make unexpected expenditures, some of which could be substantial. Environmental laws provide for sanctions in the event of noncompliance and may be enforced by governmental agencies or, in certain circumstances, by private parties.
 
 
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We may be required under applicable accounting procedures and standards to make impairment charges against one or more of our properties. Under current accounting standards, requirements, and procedures, we are required to periodically evaluate our real estate investments for impairment as a result of a number of indicators. Impairment indicators may include such factors as prevailing real estate markets, leasing rates, occupancy levels, mortgage loan status, and other relevant factors which directly or indirectly affect the value of a particular property. For example, a tenant’s default under a lease, the impending termination of a long-term lease, the pending maturity of a mortgage loan secured by the property, and the availability and prevailing interest rates of replacement financing are all impairment indicators. The presence of any of these indicators may require us to make a material impairment charge against the property so affected. In the event that we determine an impairment has occurred, we are required to make an adjustment to the net carrying value of the property. To the extent we make a material charge against the net carrying value of a property, it could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition  for the period in which the impairment charge is recorded.

We face system security risks as we depend upon automated processes and the Internet. We are increasingly dependent on automated information technology processes.  While we attempt to mitigate this risk through offsite backup procedures and contracted data centers that include, in some cases, redundant operations, we could still be severely impacted by a catastrophic occurrence, such as a natural disaster or a terrorist attack.  In addition, an increasing portion of our business operations are conducted over the Internet, increasing the risk of viruses that could cause system failures and disruptions of operations despite our deployment of anti-virus measures.  Experienced computer programmers may be able to penetrate our network security and misappropriate our confidential information, create system disruptions, or cause shutdowns.

Competition for properties could negatively impact our profitability. In acquiring properties, we experience substantial competition from other investors, including other REITs and real estate investment programs. Many of our competitors have greater resources than we do and, in many cases, are able to acquire greater resources, including personnel and facilities with acquisition efforts. Because of this competition, we cannot assure our shareholders that we would be able to always acquire a property we deem most desirable or that we would be able to acquire properties on favorable terms. Our inability to acquire our most desirable properties on desired terms could adversely affect our financial condition, our operations and our ability to pay dividends.
 
 
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Discovery of previously undetected environmentally hazardous conditions may adversely affect our operating results. Under various federal, state and local environmental laws (including laws that are designed to reduce the potential effects of certain industries on global climate), ordinances and regulations, a current or previous owner or operator of real property may be liable for the cost of removal or remediation of hazardous or toxic substances on such property. Such laws often impose liability whether or not the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of such hazardous or toxic substances. Environmental laws also may impose restrictions on the manner in which property may be used or businesses may be operated, and these restrictions may require expenditures. Environmental laws provide for sanctions in the event of noncompliance and may be enforced by governmental agencies or, in certain circumstances, by private parties. In connection with the acquisition and ownership of our properties, we may be potentially liable for such costs. The cost of defending against claims of liability, of compliance with environmental regulatory requirements, or of remediating any contaminated property could materially adversely affect our business, our assets and/or our results of operations, and, consequently, amounts available for distribution to our shareholders.

Although we have not been notified by any governmental authority, and are not otherwise aware, of any material noncompliance, liability or claim relating to hazardous substances, toxic substances or petroleum products in connection with any properties we currently own or manage, we may, as owner of a property, under various local, state and federal laws be required to remedy environmental contamination of one of our properties. These laws often impose liability without regard to whether the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the release of any hazardous substances. We may be liable for the costs of removing or remediating contamination. The presence of, or the failure to properly remediate, hazardous substances may adversely affect the ability of tenants to operate, may subject us to liability to third parties, and may adversely affect our ability to sell or rent such property or borrow money using such property as collateral. Moreover, persons who arrange for the disposal or treatment of hazardous or toxic substances may also be liable for the costs of removing or remediating such substances. If we are deemed to have arranged for the disposal or treatment of hazardous or toxic substances, we may be liable for removal or remediation costs, as well as other related costs, including governmental fees and injuries to persons, property and natural resources.

Also, we could incur costs to comply with comprehensive regulatory programs governing underground storage tanks used in a convenience store-tenant’s gasoline operations. Compliance with existing and future environmental laws regulating underground storage tanks may require significant capital expenditures, and the remediation costs and other costs required to clean up or treat contaminated sites could be substantial.

We cannot be sure that future laws or regulations will not impose an unanticipated material environmental liability on any of the properties that we purchase or that the tenants of the properties will not affect the environmental condition of the properties. The costs of complying with these environmental laws for our properties may adversely affect our operating costs and the value of the properties. In order to comply with the various environmental laws, we plan to obtain satisfactory Phase I environmental site assessments or have a set amount of environmental insurance in place for all of the properties that we purchase.
 
 
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Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and fire, safety, and other regulations may require us to make unintended expenditures that could adversely impact our results of operations.  Our properties are generally required to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, or the ADA. The ADA has separate compliance requirements for "public accommodations" and "commercial facilities," but generally requires that buildings be made accessible to people with disabilities. Compliance with the ADA requirements could require removal of access barriers and non-compliance could result in imposition of fines by the U.S. government or an award of damages to private litigants. The parties to whom we lease properties are obligated by law to comply with the ADA provisions, and we believe that these parties may be obligated to cover costs associated with compliance. If required changes involve greater expenditures than anticipated, or if the changes must be made on a more accelerated basis than anticipated, the ability of these parties to cover costs could be adversely affected and we could be required to expend our own funds to comply with the provisions of the ADA, which could materially adversely affect our results of operations or financial condition and our ability to pay the principal of and interest on our debt securities and other indebtedness and to make distributions to our shareholders.

We may acquire properties in joint ventures, partnerships or through limited liability companies which could limit our ability to control or liquidate such holdings. We generally hold our investments in real property in the form of a 100% fee title interest. However, we may also purchase partial interest in property, either directly with others as co-owners (a co-tenancy interest) or indirectly through an intermediary entity such as a joint venture, partnership or limited liability company.

As discussed below, we also own 5 of our properties indirectly through limited partnerships under a DOWNREIT structure. Also, we may on occasion purchase an interest in a long-term leasehold estate (for example, a ground lease like our ground lease on World Plaza). We may also enter sale-leaseback financing transactions whereby we purchase a property and lease it back to the seller for lease payments to cover our financing costs and where the seller has the right to repurchase the property at an agreed upon price. Such ownership structures allow us to hold a more valuable property with a smaller investment, but also reduce our ability to control such properties. In addition, if our co-owner in such arrangements experiences financial difficulties or is otherwise unable or unwilling to perform on their commitments, we may be forced to find a new partner on less favorable terms or lose our interest in such property if no partner can be found.

If we invest in a DOWNREIT partnership as a general partner we would be responsible for all liabilities of such partnership. In a DOWNREIT structure, as well as some joint ventures or other investments we may make, we will employ a limited partnership as the holder of our real estate investment. We will likely acquire all or a portion of our interest in such partnership as a general partner. As a general partner, we could be liable for all the liabilities of such partnership. Additionally, we may also be required to take our interests in other investments as a general partner as in the case of our initial investment. As a general partner, we would be potentially liable for all such liabilities, even if we don’t have rights of management or control over the operation of the partnership as another of the general partners may have. Therefore, we may be held responsible for all of the liabilities of an entity in which we do not have full management rights or control, and our liability may far exceed the amount or value of investment we initially made or then had in the partnership.

In a sale-leaseback transaction, we are at risk that our seller/lessee will default if its tenants default which could impair our operations and limit our ability to pay dividends. On occasion, we may lease an investment property back to the seller for a certain period of time or until we obtain stated rental income objectives. When the seller/lessee subleases space to its tenants, the seller/lessee’s ability to meet any mortgage payments and its rental obligations to us will be subject to its subtenants’ ability to pay their rent to the seller/lessee on a timely basis. A default by the seller/lessee or other premature termination of its leaseback agreement with us and our subsequent inability to release the property will likely cause us to suffer losses and adversely affect our financial condition and ability to pay dividends.
 
 
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Uncertain market conditions and the broad discretion of management relating to the future disposition of properties could adversely affect the return on our shares. We generally will hold the various real properties in which we invest until such time as management determines that a sale or other disposition appears to achieve our investment objectives or until it appears that such objectives will not be met. Otherwise, our management, subject to approval of our board, may exercise its discretion as to whether and when to sell a property, and we will have no obligation to sell properties at any particular time. We cannot predict with any certainty the various market conditions affecting real estate investments which will exist at any particular time in the future. Due to the uncertainty of market conditions which may affect the future disposition of our properties, we cannot assure our shareholders that we will be able to sell our properties at a profit in the future. Accordingly, the extent to which our shareholders will receive cash distributions and realize potential appreciation on our real estate investments will be dependent upon fluctuating market conditions.

Regulatory changes may adversely affect our specific properties and may have adverse results on our operations and returns on our shares. Federal, state and/or local governments may adopt regulatory provisions regarding land use and zoning changes. Also, regulatory changes may permit requirements outside the control of governmental authorities at the local level, including, but not limited to special assessment districts, special zoning codes and restrictions on land development. Also, special use permits could be required. Any of these changes could affect our costs of operating our properties, prices at which we can sell or lease our properties, and our ability to finance or refinance the properties.

Changes in local conditions may adversely affect one or more of our properties. In addition to national and global market conditions, each of our properties will be sensitive to local economic conditions such as population growth rates, employment rates and the local financial markets. The deterioration in any of these local conditions could affect our ability to profitably operate a property and could adversely affect the price and terms of our sale or other disposition of the property.

Each of our properties will be subject to local supply and demand for similar or competing properties which may have an adverse effect on the amount of rent we can charge or the price we would obtain in a liquidation. Each of our properties will be affected by the number and condition of competing properties within its general location, which also will affect the supply and demand for such properties. In general, if the market for a particular type of property is profitable, additional competing properties will be constructed. As a result, the number of competing properties will at some point exceed the demand and competition among the similar properties will increase, making profitable operations of our properties more difficult and depressing the prices at which we would lease, sell or otherwise dispose of the property.

Certain Risks Relating to the Effects of Legislation

Implementation of healthcare legislation could affect our earnings and financial condition. In March 2010, the President signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act. These two Acts implement comprehensive healthcare reform in the United States which will be implemented in a phased approach through 2018. The represented intent of these laws is to reduce the number of individuals in the United States without health insurance and effect significant improvements in the way healthcare is organized, paid for and delivered in the United States. Moreover, because of the many variables involved, including the initial lack of regulations and interpretive guidance regarding these laws, the effects of healthcare reform and its impact on our business, revenues, costs and financial condition, as well as those of our tenants, is not yet known and cannot be accurately anticipated.
 
 
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The effects of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act on our business earnings and financial condition are uncertain. This Act transforms the way banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds, investment advisors, credit rating agencies, accountants, public companies and other financial institutions conduct business. The far reaching reforms to be implemented under this law included the creation of an independent bureau of consumer financial protection and other new boards and administrative bodies charged with implementing the law.The administrative agencies charged with implementing this law will create regulations and procedures for exercising their authority under the law. The complexities and as yet unknown ramifications of this legislation will be significant and likely will result in substantial increases in restrictions on and costs of borrowing funds from the financial institutions covered by the legislation. Because of the many variables involved, including the lack of existing regulations or interpretive guidance, the effects of this financial reform legislation and its impact on our business, revenues, costs and financial condition, is unknown and cannot presently be accurately anticipated. Accordingly, this financial reform could adversely affect our costs of doing business, restrict our business activities and generally negatively impact our financial success, and the financial success of our tenants.

Risks Relating to Debt Financing

The more leverage we use, the higher our operational risks will be. The more we borrow, the higher our fixed debt payment obligations will be and the risk that we will not be able to timely pay these obligations will be greater in the event we experience a decrease in rental or other revenues or an increase in our other costs. At December 31, 2011, we had a total of approximately $65.9 million of secured financing on our properties. We intend to continue to borrow funds through secured financings to acquire additional properties.

If we fail to make our debt payments, we could lose our investment in a property. Loans obtained to fund property acquisitions will generally be secured by mortgages on our properties. If we are unable to make our debt payments as required, a lender could foreclose on the property or properties securing its debt. This could cause us to lose part or all of our investment which in turn could cause the value of our shares and the dividends payable to shareholders to be reduced.

Lenders may require us to enter into restrictive covenants relating to our operations which could impair our ability to pay dividends. In connection with obtaining certain financing, a lender could impose restrictions on us which affect our ability to incur additional debt and our distribution and operating policies. Generally, our lenders will require us to give them covenants which limit our ability to further mortgage the property or to discontinue insurance coverage which may impose other limitations.

If we enter into financing arrangements involving balloon payment obligations, it may adversely affect our ability to pay dividends. Some of our existing financing arrangements may require us to make a lump-sum or “balloon” payment at maturity. In the future, we may finance more properties in this manner. Our ability to make a balloon payment at maturity is uncertain and will depend upon our ability to obtain additional financing or our ability to sell the property. At the time the balloon payment is due, we may or may not be able to refinance the balloon payment on terms as favorable as the original loan or sell the property at a price sufficient to make the balloon payment. The effect of a refinancing or sale could affect the rate of return to shareholders and the projected time of disposition of our assets. In addition, payments of principal and interest made to service our debts may leave us with insufficient cash to pay the distributions that we are required to pay to maintain our qualification as a REIT. At December 31, 2011, without respect to the Model Home Division, we had loans that require balloon payments of $9.1 million in 2013, $8.9 million due in 2014, $15.9 million due in 2015 and $7.4 million due in 2016. The Model Home Division pays off its mortgage loans as they sell homes out of proceeds from the sale. Any deficiency from the sale proceeds would be paid out of existing cash. NetREIT, Inc. is a guarantor of the mortgage notes on model homes entered into by NetREIT Dubose in the amount of approximately $5.4 million.
 
 
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Our risks of losing property through a mortgage loan default will be greater where the property is cross-collateralized. In circumstances we deem appropriate, we may cross-collateralize two or more of our properties to secure a single loan or group of related loans, such as where we purchase a group of unimproved properties from a single seller or where we obtain a credit facility for general application from an institutional lender. Cross-collateralizing typically occurs where the lender requires a single loan to finance the group of properties, rather than allocating the larger loan to separate loans, each secured by a single property. We thus could default on payment of the single larger loan, even though we could pay one or more of the single loans secured by individual properties if each property was subject to a separate loan and mortgage. Our default under a cross-collateralized obligation could cause the loss of all of the properties securing the loan. In a typical financing arrangement, each property could secure a separate loan and our default under one loan generally could result only in our loss of the property securing the loan. At December 31, 2011, we do not have any cross-collateralized mortgages.

Due-on-sale clauses in our mortgages may prevent us from taking advantage of interest rate changes. Lenders typically require a due-on-sale clause in their mortgage loan agreements whereby, in the event of the sale of the property, the lender may call the mortgage due and payable. As a practical matter, a due-on-sale clause would require the property to be refinanced and the mortgage repaid in the event we sell the property or require us to pay a premium to the lender to waive the due-on-sale clause. If prevailing interest rates are higher than those charged on a property’s mortgage, and its mortgage did not have a due-on-sale clause, we could be able to obtain a higher sales price to reflect the lower mortgage costs we could pass on to the buyer.

Risks Associated with Making or Investing in Mortgage Loans

We do not have experienced loan underwriting personnel which may put us at a disadvantage in analyzing and negotiating mortgage loans and could have an adverse effect on our ability to pay dividends. We have made mortgage loans to three borrowers totaling approximately $1.0 million with approximately $1.0 million outstanding from three borrowers as of December 31, 2011. We do not actively seek mortgage loan investments, but our management is open to these investment opportunities and we anticipate that we will invest in one or more mortgage loans in the future. We do not maintain any staff of experienced loan underwriting personnel. Our lack of experienced loan underwriting personnel may put us at a disadvantage in analyzing and negotiating mortgage loans and could result in our investment in poorer performing mortgage loans, which investments might have been avoided by a more experienced underwriting staff. The probability of our successfully investing in mortgage loans would be greatly enhanced by expertise in and experience with mortgage loan underwriting.

Mortgage loans may be impacted by unfavorable real estate market conditions, which could decrease the value of our mortgage investments and impair our ability to pay dividends. Our mortgage loan investments, if any, will be at risk of default caused by many conditions beyond our control, including local and other economic conditions affecting real estate values and interest rate levels. Also, we will not be able to assure that the values of the property securing our mortgage loan (the “mortgaged property”) will not decrease from the values at the time the mortgage loans were originated. If the values of the mortgaged property drop, our risk will increase and the values of our mortgage loan investments may decrease.

Mortgage loans may be subject to interest rate fluctuations that could reduce our returns as compared to market interest rates. If a mortgage loan investment bears a fixed rate for a long term and interest rates rise, the mortgage loan could yield a return lower than then-current market rates. On the other hand, should interest rates fall, we would be adversely affected if our borrower prepays the mortgage loan because we may not be able to reinvest the proceeds in mortgage loans bearing the previously higher interest rate.

Returns on mortgage loans may be limited by regulations. Any of our mortgage loan investments will be subject to regulation by federal, state and/or local authorities and subject to various laws and judicial and administrative decisions. If we invest in mortgage loans in several jurisdictions, it could reduce the amount of income we would otherwise receive.
 
 
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Delays in liquidating a defaulted mortgage loan could reduce our investment returns. If one of our mortgage loans goes into default, we may not be able to quickly foreclose and sell the mortgaged property. Any delay could reduce the value of our investment in the defaulted mortgage loan. An action to foreclose on a mortgaged property is regulated by state statutes and rules and subject to many other delays and expenses. In the event of a default by our borrower, these restrictions, among other things, may impede our ability to foreclose on or sell the mortgage property or to obtain proceeds sufficient to repay all amounts due to us on the mortgage loan.

Foreclosures create additional ownership risks that could adversely impact our returns on mortgage investments. If we acquire a mortgaged property by foreclosure following default under a mortgage loan, we will have the economic and liability risks as the owner.

Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure

We will not be afforded the protection of MGCL relating to business combinations. Under the MGCL, “business combinations” between a Maryland corporation and an interested shareholder or an affiliate of an interested shareholder are prohibited for five years after the most recent date on which the shareholder becomes an interested shareholder. These business combinations include a merger, consolidation, share exchange, or, in circumstances specified in the statute, an asset transfer or issuance or reclassification of equity securities.

Risks Relating to Our Management’s Conflicts of Interest

Our management faces certain conflicts of interest with respect to our operations. We rely on our management, Messrs. Heilbron, Elsberry and Dubose, for implementation of our investment policies and our day-to-day operations. Messrs. Heilbron and Elsberry are also officers and directors of CHG Properties and certain affiliated entities. Mr. Dubose, who we rely on for the day-to-day operations of NetREIT Advisors and our Model Homes Division, is also an executive officer of Dubose REIT and, like Messrs. Heilbron and Elsberry, engages in other investment and business activities in which NetREIT has no economic interest. As a result, each of these persons may experience conflicts of interest in making management decisions and allocating their time among us, our property manager, Dubose REIT and, possibly, their other real estate investment programs or business ventures. For instance, they may have conflicts of interest in making investment decisions regarding properties for us as opposed to other entities that may have similar investment objectives. Also, they may face conflicts of interest in determining when to sell properties with respect to which CHG Properties is entitled to different amounts of fees and compensation. Also, these persons may face other conflicts of interest in allocating their time between us and one or more of their other affiliated entities in meeting their obligations to us and those other entities. Their determinations in these situations may be more favorable to other entities than to us. Our shareholders must depend on our independent directors, who presently constitute six of our nine directors, to oversee, monitor and resolve any such conflicts on our behalf.

The amounts of compensation to be paid to our management, our property manager and possibly their affiliates cannot be predicted and significant changes in such compensation could adversely affect our operations and ability to pay dividends. Because our board of directors may vary the amount of fees that we will pay to our property manager and possibly their affiliates in the future and to a large extent these fees are based on the level of our business activity, it is not possible to predict the amounts of compensation that we will be required to pay these entities. In addition, because our senior management is given broad discretion to determine when to consummate a transaction, we rely on these key persons to dictate the level of our business activity. Fees paid to our affiliates will reduce funds available for payment of dividends. Our shareholders must rely on the judgment of our independent directors whose majority vote is necessary to approve such affiliate compensation. Because we cannot predict the amount of fees due to these affiliates, we cannot predict how precisely such fees will impact such payments.
 
 
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Our rights, and the rights of our shareholders, to recover claims against our officers and directors are limited. Our articles of incorporation eliminate the liability of our officers and directors for monetary damages to the fullest extent permissible under Maryland law. Maryland law provides that a director has no liability in that capacity if he performs his duties in good faith, in a manner he reasonably believes to be in our best interest and with the care that an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would use under similar circumstances. Also, our articles of incorporation authorize us, and our bylaws require us, to indemnify our directors, officers, employees and agents to the maximum extent permitted under Maryland law, and the property management agreement requires us to indemnify our property manager and its affiliates for actions taken by them in good faith and without negligence or misconduct. Because of these provisions, we and our shareholders may have more limited rights to monetary damages against our directors and officers than might otherwise be available under common law. In addition, we may be obligated to fund the defense costs incurred by our directors, officers, employees and agents in any legal actions to collect damages or for other claims against our officers and directors.

Possible acquisition of our property manager’s business could result in dilution to our shareholders. We have the option to acquire the property management business of our property manager, CHG Properties, a California corporation, at any time, in return for shares of our common stock, the number of which will be determined by the property manager’s net income and our funds from operations per share in accordance with a prescribed formula. Under this right, we can acquire our property manager’s business without a vote or the consent of our shareholders or the consent of the property manager or its shareholders. This formula is intended to result in our issuance of a number of our common shares equal to the fair value of the property manager’s business, including consideration for the cancellation of its contractual relationship with us and the loss of future fees. Thus, in the event we acquire the property manager’s business, the owner of the property manager, which is affiliated with our executive management, would receive payment in the form of shares of our common stock. There is no assurance that the value we would pay for the property manager’s business and assets would not exceed the value non-related purchasers would pay in an arms-length transaction. A majority vote of our directors not otherwise interested in the transaction and by a majority of our independent directors must approve the exercise of this right.

Possible future transactions with our executive management or their affiliates could create a conflict of interest for our executive management. Under prescribed circumstances, we may enter into transactions with affiliates of our management, including the borrowing and lending of funds, the purchase and sale of properties, and joint investments. Currently, our policy is not to enter into any transaction involving sales or purchases of properties or joint investments with our executive management or their affiliates, or to borrow from or lend money to such persons. However, our policies in each of these regards may change in the future.
 
 
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Risks Relating to Federal Income Taxes

REIT investments are comparatively less attractive than investments in other corporations. The tax rate applicable to qualifying corporate dividends received by individuals prior to 2013 has been reduced to a maximum rate of 15% by recent income tax legislation. However, this tax rate is generally not applicable to dividends paid by a REIT, unless those dividends represent earnings on which the REIT itself has been taxed. Consequently, dividends (other than capital gain dividends) we pay to individual investors generally will be subject to the tax rates that are otherwise applicable to ordinary income that currently are as high as 35%. This legislation may make an investment in our shares comparatively less attractive relative to an investment in the securities of other corporate entities that pay dividends and that are not formed as REITs. However, as a REIT, we generally would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes on that portion of our ordinary income or capital gain that we distribute currently to our shareholders, and we thus expect to avoid the “double taxation” that other corporations are typically subject to.

Failure to qualify as a REIT could adversely affect our operations and our ability to pay dividends. We intend to continue to operate so as to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Qualification as a REIT provides significant tax advantages to us and our shareholders. However, in order for us to continue to qualify as a REIT, we must satisfy numerous requirements established under highly technical and complex Code provisions for which there are only limited judicial and administrative interpretations. If we fail to qualify as a REIT for any taxable year, we will be subject to federal income tax (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) on our taxable income at regular corporate rates. Unless we are entitled to relief under certain statutory provisions, we also will be disqualified from treatment as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year we ceased to qualify as a REIT. Losing our REIT status would reduce our net earnings available for investment or distribution to shareholders because of the additional tax liability. We might be required to borrow funds or liquidate some investments in order to pay the applicable tax. For any year in which we fail to qualify as a REIT, we will not be required to make distributions to our shareholders. Any distributions we do make will not be deductible by us when computing our taxable income, and will generally be taxable to our shareholders as dividends to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits. Subject to certain limitations in the Code, corporate shareholders receiving such distributions may be eligible to claim the dividends received deduction. The tax rate applicable to qualifying corporate dividends received by individuals prior to 2013 has been reduced to a maximum rate of 15%.

Qualification as a REIT is subject to the satisfaction of tax requirements and various factual matters and circumstances which are not entirely within our control. New legislation, regulations, administrative interpretations or court decisions could change the tax laws with respect to qualification as a REIT or the federal income tax consequences of being a REIT. Any such changes could have an adverse effect on an investment in our shares or on the market value or the resale potential of our properties. Our shareholders are urged to consult with their own tax advisor with respect to the status of legislative, regulatory or administrative developments and proposals and their potential effect on an investment in our shares.
 
 
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In order to maintain our REIT status, we may be forced to borrow funds during unfavorable market conditions which could impair our long term operations. In order to maintain our REIT status or avoid the payment of income and excise taxes, we may need to borrow funds on a short-term basis to meet the REIT distribution requirements, even if the then-prevailing market conditions are not favorable for these borrowings. To qualify as a REIT we must distribute to our shareholders dividends (other than capital gain dividends) in an amount at least equal to (i) the sum of (A) 90% of our “REIT taxable income” (computed without regard to the dividends paid deduction and our “net capital gain”) and (B) 90% of the after-tax net income (if any) from foreclosure property, minus (ii) the sum of certain items of non-cash income (including, among other things, cancellation of indebtedness income and original issue discount income). In general, the distributions can be paid during the taxable year to which they relate. We may also satisfy the distribution requirements with respect to a particular year provided we (1) declare a sufficient dividend before timely filing our tax return for that year and (2) pay the dividend within the 12-month period following the close of the year, and on or before the date of the first regular dividend payment after such declaration. To the extent we fail to distribute our net capital gain, and to the extent we distribute at least 90%, but less than 100%, of our “REIT taxable income” (as adjusted) we will be subject to tax at the regular corporate capital gains rates (with respect to the undistributed net capital gain) and at the regular corporate ordinary income tax rates (with respect to the undistributed REIT taxable income). Furthermore, if we fail to distribute during each calendar year at least the sum of (i) 85% of the REIT ordinary income for such year, (ii) 95% of our REIT capital gain income for such year and (iii) any undistributed taxable income from prior periods, we will be subject to a 4% excise tax on the excess of such amounts over the amounts actually distributed.

We may need short-term debt or long-term debt or proceeds from asset sales, creation of joint ventures or sales of common stock to fund required distributions as a result of differences in timing between the actual receipt of cash and inclusion of income for federal income tax purposes, or the effect of non-deductible capital expenditures, the creation of reserves or required debt or amortization payments. The inability of our cash flows to cover our distribution requirements could have an adverse impact on our ability to raise short-term debt and long-term debt or sell equity securities in order to fund distributions required to maintain our REIT status.

Qualified plans investing in our shares will be taxed on our distributions to the extent that they are unrelated business taxable income. Tax-exempt entities such as employee pension benefit trusts and individual retirement accounts generally are exempt from federal income taxation.  Such entities are subject to taxation, however, on any unrelated business taxable income (“UBTI”) as defined in the Code. Although passive income is generally exempt, in general, income from property that is debt financed will result in UBTI. Our payment of distributions to a tax-exempt employee pension benefit trust or other domestic tax-exempt shareholder generally will not constitute UBTI to such shareholder unless such shareholder has borrowed to acquire or carry its shares.

Even if we qualify and maintain our REIT status, we still may be required to pay federal, state, or local taxes which could have an adverse effect on our operations. Even if we qualify and maintain our status as a REIT, we may be subject to federal income taxes or state taxes. For example, if we have net income from a “prohibited transaction,” such income will be subject to a 100% tax. In general, “prohibited transactions” are sales or other dispositions of property (other than foreclosure property) that we hold primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business. Additionally, we may not be able to make sufficient distributions to avoid the 4% excise tax that generally applies to income retained by a REIT. We may also decide to retain proceeds we realize from the sale or other disposition of our property and pay income tax on gain recognized on the sale. In that event, we could elect to treat our shareholders as if they earned that gain and paid the tax on it directly. However, shareholders that are tax-exempt, such as charities or qualified pension plans, would derive no benefit from their deemed payment of such tax. We may also be subject to state and local taxes on our income or property, either directly or at the level of other companies through which we indirectly own our assets.
 
 
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Non-U.S. shareholders selling their Securities may be subject to withholding or other tax. A sale of our shares by a non-U.S. shareholder will generally not be subject to U.S. federal income taxation unless our shares constitute a “United States real property interest” within the meaning of the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980, as amended (“FIRPTA”).  A United States real property interest includes securities of a U.S. corporation whose assets consist principally of United States real property interests.  Our shares will not constitute a United States real property interest if we are a “domestically controlled REIT.”  A “domestically controlled REIT” is a REIT that at all times during a specified testing period has less than 50% in value of its shares held directly or indirectly by non-U.S. shareholders.  We currently anticipate that we will be a domestically controlled REIT.  Therefore, sales of our shares should not be subject to taxation under FIRPTA.  However, we do expect to sell our shares to non-U.S. shareholders and we cannot assure you that we will continue to be a domestically controlled REIT.  If we were not a domestically controlled REIT, whether a non-U.S. shareholder’s sale of our shares would be subject to tax under FIRPTA as a sale of a United States real property interest would depend on whether our shares were “regularly traded” on an established securities market and on the size of the selling shareholder’s interest in us.  Our shares currently are not “regularly traded” on an established securities market.  Accordingly, a non-U.S. shareholder’s sale of our shares would be subject to tax under FIRPTA as a sale of a United States real property interest if we were not a domestically controlled REIT. If the gain on the sale of shares were subject to taxation under FIRPTA, a non-U.S. shareholder would be subject to the same treatment as a U.S. shareholder with respect to the gain, subject to any applicable alternative minimum tax and a special alternative minimum tax in the case of non-resident alien individuals.  Under FIRPTA, the purchaser of our shares may be required to withhold 10% of the purchase price and remit this amount to the IRS.

Even if not subject to FIRPTA, capital gain dividends will be taxable to a non-U.S. shareholder if the non-U.S. shareholder is a non-resident alien individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year and some other conditions apply, in which case the non-resident alien individual will be subject to a 30% tax on his U.S. source capital gains.

Non-U.S. shareholders are urged to consult their tax advisors concerning the U.S. tax effect of an investment in our shares.

Retirement Plan Risks

There are special considerations that apply to qualified plans and IRAs investing in our shares. Investors who are qualified plans, such as a pension, profit sharing, 401(k), Keogh or other qualified retirement plan, or who are IRAs should satisfy themselves that:

 
their investment is consistent with their fiduciary obligations under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code;

 
their investment is made in accordance with the documents and instruments governing their Retirement Plan or IRA, including their plan’s investment policy;

 
their investment satisfies the prudence and diversification requirements of Sections 404(a)(1)(B) and 404(a)(1)(C) of ERISA;

 
their investment will not impair the liquidity of the plan;

 
their investment will not produce Unrelated Business Taxable Income, or “UBTI” for the plan or IRA;

 
they will be able to value the assets of the plan annually in accordance with ERISA requirements; and

 
their investment will not constitute a prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code.
 
 
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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

General Information

We own or have an equity interest in twenty-two (22) separate properties located in four states. In addition, through our model home subsidiary and our investments limited partnership interests, we own a total of 78 model home properties located in thirteen states. The following tables provide certain additional information about our properties as of December 31, 2011.

                                       
Renovation
 
               
Year
    $                   or  
         
Date
   
Property
   
Purchase
   
Percent
         
Improvement
 
Property/Location
 
Note
   
Acquired
   
Constructed
   
Price*
   
Ownership
   
Occupancy
   
Cost.
 
Indudstrial/Office Properties:
                                         
                                           
Havana/Parker Complex
    1       06/06       1975     $ 5,828,963       100.0 %     57.4 %   $  
Aurora, CO
                                                       
                                                         
Garden Gateway Plaza
    2, 6       03/07       1982     $ 15,132,624       94.0 %     83.5 %      
Colorado Springs, CO
                                                       
                                                         
Executive Office Park
    3       07/08       2000/2001     $ 10,125,881       100.0 %     88.8 %      
Colorado Springs, CO
                                                       
                                                         
Pacific Oaks Plaza
    4       09/08       2005     $ 4,876,483       100.0 %     100.0 %      
Escondido, CA
                                                       
                                                         
Morena Office Center
    1       01/09       1987     $ 6,575,000       100.0 %     92.4 %      
San Diego, CA
                                                       
                                                         
Fontana Medical Plaza
    5       02/09       1980     $ 1,919,800       51.0 %     100.0 %      
Fontana, CA
                                                       
                                                         
Rangewood Medical Office Building
    1       03/09       1998     $ 2,630,000       100.0 %     83.4 %      
Colorado Springs, CO
                                                       
                                                         
Genesis Plaza
    1       08/10       1986     $ 10,000,000       100.0 %     76.4 %      
San Diego, CA
                                                       
                                                         
Dakota Bank Buildings
    3       05/11       1982     $ 9,575,000       100.0 %     98.3 %      
Fargo, ND
                                                       
                                                         
Port of San Diego Complex
    3       12/11       1971/2008     $ 14,500,000       73.3 %     51.7 %      
National City, CA
                                                       
                                                         
Self-Storage Properties:
                                                       
                                                         
Sparky’s Palm Self-Storage
    6       11/07       2003     $ 4,848,919       52.0 %     82.1 %      
Highland, CA
                                                       
                                                         
Sparky’s Joshua Self-Storage
    7       12/07       2003/2005     $ 8,007,127       100.0 %     69.5 %      
Hesperia, CA
                                                       
                                                         
Sparky’s Thousand Palms Self-Storage
            08/09       2007     $ 6,200,000       100.0 %     76.5 %      
Thousand Palms, CA
                                                       
                                                         
Sparky’s Hesperia East Self-Storage
            12/09       2007     $ 2,775,000       100.0 %     43.6 %      
Hesperia, CA
                                                       
                                                         
Sparky’s Rialto Self-Storage
            05/10       2007     $ 5,290,000       100.0 %     53.0 %      
Rialto, CA
                                                       
                                                         
Sparky’s Sunrise Self-Storage
            12/11       1985/1989     $ 2,200,000       100.0 %     65.4 %      
Hesperia, CA
                                                       
                                                         
Residential Properties:
                                                       
                                                         
Casa Grande Apts.
    6, 8       04/99       1973     $ 1,020,000       20.1 %     92.3 %      
Cheyenne, WY
                                                       
                                                         
10 Model Home Properties
    9       02/09       2008/2009     $ 3,927,870       75.7 %     100.0 %      
Las Vegas, NV/Fair Oaks Ranch, CA
                                                       
                                                         
1 Model Home Properties
    10       9/09       2008/2009     $ 646,590       83.0 %     100.0 %      
San Diego, CA
                                                       
                                                         
4 Model Home Properties
    11       10/10       2010     $ 907,300       100.0 %     100.0 %      
Arizona
                                                       
                                                         
9 Model Home Properties
    11       10/10       2010     $ 1,723,040       100.0 %     100.0 %      
OR, ID, WA
                                                       
                                                         
6 Model Home Properties
    12       11/10       2003-2008     $ 1,695,000       73.6 %     100.0 %      
TX, OH, MI, CA, AZ, WA, NV
                                                       
                                                         
7 Model Home Properties
    13       11/10       2004-2007     $ 1,983,000       70.5 %     100.0 %      
TX, OH, NJ, WA, CA, AZ, NV
                                                       
                                                         
3 Model Home Properties
    14       11/10       2006-2008     $ 657,000       66.6 %     100.0 %      
NV, TX, CA, NC, WA, OH
                                                       
                                                         
12 Model Home Properties
    11       12/10       2010     $ 2,905,760       100.0 %     100.0 %      
TX
                                                       
                                                         
2 Model Home Properties
    11       01/11       2010     $ 448,000       100.0 %     100.0 %      
TX
                                                       
                                                         
5 Model Home Properties
    11       02/11       2010     $ 1,535,100       100.0 %     100.0 %      
CA
                                                       
                                                         
4 Model Home Properties
    11       03/11       2010     $ 955,880       100.0 %     100.0 %      
SC, FL, TX
                                                       
                                                         
3 Model Home Properties
    11       06/11       2011     $ 596,200       100.0 %     100.0 %      
TX
                                                       
                                                         
1 Model Home Properties
    11       07/11       2011     $ 242,000       100.0 %     100.0 %      
TX
                                                       
                                                         
8 Model Home Properties
    11       08/11       2011     $ 1,868,400       100.0 %     100.0 %      
FL, NC, SC, TX
                                                       
                                                         
2 Model Home Properties
    15       12/11       2011     $ 618,565       100.0 %     100.0 %      
NJ, WA
                                                       
                                                         
1 Model Home Properties
    16       12/11       2011     $ 325,600       100.0 %     100.0 %      
SC
                                                       
                                                         
Retail Properties:
                                                       
                                                         
Escondido 7-Eleven
    6       09/06       1980     $ 1,404,864       67.6 %     100.0 %      
Escondido, CA
                                                       
                                                         
World Plaza
    3       09/07       1974     $ 7,650,679       100.0 %     87.1 %      
San Bernardino, CA
                                                       
                                                         
Regatta Square
    3       10/07       1996     $ 2,180,166       100.0 %     100.0 %      
Denver, CO
                                                       
                                                         
Waterman Plaza
    3       08/08       2008     $ 7,164,029       100.0 %     95.3 %      
San Bernardino, CA
                                                       
                                                         
Yucca Valley Retail Center
            09/11       1978     $ 6,676,700       100.0 %     92.9 %      
Yucca Valley, CA
                                                       

____________
*
Prior to January 1, 2009, “Purchase Price” includes our acquisition related costs and expenses for the purchase of the property. After January 1, 2009, acquisition related costs and expenses were expensed when incurred.
(1)
An office building leased to tenants on a gross basis where the tenant may be required to pay property related expenses in excess of the base year property related expenses.
(2)
Garden Gateway Plaza is comprised of three buildings, each on a separate legal parcel. Information is for all 3 buildings in the Garden Gateway Plaza
(3)
Leased primarily on a triple net basis related expenses in excess of the base year property related expenses.
(4)
The Company, and related entities, occupies approximately 12,134 square feet, or 75.8% of this property as its corporate offices.
(5)
Under single user lease to DVA Healthcare Renal Care, Inc. (“DVA”) on a triple net basis, where the tenant is responsible for paying all property related expenses. DVA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Davita, Inc., a leading provider
 
of dialysis services in the United States for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure. The property is owned by Fontana Medical Plaza, LLC, the Company is the Managing Member and 51% owner.
(6)
This property is owned by a DOWNREIT Partnership for which we serve as general partner and in which we own less than a 100% equity interest.
(7)
Self-storage property with a self serve car wash on premises.
(8)
An apartment building leased to tenants on a short term basis.
(9)
Model home properties owned by DAP II.
(10)
Model home properties owned by DAP III
(11)
Model home properties owned by NetREIT Dubose.
(12)
Model home properties owned by DMHI Fund #3, LTD.
(13)
Model home properties owned by DMHI Fund #4, LTD.
(14)
Model home properties owned by DMHI Fund #5, LTD.
(15)
Model home properties owned by DMHI Fund #113, LP.
(16)
Model home properties owned by Dubose Model Home Investors #201, LP.
 
 
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Physical Occupancy Table for Last 5 Years (1)
 
                                     
   
Date
   
Percentage Occupancy as of the Year Ended December 31,
 
   
Acquired
   
2007
   
2008
   
2009
   
2010
   
2011
 
Industrial/Office Properties:
                                   
                                     
Havana/Parker Complex
    06/06       74.90 %     54.00 %     53.00 %     53.20 %     57.40 %
                                                 
Garden Gateway Plaza
    03/07       85.10 %     88.30 %     85.10 %     69.68 %     83.50 %
                                                 
Executive Office Park
    07/08       94.80 %     94.80 %     90.70 %     89.60 %     88.80 %
                                                 
Pacific Oaks Plaza (2)
    09/08               100.00 %     100.00 %     100.00 %     100.00 %
                                                 
Morena Office Center
    01/09                       77.20 %     77.20 %     92.40 %
                                                 
Fontana Medical Plaza
    02/09                       100.00 %     100.00 %     100.00 %
                                                 
Rangewood Medical Office Building
     03/09                        94.30      94.90      83.40
                                                 
Genesis Plaza
    08/10                               86.70       76.40 %
                                                 
Dakota Bank Buildings
    05/11                                       98.30 %
                                                 
Port of San Diego Complex
    12/11                                       51.70 %
                                                 
Self-Storage Properties:
                                               
                                                 
Sparky’s Palm Self-Storage
    11/07       85.00 %     84.20 %     86.70 %     80.70 %     82.10 %
                                                 
Sparky’s Joshua Self-Storage
    12/07       77.00 %     67.80 %     75.40 %     63.90 %     69.50 %
                                                 
Sparky’s Thousand Palms Self-Storage
     08/09                       41.60      57.10      76.50
                                                 
Sparky’s Hesperia East Self-Storage
     12/09                        34.60      47.00      43.60
                                                 
Sparky's Rialto Self-Storage
    05/10                               46.70 %     53.00 %
                                                 
Sparky's Sunrise Self-Storage
    12/11                                       65.40 %
                                                 
Residential Properties:
                                               
                                                 
Casa Grande Apartments
    04/99       92.00 %     96.10 %     84.60 %     94.90 %     92.30 %
                                                 
10 Model Home Properties
    02/09                               100.00 %     100.00 %
                                                 
1 Model Home Properties
    09/09                               100.00 %     100.00 %
                                                 
4 Model Home Properties
    10/10                               100.00 %     100.00 %
                                                 
9 Model Home Properties
    10/10                               100.00 %     100.00 %
                                                 
6 Model Home Properties
    11/10                               100.00 %     100.00 %
                                                 
7 Model Home Properties
    11/10                               100.00 %     100.00 %
                                                 
3 Model Home Properties
    11/10                               75.90 %     100.00 %
                                                 
12 Model Home Properties
    12/10                               100.00 %     100.00 %
                                                 
2 Model Home Properties
    01/11                                       100.00 %
                                                 
5 Model Home Properties
    02/11                                       100.00 %
                                                 
4 Model Home Properties
    03/11                                       100.00 %
                                                 
3 Model Home Properties
    06/11                                       100.00 %
                                                 
1 Model Home Properties
    07/11                                       100.00 %
                                                 
8 Model Home Properties
    08/11                                       100.00 %
                                                 
2 Model Home Properties
    12/11                                       100.00 %
                                                 
1 Model Home Properties
    12/11                                       100.00 %
                                                 
Retail Properties:
                                               
                                                 
Escondido 7-Eleven
    09/06       100.00 %     100.00 %     100.00 %     100.00 %     100.00 %
                                                 
World Plaza
    09/07       98.10 %     94.00 %     87.10 %     90.20 %     87.10 %
                                                 
Regatta Square
    10/07       100.00 %     100.00 %     100.00 %     100.00 %     100.00 %
                                                 
Waterman Plaza
    08/08               74.30 %     83.60 %     83.60 %     95.30 %
                                                 
Yucca Valley Retail Center
    09/11                                       92.90 %
____________
(1) Information is provided only for the years that we owned the property.
 
(2) The Company, and related entities, occupies 12,134 square feet, or 75.8% of this property as its corporate offices.
 
 
 
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Top Ten Tenants Physical Occupancy Table
                   
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to our top ten tenants.
 
Tenant
 
Number
of
Leases
   
Annualized Base
Rent as of
December 31, 2011 (1)
   
Percent of Total
Annualized Base
Rent as of
December 31 2011
 
U.S. Bank National Association
    2     $ 1,320,000       13.02 %
County of San Bernardino
    1     $ 521,500       5.14 %
Wells Fargo Dealer Services, Inc.
    1     $ 415,300       4.10 %
Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc.
    1     $ 403,700       3.98 %
Caliber Bodyworks, Inc.
    1     $ 355,400       3.51 %
Goodwill Industries
    1     $ 351,600       3.47 %
Community Research Foundation, Inc
    4     $ 350,500       3.46 %
DVA Healthcare Renal Care
    1     $ 258,900       2.55 %
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    1     $ 245,700       2.42 %
Republic Indemnity of America
    1     $ 130,700       1.29 %
The Vons Companies, Inc.
    1     $ 206,700       2.04 %
 
____________
                       
(1)  Includes scheduled rent increases in 2011.
                       
 
 
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Occupancy and Average Effective Annual Rent Per Square Foot
                         
The following table presents the average effective annual rent per square foot for our properties, excluding our  model home properties, as of December 31, 2011.
 
Property
 
Square
Footage
   
Annual
Gross Rent (1)
   
Percentage
Occupied at
December 31,
2011
   
Annual Rent
Per Sq Ft
At Full Occupancy
 
                         
Industrial/Office Properties:
                       
                         
Havana/Parker Complex
    114,000     $ 614,900       57.40 %   $ 9.40  
                                 
Garden Gateway Plaza
    115,052     $ 1,496,600       83.50 %   $ 15.58  
                                 
Executive Office Park
    65,084     $ 1,076,700       88.80 %   $ 18.63  
                                 
Pacific Oaks Plaza (2)
    16,000               100.00 %   $ (2 )
                                 
Morena Office Center
    26,784     $ 573,000       92.40 %   $ 23.15  
                                 
Fontana Medical Plaza
    10,500     $ 293,100       100.00 %   $ 27.91  
                                 
Rangewood Medical Office Building
    18,222     $ 363,800       83.40 %   $ 23.94  
                                 
Genesis Plaza
    57,685     $ 1,329,800       76.40 %   $ 30.17  
                                 
Dakota Bank Buildings
    119,749     $ 1,489,000       98.30 %   $ 12.65  
                                 
Port of San Diego Complex
    146,700     $ 900,000       51.70 %   $ 11.87  
                                 
Self-Storage Properties:
                               
                                 
Sparky’s Palm Self-Storage
    50,250     $ 471,000       82.10 %   $ 11.42  
                                 
Sparky’s Joshua Self-Storage
    149,750     $ 553,800       69.50 %   $ 5.32  
                                 
Sparky’s Thousand Palms Self-Storage
    113,126     $ 461,700       76.50 %   $ 5.34  
                                 
Sparky’s Hesperia East Self-Storage
    72,940     $ 194,500       43.60 %   $ 6.12  
                                 
Sparky’s Rialto Self-Storage
    101,343     $ 406,300       53.00 %   $ 7.56  
                                 
Sparky’s Sunrise Self-Storage
    93,851     $ 422,300       65.40 %   $ 6.88  
                                 
Residential Properties:
                               
                                 
Casa Grande Apts.
    29,250     $ 257,300       92.30 %   $ 9.53  
                                 
Retail Properties:
                               
                                 
Escondido 7-Eleven
    3,000     $ 116,100       100.00 %   $ 38.70  
                                 
World Plaza
    55,098     $ 801,400       87.10 %   $ 16.70  
                                 
Regatta Square
    5,983     $ 197,500       100.00 %   $ 33.01  
                                 
Waterman Plaza
    21,170     $ 599,300       95.30 %   $ 29.71  
                                 
Yucca Valley Retail Center
    119,749     $ 976,320       92.9 %   $ 8.78  
____________

(1)
Annual Gross Rent is calculated based upon contractual rents due as of December 31, 2011, determined using GAAP including CAM reimbursements and leases on a month-to-month basis.
(2)
The Company, and related entities, occupies approximately 12,134 square feet, or 75.8% of this property as its corporate offices.
 
 
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Average Effective Annual Rent Per Square Foot for Last 5 Years (1)
   
Average Effective Annual Rent per Square Foot
 
   
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
   
2007
   
2008
   
2009
   
2010
   
2011
 
Industrial/Office Properties:
                             
                               
Havana/Parker Complex
  $ 7.38     $ 6.35     $ 5.46     $ 5.29     $ 5.39  
                                         
Garden Gateway Plaza
  $ 14.40     $ 14.84     $ 14.62     $ 13.78     $ 13.01  
                                         
Executive Office Park
            17.90     $ 18.20     $ 16.98     $ 16.50  
                                         
Pacific Oaks Plaza (2)
            15.94     $ 15.94     $ 17.36     $ 17.36  
                                         
Morena Office Center
                  $ 23.80     $ 21.86     $ 21.39  
                                         
Fontana Medical Plaza
                  $ 27.07     $ 27.86     $ 27.91  
                                         
Rangewood Medical Office Building
                  $ 20.82     $ 25.23     $ 19.96  
                                         
Genesis Plaza
                          $ 25.72     $ 23.05  
                                         
Dakota Bank Buildings
                                  $ 12.43  
                                         
Port of San Diego Complex
                                  $ 6.13  
                                         
Self-Storage Properties:
                                       
                                         
Sparky’s Palm Self-Storage
  $ 9.32     $ 9.45     $ 8.02     $ 9.49     $ 9.37  
                                         
Sparky’s Joshua Self-Storage
  $ 6.06     $ 4.80     $ 3.62     $ 4.39     $ 3.70  
                                         
Sparky’s Thousand Palms Self-Storage
                  $ 3.73     $ 3.37     $ 4.08  
                                         
Sparky’s Hesperia East Self-Storage
                          $ 2.72     $ 2.67  
                                         
Sparky's Rialto Self-Storage
                          $ 4.08     $ 4.01  
                                         
Sparky's Sunrise Self-Storage
                                  $ 4.50  
                                         
Residential Properties (3):
                                       
                                         
Casa Grande Apts.
  $ 6.24     $ 6.26     $ 6.05     $ 8.37     $ 8.80  
                                         
Retail Properties:
                                       
                                         
Escondido 7-Eleven
  $ 18.02     $ 18.02     $ 36.00     $ 36.00     $ 38.70  
                                         
World Plaza
  $ 15.49     $ 15.40     $ 14.09     $ 14.04     $ 14.55  
                                         
Regatta Square
  $ 38.17     $ 38.17     $ 32.08     $ 32.97     $ 33.00  
                                         
Waterman Plaza
          $ 23.32     $ 24.81     $ 26.54     $ 28.31  
                                         
Yucca Valley Retail Center
                                  $ 11.35  
____________

(1)
Annualized from date of acquisition in year acquired.
(2)
The Company, and related entities, occupies 75.8% of this property as its corporate offices.
(3)
Does not include model home properties.
 
 
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Lease Expirations Tables (1)
 
The following table shows lease expirations for our properties as of December 31, 2011, assuming that none of the tenants exercise renewal options.
 
   
NetREIT, Inc. Properties
 
    Number of                     
   
Leases
    Square        Annual Rental
 
 
Percent
 
Expiration Year
 
Expiring
   
Footage
      From Lease    
of Total
 
2012
    30       166,415     $ 2,206,900       23.7 %
2013
    32       99,912       1,652,800       17.8  
2014
    27       50,942       734,000       7.9  
2015
    19       149,741       2,134,700       23.0  
2016
    14       165,252       1,664,800       17.9  
2017
    2       6,211       50,800       0.5  
2018
    3       20,339       482,400       5.2  
2019
    1       10,525       258,900       2.9  
2020 
    1       2,920       48,900       0.5  
2021 
    1       2,300       60,000       0.6  
Totals
    130       674,557     $ 9,294,200       100.0 %
 
____________
                               
                                 
(1) Table excludes residential and self-storage properties.
 
   
Model Home Properties
 
    Number of                      
   
Leases
     Square    
Annual Rental
   
Percent
 
Expiration Year
 
Expiring
   
Footage
   
From Lease
   
of Total
 
2012 
    35       82,125     $ 1,269,012       55.6 %
2013 
    34       88,314       792,744       34.8  
2014 
    9       26,036       219,420       9.6  
      78       196,475     $ 2,281,176       100.0 %
 
 
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Concentration of Tenants
 
                   
As of December 31, 2011, the following tenants accounted for 10% or more of our aggregate annual rental income for the specific property:
 
               
% of
 
               
Total
 
               
Rental
 
         
Current
   
Income
 
         
Annual
   
by Respective
 
Property
 
Tenant
   
Rent (1)
   
Property
 
Industrial/Office Properties:
                 
                   
Havana/Parker Complex
 
None
             
                   
Garden Gateway Plaza
 
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    $ 245,700       28.1 %
   
The Travelers Indemnity Co.
    $ 130,700       14.9 %
   
Aeroflex Colorado Springs, Inc.
    $ 112,500       12.9 %
                       
Executive Office Park
 
Keller Williams Client's Choice Realty
    $ 190,200       26.9 %
   
Fidelity National Title Company
    $ 142,900       20.2 %
                       
Pacific Oaks Plaza
  (3)              
                         
Morena Office Center
 
Community Research Foundation
    $ 350,500       57.4 %
   
Lloyd’s Pest Control
    $ 141,200       23.1 %
   
Integrated Communication Solutions, Inc.
    $ 67,200       11.0 %
                         
Fontana Medical Plaza
 
DVA Healthcare Renal Care
    $ 258,915       100.0 %
                         
Rangewood Medical Office Building
 
Rocky Mountain Prosthetic Denistry, PC
    $ 65,000       27.2 %
   
Rangewood Orthodontics, PC
    $ 48,900       20.4 %
   
Dr. Ruxandra Georgescu, DDS
    $ 32,000       12.0 %
   
Michael J. Foy D.D., M.S., PC
    $ 32,000       13.4 %
   
The Therapy Cottage, Inc.
    $ 28,800       12.0 %
                         
Genesis Plaza
 
Wells Fargo Dealer Services, Inc.
    $ 415,300       33.6 %
   
Republic Indemnity of America
    $ 227,300       18.4 %
   
Panasonic Corporation of America
    $ 185,400       15.0 %
   
State of California
    $ 183,600       14.9 %
                         
Dakota Bank Buildings
 
U.S. Bank National Association
    $ 1,320,000       81.3 %
   
Restaurant Technology Services, LLC
    $ 171,500       10.6 %
                         
Port of San Diego Complex
 
Caliber Bodyworks, Inc
    $ 355,400       46.8 %
   
Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc
    $ 403,700       53.2 %
Self-Storage Properties: (2)
                       
                         
Residential Properties:
                       
                         
Casa Grande Apartments (2).
                       
                         
10 Model Home Properties
 
Pardee Homes of California (4)
    $ 400,000       85.2 %
   
Pardee Homes of Nevada (4)
    $ 69,500       14.8 %
                         
1 Model Home Properties
 
Pardee Homes of California (4)
    $ 77,400       100.0 %
                         
48 Model Home Properties
 
K. Hovnanian of Houston, LP (5)
    $ 553,000       49.6 %
   
Mercedes Homes
    $ 285,700       25.6 %
   
Hayden Homes, LLC
    $ 188,000       16.9 %
   
Maracay Homes (4)
    $ 88,500       7.9 %
                         
6 Model Home Properties
 
Pardee Homes of California (4)
    $ 20,900       9.4 %
   
K. Hovnanian Oster Homes, LLC (5)
    $ 158,700       71.9 %
   
Pardee Homes of Nevada (4)
    $ 41,200       18.7 %
                         
7 Model Home Properties
 
Pardee Homes of California (4)
    $ 17,400       7.5 %
   
Pardee Homes of Nevada (4)
    $ 21,900       9.5 %
   
The Quadrant Corporation (4)
    $ 28,900       12.6 %
   
K. Hovnanian Oster Homes, LLC (5)
    $ 162,100       70.4 %
                         
3 Model Home Properties
 
K. Hovnanian Oster Homes, LLC (5)
    $ 78,300       100.0 %
                         
1 Model Home Properties
 
Imagine Built Homes
    $ 37,600       100.0 %
                         
2 Model Home Properties
 
The Quadrant Corporation (4)
    $ 27,800       48.7 %
   
K. Hovnanian Homes, LLC (5)
    $ 29,300       51.3 %
                         
Retail Properties:
                       
                         
Escondido 7-Eleven
 
7-Eleven, Inc.
    $ 108,000       100.0 %
                         
World Plaza
 
County of San Bernardino
    $ 521,500       70.7 %
   
Citizen's Business Bank
    $ 84,700       11.5 %
                         
Regatta Square
 
Little H Burger, LLC
    $ 60,000       35.3  
   
PBI, Inc.
    $ 51,800       30.4 %
   
5th Avenue Nails
    $ 36,000       21.2 %
   
Hanuman
    $ 22,400       13.2 %
                         
Waterman Plaza
 
Goodwill Industries
    $ 351,600       78.1 %
   
Alta Vista Credit Union
    $ 59,200       72.5 %
                         
Yucca Valley Retail Center
 
The Vons Companies, Inc.
    $ 206,682       30.0 %
   
Angel View, Inc.
    $ 94,620       13.8 %
   
Del Taco, Inc.
    $ 77,796       11.3 %
 
____________
                       
(1) Annualized base rent as of December 31, 2011 without considering scheduled rent increases.
 
(2) These properties are comprised of residential and self-storage units which are rented on a short term basis, generally on a month-to-month basis or less than 12 months.
 
(3) The Company, and related entities, occupies approximately 12,134 square feet, or 75.8% of this property as its corporate offices.
 
(4) A subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser Company.  
 
 
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The following table provides certain information with respect to the leases of those tenants that occupy 10% or more of the rentable square footage in each of our properties as of December 31, 2011.
 
            Percentage    
Current
   
   
Rentable
     
of
   
Base
   
   
Square
 
Lease
 
Property
   
Annual
 
Renewal
Property and Lessee
 
Feet
 
Ends
 
Leased
   
Rent (1)
 
Options
                       
Industrial/Office Properties:
                     
                       
Havana/Parker Complex
 
None
                 
                       
Garden Gateway Plaza
                     
Aeroflex Colorado Springs, Inc.
    25,530  
11/30/2016
    22.2 %   $ 112,500  
One 5 yr.
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    18,900  
7/31/2013
    16.4 %   $ 245,700  
One 5 yr.
The Travelers Indemnity Co.
    13,066  
2/29/2016
    11.4 %   $ 130,700  
One 5 yr.
                             
Executive Office Park
                           
Keller Williams Client's Choice Realty
    16,543  
9/30/2013
    25.4 %   $ 190,200  
None
Fidelity National Title
    9,217  
7/31/2012
    14.2 %   $ 142,900  
None
                             
Pacific Oaks Plaza (3)
 
None
                     
                             
Morena Office Center
                           
Community Research Foundation
    12,582  
3/31/2013
    47.0 %   $ 350,500  
None
Lloyd’s Pest Control
    6,722  
1/31/2015
    25.1 %   $ 141,200  
None
Integrated Communication Solutions, Inc.
    3,611  
4/30/2016
    13.5 %   $ 67,200  
One 4 yr.
                             
Fontana Medical Plaza
                           
DVA Healthcare Renal Care
    10,525  
11/22/2019
    100.0 %   $ 258,900  
Three 5 yr.
                             
Rangewood Medical Office Building
                           
Rocky Mountain Prosthetic Dentistry P.C.
    3,717  
3/31/2013
    20.4 %   $ 65,000  
Two 5 yr.
Michael J. Foy, D.D., M.S., PC
    2,778  
3/31/2013
    15.2 %   $ 32,000  
None
Dr. Ruxandra Georgescu, DDS
    2,512  
3/31/2014
    13.8 %   $ 46,700  
Three 5 yr.
The Therapy Cottage
    2,134  
2/28/2014
    11.7 %   $ 28,800  
One 5 yr.
                             
Genesis Plaza
                           
Wells Fargo Dealer Services, Inc.
    13,520  
2/28/2015
    23.4 %   $ 415,300  
One 5 yr.
Republic Indemnity of America
    8,976  
6/30/2015
    15.6 %   $ 227,300  
One 5 yr.
Panasonic Corporation of America
    6,060  
7/31/2013
    10.5 %   $ 185,400  
One 5 yr.
State of California
    5,975  
12/31/2015
    10.4 %   $ 183,600  
None
                             
Dakota Bank Buildings
                           
U.S. Bank National Association
    95,111  
12/31/2012
    79.4 %   $ 1,320,000  
None
Restaurant Technology Services, LLC
    13,439  
12/31/2012
    11.2 %   $ 171,500  
None
                             
Port of San Diego Complex
                           
Epsilon Systems Solutions
    40,700  
7/18/2015
    27.7 %   $ 403,700  
One 5 yr.
Caliber Bodyworks, Inc.
    35,200  
7/18/2015
    24.0 %   $ 355,400  
Two 5 yr.
                             
Self-Storage Properties: (2)
                           
                             
Residential Properties: (2) (4)
                           
                             
Retail Properties:
                           
                             
Escondido 7-Eleven
                           
7-Eleven
    3,000  
12/31/2018
    100.0 %   $ 108,000  
Two 5 yr.
                             
World Plaza
                           
County of San Bernardino
    29,942  
9/24/2018
    54.3 %   $ 521,500  
One 1 yr. &Two 5 yr.
Citizen's Business Bank
    5,227  
7/2/2016
    14.0 %   $ 84,700  
One 5 yr.
                             
Regatta Square
                           
Little H Burger, LLC
    2,300  
12/31/2021
    38.4 %   $ 51,800  
Two 5 yr.
PBI, Inc.
    1,851  
5/31/2013
    30.9 %   $ 51,800  
One 5 yr.
5th Avenue Nails
    1,032  
8/31/2012
    17.2 %   $ 36,000  
One 5 yr.
Hanuman, Inc.
    800  
8/31/2012
    13.4 %   $ 22,400  
One 5 yr.
                             
Waterman Plaza
                           
Goodwill Industries
    14,503  
9/24/2018
    68.5 %   $ 351,600  
Two 5 yr.
Dr. Laura Nguyen O.D., Inc.
    2,461  
6/30/2016
    11.6 %   $ 32,500  
One 5 yr.
                             
Yucca Valley Retail Center
                           
The Vons Companies, Inc.
    40,000  
2/29/2016
    33.4 %   $ 206,700  
Five 5 yr.
____________
(1)
Annualized rent as of December 31, 2010 without considering scheduled rent increases.
(2)
Self-storage or residential units rented on a short term basis.
(3)
The Company, and related entities, occupies approximately 12,134 square feet, or 75.8% of this property as its corporate offices.
(4)
See schedule of Concentration of Tenants
 
 
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Geographic Diversification Table
                               
The following table shows a list of properties we owned as of December 31, 2011, grouped by the state where each of our investments is located.
 
   
NetREIT, Inc. Properties
 
                Approximate     Current     Approximate  
                %     Base    
 %
 
   
No. of
   
Aggregate
   
of Square 
   
Annual 
   
of Aggregate
 
State
 
Properties
   
Square Feet
   
 Feet
   
Rent (1)
   
Annual Rent
 
                               
California
    15       763,642       62.0 %   $ 5,014,243       54.0 %
Colorado
    5       318,341       25.9 %     2,655,475       28.6 %
North Dakota
    1       119,749       9.7 %     1,624,219       17.4 %
Wyoming
    1       29,250       2.4 %     -       - %
      22       1,230,982       100.0 %   $ 9,293,937       100.0 %
____________
(1) Annualized base rent as of December 31, 2011without considering scheduled rent increases. Current base rent does not include residential and self-storage properties.
 
                                         
   
Model Home Properties
 
                Approximate     Current     Approximate  
               
%
  Base    
 %
 
   
No. of
   
Aggregate
   
of Square
   
Annual
   
of Aggregate
 
State
 
Properties
   
Square Feet
   
Feet
   
Rent (2)
   
Annual Rent
 
                                         
Texas
    27       80,394       40.8 %   $ 686,712       30.1 %
California
    15       40,363       20.5 %     613,992       26.9 %
Nevada
    5       8,031       4.1 %     132,576       5.8 %
Ohio
    5       12,352       6.3 %     183,852       8.0 %
Oregon
    5       8,487       4.3 %     122,028       5.3 %
Washington
    5       8,890       4.5 %     102,624       4.5 %
Arizona
    4       9,973       5.1 %     88,536       3.9 %
Florida
    3       7,694       3.9 %     67,392       2.9 %
South Carolina
    3       8,408       4.3 %     70,944       3.1 %
North Carolina
    2       5,302       2.7 %     49,716       2.2 %
New Jersey
    2       4,288       2.2 %     114,912       5.0 %
Idaho
    1       1,583       0.8 %     20,028       0.9 %
Michigan
    1       1,268       0.6 %     32,880       1.4 %
      78       197,033       100.0 %   $ 2,286,192       100.0 %
____________
(2) Information is for Model Home Properties included in NetREIT Dubose Model Home REIT, Inc., DAP II, DAP III Dubose Investment Fund #201 and Dubose Model Income Funds 3, 4, 5 and 113.
 
 
 
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Indebtedness
 
                     
Mortgage Debt
 
                     
The following table presents information as of December 31, 2011 on indebtedness encumbering our properties. The Company is current with respect to it’s payments on each of these loans.
 
 
 
NetREIT, Inc. Properties
 
         
Current
         
   
Principal
   
Interest
  Maturity  
Balance at
 
Property
 
Amount
   
Rate
 
Date
 
Maturity
 
                     
Havana/Parker Complex
  $ 3,242,767       6.51 %
July 2016
  $ 2,844,980  
Garden Gateway Plaza (1)
    9,533,849       6.08 %
April 2014
  $ 8,893,175  
Waterman Plaza
    3,621,057       6.50 %
September 2015
  $ 3,304,952  
Sparky’s Thousand Palms Self-Storage (2)
    4,431,783       5.50 %
March 2034
  $ -  
Sparky’s Hesperia East Self-Storage (3)
    1,690,301       5.00 %
December 2016
  $ 1,564,200  
Sparky's Rialto Self-Storage
    2,820,793       6.25 %
May 2015
  $ 2,643,350  
Genesis Plaza
    4,854,307       4.65 %
September 2015
  $ 4,415,000  
Casa Grande Apartments
    1,040,762       5.80 %
July 2018
  $ 890,921  
Executive Office Park
    4,572,161       5.79 %
July 2025
  $ 3,380,902  
Dakota Bank Buildings (4)
    5,640,568       5.75 %
May 2016
  $ 5,130,129  
Yucca Valley Retail Center
    3,304,120       5.62 %
May 2015
  $ 2,942,580  
Rangewood Medical Office Building
    1,150,000       4.95 %
January 2019
  $ 645,026  
Regatta Square
    1,300,000       4.95 %
January 2019
  $ 1,082,824  
Port of San Diego Complex (5)
    9,500,000       6.00 %
June 2013
  $ 8,847,736  
    $ 56,702,468                    
 
 
Model Home Properties
 
         
Current
           
   
Principal
   
Interest
           
Borrower
 
Amount
   
Rate
 
Maturity Date
 
                           
Dubose Acquisition Partners II, LP (6)
  $ 2,088,868       5.50 %
February 2012
 
NetREIT Dubose Model Home REIT, Inc. (7,13)
    5,381,710       5.75-6.30 %
Various 2015 & 2016
 
NetREIT Dubose Model Home Income Fund #3, LTD. (8)
    420,830       2.38 %
October 2011
 
NetREIT Dubose Model Home Income Fund #4, LTD. (9)
    670,215       2.38-2.55 %
Various 2011 & 2012
 
NetREIT Dubose Model Home Income Fund #5, LTD. (10)
    89,811       7.16 %
December 2011
 
Dubose Model Home Investors #201, LP (11)
    195,360       5.50 %
December 2016
 
NetREIT Dubose Model Home Investment Fund #113, LP (12)
    380,535       5.84-7.13 %
June 2012
 
      9,227,329                    
Total mortgage notes payable
  $ 65,929,797                    
 
 
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____________
  (1) 
Mortgage is cross-collateralized by all three buildings comprising the Garden Gateway Plaza. Mortgage has release clause for each building.
  (2)
Interest rate is variable with a floor of 5.50% and a ceiling of 10.5%. The variable interest rate is calculated using the lowest New York prime rate in effect on the first day of the month as published in the money rate section of the West Coast edition of the Wall Street Journal added to the margin of 0.50%.
  (3)
Interest rate is fixed at 5.00% for the through January 18, 2012 and  increases to 6.25% for the remaining 60 months of the loan.
  (4) 
Interest rate is variable with a floor of 5.75% and a ceiling of 9.75%. The interest rate is calculated using the one month labor rate plus 3%, adjustable monthly using the rate in effect on the first day of each month.
  (5)
Interest rate is variable with a floor of 6.00% and no ceiling. The interest rate is calculated using the Wall Street Journal prime rate plus 1%, adjustable monthly using the rate in effect on the tenth day of each month.
  (6)
Consists of 10 mortgage notes payable secured by 10 model home properties.
  (7) 
Consists of 48 mortgage notes payable secured by 48 model home properties.
  (8) 
Consists of 1 mortgage notes payable secured by 1 model home properties. The Company is working with the lender to extend the maturity date of this loan. The Company anticipates that the lender will extend the due date of these loans until such time as the model home securing it is sold.
  (9)
Consists of 3 mortgage notes payable secured by 3 model home properties. The Company is working with the lender to extend the maturity dates of these loans. The Company anticipates that the lender will extend the due date of these loans until such time as the model home(s) securing them are sold.
  (10)
Consists of 1 mortgage notes payable secured by 1 model home properties. The Company is working with the lender to extend the maturity date of this loan. The Company anticipates that the lender will extend the due date of these loans until such time as the model home securing it is sold.
  (11)
Consists of 1 mortgage notes payable secured by 1 model home properties.
  (12)
Consists of 2 mortgage notes payable secured by 2 model home properties.
  (13)
These mortgages are guaranteed by NetREIT, Inc.
 
 
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Description of Properties

Industrial/Office Properties:

Havana/Parker Complex

In June 2006, we purchased the Havana/Parker Complex which consists of 7 attached three story office buildings located in Aurora, Colorado. This property is located at the intersection of Parker Road and Havana Street which is one of the busiest intersections in Aurora. The property consists of approximately 114,000 square feet and is approximately 57.4% occupied as of December 31, 2011. The property is surrounded by newer Class A buildings. Our buildings are an alternative to the higher priced buildings in the area. We purchased the building for $5.8 million and invested approximately an additional $776,000 in renovating the property to attract quality and larger tenants. We borrowed $3.6 million to finance this purchase at the date of acquisition.  In December 2010, through the course of the Company’s annual review of property values for possible permanent impairment of value, we determined that the Havana/Parker Complex value had been impaired and, as a result, recorded an impairment of $1 million.
 
Garden Gateway Plaza

In March 2007, we acquired Garden Gateway Plaza for $15.1 million, including transaction costs. This property is located in Colorado Springs Colorado and consists of three individual buildings situated on three separate properties within a multi-property campus. Included is a multi-tenant two-story office/flex building and two single-story office/flex buildings. The property is comprised of 115,052 sq. ft. on 12.0 acres.

The property is approximately 83.5% occupied as of December 31, 2011.

In 2008, the Company sold a 5.99% interest in the Garden Gateway Plaza to an unrelated tenant in common. In March 2010, NetREIT and the other investor in this property contributed each of our interests in this property to a California limited partnership (the “Garden Gateway LP Partnership) for which we serve as general partner and own a 94.01 % equity interest. In connection with the formation of the Garden Gateway LP Partnership, we gave the limited partner the right to exchange its interest in the Garden Gateway LP Partnership for shares of our common stock.

Executive Office Park

In July 2008, we purchased the Executive Office Plaza located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Our purchase price for the property was approximately $10.1 million, of which $6.6 million was paid from a fixed rate revolving line of credit loan in the amount of $6,597,500 from a regional bank in Colorado (the “Credit Facility”). The Credit Facility matured in 2009. The maturity of the Credit Facility did not have a significant impact on our cash or liquidity.

Executive Office Park is comprised of a condominium development consisting of four (4) separate buildings situated on four (4) legal parcels. The property is developed as an office condominium complex. The property consists of a total of 65,084 square feet situated on a total of 4.57 acres. The property is approximately 7 years old. This property is approximately 88.8% occupied as of December 31, 2011.
 
 
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Pacific Oaks Plaza

In September 2008, we acquired the Pacific Oaks Plaza and related personal property located in Escondido, California. Our purchase price for the property was $4.9 million, all of which we paid in cash.
Pacific Oaks Plaza consists of a two story office building of approximately 16,000 square feet. The building was completed in 2005 and has been owner occupied since its construction. As of December 31, 2011 the part of the building not occupied by the Company and related parties was 100% leased.

Our principal corporate offices occupy 75.80%, or the remainder of the building.

The Pacific Oaks Plaza property is located in the City of Escondido, the fourth largest of the 18 incorporated cities in San Diego County. It lies in the northern part of the County bordering the City of San Diego to the south, San Marcos to the west and unincorporated areas of San Diego County to the north and east.

Morena Office Center

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 which we paid with $3.4 million in cash and with $3.2 million in loan proceeds from a draw on our Credit Facility. This property consists of approximately 26,784 square foot building on approximately 0.62 acres.

As of December 31, 2011, the property was 92.4% occupied.

Fontana Medical Plaza

In February 2009, we formed Fontana Medical Plaza, LLC (“FMP”) with Fontana Dialysis Building, LLC, which we are the 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 $1,900,000, in all cash transaction. The property consists of approximately 10,500 square feet. FMP also assumed a lease agreement for a single tenant to occupy 100% of the building for ten (10) years with three five (5) year renewal options. The lease agreement requires annual rent payments during the first five years of $258,900 increasing by 12.5% on the fifth year anniversary and each five year anniversary thereafter.

The tenant is DVA Healthcare Renal Care, Inc. (“DVA”) and the property is leased on a triple net basis. DVA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Davita, Inc., a leading provider of dialysis services in the United States for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure.

Rangewood Medical Office Building

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 the Credit Facility. Rangewood is a 3-story, Class A medical office building of approximately 18,222 rentable square feet. The building was constructed in 1998. As of December 31, 2011, the property was 83.4% occupied.

Genesis Plaza

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. As of December 31, 2011, the property was 76.4% occupied.
 
 
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Dakota Bank Buildings

In May 2011, the Company acquired the Dakota Bank Buildings for the purchase price of approximately $9.6 million. The Property is a six-story, two building office complex built in 1981 and 1986 located on 1.58 acres and consists of approximately120,000 rentable square feet in downtown Fargo, North Dakota. The Company made a down payment of approximately $3.875 million and financed the remainder of the purchase price through a monthly adjustable rate mortgage with interest at 3.0% over the one month Libor with an interest rate floor of 5.75% and ceiling of 9.75%. As of December 31, 2011, the property was 98.3% occupied.
 
Port of San Diego Complex

In December 2011, the Company completed the formation of a California limited  partnership, NetREIT National City Partners, LP, (“NCP”) whereby a limited partner contributed its fee interest in two adjacent multi-tenant industrial properties located in National City, California. The Company contributed approximately $0.5 million cash and 1,649.266 shares of $1,000 liquidation value, 6.3% convertible preferred stock to capitalize the limited partnership.  The agreed upon value of the Property was $14.5 million. The Company also contributed $2.9 million cash which was used to pay down the mortgage loan assumed by NCP to a balance of $9.5 million. After completing the transactions, NetREIT has an approximate 75% interest in the NCP and a single unrelated limited partner has an approximate 25% interest. The property, referred to by the Company as the “Port of San Diego Complex”, consists of two adjacent multi-tenant light industrial buildings built in 1971 and was renovated in 2008. The Property is comprised of 6.13 acres and the buildings have 146,700 rentable square feet. As of December 31, 2011, the property was 51.7% occupied.

Self-Storage Properties:

Sparky’s Palm Self-Storage

In November 2007, we acquired the Sparky’s Palm Self-Storage property located in Highland, California. Our purchase price was $4.8 million, all of which we paid in cash. Sparky’s Palm Self-Storage is comprised of ten single story buildings and one two-story building, totaling approximately 50,250 rentable square feet, located on approximately 2.81 acres of land. The buildings comprise approximately 494 self-storage rental units and 29 recreational vehicle (RV) rental spaces. The buildings are of framed stucco and modular construction completed in 2003. The property is approximately 82.1% occupied as of December 31, 2011.

In 2008, the Company sold approximately 48.1% of its interests in Sparky’s Palm Self-Storage. 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.
 
Sparky’s Joshua Self-Storage

In December 2007, the Company acquired the Sparky’s Joshua Self-Storage property located in Hesperia, California. We purchased this property for approximately $8 million, including transaction costs. We purchased the property for cash and by assuming an existing loan. We repaid the assumed loan of $4.4 million in full in January 2008.
 
Sparky’s Joshua Self-Storage was constructed in 2003 and 2005 and is comprised of four single level storage buildings with approximately 149,750 rentable square feet, a three bedroom residence building, and a six bay self-serve coin operated car wash facility located on approximately 9.5 acres of land. The property consists of approximately 789 self-storage units and 72 recreational vehicle (RV) rental spaces. The property is approximately 69.5% occupied as of December 31, 2011.
 
 
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Sparky’s Thousand Palms Self-Storage

In August 2009, we completed the acquisition of Sparky’s Thousand Palms Self-Storage, formerly known as Monterey Palms Self-Storage, 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.

Sparky’s Thousand Palms Self-Storage 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. The Property was built in 2007 and sits on approximately 5.5 acres or 238,273 square feet of land. The Property is located in the Palm Desert/Thousand Palms area adjacent to the Interstate 10 freeway in Riverside County, California.  The property is approximately 76.5% occupied as of December 31, 2011.
 
Sparky’s Hesperia East Self-Storage

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.
 
Sparky’s Hesperia East Self-Storage was constructed in 2007 and is comprised of fifteen single level storage buildings, a management office and a three bedroom residence building. The property consists of approximately 5.8 acres of land, 72,940 rentable square feet and approximately 479 self-storage units. The property is approximately 43.6% occupied as of December 31, 2011.
 
Sparky’s Rialto Self-Storage

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. The property is approximately 53% occupied as of December 31, 2011.

Sparky’s Sunrise Self-Storage

In December 2011, the Company acquired the Sunrise Self-Storage facility for the purchase price of $2.2 million. The Company paid the purchase price in an all cash transaction. The Property is located within a mixed commercial and industrial area of Hesperia, California.  The Property was built in 1985 and 1989 and consists of fourteen (14) one and two-story buildings comprising approximately 93,851 square feet on a 4.93 acre parcel. The property is approximately 65.4% occupied as of December 31, 2011.

 
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Residential  Properties:

Casa Grande Apartments

This is a 39-unit apartment complex, including related improvements, on approximately 1.2 acres. The property is located in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The complex contains a total of twenty (20) two-bedroom apartments, and nineteen (19) single-bedroom apartments. The enclosed living areas aggregate approximately 29,250 square feet.

Cheyenne, which is located in the southeast corner of the state, has a population of approximately 82,000. The property is located at 921 E. 17th Street, which is in the city’s downtown area in an established residential neighborhood next to Holiday Park, the city’s largest public park. The neighborhood is comprised of approximately 70% single family residences, 10% multi-family housing, 15% commercial uses and 5% industrial uses.

We lease the property to tenants on a month-to-month basis. The roof of the property was replaced in 1996. We plan no major renovations to the property within the next 36 months. As of December 31, 2011, the property is 92.3% occupied. Current rental rates are $575 for single bedroom units and $630 for the 2-bedroom units. The property competes for tenants with comparable multi-unit properties and single family residences in its area. We believe the property is comparable or superior to other multi-unit properties in the area considering its location and close proximity to Holiday Park, one of the more desirable areas of the city.

The complex is constructed of wood frame with stucco exterior and wood facing and trim. The complex includes paved parking for approximately sixty cars (1.5 places per apartment unit). The grounds of the building contain approximately 20,000 square feet of open area, which is fully landscaped with concrete walks throughout the site. The property was constructed in 1973.

In 2008, the Company sold approximately 79.93% of its interests in Casa Grande. 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.

 
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Model Home Investments

In February 2009, DMHU and the Company entered into an agreement to form DAP II and in May 2009, they formed DAP III. NetREIT is a 77.7% limited partner in DAP II and an 86.3% limited partner in DAP III. The partnerships have invested in 19 Model Homes which were leased back to the developers. As of December 31, 2011 these two partnerships owned a total of 11 model homes.

The purpose of both partnerships was to acquire Model Homes from developers for long term investment by acquiring them at a discount to their appraised value, leasing them back to the seller for 1 to 3 years, and seeking to sell them thereafter for a profit.

Model Home Properties

The Company, through NetREIT Dubose, began making investments in model home purchases and lease backs to the developers. The three transactions completed in 2010 are described below.

In October 2010, NetREIT Dubose acquired four model home properties in Arizona and leased them back to the developer. The purchase price for the properties was $0.9 million. NetREIT Dubose paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $0.45 million and four promissory notes totaling $0.45 million.

In October 2010, NetREIT Dubose acquired ten model home properties in Oregon, Idaho and Washington and leased them back to the developer. The purchase price for the properties was $6.1 million. NetREIT Dubose paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $3.05 million and ten promissory notes totaling $3.05 million.

In December 2010, NetREIT Dubose acquired twelve model home properties in Texas and leased them back to the developer. The purchase price for the properties was $2.9 million. NetREIT Dubose paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $1.45 million and ten promissory notes totaling $1.45 million.

In January 2011, NetREIT Dubose acquired two model home properties in Texas and leased them back to the home builder. The purchase price for the properties was $0.45 million. NetREIT Dubose paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $0.23 million and two promissory notes totaling $0.22 million.

In February 2011, NetREIT Dubose acquired five model home properties in California and leased them back to the home builder. The purchase price for the properties was $1.5 million. NetREIT Dubose paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $0.75 million and five promissory notes totaling $0.75 million.
 
 
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In March 2011, NetREIT Dubose acquired four model home properties in South Carolina, Florida and Texas and leased them back to the home builder. The purchase price for the properties was $1.0 million. NetREIT Dubose paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $0.50 million and four promissory notes totaling $0.50 million.

In June 2011, NetREIT Dubose acquired three model home properties in Texas and leased them back to the home builder. The purchase price for the properties was approximately $0.60 million. NetREIT Dubose paid the purchase price through a cash payment of approximately $0.30 million and three promissory notes totaling approximately $0.30 million.

In August 2011, NetREIT Dubose acquired eight model home properties in Texas, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina and leased them back to the home builder. The purchase price for the properties was approximately $1.9 million. NetREIT Dubose paid the purchase price through a cash payment of approximately $1.0 million and eight promissory notes totaling approximately $0.90 million.

In December 2011, Dubose Model Home Investor Fund #201, LP acquired one model home properties in South Carolina and leased it back to the home builder. The purchase price for the property was approximately $0.3 million. NetREIT Dubose paid the purchase price through a cash payment of approximately $0.1 million and promissory note for the balance of the purchase price.

As of December 31, 2011, NetREIT Dubose and Dubose Model Home Investor Fund #201, LP owned a total of 49 model homes.

The DMHI Funds

As described above in Item 1, the Company acquired significant interests in each of DMHI Fund #3, DMHI Fund #4, DMHI Fund #5 and DMHI Fund #113 (collectively, the “DMHI Funds”)

At the time we acquired the DMHI Funds #3,#4 and #5 in 2010, the three funds had a total 29 model home properties under lease to their respective developers under NNN leases in 10 different states. At the time we acquired DMHI Fund #113, it had two homes under NNN leases in 2 states. As of December 31, 2011, these funds owned a total of 18 model homes.

 
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Retail  Properties:
 
Escondido 7-Eleven

In September 2006, we acquired a stand-alone single use retail property located at 850 West Mission Road, Escondido, California. This property consists of a 3,000 sq. ft. retail building situated on an approximately 12,000 sq. ft. corner lot. The property consists of a one-story, brick and wood constructed building with a cement stucco exterior and an asphalt-paved parking lot The building is currently under lease to 7-Eleven, Inc. and is operated as a convenience store. The lease provides for minimum monthly rent of $9,000. The lease, which was originally terminable on December 31, 2008, has been extended to December 31, 2018 with minimum monthly rent of $9,000 during the first 5 years and $10,350 during the second 5 years. The lease is not subject to any renewal options. The lease is a triple net lease requiring the tenant to pay all property related operating costs including property taxes, insurance and maintenance costs.

In June 2007, we sold a 48.6% undivided interest in the property to the family trust of Mr. William H. Allen, for which he serves as trustee. The sales price was $680,425, which equaled the pro rata share of agreed upon fair value for the property, including most of our acquisition costs and expenses. As a condition to the transaction, the parties, among other things, agreed to engage CHG Properties, Inc. to manage the property.

In April 2008, we and our co-owner contributed our respective interests in this property to a newly formed California limited partnership (the “NetREIT 01 LP Partnership). We serve as general partner of, and own a 51.4% equity interest in, the partnership. In October 2009, under his right to do so granted upon the formation of the partnership, the trust elected to convert a 33.3% equity interest in the partnership into 25,790 shares of our common stock at a price of $9.30 per share for a total of $239,844. Mr. Allen was elected to our Board at our annual shareholder meeting on October 16, 2009. Following this conversion, NetREIT’s equity interest in the partnership increased to 67.6%.

World Plaza

In September 2007, we completed our purchase of the World Plaza Retail Center, a multi-tenant neighborhood retail center located in San Bernardino, California. The property consists of approximately 55,098 square feet of gross leaseable area situated on approximately 4.48 acres used pursuant to a lease covering the land only ( the “Ground Lease”). The purchase price of $7.7 million was with cash and by assumption of an existing loan in the principal amount of $3.7 million secured by a first deed of trust on the Ground Lease. The Ground Lease requires us to pay current annual rentals of $20,040 with scheduled increases over the life of the lease and expires on June 31, 2062. The Ground lease includes an option to purchase the property at the price of $181,710 in 2062. This property is approximately 87.1% occupied as of December 31, 2011.

The property was constructed in 1974. The major tenants on the property include the County of San Bernardino and Citizens Business Bank.

Regatta Square

In October 2007, we completed our purchase of the Regatta Square, a neighborhood retail center located in Denver, Colorado. The purchase price was $2.2 million including transaction costs, all payable in cash. This property is comprised of approximately 5,983 square feet of gross leasable space situated on 0.4 acres of land. The property is 100% occupied as of December 31, 2011.
 
 
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Waterman Plaza
 
In August 2008, we purchased the Waterman Plaza located in San Bernardino, California. We paid the $7.2 million purchase price for the property with cash and a fixed rate promissory note in the amount of $3.8 million (the “Promissory Note”). The Promissory Note bears a fixed interest rate of 6.5% per annum and is due in September 2015. The Promissory Note is secured by a first deed of trust on the property. The Promissory Note requires regular monthly payments of principal and interest commencing in September 2008.

Waterman Plaza was a newly constructed retail/office building of approximately 21,170 gross leaseable area and approvals to construct an additional 2,300 square foot building. The property consists of a total of 2.7 acres.  The property is approximately 95.3% occupied as of December 31, 2011.

Yucca Valley Retail Center

In September 2011, the Company acquired the Yucca Valley Retail Center for the purchase price of approximately $6.8 million. The Property is a neighborhood shopping center complex built in approximately 1978 consisting of five separate parcels. The Property consists of approximately 86,000 rentable square feet and is currently 93% leased and anchored by a national chain grocery store. The Company paid the purchase price through a cash payment of approximately $3.5 million and assumed a loan secured by the property of approximately $3.3 million with an interest rate of 5.62%.  The property is approximately 92.9% occupied as of December 31, 2011.

Our Real Estate Loan Investments

Mortgage loan investments have been a very minor source of our revenue since our inception. As a general policy, we are not in the business of originating mortgage loans.

During 2008, we sold undivided interests in the Garden Gateway Plaza and Sparky’s Palm Self-Storage properties. In connection with these sales, we took back notes from the buyers in the aggregate amount of approximately $0.9 million. The notes are secured by the buyers’ interests in these properties.

In 2011, we purchased a note from a national bank at a discount. The debtors were two of DMHI Funds we own and a model home income fund that we manage. As of December 31, 2011, there was approximately $0.1 million due from the income fund that we manage.
 
 
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None.
 

None.
 

To date, there is no public market for any of our securities.

We pay quarterly cash distributions computed on a monthly basis to our common shareholders. The following is a summary of monthly distributions paid per common share for the years:

Month
 
2011
   
2010
 
   
Stock
Dividend (1)
 
Cash
Dividend
   
Cash
Dividend
 
January
      $ 0.0475     $ 0.0475  
February
        0.0475       0.0475  
March
        0.0475       0.0475  
April
        0.0475       0.0475  
May
        0.0475       0.0475  
June
        0.0475       0.0475  
July
        0.0475       0.0475  
August
        0.0475       0.0475  
September
        0.0475       0.0475  
October
        0.0475       0.0475  
November
        0.0475       0.0475  
December
  5%      0.0451       0.0475  
Total
      $ 0.5676     $ 0.570  
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(1) The Company issued a stock dividend of 5%, or 720,366 common shares, to shareholders of record on December 2, 2011.

At December 31, 2011, a cash distribution of $0.1401 per common share was payable and was paid in January 2012.

We paid dividends on our shares of Series AA Preferred Stock at a quarterly rate of $0.437 per share until the shares were redeemed in May 2010 for an aggregate distribution of $34,447.
 
In December 2011, the Company issued approximately 1,649 shares of its Convertible Series 6.3% Preferred Stock. There were no dividends paid on these shares in 2011.
 
 
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Market Information

Our common stock is not currently traded on any stock exchange or electronic quotation system. We do not expect that our common stock will be traded on any stock exchange or electronic quotation system.

Dividend Policy

We plan to pay at least 90% of our annual REIT Taxable Income to our shareholders in order to maintain our status as a REIT. We have paid dividends to our shareholders at least quarterly since the first quarter we commenced operations on April 1, 1999.

We intend to continue to declare quarterly distributions. However, we cannot provide any assurance as to the amount or timing of future distributions. Although we eventually intend to make cash dividend distributions out of our operating cash flow and proceeds from the sale of properties, we do not presently have sufficient operating cash flow to do so, and we do not anticipate generating sufficient cash flow from operations to do so in the near future. Therefore, to fund our future dividends, we expect that we will continue to rely on proceeds from additional borrowings of secured or unsecured debt and from proceeds from the sale of properties until such time that our cash flow from operations exceeds the amount of cash dividends paid to shareholders. In the event that we are unable to make distributions out of cash flow from operations, or cannot secure additional equity or debt financing, our ability to declare and pay a cash dividend on our common stock may be materially limited.

To the extent that we make distributions in excess of our earnings and profits, as computed for federal income tax purposes, these distributions will represent a return of capital, rather than a dividend, for federal income tax purposes. Distributions that are treated as a return of capital for federal income tax purposes generally will not be taxable as a dividend to a U.S. shareholder, but will reduce the shareholder’s basis in its shares (but not below zero) and therefore can result in the shareholder having a higher gain upon a subsequent sale of such shares. Return of capital distributions in excess of a shareholder’s basis generally will be treated as gain from the sale of such shares for federal income tax purposes.

Annually, we provide each of our shareholders a statement detailing distributions paid during the preceding year and their characterization as ordinary income, capital gain or return of capital. During the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, all distributions were non-taxable as they were considered return of capital to the shareholders.

Number of Holders of Each Class of Stock

As of March 15, 2012, there were 2,976 holders of our Series A common stock and a single holder of our Convertible Series 6.3% preferred stock.
 
 
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Securities Issued Under our 1999 Flexible Incentive Plan

The Company established the 1999 Flexible Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) for the purpose of attracting and retaining employees. The Plan provides that no more than 10% of the outstanding shares of common stock can be issued under the Plan. At December 31, 2011, the maximum number of shares that could be issued under the plan was approximately 1,528,800 shares. Prior to 2006, the Company awarded approximately 56,000 stock options. In 2006, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors adopted a restricted stock compensation plan under the Plan. There have been approximately 197,000 restricted shares granted since adopting the restricted stock compensation plan. At December 31, 2011, the amount of common shares available for future grants under the Plan is approximately 1,275,800 shares.

A table of non-vested restricted shares granted and vested since December 31, 2008 is as follows:
 
Balance, December 31, 2008
    27,227  
Granted
    43,984  
Vested
    (24,787 )
Cancelled
    (566 )
Balance, December 31, 2009
    45,858  
Granted
    53,617  
Vested
    (37,547 )
Cancelled
    (286 )
Balance, December 31, 2010
    61,642  
Granted
    52,139  
Vested
    (49,805 )
Cancelled
    (5,504 )
Stock dividend
    5,305  
Balance, December 31, 2011
    63,777  
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See Note 7 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further description of the employee retirement and share-based incentive plans. All shares issuable under the Plan are Series A common stock.
 
 
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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
 
                     
(d)
 
                     
Maximum
 
               
(c)
   
Number (or
 
               
Total
   
Approximate
 
               
Number of
   
Dollar
 
               
Shares (or
   
Value) of
 
               
Units)
   
Shares (or
 
               
Purchased
   
Units)
 
   
(a)
         
as Part of
   
that May Yet
 
   
Total
   
(b)
   
Publicly
   
Be Purchased
 
   
Number of
   
Average
   
Announced
   
Under
 
   
Shares
   
Price Paid
   
Plans or
   
the Plans or
 
Period
 
Purchased
   
per Share
   
Programs (1)
   
Programs (1)
 
January 1 — January 31, 2011
    6,250     $ 8.00              
February 1 — February 28, 2011
    4,838       8.04                  
March 1 — March 31, 2011
    9,955       7.00                  
March 1 — March 31, 2011 (Related Parties) (2)
    9,560       8.63                  
April 1 — April 30, 2011
    17,961       8.00                  
Total
    48,564     $ 7.92                  
____________

(1)
We do not have a  repurchase program or a formal policy regarding repurchases of our common stock. Our repurchase of our common stock in 2010 was made at the request of the shareholder and was due to financial hardship of the selling shareholder or other considerations.

(2)
In March 2011, the Company purchased 9,560 shares of its vested restricted common stock compensation from its independent Board of Directors for a total of $82,520. The purchase price of approximately $8.60 per share was determined using the same value for the shares as reported as income to state and Federal income tax authorities.

During the period starting on October 1, 2010 and ending on March 15, 2012, we sold an aggregate of 744,817 shares of our common stock resulting in aggregate net proceeds of approximately $6,247,828. These shares were sold at a price of $10.00 per share in a private placement offering to a total of 281 accredited investors. Each issuee purchased its shares for investment and the shares are subject to appropriate transfer restrictions. The offering was made by us 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.

During the period starting on October 1, 2010 and ending on March 15, 2012, we also issued 208,613 shares of our common stock to certain of our existing shareholders under our dividend reinvestment plan. The shares were issued directly by us without underwriters to a total of approximately 1,500 persons participating in the plan. We 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.

All shares issued in these offerings were sold for cash consideration.
 
 
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Not required.
 

The following discussion relates to our 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, 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. See Item 1A for a discussion of material risks.

OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND
 
Growth and Expansion. During the last three years, we have completed the acquisition of eleven income producing properties, forty-nine model home properties and invested in five income producing real estate partnerships with investments in model home properties.  During the earlier years 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 SEC rules and regulations. As a percentage of total revenue our general and administrative expense has decreased from 42% in 2009 to 27% in 2011 and we anticipate that general and administrative expenses as a percent of total revenue will drop to approximately 20% in 2012. Therefore, we anticipate that our net loss will decline further in 2012and we will become profitable in the future.
 
On March 1, 2010, the Company acquired the assets and six employees of DMHU. Later that year, the Company formed NetREIT Advisors and transferred the four remaining DMHU employees to this newly formed LLC. NetREIT Advisors began managing and serving as external advisor to NetREIT Dubose. NetREIT Advisors’ general and administrative expenses are currently approximately $73,000 per month.  NetREIT Advisors generated fees of approximately $406,000 and $330,000 during the years ended December 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. NetREIT Dubose will continue to make additional property acquisitions and we expect revenues less rental operating costs to increase at a far greater rate than their general and administrative expenses.

During the last three years we experienced rapid growth, having increased capital by approximately 71.8% to $82.8 million at December 31, 2011 from approximately $48.2 million at December 31, 2008. Our investment portfolio, consisting of real estate assets, lease intangibles, investment in real estate ventures, land purchase option and mortgages receivable, have increased by 130.5% to approximately $149.8 million at December 31, 2011 from $65.0 million at December 31, 2008. The primary source of the growth in the portfolio during these three years was attributable to the issuance of common shares of approximately $73.9 million and from proceeds from mortgage notes payable, net of principal repayments, of approximately $44.4 million.
 
 
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Economic Environment

The United States continues to show a slow recovery from the recession that began in 2007. The current economic environment is still characterized by increased residential housing foreclosures and an oversupply of homes available for purchase, depressed commercial real estate valuations, weak consumer spending, employment anxiety and concerns of inflation and higher interest rates. In general, US corporations’ net income and investments has shown improvement. However, the housing sector has so far not significantly improved. We believe that the pace of this recovery will likely be slow and disjointed. Full recovery will need increasing job growth, but it will not be consistent across industries, geographies or periods of the year causing an uneven tempo of growth.
 
Recent U.S. debt ceiling and budget deficit concerns, together with signs of deteriorating sovereign debt conditions in Europe, have increased the possibility of additional credit-rating downgrades and economic slowdowns. Although U.S. lawmakers passed legislation to raise the federal debt ceiling, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its long-term sovereign credit rating on the U.S. from “AAA” to “AA+” in August 2011. The impact of this or any further downgrades to the U.S. government’s sovereign credit rating, or its perceived creditworthiness, and the impact of the current crisis in Europe with respect to the ability of certain European Union countries to continue to service their sovereign debt obligations is inherently unpredictable and could adversely affect the U.S. and global financial markets and economic conditions. There can be no assurance that governmental or other measures to aid economic recovery will be effective. Although the government intends to keep interest rates low through 2014, these developments and the government’s credit concerns in general, could cause interest rates and borrowing costs to rise, which may negatively impact our ability to access the debt markets on favorable terms. Continued adverse economic conditions could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

In addition, this difficult economic environment could adversely affect our tenants’ financial condition and make it difficult for them to continue to meet their obligations to us. We have been successful maintaining relatively even levels of occupancy at our stabilized properties; however, overall progress to date in the office leasing velocity and pricing has been inconsistent both regionally and across assets of differing quality.  Vacancy rates in our markets appear to have reached the top and are starting to descend at a slow pace. Several years may be required before vacancy rates decline sufficiently to support meaningful growth in rents.

Our involvement in retail properties has been limited, however, we are seeing more rental inquiries.  Retail demand for space in 2012 is expected to be positive for the first time since 2007.  Although the increase is expected to be modest we, expect that well situated properties, including ours, will benefit from the improving economy.
 
Economic growth rates have shown trends of slow growth in recent periods and inflation rates in the United States have remained low. 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 seek 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.

 
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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 the past several years, including 2010 and 2011, we have 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. Net operating income from our properties, from newly acquired properties and from the model home division growth, is increasing at a faster rate than our general and administrative expenses due to efficiencies of scale. We therefore believe that when most or all of our properties are operating at stabilized rates, and when excess available cash on hand is fully invested plus future acquisitions, we will be able to fund our future distributions to our shareholders from cash flow from operations.
 
We seek to diversify our portfolio by segments of commercial real estate segments to reduce the adverse effect of a single under-performing segment, geographic market and tenant industry.

As of December 31, 2011, we owned or had a controlling interest in nine Office Properties which total approximately 543,000 rentable square feet, five Retail Properties which total approximately 171,000 rentable square feet, six Self-Storage Properties which total approximately 581,000 rentable square feet, one Industrial property of approximately 146,700 rentable square feet, one Multi Residential Property and 79 model home properties.

NetREIT’s properties are located primarily in Southern California, Colorado with a single property located in North Dakota and Wyoming. Our model home properties are located in fourteen states throughout the United States. 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 2 to 3 years 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.
 
 
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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, 2011 and 2010, 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 years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.

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 to 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 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.

 
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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. Amortization of above market rents was $295,248 for the year ended December 31, 2011. There was no amortization of above and below market rents in 2010.

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 secure 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 $451,306 and $343,205 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, 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 Real Estate Assets. Gains from the sale of real estate assets 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 cost of the real estate 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.
   
c.
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.

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 December 31, 2011, management has concluded that there are 17 model home properties aggregating approximately $5.0 million which are considered as held for sale and are included in real estate assets. These homes have mortgage notes payable of approximately $1.6 million. Management has also estimated that, of the homes held for sale, 16 of the home sales would result in an aggregate loss of approximately $399,000 and has recorded the estimated loss included in asset impairment in the statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

 
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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 years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, was $3,571,924 and $3,014,603, respectively.
 
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, 2011 or 2010.

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, 2011 or 2010.

Impairment. 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 is written down to its estimated fair value based on the Company’s best estimate of the property’s discounted future cash flows. For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company determined that an impairment existed in its model home properties not currently held for sale and, as a result, recorded an asset impairment of $30,000. For the year ended December 31, 2010 the Company determined that an impairment existed with respect to its Havana Parker Complex property and, as a result, recorded an asset impairment of $1 million.
 
 
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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. Estimated recoveries from certain tenants for their pro rata share of real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses are recognized as revenues in the period the applicable expenses are incurred or as specified in the leases. Other tenants pay a fixed rate and these tenant recoveries are recognized as revenue on a straight-line basis over the term of the related leases.

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 December 31, 2011 or 2010.

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.

Subsequent Events. We evaluate subsequent events up until the date the consolidated financial statements are issued.

New Accounting Pronouncements.  In May 2011, FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement: Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S GAAP and IFRS. This update defines fair value, clarifies a framework to measure fair value, and requires specific disclosures of fair value measurements. The guidance will be effective for the Company's interim and annual reporting periods beginning January 1, 2012, and applied prospectively. The Company does not expect adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on its financial condition, results of operations, or disclosures.

In September 2011, the FASB issued new guidance, ASU 2011-08, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Goodwill for Impairment. This new guidance allows entities to perform a qualitative assessment to determine if it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value in order to determine if quantitative testing is required. This qualitative assessment is optional and is intended to reduce the cost and complexity of annual goodwill impairment tests. The new guidance is effective for annual and interim impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011 and early adoption is allowed provided the entity has not yet performed its 2011 impairment test or issued its financial statements. The Company elected to early adopt ASU 2011-08 and the ASU did not have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.

 
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THE FOLLOWING IS A COMPARISON OF OUR RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011 AND 2010

Our results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 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 four 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 March 2010, the Company purchased certain tangible and intangible personal property from 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 pursues 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 and providing management services to the 19 Dubose Partnerships. To pursue this business, the Company formed a new subsidiary, NetREIT Advisors and is sponsoring the formation of NetREIT Dubose. NetREIT Dubose invests 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 generally re-leases the Model Home to the homebuilder until such time as it is able to sell the property. NetREIT Dubose conducts all of its operations through the Operating Partnership. NetREIT Advisors serves as the advisor to NetREIT Dubose.
 
NetREIT Advisors provides management services to the 19 Dubose Partnerships, pursuant to the rights under the management contracts assigned to it by DMHU. For these services, NetREIT Advisors receives ongoing management fees and has the right to receive certain other fees when the respective partnership sells or otherwise disposes of its properties.
 
 
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In May 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of Sparky’s Rialto 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 approximately seven months operations in the year ended December 31, 2010 and a full year’s results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

In July 2010, the Company capitalized NetREIT Dubose with a cash contribution of $1.2 million in return for a convertible promissory note, which was subsequently converted to NetREIT Dubose common stock on September 30, 2010. NetREIT Dubose has also commenced raising outside investor capital pursuant to a private offering. NetREIT Dubose seeks to sell up to 2.0 million shares of its common stock at $10.00 per share, or $20.0 million in this private placement.

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 approximately four months results of operations included for the year ended December 31, 2010 and a full year results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

In October 2010, NetREIT Dubose acquired four model home properties in Arizona and leased them back to the developer. The purchase price for the properties was $0.9 million. The Company paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $0.45 million and four promissory notes totaling $0.45 million. There are approximately three months operations in the year ended December 31, 2010 and a full year’s results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

In October 2010, NetREIT Dubose acquired ten model home properties in Oregon, Idaho and Washington and leased them back to the developer. The purchase price for the properties was $6.1 million. The Company paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $3.05 million and ten promissory notes totaling $3.05 million. There are approximately two months operations in the year ended December 31, 2010 and a full year’s results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

In November 2010, the Company completed its tender offer for the purchase of outstanding partnership units of the three DMHI Funds. The tender resulted in the Company acquiring 73.6%, 70.5% and 66.6% of the outstanding units of DMHI Fund #3, DMHI Fund #4 and DMHI Fund #5, respectively through the issuance of 112,890 shares of common stock and $896,893 in cash. These funds own a total of 29 model home properties. There is approximately one month of operations in the year ended December 31, 2010 and a full year’s results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

In December 2010, NetREIT Dubose acquired twelve model home properties in Texas and leased them back to the developer. The purchase price for the properties was $2.9 million. The Company paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $1.45 million and ten promissory notes totaling $1.45 million. There is less than one month of operations in the year ended December 31, 2010 and a full year’s results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

 
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In January 2011, NetREIT Dubose acquired two model home properties in Texas and leased them back to the home builder. The purchase price for the properties was $0.45 million. NetREIT Dubose paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $0.23 million and two promissory notes totaling $0.22 million. There are no results of operations included in the year ended December 31, 2010 and approximately eleven months results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

In February 2011, NetREIT Dubose acquired five model home properties in California and leased them back to the home builder. The purchase price for the properties was $1.5 million. NetREIT Dubose paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $0.75 million and five promissory notes totaling $0.75 million. There are no results of operations included in the year ended December 31, 2010 and approximately ten months results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

In March 2011, NetREIT Dubose acquired four model home properties in South Carolina, Florida and Texas and leased them back to the home builder. The purchase price for the properties was $1.0 million. NetREIT Dubose paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $0.50 million and four promissory notes totaling $0.50 million. There are no results of operations included in the year ended December 31, 2010 and approximately nine months results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

In May 2011, the Company acquired vacant land consisting of approximately 3 acres adjacent to its Sparky’s Rialto Self-Storage facility for approximately $0.4 million paid in cash. The Company intends to use the land for additional motor home parking or for other purposes.

In May 2011, the Company acquired the Dakota Bank Buildings for the purchase price of approximately $9.6 million. The Property is a six-story, two building office complex built in 1981 and 1986 located on 1.58 acres and consists of approximately120,000 rentable square feet in downtown Fargo, North Dakota. The Company made a down payment of approximately $3.875 million and financed the remainder of the purchase price through a monthly adjustable rate mortgage with interest at 3.0% over the one month Libor with an interest rate floor of 5.75% and ceiling of 9.75%. There are no results of operations included in the year ended December 31, 2010 and approximately six months results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

In June 2011, NetREIT Dubose acquired three model home properties in Texas and leased them back to the home builder. The purchase price for the properties was approximately $0.60 million. NetREIT Dubose paid the purchase price through a cash payment of approximately $0.30 million and three promissory notes totaling approximately $0.30 million. There are no results of operations included in the year ended December 31, 2010 and approximately six months results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

In August 2011, NetREIT Dubose acquired eight model home properties in Texas, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina and leased them back to the home builder. The purchase price for the properties was approximately $1.9 million. NetREIT Dubose paid the purchase price through a cash payment of approximately $1.0 million and eight promissory notes totaling approximately $0.90 million. There are no results of operations included in the year ended December 31, 2010 and approximately four months results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

In September 2011, the Company acquired the Yucca Valley Retail Center for the purchase price of approximately $6.8 million. The Property is a neighborhood shopping center complex built in approximately 1978 consisting of five separate parcels. The Property consists of approximately 86,000 rentable square feet and is currently 93% leased and anchored by a national chain grocery store. The Company paid the purchase price through a cash payment of approximately $3.5 million and assumed a loan secured by the property of approximately $3.3 million with an interest rate of 5.62%. There are no results of operations included in the year ended December 31, 2010 and approximately three months results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

 
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In December 2011, the Company acquired the Sunrise Self-Storage facility for the purchase price of $2.2 million. The Company paid the purchase price in an all cash transaction. The Property is located within a mixed commercial and industrial area of Hesperia, California.  The Property was built in 1985 and 1989 and consists of fourteen (14) one and two-story buildings comprising approximately 93,851 square feet on a 4.93 acre parcel. There are no results of operations included in the year ended December 31, 2010 and less than one month’s results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

In December 2011, the Company completed the formation of a California limited  partnership, NetREIT National City Partners, LP, (“NCP”) whereby a limited partner contributed its fee interest in two adjacent multi-tenant industrial properties located in National City, California. The Company contributed approximately $0.5 million cash and 1,649.266 shares of $1,000 liquidation value, 6.3% convertible preferred stock to capitalize the limited partnership.  The agreed upon value of the Property was $14.5 million. The Company also contributed $2.9 million cash which was used to pay down the mortgage loan assumed by NCP to a balance of $9.5 million. After completing the transactions, NetREIT has an approximate 75% interest in the NCP and a single unrelated limited partner has an approximate 25% interest. The property, referred to by the Company as the “Port of San Diego Complex”, consists of two adjacent multi-tenant light industrial buildings built in 1971 and was renovated in 2008. The Property is comprised of 6.13 acres and the buildings have 146,700 rentable square feet. As of the date of acquisition, the Property was 51.7% occupied. There are no results of operations included in the year ended December 31, 2010 and less than one month’s results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

In December 2011, Dubose Model Home Investor Funds #201, LP acquired one model home properties in South Carolina and leased it back to the home builder. The purchase price for the property was approximately $0.3 million. Dubose Model Home Investor Funds #201, LP paid the purchase price through a cash payment of approximately $0.1 million and promissory note for the balance of the purchase price. There are no results of operations included in the year ended December 31, 2010 and less than one month’s results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

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 and expiring if not exercised on or prior to 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. The Company redeemed all of the shares outstanding in May 2010 at their face or book value.

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 this offering, after commissions, due diligence fees, and syndication expenses, were approximately $13.3 million in 2010 and $14.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. 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 terminated its capital raising activities under the private placement offering effective December 31, 2011.

 
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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 over the last two years and as a general policy, we are not in the business of originating mortgage loans.

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 December 31, 2011. Both notes are secured by the mortgagee’s interest in the property.

In February 2011, the Company purchased a mortgage note receivable from an unrelated party where the borrower was two of the related income fund Partnerships and one from an unrelated income fund partnership. The amounts outstanding from the related Partnerships were paid off shortly after the Company acquired the note. As of December 31, 2011, there was a balance due from the unrelated income fund of $111,866. The note bears interest at 6.77%, is secured by a model home property and is due on demand.

As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, the aggregate total of mortgage notes receivable outstanding was $1,032,082 and $920,216,  respectively, or less than 1% of total assets.
 
 
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Revenues

Rental and fee income was $14,077,105 for the year ended December 31, 2011, compared to $10,195,067 for the same period in 2010, an increase of $3,882,038, or 38.1%. The increase in rental income as reported in 2011 compared to 2010 is primarily attributable to:
 
The addition of the 6 properties acquired in 2010 and 2011 and the addition of the model home properties which generated an additional $3,622,286 of rent and fee income in the current year; and

An increase in 2011 revenues of $259,756 for properties owned for a full year in both years.

Overall rental and fee revenues are expected to continue to increase in future periods, as compared to historical periods, as a result of owning the assets acquired during 2010 and 2011 for an entire year and future acquisitions of real estate assets.

Interest income was $125,662 for the year ended December 31, 2011, compared to $101,885 for the same period in 2010, an increase of $23,777, or 23.3%. The increase was primarily attributable to purchasing a note receivable at a discount in the current year.

Rental Operating Expenses

Rental operating expenses were $4,944,010 for 2011 compared to $4,312,021 for 2010, an increase of $631,989, or 14.7%. The increase in operating expense year over year is primarily attributable to the same reasons that rental revenue increased except that increases in model home revenues do not have a significant amount of rental operating costs. As a result, rental operating costs increase was less significant than the increase in rental and fee 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.

 
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Interest Expense

Interest expense, including amortization of deferred finance charges, increased by $1,150,493 in 2011 to $3,194,887, from $2,044,394 in 2010, an increase of 56.3%. The increase in interest expense is attributable to the Company’s growth and, in addition, the Company put loans on four properties that were unencumbered in 2010.

The following is a summary of our interest expense on loans by property for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010:

 
Date Acquired
           
 
or Funded
 
2011
   
2010
 
               
Havana/Parker Complex
June 2006
  $ 216,711     $ 221,505  
World Plaza
September 2007
    166,662       175,265  
Waterman Plaza
August 2008
    237,998       242,640  
Sparky’s Thousand Palms Self-Storage
August 2009
    246,745       252,072  
Sparky’s Hesperia East Self-Storage
December 2009
    86,317       88,131  
Garden Gateway Plaza (1)
March 2007
    588,578       553,425  
Sparky’s Rialto Self-Storage
May 2010
    144,700       95,611  
Genesis Plaza
August 2010
    228,518       82,390  
Dubose Acquisition Partners II, LP
March 2010
    140,862       145,544  
Dubose Acquisition Partners III, LP
March 2010
    96,224       106,296  
Dubose Model Home Income Fund #3, LTD
December 2010
    53,316       1,956  
Dubose Model Home Income Fund #4, LTD
December 2010
    42,649       7,456  
Dubose Model Home Income Fund #5, LTD
December 2010
    101,011       10,660  
NetREIT Dubose Model Home REIT, Inc. (2)
October 2010
    264,218       17,791  
Dakota Bank Buildings
May 2011
    199,422       -  
Casa Grande Apartments
June 2011
    33,426       -  
Executive Office Park
June 2011
    144,148       -  
Yucca Valley Retail Center
September 2011
    53,927       -  
Regatta Square
December 2011
    882       -  
Rangewood Medical Office Building
December 2011
    780       -  
Dubose Model Home Investor Fund #113, LP
December 2011
    4,326       -  
Dubose Model Home Investors  #201, LP (2)
December 2011
    119       -  
Port of San Diego Complex
December 2011
    6,246       -  
Amortization of deferred financing costs
      137,102       43,652  
      $ 3,194,887     $ 2,044,394  
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(1)
Interest expense for Garden Gateway Plaza of $51,535 for the year ended December 31, 2010 is included in the consolidated statement of operations in the line item “equity in losses of real estate ventures”.
(2)
Consists of 49 mortgage notes payable secured by 49 model home properties. These mortgages are guaranteed by NetREIT, Inc.
 
 
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General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses increased by $434,486 to $3,846,177 for the year ended December 31, 2011, compared to $3,411,691 in 2010. As a percentage of rental fee and other income, general and administrative expenses were 27.3% and 33.5% for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. In comparing our general and administrative expenses with other REITs that typically do not have employees, you should take into consideration that we are a self administered REIT, which means such expenses are greater for us.

The increase in general and administrative expenses in 2011 was primarily due to the addition of new employees and related expenses from the asset purchase of Dubose Model Homes USA in February 2010 included for the full year in 2011 This new subsidiary began to contribute revenues to the Company in October 2010.

In 2011, our salaries and employee related expenses increased $231,324 to $2,336,441 compared to $2,105,117 in 2010. The increase in salary and employee expenses in 2011 was primarily attributable to the additional personnel related to the acquisition discussed in the paragraph above, a small increase in the number of administrative personnel and general increases awarded to existing employees. Further, non-cash compensation related to the vesting of restricted stock grants to employees was approximately $41,000 greater for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010.  We anticipate an 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 continue to decline in future years.

Insurance expenses increased by approximately $93,000 for the year ended December 31, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010 primarily due to health insurance rate increases and workers compensation premium increases.

Legal, accounting and public company related expenses and decreased by approximately $124,000, to $394,000 for the year ended December 31, 2011, compared to $518,000 during the same period in 2010. The primary reason for the decrease was the fact that legal expenses were approximately $124,000 less in 2011 due to the Company reincorporating from California to Maryland and also due to the formation of several new legal entities to launch our efforts in the purchase and leaseback of model homes in 2010.
 
Directors’ compensation expense that consisted of non-cash amortization of restricted stock grants vesting was approximately $39,000 higher for the year ended December 31, 2011 over 2010.

Our costs related to acquiring properties increased by approximately $100,000 in 2011 over 2010 to approximately $157,000. In 2011, the Company had three significant acquisitions compared to one in the prior year. The significant acquisitions required additional diligence, legal and accounting costs in addition to the normal recurring costs of a smaller property acquisition.

Bargain Purchase Gain from Tender Offer

In 2010, the Company conducted a tender offer for the purchase of three limited partnerships. As a result of revaluing the assets and liabilities of the acquired entities to market value, the Company recorded $872,152 in other income.
 
 
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Asset Impairment

As part of our annual review of long-lived assets in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, during the quarter ending December 31, 2011, management identified indicators of impairment related to our model home properties, primarily properties that were held for sale at a realizable value less than net book value and recorded an impairment of approximately $30,000 and potential losses on sales of model homes of $399,000.

In 2010, management recognized indicators of impairment on its Havana Parker Office complex located in Aurora, Colorado.  As a result, management  analyzed the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the asset and determined that such amounts did not exceed the carrying amount of the property, confirming that the property was likely impaired.  Based on an internally-prepared fair value evaluation of the property, management determined that an impairment charge of $1,000,000 was required.  

Net Loss Available to Common Shareholders

Net loss available to common shareholders in 2011 decreased by $406,893 to $2,616,903, or $0.18 loss per share as compared to net loss available to common shareholders of $3,023,796, or $0.26 loss per share in 2010. The year ended 2011 was another year of substantial growth where we acquired four new properties and formed three new entities.

 
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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
 
As discussed above under Economic Environment, during 2011, 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 five to seven years mature.

We believe that as a result of these negative trends, new mortgage financing will be less favorable as pre-recession days, which may negatively impact our ability to finance future acquisitions. Long-term interest rates remain relatively low by historical standards but we anticipate that interest rates will increase in the next couple of years.  On the other hand, we believe the negative trends in the mortgage markets for smaller properties and in some geographic locations have reduced property prices and may, in certain cases, reduce competition for those properties.
 
Overview
 
We actively seek investments that are likely to produce income in order to pay distributions as well as long-term gains for our stockholders.  Our future sources of liquidity include cash and cash equivalents, cash flows from operations, mortgages on our unencumbered properties and additional equity securities.  Our available liquidity at December 31, 2011 was approximately $24.8 million, including $4.8 in cash and cash equivalents and an estimated borrowing capacity of approximately $20 million from potential mortgages on unencumbered properties.

Our future capital needs include the acquisition of additional properties as we as expand our investment portfolio into other real property sectors, pay down outstanding borrowings and the payment of a competitive distribution to our shareholders. To ensure that we are able to effectively execute these objectives, we routinely review our liquidity requirements and continually evaluate all potential sources of liquidity. Our short term liquidity needs include proceeds necessary to pay the debt service on existing mortgages, fund our current operating costs and fund our distribution to stockholders. Our long-term liquidity needs include proceeds necessary to grow and maintain our portfolio of investments.

We believe that our available liquidity is sufficient to fund our distributions to stockholders, pay the debt service costs on our existing mortgages and fund our operating costs in the near term.  We further believe that our cash flow from operations along with the potential financing capital available to us in the future is sufficient to fund our long-term liquidity needs.  However, we do not expect that our cash flow from operating activities will be totally sufficient to fund our short term liquidity needs, including the payment of cash dividends at current rates to our shareholders, and instead we expect to fund a portion of these needs from additional borrowings of secured or unsecured indebtedness.  We expect to obtain additional mortgages and assumption of existing debt collateralized by some or all of our real property in the future.  During the second quarter ended June 30, 2011, we obtained approximately $5.7 million from new mortgages collateralized by two of our unencumbered properties. In December 2011, we obtained approximately $2.5 million from new mortgages collateralized by two properties.

Equity Capital

Equity capital markets continue to improve.  We raised $14.2 million, net of offering costs, during 2011 compared to $13.3 million during 2010.  We used the proceeds to acquire additional properties and working capital needs.  We issued $1.6 million of a 6.3% Convertible Preferred equity in connection with the acquisition of a $14.5 million property in a DownREIT in December 2011.

Currently, we are seeking a line of credit to facilitate future expansion and anticipate raising capital from an initial public offering thereafter.

Cash and Cash Equivalents
 
At December 31, 2011, we had approximately $4.9 million in cash and cash equivalents compared to approximately $7.0 million at December 31, 2010. We intend to use this cash to make additional acquisitions, pay debt service costs on our existing mortgages and for general corporate purposes.

Our cash and cash equivalents are held in bank accounts at third party institutions and consist of invested cash and cash in our operating accounts.  During 2011 or 2010, we did not experience any loss or lack of access to our cash or cash equivalents.
 
 
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Debt
 
As of December 31, 2011, NetREIT had mortgage notes payable in the aggregate principal amount of $56.7 million, collateralized by a total of 14 non model home properties with terms at issuance ranging from 3 to 30 years.  The weighted-average interest rate on the mortgage notes payable as of December 31, 2011 was approximately 5.73%.  Our debt to book value on these properties is approximately 44.3% and we have eight non model home properties with a net book value of $34.8 million that are unencumbered.  We do not have any mortgage debt balloon principal payments due during 2012.  Despite the disruptions in the debt market discussed in “Overview” above, we believe that, if we so desire, we will be able to refinance these debts as they come due.

As of December 31, 2011, NetREIT Dubose had 49 fixed-rate mortgage notes payable in the aggregate principal amount of $5.4 million, collateralized by a total of 49 model home properties, an average of $110,200 per home. These loans generally have a term at issuance of five years.  The weighted-average interest rate on these mortgage notes payable as of December 31, 2011 was 5.38%.  Our debt to net book value on these properties is approximately 49.1%. The Company has guaranteed these promissory notes.  The balloon principal payments on the notes payable are in 2015 and 2016 and are typically tied to the sale of the model home securing the debt.

As of December 31, 2011, limited partnerships that the Company has a limited partnership interest in had 18 fixed-rate mortgage note payables in the aggregate principal amount of $3.8 million, collateralized by a total of 28 model home properties, an average of $135,700 per home.  The debt to book value on these properties is approximately 42.0%. All of these notes payable have mortgage debt balloon principal payments in 2011 or 2012.  All of the free cash flow on these limited partnerships is being held or applied to the loan balances with no distribution to the partners until all homes have been sold.  All of the properties will be sold at the end of the lease agreements and we believe that all properties will be sold for more than the mortgage debt balloon amount.

Despite the disruptions in the debt market discussed in “Overview” above, we believe that we will be able to refinance maturing debts on or before scheduled maturity dates.

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2011 was approximately $1.3 million compared to net cash provided by operating activities of approximately $709,000 for the year ended December 31, 2010. The increase during the year of approximately $600,000 was primarily due to an increase in net operating income of our properties of approximately $2 million due to the acquisitions acquired during 2010 and 2011.  However the increase in properties’ operating activities was offset by increase in working capital needs of approximately $1.4 million.  Approximately $341,000 of the working capital increase was due to proceeds in escrow from sale of real estate at year end that was paid to us early in January 2012.  The remaining increase was due to an increase in bank impound required on Yucca Valley Retail acquisition of approximately $122,000 and approximately $900,000 increase in leasing commissions and loan fees paid in 2011.

Although the cash from operating activities did not cover the cash portion of the distribution to our stockholders of approximately $3.6 million, we anticipate that with the inclusion of the recent acquisitions and the anticipated acquisitions that the cash provided by operating activities will cover the cash distribution to shareholders in the near future.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities was approximately and $31.7 million during the year ended December 30, 2011. During this period, the Company acquired the Dakota Bank Buildings for $9.6 million, raw land adjacent to our Sparky’s Rialto Self-Storage facility for approximately $0.4 million, the Yucca Valley Retail center for approximately $6.8 million, the Sunrise Self-Storage for $2.2 million and the Port of San Diego Complex for $14.5 million, less the non-cash component of the purchase of approximately $1.6 million. In addition, we spent approximately $1 million on capital expenditures of existing properties.  Furthermore, we acquired an interest in a model home partnership for approximately $0.5 and NetREIT Dubose acquired 23 homes for $5.6 million. The Dubose Partnerships sold 22 model homes during the period for proceeds of $8.5 million.

Net cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2010 was approximately $22.6 million, consisting of $21.4 to acquire two properties and 26 model homes, invested $0.8 million in a model home limited partnership and paid $300,000 to purchase DMHU.
 
 
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Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2011 was approximately $27.6 million. The financing activities consisted of approximately $14.2 million net proceeds from the issuance of our common stock, proceeds from mortgage notes payable of $29.6 million, proceeds from noncontrolling interests net of distributions to noncontrolling interests of $0.7 million and a decrease in stock issuance costs of $0.2 million.  The proceeds were offset by reduction in mortgage notes payable of $13.3 million ($5.7 million in connection with the sale of the 22 model homes and $3.2 million payoff of a mortgage), cash distributions to shareholders of $3.6 million and the repurchase of common stock of $0.4 million.

Net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2010 was approximately $18.5 million, which consisted of approximately $13.3 million net proceeds from the sale and issuance of our common stock and approximately $9.8 million in proceeds from mortgage notes payable used to finance the acquisition of two properties. These proceeds were offset by payments on mortgage notes payable, the redemption of preferred stock and distributions to stockholders of approximately $1.0, $1.3 and $2.8 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 and variable rate debt at December 31, 2011 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.

We are in compliance with all conditions and covenants of our loans.

   
Less than
               
More than
       
   
a year
   
1-3 Years
   
3-5 Years
   
5 Years
       
   
2012
     (2013-2014)      (2015-2016)    
(After 2016)
   
Total
 
Principal payments - secured debt
  $ 1,529,387     $ 20,151,022     $ 24,050,657     $ 10,971,402     $ 56,702,468  
Interest payments - fixed rate debt
    1,660,194       3,181,951       1,209,466       -       6,051,611  
Interest payments - variable rate debt
    1,128,730       1,360,329       863,422       2,335,246       5,687,727  
Model home properties - secured debt
    3,862,764       550,096       4,814,469       -       9,227,329  
Model home properties - interest payments
    471,752       608,363       557,667       -       1,637,782  
Ground lease obligation (1)
    21,154       43,820       43,820       1,071,473       1,180,267  
    $ 8,673,981     $ 25,895,581     $ 31,539,501     $ 14,378,121     $ 80,487,184  
__________
 
(1) Ground lease obligation represents the ground lease payments due on our World Plaza Property.

Other Liquidity Needs

We are not contractually bound to make regular quarterly dividend distributions to our common stock holder, however 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 are not contractually bound to make regular quarterly dividend distributions to our common stock holders. 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, as noted above, 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 2012. If our net cash provided by operating 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 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.

 
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Subsequent Events
 
We evaluate subsequent events up until the date the consolidated financial statements are issued.
 
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, 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 2012 we could spend $500,000 to $1,000,000 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 2012 compared to 2011 due to rising construction costs and the anticipated increase in property acquisitions in 2012. 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 which are significant economic costs and could materially impact our results from operations.

The following table presents our FFO for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010. 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.

   
Year ended December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Net loss
  $ (2,616,903 )   $ (2,989,349 )
Adjustments:
               
Asset impairment
    429,000       1,000,000  
Bargain purchase gain from tender offer
    -       (872,152 )
Preferred stock dividends
    -       (34,447 )
Loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests
    354,895       (139,145 )
Depreciation and amortization
    4,330,828       3,357,408  
Joint venture real estate depreciation and amortization
    -       99,908  
Gain from sale of real estate
    (119,925 )     -  
    Funds from operations
  $ 2,377,895     $ 422,223  

FFO for 2011 increased by $1,955,672, or 463.18%, to $2,377,895 as compared to $422,223 in 2010.

For the year December 31, 2010, FFO was materially affected by the increase in general and administrative expenses of approximately $0.6 million, a 38% increase.  FFO has also been affected by lower yields on our investment of excess cash balances. We anticipate FFO to improve as we continue to acquire properties and earn rental revenues on properties recently acquired without substantial increases in general and administrative expenses.

 
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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 which 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.
 
 
The financial statements required by this item are filed with this report as described under Item 15.
 
 
None.
 

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our 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.

 
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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 December 31, 2011 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f). Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on our evaluation under the framework in Internal Control — Integrated Framework, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2011.

This annual report on Form 10-K does not include an attestation report of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm regarding our internal control over financial reporting as such report is not required for non-accelerated filers such as the Company pursuant to certain federal legislation enacted in July 2010.


None.

 
The information required by this item is set forth under the captions “Board of Directors” and “Executive Officers of the Company” and “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in our definitive Proxy Statement for the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A, and is incorporated herein by reference. The Annual Meeting of Shareholders is presently scheduled to be held on May 18, 2012.
 
 
The information required by this item is set forth under the caption “Executive Compensation” in our definitive Proxy Statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A, and is incorporated herein by reference.


The information required by this item is set forth under the caption “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” in our definitive Proxy Statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A, and is incorporated herein by reference.


The information required by this item is set forth under the caption “Related Party Transactions” in our definitive Proxy Statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A, and is incorporated herein by reference.
 

The information required by this item is set forth under the caption “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees and Services” in our definitive Proxy Statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 
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PART IV
 
(a)  Documents Filed. The following documents are filed as part of this report:
 
(1) Financial Statements. The following reports of Squar, Milner, Peterson, Miranda & Williamson, LLP and financial statements:
   
 
Report of Squar, Milner, Peterson, Miranda & Williamson, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
   
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2011 and 2010
   
 
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
   
 
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
   
 
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
   
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
   
(2) Financial Statement Schedules.
 
Financial statement schedules have been omitted for the reason that the required information is presented  in financial statements or notes thereto, the amounts involved are not significant or the schedules are not applicable.
 
(3) Exhibits. See subsection (b) below.
 
(b) Exhibits.
 
An Index to the Exhibits as filed as part of this Form 10-K is set forth below:
 
 
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Exhibit
   
Number
 
Description
2.01
 
Plan and Agreement of Merger, by and between NetREIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and NetREIT, a California corporation, dated as of July 30, 2010. (A)
2.1
 
Agreement of Purchase & Sale, between NetREIT, Inc. and Mullrock 3 Murphy Canyon, LLC, dated as of July 12, 2010. (B)
3.01
 
Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Articles of Incorporation of NetREIT, dated as of July 30, 2010. (A)
3.02
 
Amended and Restated Bylaws of NetREIT, Inc. (A)
3.03
 
Articles of Merger filed with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation and the California Secretary of State on August 4, 2010. (A)
3.1
 
Articles of Incorporation filed January 28, 1999 (C)
3.2
 
Certificate of Determination of Series AA Preferred Stock filed April 4, 2005 (C)
3.3
 
Bylaws of NetREIT (C)
3.4
 
Audit Committee Charter (C)
3.5
 
Compensation and Benefits Committee Charter (C)
3.6
 
Nominating and Corporate  Governance Committee  Charter (C)
3.7
 
Principles of Corporate Governance of NetREIT (C)
4.1
 
Form of Common Stock  Certificate (C)
4.2
 
Form of Series AA Preferred Stock Certificate (C)
4.3
 
Registration Rights Agreement 2005 (C)
4.4
 
Registration Rights Agreement 2007 (C)
10.1
 
1999 Flexible Incentive Plan (D)
10.2
 
NetREIT Dividend  Reinvestment Plan (C)
10.3
 
Form of Property  Management Agreement (C)
10.4
 
Option Agreement to acquire CHG Properties (C)
10.5
 
Employment Agreement as of  April 20, 1999 by and between the Company and Jack K. Heilbron (E)
10.6
 
Employment Agreement as of  April 20, 1999 by and between the Company and Kenneth W. Elsberry (E)
10.7
 
Lease Agreement by and between Philip Elghanian and DVA Healthcare Renal Care, Inc. dated February 6, 2009 (1)
10.8
 
Assignment and Assumption of Lease by and between Philip Elghanian and Fontana Medical Plaza, LLC. and Fontana Medical Plaza, LLC. dated February 19, 2009 (2)
10.9
 
Standard Offer, Agreement and Escrow Instructions for Purchase of Real Estate between Philip Elghanian and Hovic Perian and Rima Perian dated September 8, 2008. (3)
10.10
 
Assignment and Assumption of Purchase Agreement Philip Elghanian and Fontana Medical Plaza, LLC. dated February 19, 2009 (4)
10.11
 
Additional and/OR Amendment to Escrow Instructions between Fontana Medical Plaza, LLC and Hovic Perian and Rima Perian dated February 18, 2009 (5)
10.12
 
Buyer Final Closing Statement dated February 20, 2009 (6)
10.13
 
Loan Assumption and Security Agreement, and Note Modification Agreement (7)
10.14
 
Promissory Note (8)
10.15
 
Loan Agreement by and Between Jackson National Life Insurance Company and NetREIT Inc. (F)
 
 
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10.16
 
Fixed Rate Promissory Note Between Jackson National Life Insurance Company and NetREIT Inc. (F)
10.17
 
Employment Agreement for Mr. Heilbron Effective as of January 1, 2011. (9)
10.18
 
Employment Agreement for Mr. Elsberry Effective as of January 1, 2011. (10)
10.19
 
Employment Agreement for Mr. Dubose Effective as of January 1, 2011. (11)
10.20
 
Purchase & Sale Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions to acquire Dakota Bank Building (12)
10.21
 
Promissory Note - Dakota Bank Buildings (13)
10.22
 
Mortgage, Security Agreement and Fixture Financing Statement - Dakota Bank Buildings (14)
10.23
 
Partnership Contribution Agreement - Port of San Diego Complex (15)
10.24
 
First Amended and Restated NetREIT National City Partners, LP Partnership Agreement (16)
10.25
 
Assumption Agreement - NetREIT National City Partners, LP (17)
10.26
 
Promissory Note - NetREIT National City Partners, LP (18)
10.27
 
Deed of Trust - NetREIT National City Partners, LP (19)
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.INS
 
Instance Document*
101.SCH
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document*
101.CAL
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document*
101.DEF
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document*
101.LAB
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document*
101.PRE
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document*
_____________
 
(A)
Previously filed as an exhibit to the Form 8-K filed August 10, 2010
(B)
Previously filed as an exhibit to the Form 8-K filed August 10, 2010
(C)
Previously filed as an exhibit to the Form 10 for the year ended December 31, 2007.
(D)
Previously filed as an exhibit to Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed January 17, 2012.
(E)
Previously filed as an exhibit to the amended Form 10 for the year ended December 31, 2007 filed June 26, 2009.
(F) 
Previously filed as an exhibit to the Form 8-K filed August 27, 2010
1
Originally filed as Exhibit 10.1 on Form 8-K filed February 25, 2009.
2
Originally filed as Exhibit 10.2 on Form 8-K filed February 25, 2009.
3
Originally filed as Exhibit 10.3 on Form 8-K/A filed on March 2, 2009.
4
Originally filed as Exhibit 10.4 on Form 8-K filed February 25, 2009.
5
Originally filed as Exhibit 10.5 on Form 8-K filed February 25, 2009.
6
Originally filed as Exhibit 10.6 on Form 8-K filed February 25, 2009.
7
Originally filed as Exhibit 10.7 on Form 8-K filed August 27, 2009.
8
Originally filed as Exhibit 10.8 on Form 8-K filed August 27, 2009.
9
Originally filed as Exhibit 10.15 on Form 8-K filed January 2, 2011.
10
Originally filed as Exhibit 10.16 on Form 8-K filed January 24, 2011.
11
Originally filed as Exhibit 10.17 on Form 8-K filed January 24, 2011.
12
Originally filed as Exhibit 10.18 on Form 8-K filed February 3, 2011.
13
Originally filed as Exhibit 10.19 on Form 8-K filed May 31, 2011.
14
Originally filed as Exhibit 10.20 on Form 8-K filed May 31, 2011.
15
Originally filed as Exhibit 10.21 on Form 8-K filed September 12, 2012.
16
Originally filed as Exhibit 10.25 on Form 8-K filed December 30, 2011.
17
Originally filed as Exhibit 10.26 on Form 8-K filed December 30, 2011.
18
Originally filed as Exhibit 10.27 on Form 8-K filed December 30, 2011.
19
Originally filed as Exhibit 10.27 on Form 8-K filed December 30, 2011.
* FILED HEREWITH
 
 
 
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
Signature
 
Title
 
Date
         
/s/ Jack K. Heilbron
 
Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
 
March 28, 2012
Jack K. Heilbron
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
   
         
/s/ Kenneth W. Elsberry
 
Director, Chief Financial Officer
 
March 28, 2012
Kenneth W. Elsberry
       
         
/s/ J. Bradford Hanson
 
Vice President Finance
 
March 28, 2012
J. Bradford Hanson
 
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
   
         
/s/ Larry G. Dubose
 
Director,  Executive Vice President – Model Homes Division
 
March 28, 2012
Larry G. Dubose
       
         
/s/ David T. Bruen
 
Director
 
March 28, 2012
David T. Bruen
       
         
/s/ Sumner J. Rollings
 
Director
 
March 28, 2012
Sumner J. Rollings
       
         
/s/ Thomas E. Schwartz
 
Director
 
March 28, 2012
Thomas E. Schwartz
       
         
/s/ Bruce A. Staller
 
Director
 
March 28, 2012
Bruce A. Staller
       
         
/s/ William H. Allen
 
Director
 
March 28, 2012
William H. Allen
       
         
/s/ Shirley Y. Bullard
 
Director
 
March 28, 2012
Shirley Y. Bullard        
 
 
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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
   
Page
 
    F-2  
         
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
       
         
    F-3  
         
    F-4  
         
    F-5  
         
    F-6  
         
    F-7  
 
 
F-1

 
 

To the Board of Directors and
Shareholders of NetREIT, Inc. and Subsidiaries

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of NetREIT, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2011. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

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

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of NetREIT, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2011, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.


/s/ Squar, Milner, Peterson, Miranda & Williamson, LLP
San Diego, California
March 28, 2012
 
 
 
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NetREIT , Inc. and Subsidiaries
 
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
ASSETS
           
Real estate assets and lease intangibles, net
  $ 147,754,887     $ 119,785,026  
Mortgages receivable
    1,032,082       920,216  
Cash and cash equivalents
    4,872,081       7,028,090  
Restricted cash
    966,687       299,042  
Other real estate owned
    2,178,531       2,178,532  
Other assets, net
    4,847,663       3,105,056  
                 
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 161,651,931     $ 133,315,962  
                 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Liabilities:
               
Mortgage notes payable
  $ 65,929,797     $ 49,244,787  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    4,001,055       3,499,118  
Dividends payable
    1,008,699       816,782  
    Total liabilities
  $ 70,939,551     $ 53,560,687  
                 
Commitments and contingencies
               
                 
Shareholders’ equity:
               
Convertible series AA preferred stock, $0.01 par value, $25 liquidating preference, shares authorized: 1,000,000; no shares outstanding at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively
    -       -  
Convertible series 6.3% preferred stock, $0.01 par value, $1,000 liquidating preference, shares authorized: 10,000; 1,649 shares outstanding at December 31, 2011   no shares outstanding at December 31, 2010
    16       -  
Common stock series A, $0.01 par value, shares  authorized: 100,000,000; 15,287,998 and 13,051,372 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively
    152,881       124,298  
Common stock series B, $0.01 par value, shares authorized: 1,000; no shares issued and outstanding
    -       -  
Additional paid-in capital
    130,416,731       104,462,606  
Dividends in excess of accumulated losses
    (47,777,886 )     (31,304,801 )
Total shareholders’ equity before noncontrolling interest
    82,791,742       73,282,103  
Noncontrolling interests
    7,920,638       6,473,172  
Total shareholders’ equity
    90,712,380       79,755,275  
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
  $ 161,651,931     $ 133,315,962  
 
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
 
F-3

 
 
NetREIT, Inc. and Subsidiaries
 Consolidated Statements of Operations
Years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
             
Rental income
  $ 13,504,489     $ 9,669,561  
Fee and other income
    572,616       525,506  
      14,077,105       10,195,067  
Costs and expenses:
               
Rental operating costs
    4,944,010       4,312,021  
General and administrative
    3,846,177       3,411,691  
Depreciation and amortization
    4,170,626       3,531,261  
Asset impairment
    429,000       1,000,000  
   Total costs and expenses
    13,389,813       12,254,973  
                 
Income (loss) from operations
    687,292       (2,059,906 )
                 
Other income (expense):
               
Interest  expense
    (3,194,887 )     (2,044,394 )
Interest income
    125,662       101,885  
Gain on sale of real estate
    119,925       -  
Income from investment in real estate ventures
    -       1,769  
Bargain purchase gain
    -       872,152  
   Total other expense, net
    (2,949,300 )     (1,068,588 )
                 
Net loss before noncontrolling interests
    (2,262,008 )     (3,128,494 )
                 
Income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests
    354,895       (139,145 )
                 
Net loss
    (2,616,903 )     (2,989,349 )
                 
Preferred stock dividends
    -       (34,447 )
                 
Net loss attributable to common stockholders
  $ (2,616,903 )   $ (3,023,796 )
                 
Loss per common share - basic and diluted:
  $ (0.18 )   $ (0.26 )
 
               
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic and diluted (1)
    14,190,786       11,771,524  
 
(1) Data is adjusted for a 5% stock dividend declared in December 2011.
 
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
 
F-4

 
 
NetREIT, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity
Years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
 
                                             
Dividends
                   
                                             
in
   
Total
             
   
Convertible
   
Convertible
               
Addit-
   
Excess of
   
NetREIT
             
   
Series AA
   
Series 6.3%
   
Netreit
   
ional
   
Accum-
   
Share-
   
Non-cont-
       
   
Preferred Stock
   
Preferred Stock
   
Common Stock
   
Paid-in
   
ulated
   
holders’
   
rolling
       
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Capital
   
Losses
   
Equity
   
Interests
   
Total
 
                                                                   
Balance, December 31, 2009
    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  
                                                                                         
Preferred stock redemption
    (50,200 )     (1,028,916 )                                             (226,084 )     (1,255,000 )             (1,255,000 )
  Maryland reincorporation (Note 1)
                                            (85,343,431 )     85,343,431               -               -  
  Sale of common stock
                                    1,637,620       16,376       16,359,830               16,376,206               16,376,206  
  Stock issuance costs
                                                    (3,040,437 )             (3,040,437 )             (3,040,437 )
Repurchase of common stock
                                    (13,464 )     (79 )     (118,855 )             (118,934 )             (118,934 )
Stock issued pursuant to tender offer
                                    112,890       1,129       1,127,772               1,128,901               1,128,901  
  Exercise of stock options
                                    7,062       15       58,085               58,100               58,100  
  Warrants expiration
                                    52,778       528       453,361       (453,889 )     -               -  
  Exercise of warrants
                                    195       2       1,888               1,890               1,890  
  Issuance of vested restricted stock
                                    37,547        375       322,067               322,442               322,442  
  Contributed capital less distributions 
  of noncontrolling interests
                                                                    -       1,972,019       1,972,019  
  Net loss
                                                            (2,989,349 )     (2,989,349 )     139,145       (2,850,204 )
  Dividends paid/reinvested
                                    274,873       2,748       2,607,130       (4,797,865 )     (2,187,987 )             (2,187,987 )
  Dividends (declared)/reinvested
                                    96,115       961       915,130       (1,732,873 )     (816,782 )             (816,782 )
Balance, December 31, 2010 
    -       -       -       -       12,429,878       124,298       104,462,606       (31,304,801 )     73,282,103       6,473,172       79,755,275  
                                                                                         
  Sale of common stock
                                    1,727,612       17,276       17,221,866               17,239,142               17,239,142  
  Stock issuance costs
                                                    (2,990,744 )             (2,990,744 )             (2,990,744 )
Repurchase of common stock
                                    (39,004 )     (390 )     (301,685 )             (302,075 )             (302,075 )
Repurchase of  common stock - related parties
                                    (9,560 )     (95 )     (82,425 )             (82,520 )             (82,520 )
  Net Loss
                                                            (2,616,903 )     (2,616,903 )     354,895       (2,262,008 )
  Dividends paid/reinvested
                                    301,997       3,020       2,864,221       (5,632,711 )     (2,765,470 )             (2,765,470 )
  Dividends (declared)/reinvested
                                    106,904       1,069       1,018,555       (2,028,323 )     (1,008,699 )             (1,008,699 )
Issuance of vested restricted stock
                                    49,805       499       387,143               387,642               387,642  
 Contributed capital less distributions
  of noncontrolling interests
                                                                            1,092,571       1,092,571  
  Stock dividend paid
                                    720,366       7,204       6,187,944       (6,195,148 )     -               -  
  Preferred stock issued to NetREIT    
  National City Partners, LP
                    1,649       16                       1,649,250               1,649,266               1,649,266  
Balance, December 31, 2011 
    -     $ -       1,649     $ 16       15,287,998     $ 152,881     $ 130,416,731     $ (47,777,886 )   $ 82,791,742     $ 7,920,638     $ 90,712,380  
 
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
 
F-5

 
 
NetREIT, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
 
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
           
Net loss
  $ (2,616,903 )   $ (2,989,349 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    4,219,950       3,437,707  
Bargain purchase gain
    -       (872,862 )
Asset impairment
    429,000       1,000,000  
Stock compensation
    387,642       322,442  
Gain on sale of real estate
    (119,925 )     -  
Bad debt expense
    66,609       147,459  
Income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests
    354,895       (139,145 )
Income from real estate ventures
    -       (1,769 )
Other assets
    (1,908,519 )     (479,396 )
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    501,846       283,426  
Net cash provided by operating activities
    1,314,595       708,513  
                 
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Real estate investments
    (38,992,609 )     (21,434,271 )
Dubose Model Home USA acquisition
    -       (300,000 )
Investment in model home limited partnerships
    (442,825 )     (896,893 )
Purchase of notes receivable, net of principal payments received
    (111,866 )     -  
Proceeds received from sale of real estate
    8,547,290       -  
Restricted cash
    (667,645 )     (2,647 )
Net cash used in investing activities
    (31,667,655 )     (22,633,811 )
                 
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Proceeds from mortgage notes payable
    29,647,255       10,762,025  
Repayment of mortgage notes payable
    (13,343,466 )     (1,003,887 )
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
    14,248,398       13,335,769  
Proceeds received from noncontrolling interests
    1,680,651       355,166  
Distributions made to noncontrolling interests
    (932,426 )     (442,481 )
Repurchase of common stock
    (302,075 )     (62,834 )
Repurchase of common stock - related parties
    (82,520 )     -  
Repurchase of preferred stock
    -       (1,255,000 )
Exercise of stock options
    -       2,000  
Exercise of warrants
    -       1,890  
Deferred stock issuance costs
    228,640       (317,533 )
Dividends paid
    (3,582,252 )     (2,836,995 )
Net cash provided by financing activities
    27,562,205       18,538,120  
                 
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
    (2,790,855 )     (3,387,178 )
                 
Cash and cash equivalents:
               
Beginning of year
    7,028,090       9,298,523  
                 
Additions to cash from consolidation of joint venture and investments in model home limited partnerships
    634,846       1,116,745  
                 
End of year
  $ 4,872,081     $ 7,028,090  
                 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
               
Interest paid
  $ 3,325,773       2,017,961  
                 
Non-cash investing activities:
               
Reclassification of investment in real estate ventures to real estate assets
  $ -     $ 21,188,400  
Acquisition goodwill and intangible assets
  $ -     $ 1,032,000  
                 
Non-cash financing activities:
               
Preferred stock issued for partnership interest
  $ 1,649,266     $ -  
Stock issued for partnership units of limited partnerships
  $ -     $ 1,128,901  
Reinvestment of cash dividend
  $ 3,886,865     $ 3,525,969  
Accrual of dividends payable
  $ 1,008,699     $ 816,782  
Change in par value of Maryland Corporation common stock
  $ -     $ 85,343,431  
Common stock shares issued upon expiration of warrants
  $ -     $ 453,889  
 
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
 
 
F-6

 
 
NetREIT, Inc. and Subsidiaries

1. 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. 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 December 31, 2011, the Company owned or had an equity interest in nine office buildings and one industrial building (“Office Properties”) which total approximately 690,000 rentable square feet, four retail shopping centers and a 7-Eleven property (“Retail Properties”) which total approximately 171,000 rentable square feet, six self-storage facilities (“Self-Storage Properties”) which total approximately 581,000 rentable square feet, one 39 unit apartment building and 78 model homes investments owned by six limited partnerships  (“Residential Properties”).
 
The Company is a General Partner in five limited partnerships (NetREIT 01 LP, NetREIT Palm Self-Storage LP, NetREIT Casa Grande LP, NetREIT Garden Gateway LP and NetREIT National City Partners, LP) and is the sole Managing Member in one limited liability company (Fontana Medical Plaza, LLC) all with ownership in real estate income producing properties. In addition, the Company is a limited partner in eight partnerships that purchase and leaseback model homes from developers (Dubose Acquisition Partners II and III or “DAP II and DAP III,” “Dubose Model Home Income Fund #3, LTD.,”, “Dubose Model Home Income Fund #4, LTD.,” “Dubose Model Home Income Fund #5, LTD.”, Dubose Model Home Investors Fund #113, LP, Dubose Model Home Investors #201, LP and NetREIT Dubose Model Home REIT, LP). 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 included DAP II and DAP III of which the Company was a 51% limited partner in each at the time of the acquisition. 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 Home REIT over the next three years. The Company also agreed 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 which 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 have been consolidated in the accompanying financial statements of NetREIT effective March 1, 2010.

 
F-7

 
 
In 2010, the Company formed a new subsidiary, NetREIT Advisors, LLC, a wholly-owned Delaware limited liability company, and sponsored the formation of NetREIT Dubose Model Home REIT, Inc. (“NetREIT Dubose”), a Maryland corporation. NetREIT Dubose, a proposed REIT, invests in Model Homes it purchases from developers in transactions whereby 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 seeks to re-lease the Model Home until such time as it is able to sell the property. NetREIT Dubose owns 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 serves as advisor to NetREIT Dubose.

The Company capitalized NetREIT Dubose with $1.2 million cash in exchange for a 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. Through December 31, 2011, NetREIT Dubose has raised approximately $1.1 million.
 
NetREIT Dubose is authorized to issue up to 25 million shares of $0.01 shares of stock. Of these authorized shares, 20 million are common stock and 5 million are preferred stock. As of December 31, 2011, there were approximately 251,000 shares outstanding of which approximately 111,000 have been issued to parties other than NetREIT, Inc.

NetREIT Advisors, LLC also provides management services to the 19 Model Home Partnerships, pursuant to rights under the management contracts assigned to it by DMHU. These partnerships are in the process of liquidating assets towards an end of life. 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 September 2010, the Company commenced three tender offers for the purchase of outstanding limited partnerships units of Dubose Model Home Income Funds #3, 4 & 5. The offerings closed effective November 30, 2010. The Company acquired approximately 74% of Income Fund #3 for $475,997 in cash and 39,827 shares for a total combined cost of $874,263. The Company acquired approximately 71% of Income Fund #4 for $343,074 in cash and 49,132 shares for a total combined cost of $834,394. The Company acquired approximately 67% of Income Fund #5 for $77,822 in cash and 23,931 shares for a total combined cost of $317,136. As a result of the Company acquiring control of these three limited partnerships, their financial statements have been included in the consolidated financial statements of the Company beginning in December 2010, including one month of operations and twelve months of operations for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2011, respectively.

In August 2011, the Company formed Dubose Advisors, LLC (“Dubose Advisors”) a wholly-owned Delaware limited liability company, and sponsored the formation of Dubose Model Home Investors #201, LP. (“201 Partnership”), a California limited partnership. Dubose Advisors is the general partner and advisor to the 201 partnership. The 201 Partnership invests in Model Homes it purchases from developers in transactions whereby the developer leases back the Model Home under a short term lease, typically one to three years in length similar to NetREIT Dubose. The Company has initially invested $250,000 to capitalize the 201 Partnership and has commenced raising $1,750,000 in outside investor capital through the sale of 35 limited partner units at $50,000 per unit. As of December 31, 2011, the 201 Partnership has raised approximately $868,000.
 
In December 2011, the Company completed the formation of a California limited  partnership, NetREIT National City Partners, LP (“National City Partnership”), whereby an unrelated limited partner contributed its fee interest in two adjacent multi-tenant industrial properties located in National City, California. The Company refers to the property as the Port of San Diego Complex.  The Company contributed $465,975 cash and 1,649.266 shares of $1,000 liquidation value, 6.3% convertible preferred stock to capitalize the limited partnership. In addition, the Company contributed $2.9 million cash which was used to pay down the mortgage loan assumed by the Partnership to a balance of $9.5 million after the paydown. After completing the transactions discussed above, NetREIT has an approximate 75% interest in the National City Partnership as the sole general partner and will consolidate it into its consolidated financial statements.
 
 
F-8

 
 
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Principles of Consolidation. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of NetREIT and its subsidiaries, Fontana Medical Plaza, LLC (“FMP”), NetREIT 01 LP Partnership, NetREIT Casa Grande LP Partnership, NetREIT Palm Self-Storage LP Partnership, NetREIT Garden Gateway, LP and Dubose Acquisition Partners II and III (collectively “the Partnerships”) NetREIT Advisors, LLC (“Advisors”), NetREIT Dubose Model Home REIT, Inc. and its subsidiary, NetREIT Dubose Model Home LP, Dubose Dubose Advisors LLC, Model Home Income Funds 3, 4, 5, 113 LTD and Dubose Model Home Investors #201 LP  (collectively, the “Income Funds”) and NetREIT National City Partners, LP. As used herein, the “Company” refers to NetREIT, FMP, Advisors and the Partnerships, Income Funds and the NetREIT National City Partners, LP, collectively. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

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 (Note 4). Upon formation of the Partnerships in 2009 and 2010, 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 subsidiaries of the Company and are fully consolidated in the Company’s financial statements.

The Company classifies the noncontrolling interests in FMP, the Partnerships, and the Income Funds as part of consolidated net loss in 2011 and 2010 and includes the accumulated amount of noncontrolling interests as part of shareholders’ equity from the Partnerships inception in 2009 and 2010, the effective date that the Company assumed significant control of DAP II and III in February 2010, the Income Funds acquisitions in November 2010 and November 2011 as well as NetREIT National City Partners, LP in December 2011.  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 years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, because of net losses, 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 years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.

 
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Stock Dividend.  In September 2011, the Board of Directors declared a 5% dividend payable in Company common to shareholders of record on December 2, 2011. The shares were issued in December 2011. 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 Asset 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 to 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 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 real estate assets and 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. Amortization of above market rents was $295,248 for the year ended December 31, 2011. Amortization of above and below market rents for the year ended December 31, 2010 was $65,272. Amortization of above and below market rents are included in rental income in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.

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 secure 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 $451,306 and $343,205 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
 
 
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Land Purchase Option. The land lease acquired as a part of 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. 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 real estate assets and lease intangibles, net on the accompanying balance sheets.

Acquisition of Dubose Model Home Income Funds #3 LTD, Dubose Model Home Income Fund #4 LTD and Dubose Model Income Fund #5 LTD and Dubose Model Home Investors Fund #113 (“MH Income Funds”). In November 2010, the Company acquired a significant ownership interest in the MH Income Funds #3, #4 and #5 for a combination of cash and Company stock. The Company recognized bargain purchase gain of $872,152 based on an assessment of the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. In November 2011, the Company acquired MH Investors Fund #113 through a tender offer whereby the former investors had the option to sell their investment in MH Investors Fund #113 to the 201 Partnership for cash or exchange their interests in MH Investors Fund #113 for an interest in the 201 Partnership. Approximately 55% of the investors exchanged their interest in MH Income Fund #113 for an ownership interest in the 201 Partnership. Two investors, representing about 10% sold out for cash and one partner representing 35% of the MH Investors Fund #113 elected to remain as an investor in MH Investors Fund #113.

Sales of Real Estate Assets.  Gains from the sale of real estate assets will not be recognized under the full accrual method by the Company until certain criteria are met. Gain or loss (the difference between the sales value and the cost of the real estate 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.
   
c.
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.

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 December 31, 2011, management has concluded that there are 17 model home properties aggregating approximately $5.0 million which are considered as held for sale and are included in real estate assets. These homes have mortgage notes payable of approximately $1.6 million. Management has also estimated that, of the homes held for sale, 16 of the home sales would result in a loss of approximately $399,000 and has recorded the estimated loss included in asset impairment in the accompanying statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2011.

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 years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, was $3,571,924 and $3,014,603, respectively.

 
F-11

 
 
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 to exist at December 31, 2011 and 2010.

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, 2011 and 2010.

Impairment. 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 is written down to its estimated fair value based on the Company’s best estimate of the property’s discounted future cash flows. For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company determined that an impairment existed in its model home properties not currently held for sale and, as a result, recorded an asset impairment of $30,000. For the year ended December 31, 2010 the Company determined that an impairment existed with respect to its Havana Parker Complex property and, as a result, recorded an asset impairment of $1 million.
 
 
F-12

 

Provision for Mortgage Loan Losses. Accounting policies require the Company to maintain an allowance for estimated credit losses with respect to mortgage loans it has made based upon its evaluation of known and inherent risks associated with the mortgage loans it has made in the past. Management reflects provisions for loan losses based upon its assessment of general market conditions, its internal risk management policies and credit risk rating system, industry loss experience, its assessment of the likelihood of delinquencies or defaults, and the value of the collateral underlying its investments. Actual losses, if any, could ultimately differ from these estimates. There have been no provisions for loan losses at December 31, 2011 and 2010.

Cash and Cash Equivalents. The Company considers all short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to cash and have an original maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. Items classified as cash equivalents include money market funds. At December 31, 2011, the Company had approximately $2.9 million in deposits in financial institutions that were above the federally insurable limits.

Restricted Cash. Restricted cash consists of funds held in escrow for Company lenders for properties held as collateral by the lenders. The funds in escrow are primarily for escrow funds for payment of property taxes.

Deferred Common Stock Issuance Costs. Common stock issuance costs including distribution fees, due diligence fees, syndication and wholesaling costs, legal and accounting fees, and printing are capitalized before sale of the related stock and then netted against gross proceeds when the stock is sold. Deferred stock issuance costs relating to a subsidiary of the Company are included in other assets in the accompany consolidated balance sheets.

Tenant Receivables. The Company periodically evaluates the collectability of amounts due from tenants and maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of tenants to make required payments under lease agreements. In addition, the Company maintains an allowance for deferred rent receivable that arises from straight-lining of rents. The Company exercises judgment in establishing these allowances and considers payment history and current credit status of its tenants in developing these estimates. At December 31, 2011 and 2010, the balance of allowance for possible uncollectible tenant receivables included in other assets, net was $124,000 and $277,000, respectively.

Deferred Leasing Costs. Costs incurred in connection with successful property leases are capitalized as deferred leasing costs and amortized to leasing commission expense on a straight-line basis over the terms of the related leases which generally range from one to five years. Deferred leasing costs consist of third party leasing commissions. Management re-evaluates the remaining useful lives of leasing costs as the creditworthiness of the tenants and economic and market conditions change. If management determines the estimated remaining life of the respective lease has changed, the amortization period is adjusted. At December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company had net deferred leasing costs of approximately $843,000 and $406,000, respectively, which are included in other assets, net in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Total amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 was approximately $126,000 and $181,000, respectively.
 
 
F-13

 
 
Deferred Financing Costs. Costs incurred, including legal fees, origination fees, and administrative fees, in connection with debt financing are capitalized as deferred financing costs and are amortized using the straight-line method, which approximates the effective interest method, over the contractual term of the respective loans. At December 31, 2011 and 2010, deferred financing costs were approximately $554,000 and $196,000, respectively, which are included in other assets, net in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Total amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 was approximately $137,000 and $44,000, respectively. Amortization of deferred financing costs is included in interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Other Real Estate Owned.  The Company acquired a property consisting of undeveloped land in Escondido, CA through foreclosure proceedings in May 2009. At the time we acquired title to the property we entered into an exclusive option with the borrower to sell the property back at our investment plus additional expenditures and interest charges through the date the original borrower purchased back the property. The option expired in late 2010. The Company has not actively engaged in the attempted sale of the property while management studies the best use options for the property.

Revenue Recognition. The Company recognizes revenue from rent, tenant reimbursements, and other revenue once all of the following criteria are met:

a.
persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists;
   
b.
delivery has occurred or services have been rendered;
   
c.
the amount is fixed or determinable; and
   
d.
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. Estimated recoveries from certain tenants for their pro rata share of real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses are recognized as revenues in the period the applicable expenses are incurred or as specified in the leases. Tenant recoveries are recognized as revenue on a straight-line basis over the term of the related leases.

Certain of the Company’s leases currently contain rental increases at specified intervals. The Company records as an asset, and includes in rental income, 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, included in other assets, in the accompanying consolidated 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. As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, deferred rent receivable totaled approximately $756,900 and $361,500, respectively. 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 December 31, 2011 and 2010.

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.
 
 
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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, for the years ended December 31:

   
2011
   
2010
 
Weighted average shares used for Basic EPS
    14,190,786       11,771,524  
                 
Effect of dilutive securities:
               
                 
Adjusted weighted average shares used for diluted EPS
    14,190,786       11,771,524  
___________
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 National City Partners, LP and warrants with respect to a total of 1,373,372 and 1,042,532 shares of common stock for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share as their effect was anti-dilutive.

Fair Value Measurements. Certain assets and liabilities are required to be carried at fair value, or if long-lived assets are deemed to be impaired, to be adjusted to reflect this condition. The guidance requires disclosure of fair values calculated under each level of inputs within the following hierarchy:

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.
   
Level 2 - Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.
   
Level 3 - Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.
 
Fair value is defined as the price at which an asset or liability is exchanged between market participants in an orderly transaction at the reporting date. The Company’s cash equivalents, mortgage notes receivable, accounts receivable and payables and accrued liabilities all approximate fair value due to their short term nature. Management believes that the recorded and fair value of notes payable are approximately the same as of December 31, 2011 and 2010.

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 consolidated 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; valuation of long-lived assets, and 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 10 “Segment Information”.
 
Square Footage, Occupancy and Other Measures
 
Square footage, occupancy and other measures used to describe real estate and real estate-related investments included in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are presented on an unaudited basis.
 
 
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Recently Issued Accounting Standards Updates. In May 2011, FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement: Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S GAAP and IFRS. This update defines fair value, clarifies a framework to measure fair value, and requires specific disclosures of fair value measurements. The guidance will be effective for the Company's interim and annual reporting periods beginning January 1, 2012, and applied prospectively. The Company does not expect adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on its financial condition, results of operations, or disclosures.
 
In September 2011, the FASB issued new guidance, ASU 2011-08, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Goodwill for Impairment. This new guidance allows entities to perform a qualitative assessment to determine if it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value in order to determine if quantitative testing is required. This qualitative assessment is optional and is intended to reduce the cost and complexity of annual goodwill impairment tests. The new guidance is effective for annual and interim impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011 and early adoption is allowed provided the entity has not yet performed its 2011 impairment test or issued its financial statements. The Company elected to early adopt ASU 2011-08 and the ASU did not have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.
 
Subsequent Events. Management has evaluated subsequent events through the date that the accompanying financial statements were filed with the SEC for transactions and other events which may require adjustment of and/or disclosure in such financial statements.

Reclassifications. Certain reclassifications have been made to prior years consolidated financial statements to conform to the current year presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on previously reported results of consolidated operations or stockholders’ equity.
 
 
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3. REAL ESTATE ASSETS AND LEASE INTANGIBLES
 
A summary of the properties owned by the Company as of December 31, 2011 is as follows:
 
                     Real estate  
                   
assets, net
 
   
Date
     
Square
 
Property
 
(in
 
Property Name
 
Acquired
 
Location
 
Footage
 
 Description
 
 thousands)
 
Casa Grande Apartments
 
April 1999
 
Cheyenne, Wyoming
    29,250  
Residential
  $ 1,428.5  
Havana/Parker Complex
 
June 2006
 
Aurora, Colorado
    114,000  
Office
    5,399.5  
7-Eleven
 
September 2006
 
Escondido, California
    3,000  
Retail
    1,282.4  
Garden Gateway Plaza
 
March 2007
 
Colorado Springs, Colorado
    115,052  
Office
    13,008.6  
World Plaza
 
September 2007
 
San Bernardino, California
    55,098  
Retail
    6,933.7  
Regatta Square
 
October 2007
 
Denver, Colorado
    5,983  
Retail
    2,027.6  
Sparky’s Palm Self-Storage
 
November 2007
 
Highland, California
    50,250  
Self-Storage
    4,598.9  
Sparky’s Joshua Self-Storage
 
December 2007
 
Hesperia, California
    149,750  
Self-Storage
    7,155.8  
Executive Office Park
 
July 2008
 
Colorado Springs, Colorado
    65,084  
Office
    8,710.1  
Waterman Plaza
 
August 2008
 
San Bernardino, California
    21,170  
Retail
    6,716.3  
Pacific Oaks Plaza
 
September 2008
 
Escondido, California
    16,000  
Office
    4,536.2  
Morena Office Center
 
January 2009
 
San Diego, California
    26,784  
Office
    5,918.8  
Fontana Medical Plaza
 
February 2009
 
Fontana, California
    10,500  
Office
    2,118.4  
Rangewood Medical Office Building
 
March 2009
 
Colorado Springs, Colorado
    18,222  
Office
    2,407.3  
Sparky’s Thousand Palms Self-Storage
 
August 2009
 
Thousand Palms, California
    113,126  
Self-Storage
    5,832.4  
Sparky’s Hesperia East Self-Storage
 
December 2009
 
Hesperia, California
    72,940  
Self-Storage
    2,724.8  
Sparky’s Rialto Self-Storage
 
May 2010
 
Rialto, California
    101,343  
Self-Storage
    5,144.7  
Genesis Plaza
 
August 2010
 
San Diego, California
    57,685  
Office
    9,428.2  
Dakota Bank Buildings
 
May 2011
 
Fargo, North Dakota
    119,749  
Office
    9,287.0  
Yucca Valley Retail Center
 
September 2011
 
Yucca Valley, California
    85,996  
Retail
    6,687.6  
Sparky’s Sunrise Self-Storage
 
December 2011
 
Hesperia, California
    93,851  
Self-Storage
    2,207.2  
Port of San Diego Complex
 
December 2011
 
San Diego, California
    146,700  
Industrial
    14,500.0  
                           
NetREIT, Inc properties
                      128,054.0  
Model home properties
 
Various in
     
Homes
           
held in limited partnerships
  2009, 2010  
CA, AZ, OR, WA, TX, SC,
    59  
Residential
    15,019.4  
   
& 2011
 
NC, ID and FL
                 
                           
Model home properties
 
Various in
                     
held in income and investment funds
   2003-2008,  
TX, WA, OH, NC,
                 
   
2010 & 2011
 
NV, CA, NJ and MI
    19  
Residential
    4,681.5  
Model home properties
                      19,700.9  
                           
       
Total real estate assets and lease intangibles, net
  $ 147,754.9  
 
 
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A summary of the properties owned by the Company as of December 31, 2010 is as follows:
 
                   
Real estate
 
                   
assets, net
 
   
Date
     
Square
 
Property
 
(in
 
Property Name
 
Acquired
 
Location
 
Footage
 
 Description
 
thousands)
 
Casa Grande Apartments
 
Apr-99
 
Cheyenne, Wyoming
    29,250  
Residential
  $ 1,500.0  
Havana/Parker Complex
 
Jun-06
 
Aurora, Colorado
    114,000  
Office
    5,469.8  
7-Eleven
 
Sep-06
 
Escondido, California
    3,000  
Retail
    1,304.0  
Garden Gateway Plaza
 
Mar-07
 
Colorado Springs, Colorado
    115,052  
Office
    13,167.9  
World Plaza
 
Sep-07
 
San Bernardino, California
    55,098  
Retail
    7,095.2  
Regatta Square
 
Oct-07
 
Denver, Colorado
    5,983  
Retail
    2,005.0  
Sparky’s Palm Self-Storage
 
Nov-07
 
Highland, California
    50,250  
Self Storage
    4,712.2  
Sparky’s Joshua Self-Storage
 
Dec-07
 
Hesperia, California
    149,750  
Self Storage
    7,322.7  
Executive Office Park
 
Jul-08
 
Colorado Springs, Colorado
    65,084  
Office
    8,894.2  
Waterman Plaza
 
Aug-08
 
San Bernardino, California
    21,170  
Retail
    6,824.7  
Pacific Oaks Plaza
 
Sep-08
 
Escondido, California
    16,000  
Office
    4,623.5  
Morena Office Center
 
Jan-09
 
San Diego, California
    26,784  
Office
    6,117.6  
Fontana Medical Plaza
 
Feb-09
 
Fontana, California
    10,500  
Office
    2,192.7  
Rangewood Medical Office Building
 
Mar-09
 
Colorado Springs, Colorado
    18,222  
Office
    2,528.4  
Sparky’s Thousand Palms Self-Storage
 
Aug-09
 
Thousand Palms, California
    113,126  
Self Storage
    5,976.1  
Sparky’s Hesperia East Self-Storage
 
Dec-09
 
Hesperia, California
    72,940  
Self Storage
    2,755.6  
Sparky’s Rialto Self-Storage
 
May-10
 
Rialto, California
    101,343  
Self Storage
    4,830.3  
Genesis Plaza
 
Aug-10
 
San Diego, California
    57,685  
Office
    9,815.8  
NetREIT, Inc properties
                      97,135.7  
                           
Model home properties
 
Various in
     
Homes
           
held in limited partnerships
 
2009 & 2010
 
CA, AZ, OR, WA and TX
    45  
Residential
    13,138.7  
                           
Model home properties,
                         
held in income fund properties
 
Various
 
TX, AZ, WA, OH, NC,
                 
   
2003-2008
 
NV, NJ and MI
    29  
Residential
    9,510.7  
                           
Model home properties
                      22,649.4  
                           
       
Total real estate assets and lease intangibles net
  $ 119,785.1  
 
    The following table sets forth the components of the Company’s real estate assets:
 
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Land
  $ 38,109,616     $ 23,783,950  
Buildings and other
    113,238,188       98,639,739  
Tenant improvements
    5,766,097       4,147,535  
Lease intangibles
    2,082,124       1,289,607  
      159,196,025       127,860,831  
Less:
               
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (11,441,138 )     (8,075,805 )
Real estate assets and lease intangibles, net
  $ 147,754,887     $ 119,785,026  

Operations from each property are included in the Company’s financial statements from the date of acquisition.
 
 
F-18

 

The Company acquired the following properties in 2011:

In January 2011, NetREIT Dubose acquired two model home properties in Texas and leased them back to the home builder. The purchase price for the properties was $0.45 million. NetREIT Dubose paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $0.23 million and two promissory notes totaling $0.22 million.

In February 2011, NetREIT Dubose acquired five model home properties in California and leased them back to the home builder. The purchase price for the properties was $1.5 million. NetREIT Dubose paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $0.75 million and five promissory notes totaling $0.75 million.

In March 2011, NetREIT Dubose acquired four model home properties in South Carolina, Florida and Texas and leased them back to the home builder. The purchase price for the properties was $1.0 million. NetREIT Dubose paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $0.50 million and four promissory notes totaling $0.50 million.

In May 2011, the Company acquired vacant land consisting of approximately 3 acres adjacent to its Sparky’s Rialto Self-Storage facility for approximately $0.4 million paid in cash. The Company intends to use the land for additional motor home parking or for other purposes.

In May 2011, the Company acquired the Dakota Bank Buildings for the purchase price of approximately $9.6 million. The Property is a six-story, two building office complex built in 1981 and 1986 located on 1.58 acres and consists of approximately120,000 rentable square feet in downtown Fargo, North Dakota. The Company made a down payment of approximately $3.875 million and financed the remainder of the purchase price through a monthly adjustable rate mortgage with interest at 3.0% over the one month Libor with an interest rate floor of 5.75% and ceiling of 9.75%.

In June 2011, NetREIT Dubose acquired three model home properties in Texas and leased them back to the home builder. The purchase price for the properties was approximately $0.60 million. NetREIT Dubose paid the purchase price through a cash payment of approximately $0.30 million and three promissory notes totaling approximately $0.30 million.

In August 2011, NetREIT Dubose acquired eight model home properties in Texas, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina and leased them back to the home builder. The purchase price for the properties was approximately $1.9 million. NetREIT Dubose paid the purchase price through a cash payment of approximately $1.0 million and eight promissory notes totaling approximately $0.90 million.

In September 2011, the Company acquired the Yucca Valley Retail Center for the purchase price of approximately $6.8 million. The Property is a neighborhood shopping center complex built in approximately 1978 consisting of five separate parcels. The Property consists of approximately 86,000 rentable square feet and is currently 93% leased and anchored by a national chain grocery store. The Company paid the purchase price through a cash payment of approximately $3.5 million and assumed a loan secured by the property of approximately $3.3 million with an interest rate of 5.62%.

In December 2011, the Company acquired the Sunrise Self-Storage facility for the purchase price of $2.2 million. The Company paid the purchase price in an all cash transaction. The Property is located within a mixed commercial and industrial area of Hesperia, California.  The Property was built in 1985 and 1989 and consists of fourteen (14) one and two-story buildings comprising approximately 93,851 square feet with approximately 737 storage units on a 4.93 acre parcel.

 
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In December 2011, the Company completed the formation of a California limited partnership, NetREIT National City Partners, LP, (“NCP”) whereby a limited partner contributed its fee interest in two adjacent multi-tenant industrial properties located in National City, California. The Company contributed approximately $0.5 million cash and 1,649.266 shares of $1,000 liquidation value, 6.3% convertible preferred stock to capitalize the limited partnership.  The agreed upon value of the Property was $14.5 million. The Company also contributed $2.9 million cash which was used to pay down the mortgage loan assumed by NCP to a balance of $9.5 million. After completing the transactions, NetREIT has an approximate 75% interest in the NCP and a single unrelated limited partner has an approximate 25% interest. The property, referred to by the Company as the “Port of San Diego Complex”, consists of two adjacent multi-tenant light industrial buildings built in 1971 and was renovated in 2008. The Property is comprised of 6.13 acres and the buildings have 146,700 rentable square feet. As of the date of acquisition, the Property was 51.7% occupied.

In December 2011, Dubose Model Home Investor Funds #201, LP acquired one model home properties in South Carolina and leased it back to the home builder. The purchase price for the property was approximately $0.3 million. NetREIT Dubose paid the purchase price through a cash payment of approximately $0.1 million and promissory note for the balance of the purchase price.

The Company disposed of the following properties in 2011:

During the twelve months ended December 31, 2011, NetREIT Dubose disposed of twenty-two model home properties. The sales price aggregated approximately $8.5 million and approximately $5.7 million in mortgage notes payable were retired in connection with these sales.

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. Rental revenue earned by the Company from the operations of this property in 2010 was approximately $233,000.
 
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. Rental revenue earned by the Company from the operations of this property in 2010 was approximately $482,000.

In October 2010, the Company acquired four model home properties in Arizona and leased them back to the home builder. The purchase price for the properties was $0.9 million. The Company paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $0.45 million and four promissory notes totaling $0.45 million. Rental revenue and fee income earned by the Company from the operations of these properties in 2010 was approximately $60,000.

In October 2010, the Company acquired ten model home properties in Oregon, Idaho and Washington and leased them back to the home builder. The purchase price for the properties was $6.1 million. The Company paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $3.05 million and ten promissory notes totaling $3.05 million. Rental revenue and fee income earned by the Company from the operations of these properties in 2010 was approximately $87,000.

In November 2010, the Company completed its tender offer for the purchase of outstanding partnership units of the three DMHI Funds. The tender resulted in the Company acquiring 73.6%, 70.5% and 66.6% of the outstanding units of DMHI Fund #3, DMHI Fund #4 and DMHI Fund #5, respectively through the issuance of 112,890 shares of common stock and $896,893 in cash. These funds own a total of 29 model home properties. Rental revenue earned by the Company from the operations of these properties in 2010 was approximately $88,000.
 
 
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In December 2010, the Company acquired twelve model home properties in Texas and leased them back to the home builder. The purchase price for the properties was $2.9 million. The Company paid the purchase price through a cash payment of $1.45 million and ten promissory notes totaling $1.45 million. Rental revenue and fee income earned by the Company from the operations of these properties in 2010 was approximately $116,000.
 
The Company allocated the purchase price of the properties acquired during the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 as follows:
 
                                 
Above
       
                                 
and Below
   
Total
 
         
Buildings
   
Tenant
   
In-place
   
Leasing
   
Market
   
Purchase
 
   
Land
   
and other
   
Improvements
   
Leases
   
Costs
   
Leases
   
Price
 
                                           
Sparky’s Rialto Self-Storage
  $ 1,055,000     $ 3,820,000     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 4,875,000  
                                                         
 Genesis Plaza
    1,400,000       7,543,510       200,954       219,070       247,774       388,692       10,000,000  
                                                         
Sparky’s Rialto Self-Storage
    415,000       -       -       -       -       -       415,000  
                                                         
 Dakota Bank Buildings
    832,000       8,123,461       -       131,982       45,186       442,371       9,575,000  
                                                         
Yucca Valley Retail Center
    2,445,331       3,549,162       520,485       819,979       -       (567,257 )     6,767,700  
                                                         
Sparky’s Sunrise Self-Storage
    1,123,000       1,077,000       -       -       -       -       2,200,000  
                                                         
 Port of San Diego Complex
    9,613,000       4,078,816       141,373       29,470       128,448       508,893       14,500,000  
                                                         
 Model Home Properties
    2,012,217       9,633,813       -       -       -       -       11,646,030  

Pro Forma Information for Property Acquisitions

The following table summarizes, on an unaudited pro forma basis, the combined results of operations of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2011 as if the acquisitions in these two years had occurred on January 1, 2010. The Company acquired 5 significant income producing properties and three significant limited partnerships properties that owned and leased model homes to homebuilders during the year ended December 31, 2011. These acquisitions were accounted for as business combinations. The following unaudited pro forma information for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 have been prepared to give effect to the acquisition of Port of San Diego Complex, Yucca Valley Retail Center, Dakota Bank Buildings, Genesis Plaza, Sparky’s Rialto Self-Storage, and Dubose Model Home Income Funds #3, 4, 5 as if these acquisitions occurred on January 1, 2010.  This pro forma information does not purport to represent what the actual results of operations of the Company would have been had this acquisition occurred on these dates, nor does it purport to predict the results of operations for future periods.
 
 
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For the year ended
 
   
December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
             
Revenues
  $ 18,582,090     $ 15,536,050  
Depreciation and amortization
    5,424,430       4,995,060  
Net loss
    (1,613,620 )     (2,137,520 )
Net loss per common share, basic and diluted
   (0.11    (0.18
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, basic and diluted (1)
    14,190,786       11,771,524  
 
(1) - Data adjusted for a 5% stock dividend declared in September 2011

The proforma information for the year ended December 31, 2011 was adjusted to exclude $157,000 of acquisition costs. In addition $872,000 of revenue was excluded for the year ended December 31, 2010 for the bargain purchase gain.
 
Lease Intangibles
 
The following table summarizes the net value of other intangible assets and the accumulated amortization for each class of intangible asset:
 
   
December 31, 2011
   
December 31, 2010
 
               
Lease
               
Lease
 
   
Lease
   
Accumulated
   
intangibles,
   
Lease
   
Accumulated
   
intangibles,
 
   
intangibles
   
Amortization
   
net
   
intangibles
   
Amortization
   
net
 
In-place leases
  $ 1,905,059     $ (838,512 )   $ 1,066,547     $ 1,031,792     $ (558,854 )   $ 472,938  
Leasing costs
    1,176,285       (595,386 )     580,899       894,487       (423,738 )     470,749  
Tenant relationships
    332,721       (332,721 )     -       332,721       (332,721 )     -  
Below-market leases
    (841,425 )     9,296       (832,129 )     -       -       -  
Above-market leases
    1,614,124       (347,317 )     1,266,807       388,692       (42,772 )     345,920  
                                                 
    $ 4,186,764     $ (2,104,640 )   $ 2,082,124     $ 2,647,692     $ (1,358,085 )   $ 1,289,607  
 
 
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The estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years and thereafter is as follows:
 
   
Estimated
 
   
Aggregate
 
   
Amortization
 
   
Expense
 
2012
  $ 1,106,536  
2013
    599,003  
2014
    516,452  
2015
    363,513  
2016
    106,222  
Thereafter
    (609,602 )
    $ 2,082,124  
 
The weighted average amortization period for the intangible assets, in-place leases, leasing costs, tenant relationships and below-market leases acquired as of December 31, 2011 was 14.6 years.

4. MORTGAGES RECEIVABLE

In connection with the sale of two properties to unrelated tenants in common in the fourth quarter of 2008, the Company received mortgage notes receivable totaling $920,216 with interest rates of 6.25% and 6.50% and due dates of October 1, 2013 for both notes. The loans call for interest only payments, and both loans were current as of December 31, 2011. Both notes are secured by the mortgagee’s interest in the property.
 
In February 2011, the Company purchased a mortgage note receivable from an unrelated party where the borrowers were two of the related income fund Partnerships and one from an unrelated income fund partnership. The amounts outstanding from the related Partnerships were paid off shortly after the Company acquired the note. As of December 31, 2011, there was a balance due from the unrelated income fund of $111,866. The note bears interest at 6.77%, is secured by a model home property and is due on demand.
 
 
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5. MORTGAGE NOTES PAYABLE
 
Mortgage notes payable as of December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010  consisted of the following:
 
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
 
           
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.
  $ 3,242,767     $ 3,323,714  
 
               
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.
    9,533,849       9,823,854  
 
               
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.
    -       3,231,661  
                 
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.
    3,621,057       3,700,953  
                 
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 Sparky’s Thousand Palms Self-Storage property.
    4,431,783       4,539,478  
                 
Mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $9,432 through December 18, 2016, including interest at a fixed rate of 5.00%; collateralized by the Sparky’s Hesperia East Self-Storage property.
    1,690,301       1,717,059  
 
               
Mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $17,226 through May 3, 2015, 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.
    2,820,793       2,887,597  
                 
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.
    4,854,307       4,973,365  
                 
Mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $6,638 through July 1,2018, including interest at a fixed rate of 5.80%; collateralized by the Casa Grande Apartment property (1).
    1,040,762       -  
 
               
Mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $26,962 through July 1, 2025, including interest at a fixed rate of 5.79% through July 1, 2018; collateralized by the Executive Office Park property.
    4,572,161       -  
 
               
Mortgage note payable in monthly installments sufficient to amortize the note on a 25 year schedule and the current month interest charge (currently, approximately $36,200), interest at a variable rate of 3.0% over the one month libor with a floor of 5.75% and a ceiling of 9.75% through May 31, 2016; collateralized by the Dakota Bank Building property.
    5,640,568       -  
 
               
Mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $23,919 through April 11, 2015, including interest at a fixed rate of 5.62%; collateralized by the Yucca Valley Retail Center.
    3,304,120       -  
                 
Mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $9,858 through January 1, 2019, including interest at a fixed rate of 4.95%; collateralized by the Rangewood Medical Office Building.
    1,150,000       -  
 
 
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Mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $7,562 through January 1, 2019, including interest at a fixed rate of 4.95%; collateralized by Regatta Square.
    1,300,000       -  
 
               
Mortgage note payable in monthly installments of $82,627 through June 20, 2013, including interest at a variable rate of 1% over a published prime rate with a floor of 6% (the current rate); collateralized by the Port of San Diego Complex.
    9,500,000       -  
                 
Subtotal, NetREIT, Inc. properties
    56,702,468       34,197,681  
 
               
Mortgage notes payable in monthly installments of $24,137 through February 10, 2012, including interest at a fixed rate of 5.50%; collateralized by 10 model home properties.
    2,088,868       2,937,316  
                 
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.
    -       1,873,193  
 
               
Mortgage notes payable in monthly installments of $3,767 through September 15, 2012, including interest at a fixed rate of 5.75%; collateralized by 4 model home properties.
    428,203       447,822  
 
               
Mortgage notes payable in monthly installments of $19,792 through December 15, 2015, including interest at a fixed rate of 5.75%; collateralized by 22 model home properties.
    2,205,798       2,374,881  
 
               
Mortgage notes payable in monthly installments of $4,308 maturity date of October 5, 2011, including interest at a fixed rate of 2.38%; collateralized by 1 model home property. (2)
    420,830       2,583,323  
 
               
Mortgage notes payable in monthly installments of $6,984 maturities varying from October 5, 2011 to March 5, 2012, including interest at fixed rates from 2.38%, to 2.55%; collateralized by 3 model home properties. (2)
    670,207       1,994,260  
 
               
Mortgage notes payable in monthly installments of $1,798 with a of December 5, 2011, including interest at 7.16% collateralized by 1 model home properties. (2)
    89,811       2,836,311  
 
               
Mortgage notes payable in monthly installments of $23,686 maturities varying from  February 15, 2016 to August 15, 2016, including interest at fixed rates from 5.75%,  to 6.30%; collateralized by 23 model home properties.
    2,747,709       -  
 
               
Mortgage notes payable in monthly installments of $6,091 maturities varying from  June 30, 2012 to December 15, 2016, including interest at fixed rates from 5.50%,  to 7.13%; collateralized by 3 model home properties.
    575,903       -  
                 
Subtotal, model home properties
    9,227,329       15,047,106  
                 
    $ 65,929,797     $ 49,244,787  

(1)
The Company established a separate purpose entity to be the legal borrower under this real estate note  and mortgage and security agreement. NetREIT has guaranteed this note with full recourse liability under the loan.
(2)
The Company is working with the lender to extend the maturity dates of these loans. The Company anticipates that the lender will extend the due date of these loans until such time as the model home(s) securing them are sold.
 
 
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As of December 31, 2011, The Company is in compliance with all conditions and covenants of its mortgage notes payable.

As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, the recorded value and fair market value of notes payable are approximately equal.

Scheduled principal payments of mortgage notes payable as of December 31, 2011 are as follows:

         
Model Home
       
   
NetREIT, Inc.
   
Properties
   
Scheduled
 
   
Principal
   
Principal
   
Principal
 
Years Ending:
 
Payments
   
Payments
   
Payments
 
2012
  $ 1,520,015     $ 3,862,129     $ 5,382,144  
2013
    10,267,873       267,281       10,535,154  
2014
    9,883,150       282,816       10,165,966  
2015
    14,072,638       2,418,451       16,491,089  
2016
    9,987,400       2,396,652       12,384,052  
Thereafter
    10,971,392       -       10,971,392  
Total
  $ 56,702,468     $ 9,227,329     $ 65,929,797  

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. Total rents charged and paid by these affiliates was approximately $57,000 and $51,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, 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 years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company paid CHG total management fees of approximately $514,000 and $390,000, 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.
 
 
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7. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

In September 2005, the Company commenced a private placement offering of Units and Convertible Series AA Preferred Stock. The Units consisted of 2 shares of common stock and a warrant to purchase 1 share of common stock at $12 ($9.87 per share adjusted for stock dividends). In October 2006, the Company closed that offering and commenced a private placement offering of only its common stock. Through December 31, 2011, when the offering was closed, the Company was conducting a self-underwriting private placement offering and sale of 20,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $10 per share. This offering was being made only to accredited investors and up to thirty-five non-accredited investors pursuant to an exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) and Rule 506 of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. No public or private market currently exists for the securities sold under this offering. There currently is no plan to initiate a market for the stock. During the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company received gross proceeds from the sale of common shares of $17,214,142 and $16,376,206, respectively.

Common Stock. The Company is authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of Series A Common Stock (“Common Stock”) $0.01 par value and 1,000 shares of Series B Common Stock $0.01 par value. The Common Stock and the Series B Common Stock have identical rights, preferences, terms and conditions except that the Series B Common Shareholders are not entitled to receive any portion of Company assets in the event of Company liquidation. There have been no Series B Common Stock shares issued. Each share of Common Stock entitles the holder to one vote. The Common Stock is not subject to redemption and it does not have any preference, conversion, exchange or preemptive rights. The articles of incorporation contain a restriction on ownership of the Common Stock that prevents one person from owning more than 9.8% of the outstanding shares of common stock. At December 31, 2011 and 2010, there were  15,287,998 and  13,051,372 shares, respectively, of the Common Stock outstanding.

Undesignated Preferred Stock. The Company is authorized to issue up to 8,990,000 shares of preferred stock. The preferred stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Board of Directors is authorized to fix the number of shares of any series of preferred stock, to determine the designation of any such series, and to determine or alter the rights granted to or imposed upon any wholly unissued series of preferred stock including the dividend rights, dividend rate, conversion rights, voting rights, redemption rights (including sinking fund provisions), redemption price, and liquidation preference. The Company has not issued any shares of this preferred stock.

 
F-27

 
 
Convertible Series AA Preferred Stock. The Board of Directors authorized the original issuance of 1,000,000 shares of the Preferred Stock as Series AA (“Series AA”). Each share of Series AA (i) is non-voting, except under certain circumstances as provided in the Articles of Incorporation; (ii) is entitled to annual cash dividends of 7% which are cumulative and payable quarterly; (iii) ranks senior, as to the payment of dividends and distributions of assets upon liquidation, to common stock or any other series of preferred stock that is not senior to or on parity with the Series AA; (iv) is entitled to receive $25.00 plus accrued dividends upon liquidation; (v) may be redeemed by the Company prior to the mandatory conversion date at a price of $25.00 plus accrued dividends, and (vi) may be converted into two shares of common stock at the option of the holder prior to the mandatory conversion date. The conversion price is subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments.

Convertible Series 6.3% Preferred Stock. In December 2011, the Company filed Supplementary articles to its articles of incorporation by adding the authorization to issue up to 10,000 shares of Series 6.3% convertible preferred stock out of the previously authorized undesignated preferred stock discussed above. Each share of 6.3% preferred stock has a $1,000 liquidation preference.

In December 2011, the Company issued approximately 1,649 shares of its Series 6.3% Preferred Stock to the NetREIT National City Partnership, LP, an entity that is consolidated into the financial statements of the Company. The terms of the preferred stock provide for a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share and cumulative dividends from the date of original issue at a rate of 6.3% per annum (equal to an annual rate of $63.00 per share), subject to adjustment in certain circumstances. As of December 31, 2011, the liquidation preference would have been $1,649,000. Dividends on the preferred stock are payable quarterly in arrears subject to declaration by the Board of Directors and compliance with applicable law. All the shares issued to the partnership are subject to an option for the limited partner to exchange his interest in the partnership to equity in NetREIT.

The Series 6.3% preferred stock is convertible at any time at the holder’s option into common stock of the Company at an initial conversion rate of 116.28 shares of NetREIT’s common stock per share of preferred stock, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $8.60 per share. Based on the initial conversion rate, approximately 191,756 shares of common stock would be issuable upon conversion of all of the outstanding shares of preferred stock.
 
The Company may also elect to mandatorily redeem some or all of the preferred stock at any time upon proper notice at the liquidation preference amount plus any unpaid accrued dividends.

Shareholder Warrants. Warrants were issued in connection with private placements of common stock Units during 2005 and 2006 pursuant to the terms of the respective subscription agreements. Each warrant entitled the registered holder to purchase one share of Series A common stock at the exercise price of $12 per share ($9.38 per share adjusted for stock dividends) during the period commencing upon issuance and continuing through the close of business on March 31, 2010. Unexercised warrants at the expiration date automatically converted into a one-tenth share of common stock, or 52,778 shares of NetREIT Series A common stock.

 
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Broker Dealer Warrants. Warrants will be issued pursuant to the terms of the respective $10.50 broker agreement and the Participating Broker Dealer Agreement in connection with the private placement offering that closed on December 31, 2011. Each Warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one share of common stock at the exercise price of $10.50 per share for a period of three years from the date of issuance. The exercise price, the number and kind of securities issuable on exercise of any Warrant, and the number of Warrants are subject to adjustment in the event the Company pays stock dividends or makes stock distributions with respect to its common stock. Adjustments will also be made upon any reclassification of the Company’s common shares or in the event the Company makes certain pro rata distributions of options or warrants to its common shareholders. The warrant agreements also provide for adjustments in the event the Company consummates certain consolidation or merger transactions, and in the event the Company sells all, or substantially all, of its assets. Warrant holders do not have any voting or other rights of the Company’s shareholders and are not entitled to receive dividends or other distributions. As of the close of the private placement, a total of 451,235 warrants to purchase NetREIT common stock were earned. These warrants have an exercise price ranging from $9.52 to $10.50 with a weighted average exercise price of $9.63. All warrants expire on December 31, 2014.

Limited Partnerships. In 2008, the Company and the other tenant in common contributed their respective equity ownership in the Escondido 7-Eleven to NetREIT 01 LP, a California limited partnership. Initially, the limited partner had an option to exchange its equity interest in the property into shares of NetREIT common stock at a conversion price equal to $9.30 per share up to 77,369 shares. In 2009, the partner exchanged one third of its interests in the partnership into 25,790 shares of Company common stock. Adjusted for stock dividends, the partner has the rights to exchange interests in the partnership for up to 56,866 shares of Company common stock. The Company has a put option to convert the partner’s equity interests in NetREIT 01 LP into shares of Company common stock at $8.44 per share for up to 56,866 common shares upon the earlier of April 21, 2013 or the completion of an initial public offering of shares to be registered under the Securities Act of 1933.

In October 2009, NetREIT and five former tenants in common of Casa Grande Apartments and Palm Self-Storage contributed their respective ownership interests in these properties into NetREIT Casa Grande LP and NetREIT Palm LP. In exchange for the contribution of property, the owners became limited partners of these partnerships and NetREIT became the general partner. The partners have an option to exchange their equity interest in the partnership for up to 457,028 shares of Company common stock at a conversion price equal to $8.44 per share. The Company has a put option to convert the partner’s equity interests in these limited partnerships to shares of Company common stock at $8.44 per share for up to 457,028 shares.

In February 2010, NetREIT and a former tenant in common of Garden Gateway Plaza contributed their respective ownership interests in these properties into NetREIT Garden Gateway LP. In exchange for the contribution of property, the owners became a limited partner of this partnership and NetREIT became the general partner. The partner has an option to exchange their equity interest in the partnership for up to 105,000 shares of Company common stock at a conversion price equal to $9.52 per share. The Company has a put option to convert the partner’s equity interests in these limited partnerships to shares of Company common stock at $9.52 per share for up to 105,000 shares.
 
In December 2011, the Company and an unrelated party formed NetREIT National City Partnership, LP. In exchange for the contribution of property, the owner became a limited partner of this partnership. The Company is the sole general partner. The limited partner has the option to exchange its partnership units into approximately 1,649 shares of convertible series 6.3% preferred stock. The shares of the convertible series 6.3% preferred stock can be converted into 191,775 shares of NetREIT Series A common stock.

 
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Employee Retirement and Share-Based Incentive Plans

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 has granted nonvested shares of restricted common stock annually commencing 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 instalments 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 of $10 adjusted for stock dividends since granted and assumed selling costs. The value of granted nonvested restricted stock issued during 2011 totalled approximately $448,400.The value of granted nonvested restricted stock issued during 2010 totalled $461,100. During the year ended December 31, 2011, 49,805 shares vested and $387,642 was recorded as compensation expense. During the year ended December 31, 2010, 23,607 shares vested and $322,067 was recorded as compensation expense. The remaining 63,777 nonvested restricted shares will vest in equal instalments over the next two to four years.

A table of non-vested restricted shares granted and vested since December 31, 2009 is as follows:

Balance, December 31, 2009
    45,858  
Granted
    53,617  
Vested
    (37,547 )
Cancelled
    (286 )
Balance, December 31, 2010
    61,642  
Granted
    52,139  
Vested
    (49,805 )
Cancelled
    (5,504 )
Stock dividend
    5,305  
Balance, December 31, 2011
    63,777  

Stock Dividends. 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
 
September 9, 2011
 
December 2, 2011
    5 %   $ 8.60       720,366     $ 6,195,148  
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Cash Dividends. During 2011 and 2010, the Company paid cash dividends net of reinvested stock dividends of $3,582,252 and $2,836,516, respectively.  As the Company incurred net losses in both 2011 and 2010, these cash dividends represent a return of capital to the stockholders rather than a distribution of earnings. Cash dividends declared per common share for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 were $0.57 and $0.57, respectively. The Company paid cash dividends on the Series AA Preferred Stock of $34,447 through May 2010 when the Series AA shares were redeemed.
 
 
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8. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Operating Leases. The Company has operating leases with tenants that expire at various dates through 2020 and are either subject to scheduled fixed increases or adjustments based on the Consumer Price Index. Generally, the leases grant tenants renewal options. Leases also provide for additional rents based on certain operating expenses. Future contractual minimum rent due the Company under operating leases as of December 31, 2011 for five years and thereafter are summarized as follows:

   
Scheduled
 
Years Ending:
 
Payments
 
2012
  $ 10,025,341  
2013
    7,017,449  
2014
    5,550,165  
2015
    4,173,796  
2016
    1,827,029  
Thereafter
    2,428,478  
Total
  $ 31,022,258  
 
The Company has a noncancelable ground lease obligation on World Plaza expiring in June 1, 2062. The current annual rent of $20,040 is subject to adjustment every ten years based on the Cost of Living Index for the Los Angeles area compared to the base month of June 1963 which was 107.4. At the termination of the lease the Company has an option to purchase the property for a total purchase price of $181,710. In September 2007, when World Plaza was acquired, the option was determined to have a fair value of $1,370,000 based upon comparable land sales adjusted to present value (Note 3).

Scheduled payments due on the lease obligation as of December 31, 2011 are as follows:

   
Scheduled
 
Years Ending:
 
Payments
 
2012
  $ 21,154  
2013
    21,910  
2014
    21,910  
2015
    21,910  
2016
    21,910  
Thereafter
    1,071,473  
Total
  $ 1,180,267  

Litigation. Neither the Company nor any of the Company’s properties are presently subject to any material litigation nor, to the Company’s knowledge, is there any material threatened litigation.

Environmental Matters. The Company monitors its properties for the presence of hazardous or toxic substances. While there can be no assurance that a material environmental liability does not exist, the Company is not currently aware of any environmental liability with respect to the properties that would have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations and cash flow. Further, the Company is not aware of any environmental liability or any unasserted claim or assessment with respect to an environmental liability that the Company believes would require additional disclosure or recording of a loss contingency.

 
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9. CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISKS

Concentration of credit risk with respect to accounts receivable is limited due to the large number of tenants comprising the Company’s rental revenue. No single tenant accounted for 10% or more of total rental income for the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.

10. 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, Industrial and 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 years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.

   
Year Ended December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Industrial/Office Properties:
           
Rental income
  $ 6,790,869     $ 5,098,989  
Property and related expenses
    2,660,482       2,333,494  
Asset impairment
    -       1,000,000  
Net operating income, as defined
    4,130,387       1,765,495  
Equity in earnings from real estate ventures
    -       (22,378 )
                 
Residential Properties:
               
Rental income
    2,982,300       1,497,714  
Property and related expenses
    317,924       186,979  
Asset impairment
    429,000          
Net operating income, as defined
    2,235,376       1,310,735  
Equity in earnings from real estate ventures
    -       24,147  
                 
Retail Properties:
               
Rental income
    2,001,405       1,657,010  
Property and related expenses
    587,938       521,894  
Net operating income, as defined
    1,413,467       1,135,116  
                 
Self-Storage Properties:
               
Rental income
    2,302,531       1,941,354  
Property and related expenses
    1,377,666       1,269,654  
Net operating income, as defined
    924,865       671,700  
                 
Mortgage loan activity:
               
Interest income
    97,448       59,276  
                 
Reconciliation to Net Income Available to Common Shareholders:
               
Total net operating income, as defined, for reportable segments
    8,801,543       4,944,091  
Unallocated other income:
               
Total other income
    28,214       42,609  
Gain on sale of real estate
    119,925       -  
General and administrative expenses
    3,846,177       3,411,691  
Interest expense
    3,194,887       2,044,394  
Depreciation and amortization
    4,170,626       3,531,261  
Bargain purchase gain from tender offer
    -       872,152  
Net loss before noncontrolling interests
    (2,262,008 )     (3,128,494 )
Noncontrolling interests
    354,895       (139,145 )
Net loss
    (2,616,903 )     (2,989,349 )
Preferred dividends
    -       (34,447 )
Net loss available for common shareholders
  $ (2,616,903 )   $ (3,023,796 )
 
 
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December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
             
Assets:
           
Industrial/Office Properties:
           
Land, buildings and improvements, net (1)
  $ 75,314,093     $ 52,809,840  
Total assets (2)
    77,563,998       53,999,471  
                 
Residential Property:
               
Land, buildings and improvements, net
    21,129,410       24,149,325  
Total assets
    22,434,205       25,922,496  
                 
Retail Properties:
               
Land, buildings and improvements, net (1)
    23,647,629       17,228,980  
Total assets (2)
    24,893,157       17,467,113  
                 
Self-Storage Properties:
               
Land, buildings and improvements, net (1)
    27,663,755       25,596,881  
Total assets (2)
    27,832,381       25,876,852  
                 
Mortgage loan activity:
               
Mortgage receivable and accrued interest
    1,032,082       920,216  
Total assets
    1,032,082       920,216  
                 
Reconciliation to Total Assets:
               
Total assets for reportable segments
    153,755,823       124,186,148  
Other unallocated assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
    4,872,081       7,028,090  
Prepaid expenses and other assets, net
    3,024,027       2,101,724  
                 
Total Assets
  $ 161,651,931     $ 133,315,962  
____________
(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.
 
 
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Years ended December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Capital Expenditures:(1)
           
Industrial and Office Properties:
           
Acquisition of operating properties
  $ 24,075,000     $ 10,000,000  
Non-cash portion of acquisition of operating properties
    (1,649,266 )        
Capital expenditures and tenant improvements
    1,070,498       726,905  
                 
Residential Property:
               
Acquisition of operating properties
    5,971,980       5,674,050  
                 
Retail Properties:
               
Acquisition of operating properties
    6,767,700       -  
Capital expenditures and tenant improvements
    119,746       109,059  
                 
Self Storage Properties:
               
Acquisition of operating properties
    2,615,000       4,875,000  
Capital expenditures and tenant improvements
    21,952       49,257  
                 
Acquisition of operating properties
    37,780,414       20,549,050  
Capital expenditures and tenant improvements
    1,212,196       885,221  
Total real estate investments
  $ 38,992,610     $ 21,434,271  
__________
(1) Total consolidated capital expenditures are equal to the same amounts disclosed for total reportable segments.
 
 
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11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

In January 2012, the limited partner of NetREIT 01, LP (the “Partnership”) that owns the Seven Eleven property exercised its option to convert approximately 30.0% of its ownership interests in the Partnership in exchange for approximately 17,060 shares of Company common stock. In March 2012, the Company agreed to buy back all of these shares from the limited partner at a price per share that was determined when the partnership was formed, which adjusted for stock dividends is $8.44 per share. After conversion, our interest in the Partnership increased to approximate 77% interest in the Partnership.

The limited partner of NetREIT 01, LP is the Allen Trust DTD 7-9-1999. William H. Allen, a Director of the Company and Chairman of the Audit Committee, is a beneficiary and a trustee of the trust. The Partnership was formed approximately one year before Mr. Allen became a Board Member.

The stock buy back transaction was subjected to the Company’s related party transaction policy which requires a review of the transaction by the uninterested parties of the Audit Committee and a subsequent vote by the Company’s Board of Directors.
 
 
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