Presidio Property Trust, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2020 September (Form 10-Q)

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws 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 report and in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Forward-looking statements relate to matters such as our industry, business strategy, goals and expectations concerning our market position, future operations, margins, profitability, capital expenditures, financial condition, liquidity, capital resources, cash flows, results of operations and other financial and operating information. When used in this report, 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. Important factors that may cause actual results to differ from projections include, but are not limited to:

PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Presidio Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Presidio Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

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Presidio Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019

(Unaudited)

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Presidio Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

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Presidio Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

September 30, 2020

1. ORGANIZATION

Organization. Presidio Property Trust, Inc. (“we”, “our”, “us” or the “Company”) is an internally managed diversified real estate investment trust (“REIT”), with holdings in office, industrial, retail, and model home properties. NetREIT was incorporated in California on January 28, 1999, and was merged into NetREIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation, on August 4, 2010. In October 2017, we changed our name from “NetREIT, Inc.” to “Presidio Property Trust, Inc.” The Company’s portfolio includes the following properties:

The Company or one of its affiliates operates the following partnerships during the periods covered by these condensed consolidated financial statements:

The Company has determined that the limited partnerships in which it owns less than 100% should be included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as the Company directs their activities and has control of such limited partnerships.

We have elected to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), for federal income tax purposes. To maintain our qualification as a REIT, we are required to distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income to our stockholders and meet the various other requirements imposed by the Code relating to such matters as operating results, asset holdings, distribution levels and diversity of stock ownership. Provided we maintain our qualification for taxation as a REIT, we are generally not subject to corporate level income tax on the earnings distributed currently to our stockholders that we derive from our REIT qualifying activities. If we fail to maintain our qualification as a REIT in any taxable year and are unable to avail ourselves of certain savings provisions set forth in the Code, all of our taxable income would be subject to federal income tax at regular corporate rates, including any applicable alternative minimum tax. We are subject to certain state and local income taxes.

We, together with one of our entities, have elected to treat our subsidiaries as a taxable REIT subsidiary (a “TRS”) for federal income tax purposes. Certain activities that we undertake must be conducted by a TRS, such as non-customary services for our tenants, and holding assets that we cannot hold directly. A TRS is subject to federal and state income taxes. The Company has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in its financial statements. Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries have been assessed any significant interest or penalties for tax positions by any major tax jurisdictions.

Initial Public Offering. On October 6, 2020, we completed an initial public offering ("IPO"), selling 500,000 shares of Series A Common Stock at $5.00 per share. Proceeds from our IPO net of underwriting discounts and commissions were $2.3 million after deducting approximately $0.2 million in underwriting discounts and before giving effect to $775,000 in other expenses relating to the IPO. We intend to use the net proceeds of this offering for general corporate and working capital purposes, including to potentially acquire additional properties and reduce outstanding indebtedness.

Reverse Stock Split. On July 29, 2020, we amended our charter to effect a one-for-two reverse stock split of every outstanding share of our Series A Common Stock. The financial statements and accompanying footnotes have been retroactively restated to reflect the reverse stock split.

Liquidity. On September 17, 2019 the Company executed a Promissory Note (“Note”) pursuant to which Polar Multi-Strategy Master Fund (“Polar”), executed a loan in the principal amount of $14.0 million to the Company. The Note bears interest at a fixed rate of 8% per annum and requires monthly interest-only payments. On September 1, 2020, we extended the maturity of the Polar Note from October 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021 ("Maturity"), at which time the entire outstanding principal balance of $8.8 million and accrued and unpaid interest will be due and payable. On September 30, 2020 we paid a renewal fee of 4% on the unpaid principal balance. The final payment due at Maturity, includes payment of the outstanding principal and accrued and unpaid interest. The Company used the proceeds of the Note from Polar to redeem all of the outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Stock.  

For the three months remaining in 2020 and the year ending December 31, 2021, we have $1.6 million and $27.7 million of mortgage notes payable maturing, respectively. For the remainder of the year ending December 31, 2020, we have $1.1 million of mortgage notes payable maturing related to the model homes properties and $468,000 of mortgage notes payable maturing related to the commercial properties. Management expects that certain properties may be sold and the underlying mortgage notes would be paid off with sales proceeds while other mortgage notes will be refinanced.

As the Company continues its operations, it may re-finance and/or seek additional financing, however, there can be no assurance that any such financing will be available to the Company on acceptable terms, if at all. If events or circumstances occur such that the Company does not obtain additional funding, it will most likely be required to reduce its plans and/or certain discretionary spending, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to achieve its intended business objectives. Management believes that the combination of working capital on hand and the ability to refinance commercial and model home mortgages will fund operations through at least the next twelve months from the date of the issuance of these unaudited interim financial statements.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

There have been no significant changes to the Company’s accounting policies since it filed its audited financial statements in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. For further information about the Company’s accounting policies, refer to the Company’s consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2019 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 13, 2020.

Basis of Presentation. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company's management in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial statement and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Certain information and footnote disclosures required for annual consolidated financial statements have been condensed or excluded pursuant to rules and regulations of the SEC. In the opinion of management, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments of a normal and recurring nature that are considered necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position, results of our operations, and cash flows as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. However, the results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2020. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2019 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 13, 2020. The results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2020 due to seasonal variations and other factors, such as the effects of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) and its possible influence on our future results.

Principles of Consolidation. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries and entities the Company controls or of which it is the primary beneficiary. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Significant estimates include the allocation of purchase price paid for property acquisitions among 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. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash. At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we had approximately $6.8 million and $5.7 million in cash equivalents, respectively, and $3.2 million and $4.7 million of restricted cash, respectively. Our cash equivalents and restricted cash consist of invested cash and cash in our operating accounts and are held in bank accounts at third party institutions. Restricted cash typically consists of funds held by lenders to be used for property taxes, insurance, capital expenditures and leasing commissions.

Real Estate Held for Sale. Real estate held for sale during the current period is classified as “real estate held for sale” for all prior periods presented in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. Mortgage notes payable related to the real estate held for sale during the current period are classified as “mortgage notes payable related to

real estate held for sale, net” for all prior periods presented in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. As of September 30, 2020, four commercial properties meet the criteria to be classified as held for sale (World Plaza, Garden Gateway, Waterman and one of the four buildings at Executive Office Park) and one Model Home was classified as held for sale.

Impairments of Real Estate Asset. We review for impairment on a property by property basis. Impairment is recognized on properties held for use when the expected undiscounted cash flows for a property are less than its carrying amount at which time the property is written-down to fair value. The calculation of both discounted and undiscounted cash flows requires management to make estimates of future cash flows including revenues, operating expenses, required maintenance and development expenditures, market conditions, demand for space by tenants and rental rates over long periods. Since our properties typically have a long life, the assumptions used to estimate the future recoverability of carrying value requires significant management judgment. Actual results could be significantly different from the estimates. These estimates have a direct impact on net income because recording an impairment charge results in a negative adjustment to net income. The evaluation of anticipated cash flows is highly subjective and is based in part on assumptions regarding future occupancy, rental rates and capital requirements that could differ materially from actual results in future periods.

Properties held for sale are recorded at the lower of the carrying amount or the expected sales price less costs to sell. Although our strategy is to hold our properties over the long-term, if our strategy changes or market conditions otherwise dictate an earlier sale date, an impairment loss may be recognized to reduce the property to fair value and such loss could be material.

During the second quarter of 2020, the Company began negotiations to renew a lease with a significant tenant at our Waterman Plaza retail property at a lower market rental rate than the rental rate being charged previously. The Company obtained a broker opinion of value during the second quarter of 2020 that considered the lower market rental rates and subsequently determined there was a material change to undiscounted cash flows on the property as of June 30, 2020. Therefore, the Company recorded an $845,000 non-cash impairment in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations in June 2020.

Fair Value Measurements.  Under GAAP, we are required to measure certain financial instruments at fair value on a recurring basis. In addition, we are required to measure other non-financial and financial assets at fair value on a non-recurring basis (e.g., carrying value of impaired real estate loans receivable and long-lived assets). Fair value is defined as the price that would be received upon the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The GAAP fair value framework uses a three-tiered approach. Fair value measurements are classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:

When available, we utilize quoted market prices from independent third-party sources to determine fair value and classify such items in Level 1 or Level 2. In instances where the market for a financial instrument is not active, regardless of the availability of a nonbinding quoted market price, observable inputs might not be relevant and could require us to make a significant adjustment to derive a fair value measurement. Additionally, in an inactive market, a market price quoted from an independent third party may rely more on models with inputs based on information available only to that independent third party. When we determine the market for a financial instrument owned by us to be illiquid or when market transactions for similar instruments do not appear orderly, we use several valuation sources (including internal valuations, discounted cash flow analysis and quoted market prices) and establish a fair value by assigning weights to the various valuation sources. Additionally, when determining the fair value of a liability in circumstances in which a quoted price in an active market for an identical liability is not available, we measure fair value using (i) a valuation technique that uses the quoted price of the identical liability when traded as an asset or quoted prices for similar liabilities when traded as assets or (ii) another valuation technique that is consistent with the principles of fair value measurement, such as the income approach or the market approach.

Changes in assumptions or estimation methodologies can have a material effect on these estimated fair values. In this regard, the derived fair value estimates cannot be substantiated by comparison to independent markets and, in many cases, may not be realized in an immediate settlement of the instrument.

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

Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements.  In March 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform which provides optional expedients and exceptions in order to ease the potential burden in accounting for (or recognizing the effects of) reference rate reform on financial reporting as it relates to contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions by allowing companies to modify contracts that previously contained LIBOR rates without evaluating whether the modification constituted a new contract. The expedients and exceptions provided by the amendments do not apply to contract modifications made and hedging relationships entered into or evaluated after December 31, 2022, and are used on a prospective basis upon adoption. The Company adopted this guidance as of March 2020 noting no impact to the financial statements.

In June 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses, amended in February 2020 with ASU No. 2020-02, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326) and Leases (Topic 842). ASU 2016-13 introduces a new model for estimating credit losses for certain types of financial instruments, including loans receivable, held-to-maturity debt securities, and net investments in direct financing leases, amongst other financial instruments. ASU 2016-13 also modifies the impairment model for available-for-sale debt securities and expands the disclosure requirements regarding an entity’s assumptions, models, and methods for estimating the allowance for losses. While ASU 2016-13 was effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2019, the issuance of ASU 2020-02 has allowed for the delay in adoption for certain smaller public companies, and is now effective for fiscal periods beginning after December 15, 2022. Retrospective adjustments shall be applied through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings. The Company is continuing to evaluate the impact of this guidance on its financial statements, and does not believe it will have a material impact on the financial statements.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-13, Disclosure Framework — Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement which removes, modifies, and adds certain disclosure requirements related to fair value measurements in ASC 820. This guidance is effective for public companies in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted this guidance as of January 1, 2020 and noted no impact on its consolidated financial statements.

3. RECENT REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company disposed of the following properties:

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company disposed of 33 model homes for approximately $12.6 million and recognized a gain of approximately $894,000.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company acquired 25 model homes for approximately $9.0 million. The purchase price was paid through cash payments of approximately $2.7 million and mortgage notes of approximately $6.3 million.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company disposed of the following properties:

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company disposed of 35 model homes for approximately $12.4 million and recognized a gain of approximately $1.0 million.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company acquired 18 model homes for approximately $6.1 million. The purchase price was paid through cash payments of approximately $1.8 million and mortgage notes of approximately $4.3 million.

4. REAL ESTATE ASSETS

A summary of the properties owned by the Company as of September 30, 2020 is as follows:

⁽¹⁾ Properties held for sale as of September 30, 2020.

⁽²⁾ This property comprises four buildings, one of which is held for sale as of September 30, 2020.

⁽³⁾ Includes one Model Home listed as held for sale as of September 30, 2020.

Geographic Diversification Tables

The following tables show a list of commercial properties owned by the Company grouped by state and geographic region as of September 30, 2020:

The following tables show a list of our Model Home properties by geographic region as of September 30, 2020:

5. LEASE INTANGIBLES

The following table summarizes the net value of other intangible assets acquired and the accumulated amortization for each class of intangible asset:

As of September 30, 2020 there were no gross lease intangible assets included in real estate assets held for sale. As of December 31, 2019, there was $2.3 million of gross lease intangible assets included in real estate assets held for sale, with $1.4 million of accumulated amortization related to the lease intangible assets netted against real estate assets held for sale.

The net value of acquired intangible liabilities was $187,000 and $310,000 relating to below-market leases as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

Future aggregate approximate amortization expense for the Company's lease intangible assets is as follows:

The weighted average remaining amortization period of the intangible assets as of September 30, 2020 is 1.6 years.

6. OTHER ASSETS

Other assets consist of the following:

7. MORTGAGE NOTES PAYABLE

Mortgage notes payable consist of the following:

The Company is in compliance with all material conditions and covenants of its mortgage notes payable.

Scheduled principal payments of mortgage notes payable were as follows as of September 30, 2020:

8. NOTES PAYABLE

On September 17, 2019, the Company executed a Promissory Note pursuant to which Polar Multi-Strategy Master Fund (“Polar”), extended a loan in the principal amount of $14.0 million to the Company (“Polar Note”). The Polar Note bears interest at a fixed rate of 8% per annum and requires monthly interest-only payments. On September 1, 2020, we extended the maturity of the Polar Note from October 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021, at which time the entire outstanding principal balance of $8.8 million and accrued and unpaid interest will be due and payable. On September 30, 2020, we paid the extension or renewal fee, which was 4% of the unpaid principal balance.  The Company may repay the Polar Note at any time, subject to the payment of an Optional Redemption Fee (as defined in the Polar Note), if applicable. Such fee is not applicable to repayments made from the proceeds of property sales.

The principal balance of the Polar Note as of September 30, 2020 consists of cash received, less cash repayments from property sales of $7.4 million and Original Issue Discount (“OID”) of $1.4 million. The OID has been recorded on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as a direct deduction from the principal of the Note and is recognized as interest expense over the term of the Note commencing on September 17, 2019 through October 1, 2020. There was no unrecognized OID as of September 30, 2020. The accretion of the OID recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $1.0 million.

The Company incurred approximately $1.1 million in legal and underwriting costs related to the Polar Note transaction. These costs have been recorded as debt issuance costs on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as a direct deduction from the principal of the Note and were amortized over the original term of the Note. Amortization expense totaling approximately $748,000 was included in interest expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. The unamortized debt issuance costs related to the 4% renewal fee for the loan extension totaled $351,000 as of September 30, 2020 and will be amortized over the extended term of the Note.

Under the terms of the Polar Note, the Company is subject to certain financial covenants including maintaining a debt to property fair value ratio of no greater than 75%. As of September 30, 2020, the Company is in compliance with such covenants.

On April 22, 2020, the Company received an Economic Injury Disaster Loan of $10,000 from the Small Business Administration which will provide economic relief during the COVID-19 pandemic. This loan advance is not required to be repaid, has no stipulations on use, and has been recorded as fees and other income in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations during fiscal 2020. On  August 17, 2020 we received an additional Economic Injury Disaster Loan of $150,000, for which principal and interest payments are deferred for twelve months from the date of issuance, and interest accrues at 3.75% per year. The loan matures on August 17, 2050. We intend to use the funds for general corporate purposes to alleviate economic injury caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which economic injury included abating or deferring rent to certain tenants (primarily retail tenants).

On April 30, 2020, the Company received a Paycheck Protection Program loan of $462,000 from the Small Business Administration which will provide additional economic relief during the COVID-19 pandemic. The loan will be fully forgiven should the funds be used for payroll related costs, mortgage interest, rent and utilities, as long as our employee headcount remains consistent with our baseline period over an eight week period following the date the loan was received, otherwise the loan will be repaid over two years following a six month deferral. On June 5, 2020, the period over which the loan could be utilized was extended to 24 weeks. The loan was recorded in accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2020. We have used the funds to cover payroll related costs.

9. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company is obligated under certain tenant leases to fund tenant improvements and the expansion of the underlying leased properties.

Under various federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations relating to the protection of the environment, a current or previous owner or operator of real estate may be liable for the cost of removal or remediation of certain hazardous or toxic substances disposed, stored, generated, released, manufactured or discharged from, on, at, under, or in a property. As such, the Company may be potentially liable for costs associated with any potential environmental remediation at any of its formerly or currently owned properties.

The Company believes that it is in compliance in all material respects with all federal, state and local ordinances and regulations regarding hazardous or toxic substances. Management is not aware of any environmental liability that it believes would have a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations. Management is unaware of any instances in which the Company would incur significant environmental costs if any or all properties were sold, disposed of or abandoned. However, there can be no assurance that any such non-compliance, liability, claim or expenditure will not arise in the future.

The Company is involved from time to time in lawsuits and other disputes which arise in the ordinary course of business. As of September 30, 2020, management believes that these matters will not have a material adverse effect, individually or in the aggregate, on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

10. SERIES B MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company redeemed all of its remaining 16,900 shares of its Series B Preferred Stock for $16.9 million. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, no Series B Preferred Stock remained outstanding. Amortization expense of $122,000 was included in interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, and no related amortization expense was incurred during the three months ended  September 30, 2020 in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. There were no unamortized deferred costs as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

11. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

Preferred Stock. The Company is authorized to issue up to 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock (the “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 the 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.

Common Stock. The Company is authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of Series A Common Stock, 1,000 shares of Series B Common Stock, and 9,000,000 shares of Series C Common Stock (collectively, the "common stock") each with $0.01 par value. The common stock have identical rights, preferences, terms and conditions except that the holders of Series B Common Stock are not entitled to receive any portion of Company assets in the event of Company liquidation. There have been no Series B or Series C Common Stock issued. Each share of common stock entitles the holder to one vote. Shares of our common stock are not subject to redemption and do 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.

Cash Dividends. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 the Company paid no cash dividend. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019 the Company paid a cash dividend of approximately $2.2 million or $0.12 per share.

Partnership Interests. Through the Company, its subsidiaries and its partnerships, we own 15 commercial properties in fee interest, two of which we own partial interests in through our holdings in various affiliates in which we serve as general partner, member and/or manager. We purchased the partnership interest in one limited partnership that owned one property during 2016. Each of the limited partnerships is referred to as a “DownREIT.” In each DownREIT, we have the right, through put and call options, to require our co-investors to exchange their interests for shares of our common stock at a stated price after a defined period (generally five years from the date they first invested in the entity’s real property), the occurrence of a specified event or a combination thereof. The Company is a limited partner in four partnerships and sole stockholder in one corporation, which entities purchase and leaseback model homes from homebuilders.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company exercised two put options with a limited partner in two limited partnerships and exchanged a total of 59,274 shares of the Company’s Series A Common Stock for the limited partner’s partnership interests, resulting in an increase in ownership interest of each limited partnership by the Company. As part of this non-cash equity transaction, the Company reclassified $1.2 million in minority interest to common stock and additional paid in capital on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Dividend Reinvestment Plan. The Company adopted a distribution reinvestment plan (“Plan) that allowed stockholders to receive dividends and other distributions otherwise distributable to them invested in additional shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company registered 3,000,000 shares of common stock pursuant to the Plan. The purchase price per share used in the past was 95% of the price the Company sold its shares or $19.00 per share. No sales commission or dealer manager fees were paid on shares sold through the Plan. The Company may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. Any such amendment, suspension or termination will be effective upon a designated dividend record date and notice of such amendment, suspension or termination will be sent to all participants at least thirty (30) days prior to such record date. The Plan became effective on January 23, 2012, was suspended on December 7, 2018 and adopted on October 6, 2020 in connection with our IPO, updated to reflect a change in transfer agent and registrar. As of September 30, 2020, approximately $17.4 million or approximately 917,074 shares of common stock have been issued under the Plan. No shares were issued under the Plan during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Stock-Based Compensation. The Company recognizes noncash compensation expense ratably over the vesting period, and accordingly, we recognized $181,000 and $193,000 in noncash compensation expense for the three month periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $542,000 and $809,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, which is included in general and administrative expense on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

12. SEGMENTS

The Company’s reportable segments consist of three types of real estate properties for which the Company’s decision-makers internally evaluate operating performance and financial results: Office/Industrial Properties, Model Home Properties and Retail Properties. 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 accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in Note 2.  There is no material inter segment activity.

The Company evaluates the performance of its segments based upon net operating income (“NOI”), which is a non-GAAP supplemental financial measure. The Company defines NOI for its segments as operating revenues (rental income, tenant reimbursements and other operating income) less property and related expenses (property operating expenses, real estate taxes, insurance, asset management fees, impairments and provision for bad debt). NOI excludes certain items that are not considered to be controllable in connection with the management of an asset such as non-property income and expenses, depreciation and amortization, real estate acquisition fees and expenses and corporate general and administrative expenses. The Company uses NOI to evaluate the operating performance of the Company’s real estate investments and to make decisions about resource allocations.

The following tables reconcile the Company’s segment activity to its results of operations and financial position as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020:

13. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Dividend 

On November 3, 2020, our Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.10 per share of Series A Common Stock, payable on November 30, 2020 to stockholders of record as of November 23, 2020.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto appearing in Item 1 of this report and the more detailed information contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 13, 2020.

We may refer to the three months ended September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019 as the “2020 Quarter” and the “2019 Quarter,” respectively.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” or “potential” or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases which are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and which do not relate solely to historical matters. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Currently, one of the most significant factors is the potential adverse effect of the COVID-19 virus and ensuing economic turmoil on the financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and performance of Presidio, particularly our ability to collect rent, on the financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and performance of our tenants, and on the global economy and financial markets. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts the Company and its tenants will depend on current and future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the scope, severity and duration of the pandemic, the actions taken to contain the pandemic or mitigate its impact, and the direct and indirect economic effects of the pandemic and containment measures, among others. Moreover, investors are cautioned to interpret many of the risks identified in the risk factors discussed in this 10-Q and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed on March 13, 2020, as well as the risks set forth below, as being heightened as a result of the ongoing and numerous adverse impacts of COVID-19. Additional factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to the risks associated with the ownership of real estate in general and our real estate assets in particular; the economic health of the metro regions where we conduct business; the risk of failure to enter into/and or complete contemplated acquisitions and dispositions, within the price ranges anticipated and on the terms and timing anticipated; changes in the composition of our portfolio; fluctuations in interest rates; reductions in or actual or threatened changes to the timing of federal government spending; the risks related to use of third-party providers and joint venture partners; the ability to control our operating expenses; the economic health of our tenants; the supply of competing properties; shifts away from brick and mortar stores to e-commerce; the availability and terms of financing and capital and the general volatility of securities markets; compliance with applicable laws, including those concerning the environment and access by persons with disabilities; terrorist attacks or actions and/or cyber-attacks; weather conditions, natural disasters and pandemics; ability to maintain key personnel; failure to qualify and maintain our qualification as a REIT and the risks of changes in laws 

affecting REITs; and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in our filings with the SEC, including our 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 13, 2020, and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. While forward-looking statements reflect our good faith beliefs, they are not guarantees of future performance. We undertake no obligation to update our forward-looking statements or risk factors to reflect new information, future events, or otherwise.

Outlook

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19, a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus, a pandemic, and on March 13, 2020, the United States declared a national emergency with respect to COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic caused state and local governments within our areas of business operations to institute quarantines, “shelter-in-place” mandates, including rules and restrictions on travel and the types of businesses that may continue to operate. While certain areas begin to re-open, others have seen an increase in the number of cases reported, prompting local government to enforce further restrictions. We continue to monitor our operations and government recommendations. On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) was signed into law to provide widespread emergency relief for the economy and to provide aid to corporations. The CARES Act includes several significant provisions related to taxes, refundable payroll tax credits and deferment of social security payments.

We continue to evaluate the relief options for us and our tenants available under the CARES Act, as well as other emergency relief initiatives and stimulus packages instituted by the federal government. A number of the relief options contain restrictions on future business activities, including ability to repurchase shares and pay dividends, that require careful evaluation and consideration. We will continue to assess these options, and any subsequent legislation or other relief packages, including the accompanying restrictions on our business, as the effects of the pandemic continue to evolve.

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic did not significantly impact our operating results during the first three quarters of 2020. We continue to monitor and communicate with our tenants to assess their needs and ability to pay rent. We have negotiated lease amendments with certain tenants who have demonstrated financial distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which have included or may include rent deferral, temporary rent abatement, or reduced rental rates and/or lease extension periods, however no new negotiations were initiated during the third quarter of 2020. While these amendments have affected our short term cash flows, we do not believe they represent a change in the valuation of our assets for the properties affected and have not significantly effected our results of operations. Given the longevity of this pandemic, the COVID-19 outbreak may materially affect our financial condition and results of operations going forward, including, but not limited to, real estate rental revenues, credit losses, leasing activity, and potentially the valuation of our real estate assets. We expect that we may have additional rent deferrals, abatements and credit losses from our commercial tenants during the remainder of 2020 which may have a material impact on our real estate rental revenue and cash collections. We also expect that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will impact our ability to lease up available commercial space. Our business operations and activities in many regions may be subject to future quarantines, "shelter-in-place" rules, and various other restrictions for the foreseeable future. Due to the uncertainty of the future impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the extent of the financial impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. For more information, see Part II - Item 1A. Risk Factors” included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

OVERVIEW

The Company operates as an internally managed, diversified REIT, with holdings in office, industrial, retail, and model home properties. In October 2017, we changed our name from “NetREIT, Inc.” to “Presidio Property Trust, Inc.” The Company acquires, owns and manages a geographically diversified portfolio of real estate assets including office, industrial, retail and model home residential properties leased to homebuilders located in the United States. As of September 30, 2020, the Company owned or had an equity interest in:

The Company’s office, industrial and retail properties are located primarily in Colorado, with four properties located in North Dakota and three in California. While geographical clustering of real estate enables us to reduce our operating costs through economies of scale by servicing a number of properties with less staff, it makes us susceptible to changing market conditions in 

these discrete geographic areas, including those that have developed as a result of COVID-19. We do not develop properties but acquire properties that are stabilized or that we anticipate will be stabilized within two or three 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.

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 are not investment grade. 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 or pay increases in operating expenses over specific base years. Most of our office leases are for terms of three to five years with annual rental increases. Our model homes are typically leased back for two to three years to the home builder on a triple net lease. Under a triple net lease, the tenant is required to pay all operating, maintenance and insurance costs and real estate taxes with respect to the leased property.

We seek to diversify our portfolio by commercial real estate segments to reduce the adverse effect of a single under-performing segment, geographic market and/or tenant. We further supplement this at the tenant level through our credit review process, which varies by tenant class. For example, our commercial and industrial tenants tend to be corporations or individual owned businesses. In these cases, we typically obtain financial records, including financial statements and tax returns (depending on the circumstance), and run credit reports for any prospective tenant to support our decision to enter into a rental arrangement. We also typically obtain security deposits from these commercial tenants. Our Model Home commercial tenants are well-known homebuilders with established credit histories. These tenants are subjected to financial review and analysis prior to us entering into a sales-leaseback transaction.

Initial Public Offering. On October 6, 2020, we completed an initial public offering, or IPO, selling 500,000 shares of Series A Common Stock at $5.00 per share. Proceeds from our initial public offering net of underwriting discounts and commissions were $2.3 million after deducting approximately $0.2 million in underwriting discounts and before giving effect to $775,000 in other expenses relating to the IPO. We intend to use the net proceeds of this offering for general corporate and working capital purposes, including to potentially acquire additional properties and reduce outstanding indebtedness.

Reverse Stock Split. On July 29, 2020, we amended our charter to effect a one-for-two reverse stock split of every outstanding share of our Series A Common Stock. The financial statements and accompanying footnotes have been retroactively restated to reflect the reverse stock split.

SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS IN 2020 AND 2019

Acquisitions - During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company acquired 25 model homes for approximately $9.0 million and leased them back to the homebuilders. The purchase price was paid through cash payments of approximately $2.7 million and mortgage notes of approximately $6.3 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company acquired 18 model homes for approximately $6.1 million. The purchase price was paid through cash payments of approximately $1.8 million and mortgage notes of approximately $4.3 million.

Dispositions - We review our portfolio of investment properties for value appreciation potential on an ongoing basis and dispose of any properties that no longer satisfy our requirements in this regard. The proceeds from any such property sale, after repayment of any associated mortgage, are available for investing in properties that we believe will have a much greater likelihood of future price appreciation, for the payment of other debt and for general corporate purposes.

We disposed of the following properties during the nine months ended September 30, 2020:

We disposed of the following properties during the nine months ended September 30, 2019:

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies as previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the SEC on March 13, 2020.

MANAGEMENT EVALUATION OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Management’s evaluation of operating results includes an assessment of our ability to generate cash flow necessary to pay operating expenses, general and administrative expenses, debt service and to fund distributions to our stockholders. 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 non-stabilized properties, long-term sustainability of our real estate portfolio, our future operating cash flow from anticipated acquisitions, and the proceeds from the sales of our real estate assets.

In addition, management evaluates the results of the operations of our portfolio and individual properties with a primary focus on increasing and enhancing the value, quality and quantity of properties in our real estate holdings. Management focuses its efforts on improving underperforming assets through re-leasing efforts, including negotiation of lease renewals and rental rates. Properties are regularly evaluated for potential added value appreciation and cashflow and, if lacking such potential, are sold with the equity reinvested in new acquisitions or otherwise allocated in a manner accretive to the shareholders. Our ability to increase assets under management is affected by our ability to raise borrowings and/or capital, coupled with our ability to identify appropriate investments.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED September 30, 2020 and 2019

The discussion that follows is based on our consolidated results of operations for the 2020 Quarter and 2019 Quarter. Although the COVID-19 pandemic did not significantly impact our operating results for the 2020 Quarter, we expect that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic may significantly adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows going forward, including but not limited to, real estate rental revenues, credit losses, and leasing activity, in ways that may vary widely depending on the duration and magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic turmoil, as well as numerous factors, many of which are outside of our control, as discussed under “Risk Factors.”

Revenues. Total revenue was $5.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared to $7.0 million for the same period in 2019, a decrease of $1.3 million or 19%, which is primarily due to a net decrease in rental income related to the sale of three properties in 2019 and two properties during the first quarter of 2020. The decrease in rental income is also attributed to COVID-19 related tenant workouts, which included rent abatements and deferrals that are being recognized over the remaining lease term.

Rental Operating Costs. Rental operating costs decreased by $0.4 million to $2.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020, compared to $2.5 million for the same period in 2019. Rental operating costs as a percentage of total revenue also increased to 37.2% as compared to 36.2% for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, primarily due to COVID-19 related costs incurred. The overall decrease in rental operating costs for the three months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to 2019 is due to the sale of three properties in 2019 and two properties during the quarter ended September 30, 2020, as well as the mix of properties held to include a higher percentage of model homes period over period, which have significantly lower operating costs. 

General and Administrative Expenses. General & Administrative (“G&A”) expenses decreased by $0.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. G&A expenses as a percentage of total revenue was 24.1% and 20.7% for three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, primarily due to payroll related costs. The decrease in G&A expenses overall for the three months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to 2019 is mainly due to a decrease in stock compensation expense.

Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense was $1.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020, compared to $1.8 million for the same period in 2019, representing a decrease of $0.1 million or 6%. The decrease in depreciation and amortization expense in 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 is primarily due to the sale of three properties in 2019 and two properties during the three months ended September 30, 2020, and the classification of three additional commercial properties as held for sale subsequent to September 30, 2019, upon which the Company ceased depreciation.

Asset Impairments. We review the carrying value of each of our real estate properties quarterly to determine if circumstances indicate an impairment in the carrying value of these investments exists. The Company did not recognize any impairment in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations during the three months ended September 30, 2020. Management considered the impact of COVID-19 on all remaining assets as of September 30, 2020 and determined that there was not sufficient data to indicate an impairment had occurred as of that date.

Interest Expense - Series B Preferred Stock. The Series B Preferred Stock issued in August 2014 included a mandatory redemption provision and therefore, was treated as a liability for financial reporting purposes. The interest paid and accrued and the amortization of the deferred offering costs are considered interest expense. The Series B Preferred Stock was redeemed during 2019 and was no longer outstanding as of September 30, 2019. Interest expense, including amortization of the deferred offering costs, totaled $0.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019.

Interest Expense - mortgage notes. Interest expense, including amortization of deferred finance charges was $1.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared to $1.7 million for the same period in 2019, a decrease of $0.3 million or 17%. The decrease in mortgage interest expense relates to the decreased number of commercial properties owned in 2020 compared to 2019 and the related mortgage debt. The weighted average interest rate on our outstanding debt was 3.9% and 4.7% as of September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Interest expense - note payable. On September 17, 2019, the Company executed a Promissory Note pursuant to which Polar Multi-Strategy Master Fund (“Polar”), extended a loan in the principal amount of $14.0 million to the Company ("Polar Note"). The Polar Note bears interest at a fixed rate of 8% per annum and requires monthly interest-only payments. Interest expense, including amortization of the deferred offering costs and Original Issue Discount ("OID") of $1.4 million, totaled $0.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020.

Gain on Sale of Real Estate Assets, net. The change in gain or loss on the sale of real estate assets is dependent on the mix of properties sold and the market conditions at the time of the sale. See "Significant Transactions in 2020 and 2019" above for further detail.

Income allocated to non-controlling interests. Income allocated to non-controlling interests for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 totaled approximately $0.4 million. 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019

Revenues.  Total revenue was $18.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to $21.3 million for the same period in 2019, a decrease of $2.5 million or 12%. The decrease in revenue for the six months period is primarily due to a decrease in rental income related to the sale of three properties during 2019 and two properties during the first quarter of 2020 as well as COVID-19 related tenant workouts, which included rent abatements and deferrals.

Rental Operating Costs.  Rental operating costs decreased $1.3 million, to $6.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 from $7.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Rental operating costs as a percentage of total revenue decreased to 34.5% from 36.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Rental operating costs as a percentage of total revenue decreased for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to 2019 due to the sale of three properties in 2019 and two properties during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as well as the mix of properties held to include a higher percentage of model homes period over period, which have significantly lower operating costs.

General and Administrative Expenses.  G&A expenses decreased by $0.6 million, or 13%, to $4.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to $4.6 million for the same period in 2019. G&A expenses as a percentage of total revenue was 21.2% and 21.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The decrease in G&A expense is due to a decrease in stock compensation expense.

Depreciation and Amortization.  Depreciation and amortization expense totaled $4.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to $5.7 million for the same period in 2019, a decrease of $0.9 million or 16%. The decrease in depreciation and amortization during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 when compared to the same period in 2019 is primarily due to the sale of three properties in 2019 and two properties during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, and the classification of three additional commercial properties as held for sale subsequent to September 30, 2019, upon which the Company ceased depreciation.

Asset Impairments.  We review the carrying value of each of our real estate properties quarterly to determine if circumstances indicate an impairment in the carrying value of these investments exists. During the second quarter of 2020, the Company entered into lease renewal negotiations with a significant tenant at our Waterman Plaza retail property at a lower market rental rate than the rental rate being charged. The Company obtained a broker opinion of value that considered the lower market rental rates and subsequently determined there was a material change to undiscounted cash flows on the property as of June 30, 2020. Therefore, the Company recorded an $845,000 non-cash impairment in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations during the second quarter of 2020, and during the third quarter of 2020, the parties executed an amendment to renew the lease. Management considered the impact of COVID-19 on all remaining assets as of September 30, 2020 and determined that no other impairments had occurred as of that date.

Interest Expense-Series B preferred stock.  The Series B Preferred Stock issued in August 2014 included a mandatory redemption provision and therefore, was treated as a liability for financial reporting purposes. The interest paid and accrued and the amortization of the deferred offering costs are considered interest expense. The Series B Preferred Stock was redeemed during 2019 and was no longer outstanding as of September 30, 2019. Interest expense, including amortization of the deferred offering costs, totaled $2.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Interest Expense-mortgage notes.  Interest expense, including amortization of deferred finance charges was $4.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to $5.5 million for the same period in 2019, a decrease of $0.9 million or 16%. The decrease in interest relates to the decreased number of commercial properties owned in 2019 compared to 2019 and the related debt. The weighted average interest rate on our outstanding debt was 3.9% and 4.7% as of September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Interest expense - note payable. On September 17, 2019, the Company executed a Promissory Note pursuant to which Polar Multi-Strategy Master Fund (“Polar”), extended a loan in the principal amount of $14.0 million to the Company ("Polar Note"). The Polar Note bears interest at a fixed rate of 8% per annum and requires monthly interest-only payments. Interest expense, including amortization of the deferred offering costs and amortization of the Original Issue Discount ("OID") of $1.4 million, totaled $2.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and $0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Gain on Sale of Real Estate Assets, net. The change in gain or loss on the sale of real estate assets is dependent on the mix of properties sold and the market conditions at the time of the sale. See "Significant Transactions in 2020 and 2019" above for further detail.

Income allocated to non-controlling interests.  Income allocated to non-controlling interests for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was approximately $0.9 million compared to the income allocated during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 of approximately $1.4 million. The decrease is related to the sale of 33 Model Home Properties during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to 35 Model Home Properties during the nine months ended September 30, 2019, for which the decrease is primarily attributable to homes were sold at a higher gain in 2019.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Overview

As the local and global economies have weakened as a result of COVID-19, ensuring adequate liquidity is critical. We believe we have access to adequate resources to meet the needs of our existing operations and working capital, to the extent we are not funded by cash provided by operating activities. However, we expect the COVID-19 pandemic may adversely impact our future operating cash flows due to the inability of some of our tenants to pay their rent on time or at all. We have negotiated lease amendments with certain tenants who have demonstrated financial distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which included rent deferral, temporary rent abatement, or reduced rental rates and/or lease extensions and has affected our short-term liquidity. The COVID-19 pandemic may also make financing more difficult for us to obtain, as well as for prospective buyers of our properties to obtain, resulting in difficulty in selling assets within our expected timeframe, or for our expected sales price.

Our anticipated future sources of liquidity may include existing cash and cash equivalents, cash flows from operations, refinancing of existing mortgages, future real estate sales, new borrowings, financial aid from government programs instituted as a result of COVID-19, and the sale of equity or debt securities. Our cash and restricted cash at September 30, 2020 was $10.0 million, which included our available liquidity of cash and cash equivalents of $6.8 million. Liquidity events have primarily included:

Our future capital needs include paying down existing borrowings, maintaining our existing properties, funding tenant improvements, paying lease commissions (to the extent they are not covered by lender-held reserve deposits), and the payment of dividends to our stockholders. We also are actively seeking investments that are likely to produce income and achieve long term gains in order to pay dividends to our stockholders. To ensure that we can effectively execute these objectives, we routinely review our liquidity requirements and continually evaluate all potential sources of liquidity. We currently do not have a revolving line of credit but have been working to obtain such a line of credit.

Our short-term liquidity needs include paying down the remaining balance of the Polar Note, paying our current operating costs, satisfying the debt service requirements of our existing mortgages, completing tenant improvements, paying leasing commissions, and funding dividends to stockholders. For the three months remaining in 2020 and the year ending December 31, 2021, we have $1.1 million and $11.3 million of mortgage notes payable due, respectively, related to the Model Home Properties. Certain Model Home Properties will be sold and the underlying mortgage notes will be paid off with sales proceeds while other mortgage notes will be refinanced. For the three months remaining in 2020 and the year ending December 31, 2021, we have $468,000 and $16.4 million of mortgage notes payments due, respectively, related to the commercial properties. We plan to sell certain commercial properties or refinance a significant portion of the mortgage notes payable in the event the commercial property securing the respective mortgage note is not sold on or before maturity. We believe that the cash flow from our existing portfolio, distributions from joint ventures in Model Home partnerships and property sales during 2020 will be sufficient to fund our near-term operating costs, capital expenditures and future dividends that may be paid to stockholders. If our cash flow from operating activities is not sufficient to fund our short-term liquidity needs, we plan to fund a portion of these needs from additional borrowings of secured or unsecured indebtedness, from real estate sales, issuance of debt instruments, additional investors, or we will reduce the rate of dividends to the stockholders. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we did not pay any cash dividends to our common stockholders, but intend to pay dividends to our stockholders on a quarterly basis going forward.

Our long-term liquidity needs include proceeds necessary to grow and maintain our portfolio of investments. We believe that the potential financing capital available to us in the future is sufficient to fund our long-term liquidity needs. We are continually reviewing our existing portfolio to determine which properties have met our short- and long-term goals and reinvesting the proceeds in properties with better potential to increase performance. We expect to obtain additional cash in connection with refinancing of maturing mortgages and assumption of existing debt collateralized by some or all of our real property in the future to meet our long-term liquidity needs. If we are unable to arrange a line of credit, borrow on properties, issue debt instruments, privately place securities or sell securities to the public we may not be able to acquire additional properties to meet our long-term objectives.

Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we had approximately $6.8 million and $5.7 million in cash equivalents, respectively, and $3.2 million and $4.7 million of restricted cash, respectively. Our cash equivalents and restricted cash consist of invested cash, cash in our operating accounts and cash held in bank accounts at third party institutions. During 2020 and 2019, we did not experience any loss or lack of access to our cash or cash equivalents. Approximately $1.7 million of our cash balance is intended for capital expenditures on existing properties (net of deposits held in reserve accounts by our lenders). We intend to use the remainder of our existing cash and cash equivalents for reduction of principal debt, general corporate purposes and/or dividends to our stockholders.

Secured Debt

As of September 30, 2020, the Company had one variable-rate mortgage note payable on a commercial property with a principal amount of $5.8 million and fixed-rate mortgage notes payable in the aggregate principal amount of $89.1 million, collateralized by a total of 15 commercial properties with loan terms at issuance ranging from 3 to 22 years. The weighted-average interest rate on these mortgage notes payable as of September 30, 2020 was approximately 4.4%, and our debt to estimated market value of these properties was approximately 59.9%.

As of September 30, 2020, the Company had 119 fixed-rate mortgage notes payable related to model homes in the aggregate principal amount of $29.5 million, collateralized by a total of 119 Model Homes. These loans generally have a term at issuance of three to five years. As of September 30, 2020, the average loan balance per home outstanding and the weighted-average interest rate on these mortgage loans are approximately $250,000 and 3.6%, respectively. Our debt to estimated market value on these properties is approximately 73.3%. The Company has guaranteed between 25% - 100% of these mortgage loans.

We have been able to refinance maturing mortgages to extend maturity dates and we have not experienced any notable difficulties financing our acquisitions.

Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019

Operating Activities: Net cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 increased by approximately $0.5 million to approximately $2.9 million from $2.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The increase in net cash provided by operating activities is due to a $0.2 million increase in working capital which fluctuates based on timing of receipt and payment, as well as an increase in non-cash addbacks such as straight-line rent.

Investing Activities: Net cash provided by investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was approximately $22.2 million compared to approximately $17.3 million during the same period in 2019. The increase primarily related to the mix of gross proceeds from the sale of office buildings and Model Homes year over year, as well as a decrease in capital expenditures due to timing of capital expenditures during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

We currently project that we could spend up to $1.7 million (net of deposits held in reserve accounts by lenders) on capital improvements, tenant improvements and leasing costs for properties within our portfolio on an annual basis. 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 capital expenditures in the future due to rising construction costs. 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.

Financing Activities: Net cash used in financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $25.4 million compared to $18.3 million for the same period in 2019 and was primarily due to the following activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020:

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of September 30, 2020, we had one letter of credit outstanding for $0.2 million, to satisfy mortgage lender requirements.

Inflation

Substantially all of our office leases provide for real estate tax and operating expense escalations. In addition, most of the leases provide for fixed annual rent increases. We believe that inflationary increases may be at least partially offset by these contractual rent increases and expense escalations.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Not required

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company's Exchange Act report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management, including its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting 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, Chief Financial Officer and our Chief Accounting Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2020 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Furthermore, we do not believe that these controls have been impacted by COVID-19 related circumstances, including remote work arrangements with our employees.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

None.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

The following supplements and updates the risk factors in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. If any of the risks discussed below or in our Annual Report on Form 10-K occur, our business, prospects, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations (individually and collectively referred to in the following risk factor as “Financial Performance”) could be materially and adversely affected. Some statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including statements in the following risk factors, constitute forward-looking statements. Please refer to the introductory section of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, preceding Part I, "Financial Information," entitled “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

Risks Related to COVID-19

The current outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and the resulting volatility it has created, has disrupted our business and we expect that the COVID-19 pandemic, may significantly and adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations going forward, and that other potential pandemics or outbreaks, could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows in the future. Further, the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak has caused severe disruptions in the U.S. and global economy and financial markets, and could potentially create widespread business continuity issues of an unknown magnitude and duration.

Since being reported in December 2019, COVID-19 has spread globally, including to every state in the United States. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, and on March 13, 2020, the United States declared a national emergency with respect to COVID-19.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and another pandemic in the future could have, repercussions across regional and global economies and financial markets. The global impact of the outbreak has been rapidly evolving and many countries, including the United States (including the states and cities that comprise the San Diego, California; Denver and Colorado Springs, Colorado; Fargo and Bismarck, North Dakota; and other metro regions, where we own and operate properties) have also instituted quarantines, "shelter in place" mandates, including rules and restrictions on travel and the types of businesses that 

may continue to operate. As a result, the COVID-19 pandemic is negatively impacting almost every industry, both inside and outside these metro regions, directly or indirectly and has created business continuity issues. For instance, a number of our commercial tenants have announced temporary closures of their offices or stores and requested temporary rent deferral or rent abatement during this pandemic. In addition, jurisdictions where we own and operate properties have implemented, or may implement, rent freezes, eviction freezes, or other similar restrictions. The full extent of the impacts on our business over the long term are largely uncertain and dependent on a number of factors beyond our control.

As a result of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been impacted by and may further be impacted by one or more of the following:

The significance, extent and duration of the impact of COVID-19 remains largely uncertain and dependent on future developments that cannot be accurately predicted at this time, such as the continued severity, duration, transmission rate and geographic spread of COVID-19, the extent and effectiveness of the containment measures taken, and the response of the overall economy, the financial markets and the population, once the current containment measures are lifted.

The rapid development and volatility of this situation precludes us from making any prediction as to the ultimate adverse impact of COVID-19. As a result, we cannot provide an estimate of the overall impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business or when, or if, we (or our tenants) will be able to resume fully normal operations. Nevertheless, COVID-19 presents material uncertainty and risk with respect to our business, financial performance and condition, operating results and cash flows.

The impact of COVID-19 may also exacerbate other risks discussed in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, any of which could have a material effect on us.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities. None.

Stock Repurchases. The Company does not have a formal policy with respect to a stock repurchase program and typically restricts repurchases to hardship cases only.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

None.

Item 5. Other Information.

None.

Item 6. EXHIBITS.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.