Segments

The Company consists of five reportable segments, Tax-Exempt Bond Investments, MF Properties, Public Housing Capital Fund Trusts, MBS Investments, and Consolidated VIEs. In addition to the five reportable segments, the Company also separately reports its consolidation and elimination information because it does not allocate certain items to the segments.

Tax-Exempt Bond Investments Segment

The Tax-Exempt Bond Investments segment consists of the Company's portfolio of federally tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds which have been issued to provide construction and/or permanent financing of multifamily residential apartments. Such tax exempt bonds are held as long-term investments. As of December 31, 2012, the Company held fifteen tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds not associated with Consolidated VIEs and three tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds associated with Consolidated VIEs which are bonds that are eliminated in consolidation on the Company's financial statements. Additionally, four bonds secured by the Ohio Properties and Greens Property are eliminated upon consolidation in the Company's financial statements and reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented (Note 3). The multifamily apartment properties financed by the 22 tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds contain a total of 3,880 rental units.

MF Properties Segment

The MF Properties segment consists of indirect equity interests in multifamily apartment properties which are not currently financed by tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds held by the Partnership but which the Partnership eventually intends to finance by such bonds through a restructuring. In connection with any such restructuring, the Partnership will be required to dispose of any equity interest held in such MF Properties. With the exception of the Ohio Properties and the Greens Property, the Partnership's interests in its current MF Properties are not currently classified as Assets Held for Sale because the Partnership is not actively marketing them for sale, there is no definitive purchase agreement in existence that, under current guidance, can be recognized as a sale of real estate assets and, therefore, no sale is expected in the next twelve months. As discussed above, the Ohio Properties and the Greens Property are reported as discontinued operations (Note 10). During the time the Partnership holds an interest in an MF Property, any net rental income generated by the MF Properties in excess of debt service will be available for distribution to the Partnership in accordance with its interest in the MF Property. Any such cash distribution will contribute to the Partnership's CAD. As of December 31, 2012, the Company consolidated the results of seven MF Properties containing a total of 1,346 rental units.

Other Tax-Exempt Investments

The Partnership Agreement authorizes the Company to make investments in tax-exempt investments other than tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds provided that these other tax-exempt investments are rated in one of the four highest rating categories by a national securities rating agency and do not constitute more than 25% of the Company's assets at the time of acquisition as required under the Agreement of Limited Partnership. In addition, the amount of other tax-exempt investments are limited based on the conditions to the exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 that is relied upon for the Partnership. The Company currently has other tax-exempt investments, PHC Certificates and MBS which are reported as two separate segments. The PHC Trusts segment consists of the assets, liabilities, and related income and expenses of the PHC Trusts. The Partnership consolidates the PHC Trusts due to it's ownership of the LIFERS issued by the three PHC Trusts, which hold custodial receipts evidencing loans made to a number of local public housing authorities. Principal and interest on these loans are payable by the respective public housing authorities out of annual appropriations to be made to the public housing authorities by the HUD under HUD's Capital Fund Program established under the Capital Fund Program. This investment has been reported as part of the Partnership balance sheet and results of operations since acquired in July 2012. The MBS segment consists of the assets, liabilities, and related income and expenses of the MBS TOB Trusts that the Company consolidated due to its ownership of the LIFERs issued by theMBS TOB Trusts. These MBS TOB trusts are securitized by state issued mortgage-backed securities which are backed by residential mortgage loans. This investment was acquired in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Consolidated VIE segment

The Consolidated VIE segment consists of multifamily apartment properties which are financed with tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds held by the Partnership, the assets, liabilities and operating results of which are consolidated with those of the Partnership. The tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds on these Consolidated VIE properties are eliminated from the Company's financial statements as a result of such consolidation, however, such bonds are held as long-term investments by the Partnership which continues to be entitled to receive principal and interest payments on such bonds. The Company does not actually own an equity position in the Consolidated VIEs or their underlying properties. As of December 31, 2012, the Company consolidated three VIE multifamily apartment properties containing a total of 650 rental units. The Company consolidates a fourth VIE, EAT (Maples on 97th), whose operations are reported within the MF Properties segment due to a Master Lease Arrangement but the real estate assets are reported within the VIE segment.

Management closely monitors and evaluates the financial reporting associated with and the operations of the Consolidated VIEs and the MF Properties and performs such evaluation separately from the other operations of the Partnership through interaction with the affiliated property management company which manages the multifamily apartment properties held by the Consolidated VIEs and the MF Properties.

Management's goals with respect to the properties constituting the Company's Consolidated VIE and MF Properties reportable segments is to generate increasing amounts of net rental income from these properties that will allow them to (i) make all payments of base interest, and possibly pay contingent interest, on the properties included in the Tax-Exempt Bond Investments segment and the Consolidated VIE segment, and (ii) distribute net rental income to the Partnership from the MF Properties segment until such properties can be refinanced with additional tax-exempt mortgage bonds meeting the Partnership's investment criteria. In order to achieve these goals, management of these multifamily apartment properties is focused on: (i) maintaining high economic occupancy and increasing rental rates through effective leasing, reduced turnover rates and providing quality maintenance and services to maximize resident satisfaction; (ii) managing operating expenses and achieving cost reductions through operating efficiencies and economies of scale generally inherent in the management of a portfolio of multiple properties; and (iii) emphasizing regular programs of repairs, maintenance and property improvements to enhance the competitive advantage and value of its properties in their respective market areas.

The following table details certain key financial information for the Company's reportable segments for the three years ended December 31:



	2012			2011			2010
Total revenue
Tax-Exempt Bond Financing	$	12,169,336		$	12,635,513		$	11,147,091
MF Properties	7,846,813			5,066,443			1,619,229
Public Housing Capital Fund Trusts	1,624,534			—			—
Mortgage-Backed Securities	194,039			—			—
Consolidated VIEs	4,805,746			10,043,284			7,487,438
Consolidation/eliminations	(1,520,817		)	(6,046,445		)	(3,374,760		)
Total revenue	$	25,119,651		$	21,698,795		$	16,878,998

Interest expense
Tax-Exempt Bond Financing	$	3,510,182		$	4,463,926		$	1,755,427
MF Properties	1,439,370			977,774			132,396
Public Housing Capital Fund Trusts	542,479			—			—
Mortgage-Backed Securities	38,964			—			—
Consolidated VIEs	3,240,306			4,037,725			5,546,229
Consolidation/eliminations	(3,240,306		)	(4,037,725		)	(5,546,229		)
Total interest expense	$	5,530,995		$	5,441,700		$	1,887,823

Depreciation expense
Tax-Exempt Bond Financing	$	—		$	—		$	—
MF Properties	2,485,365			1,451,875			501,053
Public Housing Capital Fund Trusts	—			—			—
Mortgage-Backed Securities	—			—			—
Consolidated VIEs	1,544,346			1,683,280			2,226,339
Consolidation/eliminations	—			—			—
Total depreciation expense	$	4,029,711		$	3,135,155		$	2,727,392

Income (loss) from continuing operations
Tax-Exempt Bond Financing	$	4,136,126		$	(353,323	)	$	2,384,926
MF Properties	(1,065,819		)	(782,493		)	(53,339		)
Public Housing Capital Fund Trusts	1,067,749			—			—
Mortgage-Backed Securities	148,552			—			—
Consolidated VIEs	(3,285,896		)	682,243			(8,230,629		)
Consolidation/eliminations	1,763,050			(1,971,782		)	5,764,369
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$	2,763,762		$	(2,425,355	)	$	(134,673	)

Net income (loss)
Tax-Exempt Bond Financing	$	4,136,126		$	(353,323	)	$	2,384,926
MF Properties	617,263			(601,060		)	(319,026		)
Public Housing Capital Fund Trusts	1,067,749			—			—
Mortgage-Backed Securities	148,552			—			—
Consolidated VIEs	(3,285,896		)	682,243			(8,230,629		)
Consolidation/eliminations	1,763,050			(1,971,782		)	5,764,369
Net income (loss) - America First Tax Exempt Investors, L. P.	$	4,446,844		$	(2,243,922	)	$	(400,360	)



	2012			2011			2010
Total assets
Tax-Exempt Bond Investments	$	357,606,420		$	321,433,013		$	316,922,744
MF Properties	51,379,479			43,926,832			10,264,644
Public Housing Capital Fund Trusts	65,811,361			—			—
Mortgage-Backed Securities	32,488,363			—			—
Discontinued Operations	32,580,427			37,494,700			33,714,886
Consolidated VIEs	30,207,191			24,315,353			47,504,227
Consolidation/eliminations	(156,922,486		)	(129,193,353		)	(166,799,252		)
Total assets	$	413,150,755		$	297,976,545		$	241,607,249

Total partners' capital
Tax-Exempt Bond Investments	$	221,665,286		$	179,285,257		$	192,682,394
MF Properties	6,643,315			2,394,991			(3,882,221		)
Public Housing Capital Fund Trusts	16,720,915			—			—
Mortgage-Backed Securities	7,334,399			—			—
Consolidated VIEs	(22,480,214		)	(24,872,428		)	(41,635,836		)
Consolidation/eliminations	(47,966,509		)	(25,763,560		)	(19,001,446		)
Total partners' capital	$	181,917,192		$	131,044,260		$	128,162,891