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Note 5 - Asset Acquisition of Real Estate Properties
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Asset Acquisitions of Real Estate Properties Disclosure [Text Block]
NOTE
5.
ASSET ACQUISITION OF REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES
 
Historical Acquisition
 
On
December 10, 2017,
the Company entered into a certain Master Real Estate Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Mt. Melrose, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company (“Old Mt. Melrose”), that owned and managed a portfolio of residential real estate in Lexington, Kentucky. Old Mt. Melrose was owned by Jeffrey I. Moore (“Moore”), a former Company director.
 
On
January 10, 2018,
the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Mt Melrose, LLC (“New Mt Melrose”), completed the
first
acquisition of
44
residential and other income-producing real properties under the Purchase Agreement for a total purchase price of
$3,956,389,
which consisted of
$500,000
in cash,
120,602
shares of common stock valued at
$1,658,270,
and the assumption of
$1,798,119
of existing debt.
 
The Company accounted for the initial purchase of properties as an asset acquisition (consisting of a concentrated group of similarly identifiable assets, including land, buildings, improvements, and in-place leases) following the guidance contained in ASU
No.
2017
-
01.
The total purchase price, along with approximately
$45,250
of transaction expenses, was allocated to the land and buildings acquired based on their relative fair values, as follows:
 
Land
  $
800,328
 
Buildings
   
3,201,311
 
Total Value
  $
4,001,639
 
 
On
June 29, 2018,
New Mt Melrose completed the
second
acquisition of
69
residential and other income-producing real properties under the Purchase Agreement for a total purchase price of
$5,174,722,
which consisted of
148,158
shares of common stock valued at
$2,407,564,
and the assumption of
$2,767,158
of existing debt.
 
The Company accounted for the
second
 purchase of properties as an asset acquisition (consisting of a concentrated group of similarly identifiable assets, including land, buildings, improvements, and in-place leases). The total purchase price, along with approximately
$7,393
 of transaction expenses, was allocated to the land and buildings acquired based on their relative fair values, as follows:
 
Land
  $
1,036,423
 
Buildings
   
4,145,692
 
Total Value
  $
5,182,115
 
 
Pursuant to that certain Termination of Master Real Estate Asset Purchase Agreement entered into effective
November 1, 2018,
between the Company and Old Mt. Melrose, the parties mutually agreed to terminate the Purchase Agreement as of
November 1, 2018. 
Accordingly, neither the Company nor New Mt Melrose had any further rights or obligations concerning additional acquisitions of real properties from Old Mt. Melrose under the Purchase Agreement as of that time. A
third
-party property manager was engaged as of
November 1, 2018,
to manage certain of the real properties previously acquired. Management also determined that it was necessary to right-size New Mt Melrose operations to reduce its level of high-interest debt. Accordingly, New Mt Melrose began to immediately sell various properties with an emphasis on selling properties that had high-interest-rate loans and did 
not
produce income. 
 
In an effort to expedite the optimization of the Mt Melrose portfolio, management subsequently determined that a dedicated operator was necessary to manage the subsidiary. On
June 27, 2019,
as per the Current Report on Form
8
-K filed with the SEC on
July 3, 2019,
the Company sold
65%
of its membership interest in Mt Melrose, LLC to an unaffiliated
third
-party purchaser, Woodmont Lexington, LLC (“Woodmont”). As consideration for the transaction, Woodmont paid the Company
$100,000
and agreed to assume full responsibility for the management and operation of Mt Melrose and its real estate portfolio. See Note
4
for more information.
 
Historical Variable Interests
 
As of the quarterly periods ended
March 31, 2018,
June 30, 2018,
and
September 30, 2018,
the Company had determined that Old Mt. Melrose was a “variable interest entity” because the seller’s equity interests in Old Mt. Melrose were 
not
effective in determining whether the seller or New Mt Melrose had a controlling financial interest, and that New Mt Melrose’s rights under a certain Cash Flow Agreement that had been entered into on
January 10, 2018
with Old Mt. Melrose (the “Cash Flow Agreement”) were deemed to be variable interests in Old Mt. Melrose. At those times, the Company had determined that New Mt Melrose was the primary beneficiary of Old Mt. Melrose since substantially all of Old Mt. Melrose’s activities had been conducted on behalf of New Mt Melrose and because New Mt Melrose
may
have been required to provide financial support to Old Mt. Melrose under the Cash Flow Agreement. As its primary beneficiary, New Mt Melrose previously consolidated Old Mt. Melrose’s financial results beginning on
January 10, 2018.
The fair values of the assets and liabilities of Old Mt. Melrose had been consolidated accordingly on the unaudited consolidated balance sheets for the quarterly periods ended
March 31, 2018,
June 30, 2018,
and
September 30, 2018.
As noted on the unaudited consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity during those quarters, the ending noncontrolling interest allocated to the variable interest entity represented the remaining equity held by Old Mt. Melrose for properties that had
not
yet been acquired under the Purchase Agreement. The ending noncontrolling interest amount also included any income or loss generated by the remaining properties that were to be acquired under the Purchase Agreement for the period then ended.
 
As of
November 1, 2018, 
pursuant to the termination of the Master Real Estate Asset Purchase Agreement and Cash Flow Agreement noted above, New Mt Melrose was 
no
longer the primary beneficiary of Old Mt. Melrose. Additionally, as of
November 1, 2018,
New Mt Melrose
no
longer had a controlling financial interest in Old Mt. Melrose. Consequently, as of
November 1, 2018,
the Company
no
longer consolidated the fair values of the assets, liabilities, or operating results of Old Mt. Melrose, and the balance of noncontrolling interest as of 
December 31, 2019
and
2018,
is zero.