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Investments in Single-Family Residential Properties
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Investments in Single-Family Residential Properties

Note 8. Investments in Single-Family Residential Properties

The Company previously allocated investment capital to a strategy of investing in SFR properties that consisted of acquiring, leasing and operating single-family residential homes as rental properties. During 2022, the Company sold its portfolio of SFR properties and is currently no longer anticipating allocating capital to its SFR investment strategy. The Company conducted its SFR investment strategy through a wholly-owned subsidiary, McLean SFR Investment, LLC ("McLean SFR").

To execute its strategy of investing in SFR properties, the Company entered into an agreement with a third-party investment advisory firm to identify, acquire and manage investments in SFR properties on behalf of the Company. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company had committed to fund up to $55,000 of capital to fund the acquisition of SFR properties. On January 18, 2023, the Company's capital commitment amount was reduced to zero as a result of its sale of its remaining portfolio of SFR properties on December 1, 2022. Under the terms of its agreement, the Company is obligated to pay the third-party firm a minimum fee plus an incentive fee equal to a percentage of the total investment return in excess of a hurdle rate of return. If the Company were to terminate the agreement with the third-party investment firm, the Company would incur a termination fee equal to a fixed amount less inception to date minimum fees paid to the third-party firm. As of December 31, 2022, the Company expects to terminate its agreement with the third-party investment firm. Accordingly, the Company accrued a termination fee as of December 31, 2022.

The Company’s investments in SFR properties were initially recognized on the settlement date of their acquisition at cost. The Company allocated the initial acquisition cost of each property to land and building on the basis of their relative fair values at the time of acquisition. To determine the relative fair value of land and building at the time of acquisition, the Company used available market data, such as property specific county tax assessment records.

Subsequent to the acquisition of a property, expenditures which improved or extended the life of the property were capitalized as a component of the property’s cost basis. Expenditures for ordinary maintenance and repairs were recognized as an expense as incurred and were reported as a component of “single-family property operating expenses” in the Company’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

The Company subsequently recognized depreciation of each property’s buildings and capitalized improvements over the expected useful lives of those assets. The Company calculated depreciation on a straight-line basis over a useful life of 27.5 years for buildings and useful lives ranging from five to 27.5 years for capitalized improvements. The Company reported depreciation expense as a component of “single-family property operating expenses” in the Company’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Pursuant to its SFR investment strategy, the Company leased its SFR properties to tenants who occupied the properties. The leases generally had terms of one year or more and were classified as operating leases. Rental revenue, net of any concessions, was

recognized over the term of each lease on a straight-line basis. If the Company determined that collectability of lease payments was not probable, any lease receivables previously recognized were reversed and rental revenue was limited to cash received.

Costs directly associated with the origination of a lease, such as a commission paid to a property manager when a lease agreement was obtained, were deferred at the commencement of the lease and subsequently recognized ratably as an expense over the lease term, consistent with the recognition of rental revenue from the lease. The ratable expense recognition of lease direct costs was reported as a component of “single-family property operating expenses” in the Company’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income. In addition to the expense items previously mentioned, “single-family property operating expenses” also included accruals for, but not limited to, third-party property management fees, local real estate tax assessments, utilities, homeowners’ association dues and property insurance.

The Company evaluated its SFR properties for impairment whenever circumstances indicated that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable. Significant indicators of potential impairment included, but were not limited to, declines in home values, adverse changes in rental or occupancy rates and relevant unfavorable changes in the broader economy. If indicators of potential impairment existed, the Company performed a recoverability test by comparing the property’s net carrying amount to its estimate of the undiscounted future net cash flows expected to be obtained from the use and eventual disposition of the property. If the property’s carrying amount exceeded the Company’s estimate of the undiscounted future net cash flows expected to be obtained from the property, the Company would have recognized an impairment loss equal to the amount that the property’s net carrying amount exceeded the property’s estimated fair value.

From time to time, the Company identified SFR properties to be sold. At the time that any such properties were identified, the Company performed an evaluation to determine whether or not such properties should be classified as held for sale. Factors considered as part of the Company's held for sale evaluation process included whether the following conditions had been met: (i) the Company had committed to a plan to sell a property; (ii) the property was immediately available for sale in its present condition; (iii) an active program to locate a buyer and other actions required to complete the plan to sell a property had been initiated; (iv) the sale of a property was probable within one year (generally determined based upon listing for sale); (v) the property was being actively marketed for sale at a price that was reasonable in relation to its current fair value; and (vi) actions required to complete the plan indicated that it is unlikely that significant changes to the plan would be made or that the plan would be withdrawn. To the extent that these factors were all present, the Company ceased depreciating the property, measured the property at the lower of its carrying amount or its fair value less estimated costs to sell, and presented the property separately on its consolidated balance sheets.

On August 19, 2022, the Company completed a sale of 371 SFR properties for a gross sale price of $130,026 for a gain of $14,391 that is net of accrued incentive fees to the Company's third-party investment firm.

On December 1, 2022, the Company completed a sale of McLean SFR, which included all of the Company's remaining investments in SFR properties and its long-term debt facility secured by SFR properties, for a gross sale price of $87,050, including the assumption of the debt liability (see Note 10 "Borrowings"), for a gain of $1,789 that is net of accrued incentive fees and termination fees to the Company's third-party investment advisory firm.

During the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized $2,176 and $299, respectively, of depreciation expense related to its SFR properties. The following table summarizes the Company’s net carrying amount of its SFR properties by component as of the dates indicated:

 

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

Investments in single-family residential real estate:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land

 

$

 

 

$

10,128

 

Buildings and improvements

 

 

 

 

 

51,060

 

Investments in single-family residential real estate, at cost

 

 

 

 

 

61,188

 

Less: accumulated depreciation

 

 

 

 

 

(299

)

Investments in single-family residential real estate, net

 

$

 

 

$

60,889