Investments in Debt Securities and Notes Receivable

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Investments in Debt Securities and Notes Receivable

INVESTMENTS IN DEBT SECURITIES AND NOTES RECEIVABLEInvestments in debt securities and notes receivable consists of the Company's investment in mandatorily redeemable preferred stock of Jernigan Capital, Inc. ("JCAP") in connection with JCAP's acquisition by affiliates of NexPoint Advisors, L.P. ("NexPoint Investment") and receivables due to the Company under its bridge loan program. Information about these balances is as follows:

	March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Debt securities - NexPoint Series A Preferred Stock	$	200,000	$	200,000
Debt securities - NexPoint Series B Preferred Stock	100,000		100,000
Notes Receivable-Bridge Loans	348,185		279,042
Notes Receivable-Senior Mezzanine Loan, net	—		102,079
Dividends Receivable	45,922		38,066
	$	694,107	$	719,187

In November 2020, the Company invested $300,000 in the preferred stock of JCAP in connection with the acquisition of JCAP by affiliates of NexPoint Advisors, L.P. This investment consists of 200,000 Series A Preferred Shares valued at a total of $200,000, and 100,000 Series B Preferred Shares valued at a total of $100,000. The JCAP preferred stock is mandatorily redeemable after five years, with two one-year extension options. NexPoint may redeem the Preferred Shares at any time, subject to certain prepayment penalties. The Company accounts for the JCAP preferred stock as a held to maturity debt security at amortized cost. The Series A Preferred Shares and the Series B Preferred Shares have initial dividend rates of 10.0% and 12.0%, respectively. If the investment is not retired after five years, the preferred dividends increase annually.

In July 2020, the Company purchased a senior mezzanine note receivable with a principal amount of $103,000. This note receivable bore interest at 5.5%, matured in December 2023 and was collateralized through an equity interest in which it or its subsidiaries wholly own 62 storage facilities. The Company paid cash of $101,142 for the loan receivable and accounted for the discount at amortized cost. The discount was being amortized over the term of the loan receivable. In February 2022, a junior mezzanine lender exercised its right to buy the Company’s position for the full principal balance plus interest due, as a result of which the Company sold this note for a total of $103,315 in cash. The remaining unamortized discount was recognized in the quarter as interest income.

The Company provides bridge loan financing to third-party self-storage operators. These notes receivable consist of mortgage loans receivable, collateralized by self-storage properties. These notes receivable typically have a term of three years with two one-year extensions, and have variable interest rates. The Company intends to sell the majority of the mortgage receivables. During the three months ended March 31, 2022 the Company sold a total principal amount of $39,718 of its mortgage bridge loans receivable to third parties for a total of $39,718 in cash and closed on $134,408 in new mortgage bridge loans.