Investments in Debt Securities and Notes Receivable

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

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, 2023		December 31, 2022
Debt securities - NexPoint Preferred Stock	$	300,000	$	300,000
Notes Receivable - Bridge Loans	507,885		491,879
Dividends and Interest Receivable	56,028		66,170
	$	863,913	$	858,049

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 consisted 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. In December 2022, a modification was completed that exchanged the Series A and Series B Preferred Shares for 300,000 Series D Preferred Shares, valued at a total of $300,000. The Series D Preferred Shares are mandatorily redeemable after six years from the modification in December 2022, with two one-year extension options. NexPoint may redeem the Series D Preferred Shares at any time, subject to certain prepayment penalties. The Company accounts for the JCAP Series D Preferred Shares as a held to maturity debt security at amortized cost. The Series D Preferred Shares have initial dividend rates of 8.5%. If the investment is not retired after six 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 February 2022 as interest income.

The Company provides bridge loan financing to third-party self-storage operators. These notes receivable consist of mortgage loans receivable, which are collateralized by self-storage properties and unsecured mezzanine loans receivable. 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, 2023 the Company sold a total principal amount of $39,261 of its mortgage bridge loans receivable to third parties for a total of $39,261 in cash and closed on $58,378 in new bridge loans.

The bridge loans typically have a loan to value ratio between 70% and 80%. None of the debt securities or notes receivable are in past-due or nonaccrual status and the allowance for potential credit losses is immaterial.