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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
The Company has elected and has operated so as to qualify to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), commencing with the tax year ended December 31, 2005. So long as it qualifies as a REIT, the Company generally will not be subject to federal income tax on taxable income that is distributed to stockholders. A REIT is subject to a number of organizational and operational requirements including a requirement that it currently distribute at least 90% of its REIT taxable income (subject to certain adjustments) to its stockholders (the “90% Distribution Requirement”). If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, without the benefit of certain relief provisions, the Company will be subject to federal and state income tax on its taxable income at regular corporate tax rates. Even if the Company qualifies for taxation as a REIT, the Company may be subject to certain state and local taxes on its income, property or net worth and federal income and excise taxes on its undistributed income. In addition, the Company owns substantially all of the outstanding stock of a subsidiary REIT, MB REIT (Florida), Inc. (“MB REIT”), which the Company consolidates for financial reporting purposes but which is treated as a separate REIT for federal income tax purposes.
On September 9, 2014, the Company and MB REIT entered into closing agreements with the IRS that resolved favorably certain matters related to the Company’s and MB REIT’s qualifications as REITs for federal income tax purposes.  The Company's former Business Manager reimbursed the Company and MB REIT for the penalty payments required under the closing agreements.  
The Company has elected to treat certain of its consolidated subsidiaries, and may in the future elect to treat newly formed subsidiaries, as taxable REIT subsidiaries pursuant to the Code. Taxable REIT subsidiaries may participate in non-real estate related activities and perform non-customary services for tenants and are subject to federal and state income tax at regular corporate tax rates. The Company's hotels are leased to certain of the Company's taxable REIT subsidiaries. Lease revenue from these taxable REIT subsidiaries and the Company's wholly-owned subsidiaries is eliminated in consolidation. For the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, an income tax expense of $2,275 and $4,212 was included on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. For the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, an income tax expense of $6,857 and $6,848 was included on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.