The Company operates as an umbrella partnership REIT in which Bluerock Residential Holdings, L.P. (its “Operating Partnership”), or the Operating Partnership’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, owns substantially all the property interests acquired and investments made on the Company’s behalf. As of March 31, 2021, limited partners other than the Company owned approximately 31.01% of the common units of the Operating Partnership (17.28% is held by holders of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (“OP Units”) and 13.73% is held by holders of the Operating Partnership’s long-term incentive plan units (“LTIP Units”), including 6.09% which are not vested at March 31, 2021).

Because the Company is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership and has unilateral control over its management and major operating decisions (even if additional limited partners are admitted to the Operating Partnership), the accounts of the Operating Partnership are consolidated in its consolidated financial statements.

The Company also consolidates entities in which it controls more than 50% of the voting equity and in which control does not rest with other investors.

In cases where the Company holds a preferred equity investment in real estate joint ventures where the preferred equity interest must be redeemed by the issuing entity or is redeemable at the Company’s option, the preferred equity investment is accounted for as a held to maturity debt security. These preferred equity investments have a mandatory redemption provision, and the Company has the intent and ability to hold the investment until redemption. The preferred equity investments are included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as “Preferred equity investments and investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures.” All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.

The Company will consider future preferred equity investments and mezzanine loan investments for consolidation in accordance with the provisions required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 810: Consolidation.

Certain amounts in prior year financial statement presentation have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

At the present time, one of the most significant risks and uncertainties is the potential adverse effect of the current pandemic of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”). The Company’s tenants may experience financial difficulty due to the loss of their jobs and some have requested rent deferral or rent abatement during this pandemic. Experts have predicted that the outbreak will trigger, or has already triggered, a period of global economic slowdown or a global recession.

The COVID-19 pandemic could have material and adverse effects on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations and cash flows in the near term due to, but not limited to, the following:

The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the Company’s operations and those of its tenants will depend on future developments, which are uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the scope, severity and duration of the pandemic, the actions taken to contain the pandemic or mitigate its impact, and the direct and indirect economic effects of the pandemic and containment measures, among others.

The Company believes it currently has a stable financial condition: as of March 31, 2021, the Company collected 97% of rents from its multifamily properties for the three months ended March 31, 2021. In prior quarters, the Company had provided rent deferral payment plans as a result of hardships certain tenants experienced due to the impact of COVID-19; for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, the Company did not provide any rent deferral payment plans, compared to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic (quarter ended June 30, 2020) in which 1% of the tenant base was on payment plans. Although the Company may receive tenant requests for rent deferrals in the coming months, the Company does not expect to waive its contractual rights under its lease agreements. Further, while occupancy remains strong at 95.8% as of March 31, 2021, in future periods, the Company may experience reduced levels of tenant retention, and reduced foot traffic and lease applications from prospective tenants, as a result of the impact of COVID-19.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Refer to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 23, 2021 for discussion of the Company's significant accounting policies. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, there were no material changes to these policies.

Interim Financial Information

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial reporting, and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10-1 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, the financial statements for interim reporting do not include all the information and notes or disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring items) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for interim periods should not be considered indicative of the operating results for a full year.

The balance sheet at December 31, 2020 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all the information and disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. It is suggested that these condensed financial statements be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020 contained in the Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on February 23, 2021.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-06 “Debt – Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity” (“ASU 2020-06”). The guidance in ASU 2020-06 simplifies the accounting for convertible debt and convertible preferred stock by removing the requirements to separately present certain conversion features in equity. In addition, the amendments in the ASU 2020-06 also simplify the guidance in ASC Subtopic 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging: Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity, by removing certain criteria that must be satisfied to classify a contract as equity, which is expected to decrease the number of freestanding instruments and embedded derivatives accounted for as assets or liabilities. Finally, the amendments revise the guidance on calculating earnings per share, requiring use of the if-converted method for all convertible instruments and rescinding an entity’s ability to rebut the presumption of share settlement for instruments that may be settled in cash or other assets. The amendments in ASU 2020-06 are effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. The guidance must be adopted as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this new guidance.

In January 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-01 "Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848)" ("ASU 2021-01"). The amendments in ASU 2021-01 permit entities to elect certain optional expedients in connection with reference rate reform activities and their impact on debt, contract modifications and derivative instruments as it is expected the global market will transition from LIBOR and other interbank offered rates to alternative reference rates. The amendments in ASU 2021-01 can be applied retrospectively to interim periods that include or are subsequent to March 12, 2020 or applied prospectively through December 31, 2022. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this new guidance.