Organization and Basis of Presentation

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization and Basis of Presentation

1. Organization and Basis of Presentation

Front Yard Residential Corporation (“we,” “our,” “us,” or the “Company”) is a Maryland real estate investment trust (“REIT”) focused on acquiring, owning and managing single-family rental (“SFR”) properties throughout the United States. We conduct substantially all of our activities through our wholly owned subsidiary, Front Yard Residential, L.P., and its subsidiaries.

On August 8, 2018, we acquired a property management firm and commenced the internalization of our property management function. During the first quarter of 2019, we completed the transition of property management for our SFR properties that were previously externally managed to our internal property management platform. We anticipate that all SFR properties acquired in the future will also be managed internally.

As of June 30, 2020, we had a core rental portfolio of 14,512 homes. In addition, we had 120 rental homes that are identified for future sale, and we had a small portfolio of non-rental real estate owned (“REO”) properties remaining from our previous mortgage loan portfolio acquisitions. We have engaged third-party service providers to manage REO and certain other properties. We are currently preparing these non-core assets for future disposition in order to create additional liquidity and purchasing power to continue building our core rental portfolio.

We are managed by Altisource Asset Management Corporation (“AAMC” or our “Manager”). AAMC provides us with dedicated personnel to administer certain aspects of our business and perform certain of our corporate governance functions. AAMC also provides oversight of our acquisition and management of SFR properties and the ongoing management of our remaining REO properties. See Note 8 for a description of this related-party relationship.

On February 17, 2020, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with BAF Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), and BAF Sub, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company (“Merger Sub”), each affiliates of Amherst Single Family Residential Partners VI, LP (collectively, “Amherst”), providing for the acquisition of the Company by Parent. Following the approval of the merger, the parties ultimately determined that it was not feasible to proceed with the transaction, and on May 4, 2020, we entered into a Termination and Settlement Agreement to terminate the Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the Termination and Settlement Agreement, Amherst agreed to pay the Company a $25 million cash termination fee, purchase from the Company 4.4 million shares of Front Yard common stock for an aggregate cash purchase price of $55 million ($12.50 per share) pursuant to an Investment Agreement and provide the Company with a $20 million committed Non-Negotiable Promissory Note.

We have included the $25 million termination fee received from Amherst within other income in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.

Since the termination of the Merger Agreement, we have continued to operate our business in the ordinary course as a stand-alone company.

Basis of presentation and use of estimates

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). All wholly owned subsidiaries are included, and all intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial information, in our opinion, contain all adjustments that are of a normal recurring nature and are necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods. The interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year. We have omitted certain notes and other information from the interim condensed consolidated financial statements presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as permitted by Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules and regulations. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our annual consolidated financial statements included within our 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which was filed with the SEC on February 28, 2020.

Use of estimates

The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

Recently issued accounting standards

Adoption of recent accounting standards

In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326) Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which amends the guidance on measuring credit losses on financial assets held at amortized cost. The amendment is intended to address the issue that the previous “incurred loss” methodology was restrictive for an entity's ability to record credit losses based on not yet meeting the “probable” threshold. The new language requires these assets to be valued at amortized cost presented at the net amount expected to be collected with a valuation provision. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. The amendments in ASU 2016-13 should be applied on a modified retrospective transition basis. We adopted this standard on January 1, 2020, and our adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements because the standard, as amended, excludes receivables arising from operating leases, which represent the majority of our receivables.

Recently issued accounting standards not yet adopted

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes - Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (Topic 740), which is intended to simplify various aspects related to accounting for income taxes. ASU 2019-12 removes certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740 and also clarifies and amends existing guidance to improve consistent application. ASU 2019-12 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. While we are currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard, we do not expect the adoption of this standard to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.