Agreements and Transactions with Related Parties

Transactions with Our Advisor

We have an advisory agreement with our Advisor whereby our Advisor performs certain services for us under a fee arrangement, including the identification, evaluation, negotiation, purchase, and disposition of real estate and related assets and mortgage loans; day-to-day management; and the performance of certain administrative duties. We also reimburse our Advisor for general and administrative duties performed on our behalf. The advisory agreement has a term of one year and may be renewed for successive one-year periods. We may terminate the advisory agreement upon 60 days’ written notice without cause or penalty.

The following tables present a summary of fees we paid, expenses we reimbursed, and distributions we made to our Advisor and other affiliates (which excludes the annual distribution and shareholder servicing fee that impacts equity as further disclosed below the tables), in accordance with the terms of the relevant agreements (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2018			2017
Amounts Included in the Consolidated Statements of Income
Asset management fees	$	2,874		$	2,709
Available Cash Distributions	1,905			1,675
Personnel and overhead reimbursements	717			782
Interest expense on deferred acquisition fees, interfund loan, and accretion of interest on annual distribution and shareholder servicing fee ^(a)	(62		)	301
Director compensation	40			53
	$	5,474		$	5,520

Advisor Fees Capitalized
Current acquisition fees	$	721		$	1,393
Deferred acquisition fees	577			1,114
Capitalized personnel and overhead reimbursements	112			182
	$	1,410		$	2,689

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(a)	For the three months ended March 31, 2018, interest on the annual distribution and shareholder servicing fee is excluded as it is paid directly to selected dealers rather than through Carey Financial LLC, or Carey Financial, as discussed further below.

The following table presents a summary of amounts included in Due to affiliates in the consolidated financial statements (in thousands):



	March 31, 2018		December 31, 2017
Due to Affiliates
Deferred acquisition fees, including accrued interest	$	4,445	$	6,693
Accounts payable and other	3,253		6,102
Asset management fees payable	960		972
Current acquisition fees	23		—
	$	8,681	$	13,767

Loans from WPC

In July 2016, our board of directors and the board of directors of WPC approved unsecured loans from WPC to us, at the sole discretion of WPC’s management, of up to $50.0 million in the aggregate, at a rate equal to the rate at which WPC can borrow funds under its senior credit facility, for acquisition funding purposes.

As of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, we have no loans outstanding to WPC.

Asset Management Fees

Pursuant to the advisory agreement, our Advisor is entitled to an annual asset management fee ranging from 0.5% to 1.5%, depending on the type of investment and based on the average market value or average equity value, as applicable, of our investments. Asset management fees are payable in cash and/or shares of our Class A common stock at our option, after consultation with our Advisor. If our Advisor receives all or a portion of its fees in shares, the number of shares issued is determined by dividing the dollar amount of fees by our most recently published estimated net asset value per share, or NAV, per Class A share, which was $8.36 as of December 31, 2017. For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and the year ended December 31, 2017, our Advisor received its asset management fees in shares of our Class A common stock. At March 31, 2018, our Advisor owned 3,961,878 shares, or 2.8%, of our Class A common stock outstanding. Asset management fees are included in Property expenses in the consolidated financial statements.

Annual Distribution and Shareholder Servicing Fee

Carey Financial, the wholly-owned subsidiary of our Advisor that was a registered broker-dealer, received an annual distribution and shareholder servicing fee from us in connection with our Class C common stock, which it may have re-allowed to selected dealers. The amount of the annual distribution and shareholder servicing fee is 1.0% of the most recently published NAV of our Class C common stock. The annual distribution and shareholder servicing fee accrues daily and is payable quarterly in arrears. We will no longer incur the annual distribution and shareholder servicing fee beginning on the date at which, in the aggregate, underwriting compensation from all sources (including the annual distribution and shareholder servicing fee, any organizational and offering fee paid for underwriting and underwriting compensation paid by WPC and its affiliates) reaches 10.0% of the gross proceeds from our initial public offering, which it had not yet reached as of March 31, 2018. Beginning with the payment for the third quarter of 2017 (paid during the first month of the fourth quarter) the annual distribution and shareholder servicing fees are paid directly to selected dealers rather than through Carey Financial. There is no change in the amount of the distribution and shareholder servicing fees that we incur. At March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, we recorded a liability of $5.2 million and $5.7 million, respectively, within Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities in the consolidated financial statements.

Acquisition and Disposition Fees

Our Advisor receives acquisition fees, a portion of which is payable upon acquisition, while the remaining portion is subordinated to a preferred return of a non-compounded cumulative distribution of 5.0% per annum (based initially on our invested capital). The initial acquisition fee and subordinated acquisition fee are 2.5% and 2.0%, respectively, of the aggregate total cost of our portion of each investment for all investments, other than those in readily marketable real estate securities purchased in the secondary market, for which our Advisor will not receive any acquisition fees. Deferred acquisition fees are scheduled to be paid in three equal annual installments following the quarter in which a property was purchased and are subject to the preferred return described above. The preferred return was achieved as of the periods ended March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017. Unpaid installments of deferred acquisition fees are included in Due to affiliates in the consolidated financial statements and bear interest at an annual rate of 2.0%. The cumulative total acquisition costs, including acquisition fees paid to the advisor, may not exceed 6.0% of the aggregate contract purchase price of all investments, which is measured at the end of each year. During the year ended December 31, 2017, we overpaid acquisition fees to our Advisor totaling $0.7 million, and as a result, we recorded a reimbursement receivable from our Advisor for this amount and included it in Other assets, net in our consolidated financial statements. This amount was paid to us during the period ended March 31, 2018.

In addition, our Advisor may be entitled to receive a disposition fee equal to the lesser of (i) 50.0% of the competitive real estate commission (as defined in the advisory agreement) or (ii) 3.0% of the contract sales price of the investment being sold. These fees are paid at the discretion of our board of directors.

Personnel and Overhead Reimbursements

Under the terms of the advisory agreement, our Advisor allocates a portion of its personnel and overhead expenses to us and the other entities that are managed by WPC and its affiliates, including Corporate Property Associates 17 – Global, Carey Watermark Investors Incorporated, Carey Watermark Investors 2 Incorporated, and Carey European Housing Fund I L.P., which are collectively referred to as the Managed Programs. Our Advisor also allocated a portion of its personnel and overhead expenses to Carey Credit Income Fund (now known as Guggenheim Credit Income Fund) prior to September 11, 2017, which was the effective date of its resignation as the advisor to that fund. Our Advisor allocates these expenses to us on the basis of our trailing four quarters of reported revenues in comparison to those of WPC and other entities managed by WPC and its affiliates.

We reimburse our Advisor for various expenses it incurs in the course of providing services to us. We reimburse certain third-party expenses paid by our Advisor on our behalf, including property-specific costs, professional fees, office expenses, and business development expenses. In addition, we reimburse our Advisor for the allocated costs of personnel and overhead in managing our day-to-day operations, including accounting services, stockholder services, corporate management, and property management and operations. We do not reimburse our Advisor for the cost of personnel if these personnel provide services for transactions for which our Advisor receives a transaction fee, such as for acquisitions and dispositions. Under the advisory agreement, the amount of applicable personnel costs allocated to us is capped at 1.0% and 2.0% for 2018 and 2017, respectively, of pro rata lease revenues for each year. Costs related to our Advisor’s legal transactions group are based on a schedule of expenses relating to services performed for different types of transactions, such as financing, lease amendments, and dispositions, among other categories, and includes 0.25% of the total investment cost of an acquisition. In general, personnel and overhead reimbursements are included in General and administrative expenses in the consolidated financial statements. However, we capitalize certain of the costs related to our Advisor’s legal transactions group if the costs relate to a transaction that is not considered to be a business combination.

Excess Operating Expenses

Our Advisor is obligated to reimburse us for the amount by which our operating expenses exceeds the “2%/25% guidelines” (the greater of 2% of average invested assets or 25% of net income) as defined in the advisory agreement for any 12-month period, subject to certain conditions. For the most recent trailing four quarters, our operating expenses were below this threshold.

Available Cash Distributions

WPC’s interest in the Operating Partnership entitles it to receive distributions of up to 10.0% of the available cash generated by the Operating Partnership, referred to as the Available Cash Distribution, which is defined as cash generated from operations, excluding capital proceeds, as reduced by operating expenses and debt service, excluding prepayments and balloon payments. Available Cash Distributions are included in Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in the consolidated financial statements.

Jointly Owned Investments and Other Transactions with our Affiliates

At March 31, 2018, we owned interests ranging from 50% to 99% in jointly owned investments, with the remaining interests held by affiliates or by third parties. We consolidate all of these joint ventures with exception to our sole equity investment (Note 4), which we account for under the equity method of accounting. Additionally, no other parties hold any rights that overcome our control. We account for the minority share of these investments as noncontrolling interests.