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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Basis of Accounting

Basis of Accounting

The accompanying consolidated financial statements and related footnotes have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reported periods. Actual results could differ from such estimates.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, which are normal and recurring in nature, necessary for fair financial statement presentation.

Credit Facility Payable

Credit Facility Payable

The Company has a credit facility to finance the acquisition or origination of commercial mortgage loans. This credit facility, when drawn upon, is accounted for as debt. The fees paid for this credit facility are recorded in deferred debt finance costs on the consolidated balance sheet and are amortized straight line over the period of the agreement to debt finance costs on the consolidated statement of operations. For further information on the credit facility, see “Note 4 – Repurchase Agreements and Credit Facilities.”

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

Cash and cash equivalents include funds on deposit with financial institutions, including demand deposits with financial institutions with original maturities of three months or less. The account balance may exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance coverage limits and, as a result, there could be a concentration of credit risk related to amounts on deposit in excess of FDIC insurance coverage limits. The Company believes that the risk will not be significant, as the Company does not anticipate the financial institutions’ non-performance.

Restricted cash represents cash the Company is required to hold in a segregated account as additional collateral on real estate securities repurchase agreements. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, no restricted cash was held by the Company.

Accounting Pronouncements Recently Issued but Not Yet Effective

Accounting Pronouncements Recently Issued but Not Yet Effective

In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2016-13, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments” (“ASU 2016-13”), which changed how entities measure credit losses for financial assets carried at amortized cost. ASU 2016-13 eliminated the requirement that a credit loss must be probable before it can be recognized and instead required an entity to recognize the current estimate of all expected credit losses. ASU 2016-13 became effective for SEC filers for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019.

In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-10, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), and Leases (Topic 842): Effective Dates,” which grants smaller reporting companies (as defined by the SEC) until reporting periods commencing after December 15, 2022 to implement ASU 2016-13. As a smaller reporting company, the Company will adopt ASU 2016-13 through a cumulative-effect adjustment to accumulated deficit as of January 1, 2023.

The Current Expected Credit Loss (“CECL”) reserve required under ASU 2016-13 is a valuation account that is deducted from the amortized cost basis of the related loans on the consolidated balance sheet, which will reduce the stockholders’ equity. The initial CECL reserve recorded on January 1, 2023 will be reflected as a direct charge against retained earnings; however, future net changes to the CECL reserve will be recognized in net income on the consolidated statement of operations. ASU 2016-13 does not require use of a particular method for determining the CECL reserve, but it does specify the allowance should be based on relevant information about past events, including historical loss experience, composition of the current loan portfolio, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts for the expected term of each loan. Additionally, but for a few narrow exceptions, ASU 2016-13 does not have a minimum threshold for recognition of impairment losses and requires that all financial instruments, including those for which there is a low risk of loss, incur some amount of valuation reserve to reflect the inherent risk of loss regardless of credit quality, amount of subordinate capital, or other risk mitigants.

The Company elected to utilize a widely-used analytical model, at the individual loan level, incorporating a probability of default and loss-given-default methodology and loan performance data for commercial real estate loans through prior economic cycles. The loans may include commitments to fund incremental proceeds to the borrowers over the life of the loan, which are also subject to the CECL model. The CECL reserve related to future funding commitments will be recorded as a component of other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet and be estimated using the same process as for the outstanding loan balances.

Though the Company is still in the process of finalizing the effect of ASU 2016-13, the Company currently expects to record an initial allowance for credit losses of less than 1% of the outstanding loan balance, which includes the amount attributable to future funding commitments, as of January 1, 2023 through a cumulative-effect adjustment to accumulated deficit.