ORGANIZATION	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
ORGANIZATION
ORGANIZATION	1. ORGANIZATION Lodging Fund REIT III, Inc. (“LF REIT III”), was formed on April 9, 2018 as a Maryland corporation. LF REIT III, together with its subsidiaries (the “Company”), was formed for the principal purpose of acquiring, through purchase or contribution, direct or indirect ownership interests in a diverse portfolio of limited-service, select-service and extended stay hotel properties located primarily in “America’s Heartland,” which the Company defines as the geographic area from North Dakota to Texas and the Appalachian Mountains to the Rocky Mountains. LF REIT III has elected to be treated as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for federal income tax purposes beginning with the taxable year ended December 31, 2018. The Company’s business activities are directed and managed by Legendary Capital REIT III, LLC (the “Advisor”) and its affiliates, which are related parties through common management, pursuant to the Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”), dated June 1, 2018. The Company has no foreign operations or assets and its operating structure includes only one operating and reportable segment. Substantially all of the Company’s assets and liabilities are held by, and substantially all of its operations are conducted through, Lodging Fund REIT III OP, LP (the “Operating Partnership,” or “OP”), a subsidiary of LF REIT III. The OP has two voting classes of partnership units, General Partnership Units and Common Limited Partnership Units, and one class of non-voting partnership units, Series B Limited Partnership Units. LF REIT III was the sole general partner of the OP, as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there were no outstanding Common Partnership Units, and there were 1,000 outstanding Series B Limited Partnership Units, all of which were owned by the Advisor. On June 1, 2018, the Company commenced a private offering of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, with a maximum offering of $100,000,000 (the “Offering”) to accredited investors only, pursuant to a confidential private placement memorandum exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In addition to sales of common shares for cash, the Company has adopted a dividend reinvestment plan (“DRIP”), which permits stockholders to reinvest their distributions back into the Company. As of March 31, 2020, the Company had issued and sold 6,996,670 shares of common stock, including 133,331 shares attributable to the DRIP, and received aggregate proceeds of $68.7 million.

1. ORGANIZATION

Lodging Fund REIT III, Inc. (“LF REIT III”), was formed on April 9, 2018 as a Maryland corporation. LF REIT III, together with its subsidiaries (the “Company”), was formed for the principal purpose of acquiring, through purchase or contribution, direct or indirect ownership interests in a diverse portfolio of limited-service, select-service and extended stay hotel properties located primarily in “America’s Heartland,” which the Company defines as the geographic area from North Dakota to Texas and the Appalachian Mountains to the Rocky Mountains. LF REIT III has elected to be treated as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for federal income tax purposes beginning with the taxable year ended December 31, 2018. The Company’s business activities are directed and managed by Legendary Capital REIT III, LLC (the “Advisor”) and its affiliates, which are related parties through common management, pursuant to the Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”), dated June 1, 2018. The Company has no foreign operations or assets and its operating structure includes only one operating and reportable segment.

Substantially all of the Company’s assets and liabilities are held by, and substantially all of its operations are conducted through, Lodging Fund REIT III OP, LP (the “Operating Partnership,” or “OP”), a subsidiary of LF REIT III. The OP has two voting classes of partnership units, General Partnership Units and Common Limited Partnership Units, and one class of non-voting partnership units, Series B Limited Partnership Units. LF REIT III was the sole general partner of the OP, as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there were no outstanding Common Partnership Units, and there were 1,000 outstanding Series B Limited Partnership Units, all of which were owned by the Advisor.

On June 1, 2018, the Company commenced a private offering of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, with a maximum offering of $100,000,000 (the “Offering”) to accredited investors only, pursuant to a confidential private placement memorandum exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In addition to sales of common shares for cash, the Company has adopted a dividend reinvestment plan (“DRIP”), which permits stockholders to reinvest their distributions back into the Company. As of March 31, 2020, the Company had issued and sold 6,996,670 shares of common stock, including 133,331 shares attributable to the DRIP, and received aggregate proceeds of $68.7 million.