COMMERCIAL LOAN INVESTMENTS

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

COMMERCIAL LOAN INVESTMENTS

COMMERCIAL LOAN INVESTMENTS

NOTE 3. COMMERCIAL LOAN INVESTMENTS

Our investments in commercial loans or similar structured finance investments, such as mezzanine loans or other subordinated debt, have been and are expected to continue to be secured by commercial or residential real estate or the borrower’s pledge of its ownership interest in the entity that owns the real estate. The first mortgage loans we invest in or originate are for commercial real estate located in the United States and its territories, and are current or performing with either a fixed or floating rate. Some of these loans may be syndicated in either a pari-passu or senior/subordinated structure. Commercial first mortgage loans generally provide for a higher recovery rate due to their senior position in the underlying collateral. Commercial mezzanine loans are typically secured by a pledge of the borrower’s equity ownership in the underlying commercial real estate. Unlike a mortgage, a mezzanine loan is not secured by a lien on the property. An investor’s rights in a mezzanine loan are usually governed by an intercreditor agreement that provides holders with the rights to cure defaults and exercise control on certain decisions of any senior debt secured by the same commercial property.

As of June 30, 2017, the Company owned three performing commercial loan investments which have an aggregate outstanding principal balance of approximately $24.0 million. These loans are secured by real estate, or the borrower’s equity interest in real estate, located in Dallas, Texas, Sarasota, Florida, and Atlanta, Georgia, and have an average remaining maturity of approximately 0.8 years and a weighted average interest rate of 9.2%. One of the loans has two 1-year extensions remaining available at the borrower’s election which would extend the remaining maturity of this portfolio to approximately 1.6 years, for which one of the 1-year extensions was exercised subsequent to June 30, 2017 which included the rate increasing by 25 basis points. 

The Company’s commercial loan investment portfolio was comprised of the following at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:

	Date of	Maturity	Original Face		Current Face		Carrying
Description	Investment	Date	Amount		Amount		Value		Coupon Rate
Mezz – Hotel – Atlanta, GA	January 2014	February 2019	$	5,000,000	$	5,000,000	$	5,000,000	12.00%
B-Note – Retail Shopping Center, Sarasota, FL	May 2014	June 2018		8,960,467		8,960,467		8,960,467	30 ‑day LIBOR plus 7.50%
Mezz – Hotel, Dallas, TX	September 2014	September 2017		10,000,000		10,000,000		10,000,000	30 day LIBOR plus 7.25%
Total			$	23,960,467	$	23,960,467	$	23,960,467

The carrying value of the commercial loan investment portfolio as of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 was equal to the face amount.