Other Assets and Accrued and Other Liabilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Other Assets and Accrued and Other Liabilities [Abstract]

Other assets and accrued and other liabilities

Other assets and accrued and other liabilities

Other assets are presented below ($000’s omitted):

	December 31,
	2017		2016
Accounts and notes receivable:
Insurance receivables (Note 11)	$	213,407	$	307,344
Notes receivable	16,768		29,111
Other receivables	76,309		90,714
	306,484		427,169
Prepaid expenses	116,912		106,748
Deposits and pre-acquisition costs (Note 1)	207,987		195,436
Property and equipment, net (Note 1)	70,706		77,444
Income taxes receivable (Note 8)	6,964		9,272
Other	36,070		41,357
	$	745,123	$	857,426

We record receivables from various parties in the normal course of business, including amounts due from insurance companies (see Note 11), municipalities, and vendors. In certain instances, we may accept consideration for land sales or other transactions in the form of a note receivable.

Accrued and other liabilities are presented below ($000’s omitted):

	December 31,
	2017		2016
Self-insurance liabilities (Note 11)	$	758,812	$	831,058
Compensation-related liabilities	134,008		123,730
Warranty liabilities (Note 11)	72,709		66,134
Accrued interest	50,620		50,793
Loan origination liabilities (Note 11)	34,641		35,114
Other	305,543		322,883
	$	1,356,333	$	1,429,712