Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

3 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2012

Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

USE OF ESTIMATES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The accounting policies that the Trust believes are most critical and involve the most subjective judgments include estimates and assumptions of future revenue and expenditures used to project cash flows. Future cash flows are used to determine the recoverability (or impairment) of the carrying values of the Trust’s long-lived assets in the event management is required to test an asset for recoverability of carrying value under FASB authoritative guidance related to the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets.  The Trust’s evaluation of future cash flows is based on historical experience and other factors, including certain economic conditions and committed future bookings. The estimated future cash flows are based upon, among other things, assumptions about expected future operating performance and may differ from actual cash flows.

LIQUIDITY

Our principal source of cash to meet our cash requirements, including distributions to our shareholders, is our share of the Partnership’s cash flow, quarterly distributions from the Albuquerque, New Mexico hotel property and our direct ownership of the Yuma, Arizona property.  The Partnership’s principal source of revenue is hotel operations for the two hotel properties it owns and quarterly distributions from the Tucson Foothills, Arizona property.  Our liquidity, including our ability to make distributions to our shareholders, will depend upon our ability and the Partnership’s ability to generate sufficient cash flow from hotel operations.

Hotel operations are significantly affected by occupancy and room rates. Occupancy increased from the first three months of fiscal year 2012 to the first three months of fiscal year 2013, while rates decreased. Results are also significantly impacted by overall economic conditions and specifically conditions in the travel industry. Unfavorable changes in these factors could negatively impact hotel room demand and pricing, which would reduce the Trust’s profit margins on rented suites.

The Trust has principal of $565,000 due and payable for the remainder of fiscal year 2013 under mortgage notes payable. For the period between May 1, 2012 and April 30, 2013, the Trust has principal of $1.0 million due and payable under mortgage notes payable.

The non-recourse mortgage note payable relating to our Ontario, California property, which is secured by the property and the rents, revenues and profits from the property, matured on May 11, 2011 and was modified on February 14, 2012. The lender reduced the principal balance by $500,000 and waived all penalties and accumulated interest in exchange for a $1.0 million pay down of the principal balance by the Trust. The interest rate was lowered from 8.28% to 5.0% reducing the monthly principal and interest payments to $31,700 from $71,100. The note was extended for three years to January 14, 2015. The Trust accounted for the modification as a troubled debt restructuring.  Based on the terms of the modified mortgage note payable, the total future cash payments of $7,795,006 consists of $6,905,289 in principal payments and $889,717 interest payments.  As such, total future cash payments exceeded the carrying value of the note payable (including accrued interest) of $7,610,427 at the date of restructure by $184,579.  As a result, there was no gain or loss recorded during the period.  In addition, no adjustment was made to the carrying value of the note at the date of restructure.  Instead this requires the Trust to recognize interest expense using an effective interest rate on the debt after the restructuring which results in $184,579 of interest expense being recognized over the remainder of the term.  In addition, the carrying value is reduced over the remaining term by $705,138 .   For the three months ended April 30, 2012, principal and interest payments of $95,000 were paid, $14,000 of interest expense was recognized and the carrying value of the old debt was reduced by $81,000.

We anticipate that current cash balances, future cash flows from operations, proceeds from sales of non-controlling interests in the Ontario and Tucson Foothills subsidiaries, and available credit will be sufficient to satisfy our obligations as they become due. The bank line of credit is in final negotiations and is expected to be finalized by June 23, 2012. In the event cash flows from operations are insufficient to satisfy these obligations as they become due, we may seek to refinance properties, negotiate additional credit facilities or issue debt instruments. From sales of non-controlling interests in the Ontario and Tucson Foothills subsidiaries, we received $1.2 million during the first quarter of fiscal year 2013.

For the remainder of fiscal year 2013 (May 1, 2012 through January 31, 2013), the Trust’s management has projected that cash flows from operations alone may not be sufficient to meet all of the Trust’s  financial obligations as they come due. Based on this projection, the Trust began selling non-controlling ownership interests in its Ontario, California subsidiary, providing enough available liquidity for management to believe that the Trust will meet all of its financial obligations as they come due during fiscal year 2013.  See Note 5 – “Note Payable to Bank”, Note 6 – “Sale of Membership Interests in Albuquerque Suite Hospitality, LLC”, Note7 –“Sale of Partnership Interests in Tucson Hospitality Properties, LP” and Note 8 – “Sale of Partnership Interests in Ontario Hospitality Properties, LP.”

REVENUE RECOGNITION

Room, food and beverage, telecommunications, management and licensing fees and other revenue are recognized as earned as services are provided and items are sold. Payroll reimbursements are recorded as the Trust provides its personnel to the hotels under management and are not netted with the corresponding payroll expense.

INCOME PER SHARE

Basic and diluted income per share have been computed based on the weighted-average number of Shares of Beneficial Interest outstanding during the periods and potentially dilutive securities.

For the three-month periods ended April 30, 2012 and 2011, there were Class A and Class B limited partnership units outstanding, which are convertible to Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust. The following is a reconciliation of basic and diluted income per share:

	For the three months ended
	April 30, 2012		April 30, 2011
Net Income attributable to Controlling Interest	$	464,214	$	50,106
Plus: Net Income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests		180,608		6,018
Net Income attributable to Controlling Interest after unit conversion	$	644,822	$	56,124
Weighted average common shares outstanding		8,441,045		8,578,626
Plus: Weighted average incremental shares resulting from unit conversion		3,695,804		3,774,071
Weighted average common shares outstanding after unit conversion		12,136,849		12,352,697
Basic and Diluted Income Per Share	$	0.05	$	0.01