Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted in accordance with such rules and regulations, although management believes the disclosures are adequate to prevent the information presented from being misleading. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring items) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2019.

The balance sheets of Aimco and the Aimco Operating Partnership at December 31, 2018, have been derived from their respective audited financial statements at that date, but do not include all of the information and disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. For further information, refer to the financial statements and notes thereto included in Aimco’s and the Aimco Operating Partnership’s combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. Except where indicated, the footnotes refer to both Aimco and the Aimco Operating Partnership.

Principles of Consolidation

Principles of Consolidation

Aimco’s accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Aimco, the Aimco Operating Partnership, and their consolidated subsidiaries. The Aimco Operating Partnership’s condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Aimco Operating Partnership and its consolidated subsidiaries. Please refer to Note 9. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Interests in the Aimco Operating Partnership that are held by limited partners other than Aimco are reflected in Aimco’s accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as noncontrolling interests in the Aimco Operating Partnership. Interests in partnerships consolidated by the Aimco Operating Partnership that are held by third parties are reflected in our accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as noncontrolling interests in consolidated real estate partnerships.

Temporary Equity and Partners' Capital

Temporary Equity and Partners’ Capital

The following table presents a reconciliation of the Aimco Operating Partnership’s preferred OP Units from December 31, 2018 to September 30, 2019. As described in Note 6, the preferred OP Units may be redeemed at the holder’s option, and are therefore presented within temporary equity in Aimco’s condensed consolidated balance sheets and within temporary capital in the Aimco Operating Partnership’s condensed consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):

Balance, December 31, 2018	$	101,291
Distributions to holders of preferred OP Units		(5,800	)
Redemption of preferred OP Units and other		(113	)
Net income attributable to preferred OP Units		5,800
Balance, September 30, 2019	$	101,178

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates

The preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts included in the financial statements and accompanying notes thereto. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Reclassifications and Revisions

Reclassifications and Revisions

Certain items in the 2018 condensed consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation. We have also reclassified gain on dispositions of real estate and related income taxes, which were previously reported net on our condensed consolidated statements of operations, to now present gain on dispositions of real estate and the Asset Management business as a component of income before income tax benefit (expense) in our condensed consolidated statements of operations, as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2018										Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
	As Previously Reported		Adjustments				As Revised				As Previously Reported			Adjustments				As Revised
Income tax benefit (expense)	$	27,941		$	(54,147	)		$	(26,206	)		$	69,724		$	(57,107	)		$	12,617
Gain on dispositions of real estate   and the Asset Management     business		572,085			54,147				626,232				622,631			57,107				679,738

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, Aimco and the Aimco Operating Partnership effected a reverse split of Common Stock and common partnership units, respectively, at a ratio of one share or unit for every 1.03119 shares or units outstanding on the date of effectiveness. The accounting guidance for recapitalization events requires that we revise Aimco’s equity and the Aimco Operating Partnership’s partners’ capital as if the reverse split had occurred at the beginning of the earliest period presented. As such, we have revised the outstanding share and unit counts, presentation of share and unit activity, and earnings per share and unit, as if the reverse split had occurred on December 31, 2017.

Accounting Pronouncements Adopted in the Current Year and Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Pronouncements Adopted in the Current Year

Effective January 1, 2019, we adopted the lease accounting standard issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB. We elected to adopt the new standard using practical expedients that: do not require a look back to expired or existing contracts for embedded leases; allow us to retain the classification of existing leases; and allow us to retain the previous accounting for the initial direct costs of existing leases. Under the new standard, a contract is or contains a lease when it provides the right to control the use of an asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration.

Lessor accounting remains largely unchanged. In our position as a lessor, we have elected the practical expedient that allows us to combine revenue attributable to nonlease components with associated lease components where the timing and pattern of transfer of the components are the same. As a result, we will combine rent payments with payments for other services we provide to our residents, including residents’ reimbursement of utility expenses. We have adopted the standard using the optional transition method that allows for prior reporting periods to remain as originally presented. Please refer to Note 4.

In 2018, the Securities Exchange Commission, or SEC, amended its rules to eliminate, modify, or integrate into other SEC requirements certain disclosure rules. The amendments are intended to simplify compliance without significantly changing the total mix of information provided to investors. The amendments created a requirement to report changes in equity and dividends per share in interim periods on a comparative basis for both quarter-to-date and year-to-date periods presented. We have presented comparative interim statements of stockholders’ and partners’ equity in our condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In 2016, the FASB issued a new standard for accounting for financial instruments and credit losses thereon, which changes the method and timing of the recognition of credit losses on financial assets. The standard will require us to estimate and record credit losses over the life of a financial instrument, including receivables, at its inception. We have limited loans receivable and we invest in debt securities, which are subject to the new standard. Financial instruments, including receivables, related to operating leases are excluded from the new standard as they are subject to the lease accounting standard. This credit loss standard is required to be applied using a modified-retrospective approach and requires a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings be recorded as of the date of adoption. The new standard is effective for us on January 1, 2020. We are currently in the process of completing our analysis of the impact of the standard and do not expect it to have a material effect on our financial position or results of operations.