NOTE 1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Description of Business

Condor Hospitality Trust, Inc. (“Condor”) was incorporated in Virginia on August 23, 1994 and was reincorporated in Maryland on November 19, 2014. Condor is a self-administered real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for federal income tax purposes that specializes in the investment and ownership of high-quality select-service, limited-service, extended stay, and compact full service hotels. As of December 31, 2018, the Company owned 16 hotels in eight states, including one hotel owned through an 80% interest in an unconsolidated joint venture (the “Atlanta JV”). References to the “Company”, “we,” “our,” and “us” herein refer to Condor Hospitality Trust, Inc., including as the context requires, our direct and indirect subsidiaries.

The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Condor Hospitality REIT Trust, owns a controlling interest in Condor Hospitality Limited Partnership (the “operating partnership”), and serves as its general partner. The operating partnership, including its various subsidiary partnerships, holds substantially all of the Company’s assets (with the exception of the furniture and equipment of all properties held by TRS Leasing, Inc.) and conducts all of its operations. At December 31, 2018, the Company owned 99.5% of the common operating units (“common units”) of the operating partnership with the remaining common units owned by other limited partners.

In order for the income from our hotel property investments to constitute “rents from real properties” for purposes of the gross income tests required by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for REIT qualification, the income we earn cannot be derived from the operation of any of our hotels. Therefore, the operating partnership and its subsidiaries lease our hotel properties to the Company’s wholly owned taxable REIT subsidiary, TRS Leasing, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiaries (the “TRS”). The TRS in turn engages third-party eligible independent contractors to manage the hotels. The operating partnership, the TRS, and their respective subsidiaries are consolidated into the Company’s financial statements.

Historically, as a result of the geographic areas in which we operate, the operations of our hotels have been seasonal in nature. Generally, occupancy rates, revenue, and operating income have been greater in the second and third quarters of the calendar year than in the first and fourth quarters, with the exception of our hotels located in Florida, which experience peak demand in the first and fourth quarters of the year. The results of the hotels acquired in and since 2015, because of their locations and chain scale, are less seasonal in nature than our legacy portfolio of assets.

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. general accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and include the accounts of the Company, as well as the accounts of the operating partnership and its subsidiaries and our wholly owned TRS and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Effective on March 15, 2017, the Company effected a reverse stock split of its common stock at a ratio of 1-for-6.5. No fractional shares of common stock were issued as fractional shares were settled in cash. Impacted amounts and share information included in the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto have been adjusted for the stock split as if such stock split occurred on the first day of the periods presented. Certain amounts in the notes to the consolidated financial statements may be slightly different than previously reported due to rounding of fractional shares as a result of the reverse stock split.

Estimates, Risks, and Uncertainties

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that effect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements as well as revenue and expenses recognized during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Because the state of the economy and of the real estate market can significantly impact hotel operational performance and the estimated fair value of our assets, it is possible that the estimates and assumptions that have been utilized in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements could change.

Investment in Hotel Properties

At the time of acquisition, the Company allocates the purchase price of assets to asset classes based on the fair value of the acquired real estate, furniture, fixtures, and equipment, and intangible assets, if any, and the fair value of liabilities assumed, including debt. Acquisition date fair values are determined based on replacement costs, appraised values, and estimated fair values using methods similar to those used by independent appraisers including discounted cash flows and capitalization rates.

Effective January 1, 2018, we adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2017-01, Clarifying the Definition of a Business. As such, if substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired are concentrated in a single identifiable asset or group of similar identifiable assets, the set is not considered a business. When we conclude that an acquisition meets this threshold, acquisition costs will be capitalized as part of our allocation of the purchase price of the acquired hotel properties. This guidance is applied prospectively. We concluded that all hotel acquisitions in 2018 were acquisitions of assets and as such acquisition costs were capitalized as part of these transactions.

Prior to January 1, 2018, hotel acquisitions were considered business combinations and acquisition costs, such as transfer taxes, title insurance, environmental and property condition reviews, and legal and accounting fees, were expensed as incurred. These types of costs continue to be expensed if they are related to potential acquisitions that are not completed.

The Company’s investments in hotel properties are recorded at cost and are depreciated using the straight-line method over an estimated useful life of 15 to 40 years for buildings and improvements and 3 to 12 years for furniture and equipment.

Renovations and/or replacements that improve or extend the life of the hotel properties are capitalized and depreciated over their useful lives. Repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred.

The initial fees incurred to enter into the franchise agreements are capitalized and amortized over the life of the franchise agreements using the straight-line method. Amortization expense is included in depreciation and amortization in the consolidated statements of operations.

On an ongoing basis, the Company reviews the carrying value of each held for use hotel to determine if certain circumstances, known as triggering events, exist indicating impairment to the carrying value of the hotel or that depreciation periods should be modified. These triggering events include a significant change in the cash flows of or a significant adverse change in the business climate for a hotel. If facts or circumstances support the possibility of impairment, the Company will prepare an estimate of the undiscounted future cash flows, without interest charges, of the specific hotel and determine if the investment in such hotel is recoverable based on these undiscounted future cash flows. If the investment is not recoverable based on this analysis, an impairment charge will be taken, if necessary, to reduce the carrying value of the hotel to the hotel’s estimated fair value.

Investment in Joint Venture

If it is determined that we do not have a controlling interest in a joint venture, either through our financial interest in a variable interest entity (“VIE”) or through our voting interest in a voting interest entity (“VOE”) and we have the ability to provide significant influence, the equity method of accounting is used. Under this method, the investment, originally recorded at cost, is adjusted to recognize our share of net earnings or losses of the affiliate as they occur, with losses limited to the extent of our investment in, advances to, and commitments to the investee. Pursuant to our Atlanta JV agreement, allocations of the profits and losses of our Atlanta JV may be allocated disproportionately to nominal ownership percentages due to specified preferred return rate thresholds.

Distributions received from a joint venture are classified in the statements of cash flows using the cumulative earnings approach. Distributions are classified as cash inflows from operating activities unless cumulative distributions, including those from prior periods not designated as a return of investment, exceed cumulative recognized equity in earnings of the joint venture. Excess distributions are classified as cash inflows from investing activities as a return of investment.

On an annual basis or at interim periods if events and circumstances indicate that the investment may be impaired, the Company reviews the carrying value of its investment in unconsolidated joint venture to determine if circumstances indicate impairment to the carrying value of the investment that is other than temporary. The investment is considered impaired if its estimated fair value is less than the carrying amount of the investment and that impairment is other than temporary.

Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations

A hotel is considered held for sale (a) when a contract for sale is entered into, a substantial, nonrefundable deposit has been committed by the purchaser, and sale is expected to occur within one year, or (b) if management has committed to and is actively engaged in a plan to sell the property, the property is available for sale in its current condition, and it is probable the sale will be completed within one year. If a hotel is considered held for sale as of the most recent balance sheet presented or was sold in any period presented, the hotel property and the debt it collateralizes are shown as held for sale in all periods presented. Depreciation of our hotels is discontinued at the time they are considered held for sale.

At the end of each reporting period, if the fair value of the held for sale property less costs to sell is lower than the carrying value of the hotel, the Company will record an impairment loss. Impairment losses on held for sale properties may be subsequently recovered up to the amount of the cumulative impairment losses taken while the property is held for sale should future revisions to fair value estimates be required. If active marketing ceases or the property no longer meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale, the property is reclassified to held for use and measured at the lower of its (a) carrying amount before the property was classified as held for sale, adjusted for any depreciation expense that would have been recognized had the property been continuously classified as held for use, or (b) its fair value at the date of the subsequent decision not to sell.

Historically, we have presented the results of operations of hotel properties that have been sold or considered held for sale as discontinued operations. In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08, Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205) and Property, Plant, and Equipment (Topic 360): Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity. The amendments in ASU 2014-08 change the criteria for reporting a discontinued operation and require new disclosures of both discontinued operations and certain other significant disposals that do not meet the definition of a discontinued operation. Only disposals representing a strategic shift in operations that have a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results should be presented as discontinued operations subsequent to adoption. The Company adopted the pronouncement on October 1, 2014. As a result of this adoption, only the operations of hotels meeting the criteria to be considered held for sale prior to October 1, 2014, the last of which was sold in January 2016, are included in discontinued operations for all periods presented as no individual hotel disposition represents a strategic shift in operations or has a major effect on our operations or financial results. We anticipate that most of our hotel dispositions will not be classified as discontinued operations as most will not fit this definition.

Gains on the sale of real estate are recognized when a property is sold or are deferred and recognized as income in subsequent periods as conditions requiring deferral are satisfied or expire without further cost to us.

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

Cash and cash equivalents includes cash and highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less when acquired, and are carried at cost which approximates fair value. The Company maintained a major portion of its deposits with Huntington Bancshares Incorporated at December 31, 2018 and 2017. The balances on deposit at Huntington Bancshares Incorporated may at times exceed the federal deposit insurance limit, however, management believes that no significant credit risk exists with respect to the uninsured portion of these cash balances.

Restricted cash consists of cash held in escrow for the replacement of furniture and fixtures or for real estate taxes and property insurance as required under certain loan agreements.

Deferred Financing Costs

Direct costs incurred in financing transactions are capitalized as deferred financing costs and amortized to interest expense over the term of the related loan using the effective interest method. Deferred financing costs are presented on the balance sheets as a direct deduction from the associated debt liability.

Derivative Assets and Liabilities

In the normal course of business, the Company is exposed to the effects of interest rate changes, and the Company may enter into derivative instruments including interest rate swaps, caps, and collars to manage or economically hedge interest rate risk. Additionally, the Company is required to include on the balance sheets certain bifurcated embedded derivative instruments such as conversion and redemption features in convertible instruments and certain common stock warrants.

All derivatives recognized by the Company are reported as derivative assets and liabilities on the balance sheets and are adjusted to their fair value at each reporting date. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on derivative instruments are included in net gain on derivatives and convertible debt with the exception of realized gains and losses related to interest rate instruments which are included in interest expense on the statements of operations.

Noncontrolling Interest

Noncontrolling interest in the operating partnership represents the limited partners’ proportionate share of the equity in the operating partnership and long-term incentive plan (“LTIP”) units (see Note 12). Earnings and losses are allocated to noncontrolling interest in accordance with the weighted average percentage ownership of the operating partnership during the period.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue consists of amounts derived from hotel operations, including the sales of rooms, food and beverage, and other ancillary services. Room revenue is recognized over a customer's hotel stay at the daily contract rate as the Company’s performance obligations are fulfilled at the end of each day that the customer is provided a room. Revenue from food and beverage and other ancillary services is generated when a customer chooses to purchase goods or services separately from a hotel room and revenue is recognized on these distinct goods and services at the contract rate at the point in time or over the time period that goods or services are provided to the customer and the related performance obligations are fulfilled. Certain ancillary services are provided by third parties and the Company assesses whether it is the principal or agent in these arrangements. If the Company is the agent, revenue is recognized based upon the commission earned from the third party. If the Company is the principal, the Company recognizes revenue based upon the gross sales price. Accounts receivable primarily represents receivables from hotel guests who occupy hotel rooms and utilize hotel services. The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts sufficient to cover estimated potential credit losses.

Sales, use, occupancy, and similar taxes collected from customers and remitted to governmental authorities are accounted for on a net basis and therefore are excluded from revenue in the consolidated statements of operations.

Hotel operating revenues can be disaggregated into the following categories to demonstrate how economic factors affect the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows:


	Year ended December 31,
	2018		2017		2016
Rooms	$	62,036	$	52,509	$	47,989
Food and beverages		1,524		1,554		1,158
Other		1,497		1,390		1,500
Total revenue	$	65,057	$	55,453	$	50,647

Income Taxes

The Company qualifies and intends to continue to qualify as a REIT under applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”), as amended. In general, under such Code provisions, a trust which has made the required election and, in the taxable year, meets certain requirements and distributes to its shareholders at least 90% of its REIT taxable income, will not be subject to federal income tax to the extent of the income currently distributed to shareholders. If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, we will be subject to federal income tax on our taxable income at regular corporate income tax rates and generally will be unable to re-elect REIT status until the fifth calendar year after the year in which we failed to qualify as a REIT, unless we satisfy certain relief provisions. Even if the Company qualifies for taxation as a REIT, the Company may be subject to certain state and local taxes on its income and property, and to federal income and excise taxes on its undistributed taxable income. Except with respect to the TRS, the Company does not believe that it will be liable for significant federal or state income taxes in future years.

A REIT will incur a 100% tax on the net gain derived from any sale or other disposition of property that the REIT holds primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business. We do not believe any of our hotels were held primarily for sale in the ordinary course of our trade or business. However, if the IRS would successfully assert that we held such hotels primarily for sale in the ordinary course of our business, the gain from such sales could be subject to a 100% prohibited transaction tax.

Taxable income from non-REIT activities managed through the TRS, which is taxed as a C-Corporation, is subject to federal, state, and local income taxes. We account for the federal income taxes of our TRS using the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized for temporary differences between the financial reporting bases of assets and liabilities of the TRS and their respective tax bases and for operating loss and tax credit carryforwards based on enacted tax rates expected to be in effect when such amounts are realized or settled. However, deferred tax assets are recognized only to the extent that it is more likely than not that they will be realized based on consideration of available evidence, including tax planning strategies and projections for future taxable income over the periods in which the remaining deferred tax assets are deductible. In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, the Company considers whether it is more likely than not (defined as a likelihood of more than 50%) that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income.

The Company may recognize a tax benefit from an uncertain tax position when it is more-likely-than-not (defined as a likelihood of more than 50%) that the position will be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on its technical merits. If a tax position does not meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, despite the Company’s belief that its filing position is supportable, the benefit of that tax position is not recognized in the statements of operations. The Company recognizes interest and penalties, as applicable, related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. The Company recognizes unrecognized tax benefits in the period that the uncertainty is eliminated by either affirmative agreement to the uncertain tax position by the applicable taxing authority or by expiration of the applicable statute of limitations. For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017, and 2016, the Company did not record any uncertain tax positions.

Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Fair value measurements are utilized to determine the value of certain assets, liabilities, and equity instruments, to perform impairment assessments, to account for hotel acquisitions, in the valuation of stock-based compensation, and for disclosure purposes. Fair value measurements are classified into a three-tiered fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

Level 1: Inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2: Directly or indirectly observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1. Level 2 inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, and model-derived valuations whose inputs are observable.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs for which there is little or no market data, which require a reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.

Our estimates of fair value were determined using available market information and appropriate valuation methods. Considerable judgment is necessary to interpret market data and develop estimated fair value. The use of different market assumptions or valuation techniques may have a material effect on estimated fair value measurements. We classify assets and liabilities in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

With the exception of fixed rate debt (see Note 8) and other financial instruments carried at fair value, the carrying amounts of the Company’s financial instruments approximates their fair values due to their short-term nature or variable market-based interest rates.

Fair Value Option

Under U.S. GAAP, the Company has the irrevocable option to report most financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value on an instrument by instrument basis, with changes in fair value reported in net earnings. This option was elected for the treatment of the Company’s convertible debt entered into on March 16, 2016 (see Note 7).

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-based compensation is measured at the fair value of the award on the date of grant and recognized as compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. Awards that contain a performance condition are reviewed at least quarterly to assess the achievement of the performance condition. Compensation expense will be adjusted when a change in the assessment of achievement of the specific performance condition level is determined to be probable. The determination of fair value of these awards is subjective and involves significant estimates and assumptions including expected volatility of our stock, expected dividend yield, expected term, and assumptions of whether these awards will achieve performance thresholds. We believe that the assumptions and estimates utilized are appropriate based on the information available to management at the point of measurement. Compensation cost is recognized as additional paid-in capital for awards of the Company’s common stock and as noncontrolling interest for LTIP awards of common units. The Company has elected to account for forfeitures of stock-based compensation as they occur.

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

In November 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-16, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Determining Whether the Host Contract in a Hybrid Financial Instrument Issued in the Form of a Share is More Akin to Debt or to Equity, which clarifies certain of the criteria for determining whether derivative features in a hybrid financial instrument should be separately recognized. ASU 2014-16 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015 and permits either a retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. ASU 2014-16 was adopted by the Company on January 1, 2016 and was utilized in determining the accounting for the 6.25% Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series D Preferred Stock”) issued in March 2016 and the 6.25% Series E Cumulative Preferred Stock (“Series E Preferred Stock”) issues in March 2017 (see Note 10).

In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-02, Consolidation - Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis, which amends the current consolidation guidance effecting both the VIE and VOE consolidation models. The standard does not add or remove any of the characteristics in determining if an entity is a VIE or VOE, but rather enhances the way the Company assesses some of these characteristics. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2016 and concluded that the operating partnership now meets the criteria to be considered a VIE of which the Company is the primary beneficiary and, accordingly, the Company continues to consolidate the operating partnership. The Company’s sole significant asset is its investment in the operating partnership, and consequently, substantially all of the Company’s assets and liabilities represent those assets and liabilities of the operating partnership. All of the Company’s debt is an obligation of the operating partnership. This ASU was also used in the determination of the accounting for the Atlanta JV entered into in August 2016 (see Note 5).

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs, which requires debt issuance costs to be presented in the balance sheets as a direct deduction from the associated debt liability. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2016 and presents all debt issuance costs as a direct deduction from the carrying value of the debt liability. Adoption of this standard was applied retrospectively for all periods presented, effecting only the presentation of the balance sheets. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company's financial position and had no impact on the results of operations or cash flows.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. The ASU replaced most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP when it became effective. The original updated accounting guidance was effective for annual and interim reporting periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, however, in July 2015, the FASB approved a one year delay of the effective date to fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. As such, the standard was effective for the Company on January 1, 2018 and was adopted on that date using the modified retrospective transition method. Due to the short-term nature of the Company’s revenue streams, the adoption of this standard had no impact on the Company’s revenue or net income, and therefore, no adjustment was recorded to the Company’s opening accumulated deficit. The adoption of this standard resulted in additional disclosures. Furthermore, for real estate sales to third parties, primarily a result of historic dispositions of real estate in exchange for cash with few contingencies, the standard did not impact the recognition of our accounting for these sales.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Payment, which clarifies and provides specific guidance on eight cash flow classification issues with an objective to reduce the current diversity in practice. This guidance is effective for the Company for years beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company has adopted ASU 2016-15 for the year beginning on January 1, 2018. The adoption of ASU 2016-15 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash, which clarifies how companies should present restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents in the statement of cash flows. This guidance requires companies to show the changes in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash equivalents in the statement of cash flows. This guidance is effective for the Company for years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those years. The Company has adopted ASU 2016-18 for the year beginning on January 1, 2018. The adoption of ASU No. 2016-18 changed the presentation of the consolidated statements of cash flows for the Company to include changes to cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash for all periods presented.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business, which clarifies the definition of a business to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions of assets or business combinations. As a result of the standard, we anticipate that the majority of our hotel purchases will be considered asset purchases as opposed to business combinations and as such the related acquisition costs will be capitalized. However, the determination will be made on a transaction-by-transaction basis. This standard is applied on a prospective basis and, therefore, it does not affect the accounting for any of our previous transactions. This standard was effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, although early adoption is permitted. The Company has adopted ASU 2017-01 for the year beginning on January 1, 2018.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which supersedes most existing lease guidance in U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective. ASU 2016-02 requires, among other changes to the lease accounting guidance, lessees to recognize most leases on-balance sheet via a right of use asset and lease liability and additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures. ASU 2016-02 is effective for the Company for annual periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and mandates a modified retrospective transition method with the option of restatement of the comparative periods presented in the year of adoption or applying the new standard only in the year of adoption with a cumulative-effect adjustment in the period of adoption. We believe that application of this standard will result in a right of use asset and the related lease liability of less than $600, although changes in discount rates or other variables may have an effect on the calculation of this recorded amount. We are still evaluating the impact this ASU will have on the disclosures within the notes to the consolidated financial statements. We expect that the adoption of this standard will have minimal impact on our statement of operations. We expect to adopt the new standard on January 1, 2019 and use the effective date as our date of initial application. We also expect to elect all the new standard’s available transition practical expedients. Consequently, financial information will not be updated and disclosures required under the new standard will not be provided for dates and periods before January 1, 2019.