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Other Assets and Accrued and Other Liabilities | 12 Months Ended
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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 |

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