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Other Assets and Accrued and Other Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Other Assets and Accrued and Other Liabilities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Other Assets | 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 |
Schedule of Accrued and Other Liabilities | 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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