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Restricted Deposits | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Deposits Restricted [Abstract] |
Restricted Deposits |
7. | Restricted Deposits
The following table presents the Company’s restricted deposits as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (amounts in thousands):
|  | September 30, 2018 |  |  | December 31, 2017 |
Mortgage escrow deposits: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Real estate taxes and insurance |  | $ | 600 |  |  | $ | 845 |
Replacement reserves |  |  | 8,478 |  |  |  | 8,347 |
Mortgage principal reserves/sinking funds |  |  | 8,363 |  |  |  | 3,167 |
Other |  |  | 852 |  |  |  | 852 |
Mortgage escrow deposits |  |  | 18,293 |  |  |  | 13,211 |
Restricted cash: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnest money on pending acquisitions |  |  | — |  |  |  | 750 |
Restricted deposits on real estate investments |  |  | 538 |  |  |  | 58 |
Resident security and utility deposits |  |  | 35,379 |  |  |  | 35,183 |
Other |  |  | 1,545 |  |  |  | 913 |
Restricted cash |  |  | 37,462 |  |  |  | 36,904 |
Restricted deposits |  | $ | 55,755 |  |  | $ | 50,115 |

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