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Restricted Deposits | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Deposits Restricted [Abstract] |
Restricted Deposits |
7. | Restricted Deposits
The following table presents the Company’s restricted deposits as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (amounts in thousands):
|  | March 31, 2019 |  |  | December 31, 2018 |
Mortgage escrow deposits: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Real estate taxes and insurance |  | $ | 1,311 |  |  | $ | 876 |
Replacement reserves |  |  | 9,023 |  |  |  | 8,641 |
Mortgage principal reserves/sinking funds |  |  | 11,514 |  |  |  | 9,754 |
Other |  |  | 852 |  |  |  | 852 |
Mortgage escrow deposits |  |  | 22,700 |  |  |  | 20,123 |
Restricted cash: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnest money on pending acquisitions |  |  | 3,125 |  |  |  | 5,000 |
Restricted deposits on real estate investments |  |  | 534 |  |  |  | 540 |
Resident security and utility deposits |  |  | 36,213 |  |  |  | 35,659 |
Other |  |  | 1,543 |  |  |  | 7,549 |
Restricted cash |  |  | 41,415 |  |  |  | 48,748 |
Restricted deposits |  | $ | 64,115 |  |  | $ | 68,871 |

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