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Real Estate Acquisitions and Dispositions | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Real Estate Acquisitions and Dispositions | Real Estate Acquisitions and Dispositions The Company did not acquire any apartment communities or land parcels during the three months ended March 31, 2018. The following table reflects the Company's disposition activity for the three months ended March 31, 2018:
Community |  | Market |  | Acres |  | Date Sold
Craft Farms Residential - Outparcel |  | Gulf Shores, AL |  | 3 |  | January 24, 2018
Randal Park - Outparcel |  | Orlando, FL |  | 34 |  | February 27, 2018

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- Definition The entire disclosure for business combinations, including leverage buyout transactions (as applicable), and divestitures. This may include a description of a business combination or divestiture (or series of individually immaterial business combinations or divestitures) completed during the period, including background, timing, and assets and liabilities recognized and reclassified or sold. This element does not include fixed asset sales and plant closings. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/subtopic&trid=2122178 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2303972 + Details
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