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Related Party Transactions and Arrangements
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions and Arrangements

NOTE 8: Related Party Transactions and Arrangements

 

Fees and Expenses Paid to Our Former Advisor

 

On December 20, 2016, in connection with our management internalization, we acquired our former advisor and, therefore, fees and expenses to our former advisor are no longer incurred.

 

For the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, our former advisor earned $0 and $1,727 of asset management fees, respectively, and $0 and $5,141 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. These fees are included within general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements of operations.

 

For the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, our former advisor earned $0 and $206 of incentive fees, respectively, and $0 and $350 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.  These fees are included within general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements of operations.

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, we incurred costs of $727 and $0, respectively, with respect to our shared services agreement with our former advisor. The term of the agreement was from December 21, 2016 to June 20, 2017 and the associated fees are included within general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements of operations.

 

As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, we had no liabilities payable to our former advisor for asset management fees, incentive fees or shared service fees.

 

Property Management Fees Paid to Our Former Property Manager

          

On December 20, 2016, in connection with our management internalization, we acquired property management agreements with respect to each of our properties from RAIT Residential, our former property manager, which is wholly owned by RAIT.

 

For the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, our former property manager earned $0 and $1,219, respectively, and $0 and $3,710 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, of property management and leasing fees. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, we had no liabilities payable to our property manager for property management and leasing fees.

 

Dividends Paid to Affiliates of Our Former Advisor

 

On October 5, 2016, we repurchased and retired all 7,269,719 shares of our common stock owned by subsidiaries of RAIT.

 

Since October 5, 2016, RAIT has not owned any shares of our common stock.  For the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, we declared and subsequently paid dividends of $0 and $1,309, respectively, and $0 and $3,926 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, related to shares of common stock owned by subsidiaries of RAIT.  

 

RAIT Indebtedness

 

In the second quarter of 2016, we repaid $38,075 of mortgage indebtedness with proceeds from two property dispositions.  This indebtedness was held by RAIT. Total interest expense paid to RAIT for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 was $0 and $486, respectively.

 

Related Party Transaction

 

In June 2017, we acquired South Terrace, a 328-unit property in Durham, NC for $42,950 from a joint venture, of which a subsidiary of RAIT was a controlling member. For further information, see Note 3: Investment in Real Estate.