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Real Estate (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Real Estate [Abstract] |
New Real Estate Investments [Table Text Block] | During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we made investments related to real estate as described below (dollars in thousands):
Operator |  | Date |  | Properties |  | Asset Class |  | Amount
Ravn Senior Solutions |  | February 2017 |  | 2 |  | SHO |  | $ | 16,100 |
Prestige Care |  | March 2017 |  | 1 |  | SHO |  | 26,200 |
The LaSalle Group |  | March 2017 |  | 5 |  | SHO |  | 61,865 |
The Ensign Group |  | March 2017 |  | 1 |  | SNF |  | 15,096 |
Bickford Senior Living |  | June 2017 |  | 1 |  | SHO |  | 10,400 |
Acadia Healthcare |  | July 2017 |  | 1 |  | HOSP |  | 4,840 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 134,501 |
Schedule of Bickford Leases [Table Text Block] | :
| Lease Expiration |
| Sept / Oct 2019 | June 2023 | May 2031 | Total
Number of Properties | 10 |  | 13 |  | 20 |  | 43 |
2017 Annual Contractual Rent | $ | 8,994 |  | $ | 10,809 |  | $ | 16,691 |  | $ | 36,494 |
Straight Line Rent Adjustment | (347 | ) | 226 |  | 4,885 |  | 4,764 |
Total Revenues | $ | 8,647 |  | $ | 11,035 |  | $ | 21,576 |  | $ | 41,258 |
Summary of NHC Percentage Rent [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the percentage rent income from NHC (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| September 30, |  | September 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Current year | $ | 782 |  |  | $ | 733 |  |  | $ | 2,345 |  |  | $ | 2,199 |
Prior year final certification 1 | — |  |  | — |  |  | 194 |  |  | 547 |
Total percentage rent income | $ | 782 |  |  | $ | 733 |  |  | $ | 2,539 |  |  | $ | 2,746 |
1 For purposes of the percentage rent calculation described in the master lease agreement, NHC’s annual revenue by facility for a given year is certified to NHI by March 31st of the following year.

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