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Real Estate (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Real Estate [Abstract] |
Schedule of Bickford Leases [Table Text Block] | As of March 31, 2018 our Bickford Senior Living (“Bickford”) portfolio consists of leases with lease expiration dates as follows (in thousands):
| Lease Expiration |
| Sept / Oct 2019 | June 2023 | Sept 2027 | May 2031 | Total
Number of Properties | 10 |  | 13 |  | 4 |  | 20 |  | 47 |
2018 Annual Contractual Rent | $ | 9,264 |  | $ | 11,133 |  | $ | 1,515 |  | $ | 20,030 |  | $ | 41,942 |
Straight Line Rent Adjustment | (617 | ) | 588 |  | 221 |  | 3,813 |  | 4,005 |
Total Revenues | $ | 8,647 |  | $ | 11,721 |  | $ | 1,736 |  | $ | 23,843 |  | $ | 45,947 |
Summary of NHC Percentage Rent [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the percentage rent income from NHC (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended
| March 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017
Current year | $ | 853 |  |  | $ | 782 |
Prior year final certification 1 | 285 |  |  | 194 |
Total percentage rent income | $ | 1,138 |  |  | $ | 976 |
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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