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Real Estate (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Real Estate [Abstract] |
New Real Estate Investments [Table Text Block] | We acquired the following real estate properties during the six months ended June 30, 2018 (in thousands):
Operator |  | Date |  | Properties |  | Asset Class |  | Amount
The Ensign Group |  | January/May 2018 |  | 3 |  | SNF |  | 43,404 |
Bickford Senior Living |  | April 2018 |  | 5 |  | SHO |  | 69,750 |
Comfort Care Senior Living |  | May 2018 |  | 2 |  | SHO |  | 17,140 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 130,294 |
Schedule of Bickford Leases [Table Text Block] | As of June 30, 2018, our Bickford portfolio consists of leases with lease expiration dates as follows (in thousands):
| Lease Expiration |
| Sep/Oct 2019 | June 2023 | Sept 2027 | May 2031 | Apr 2033 | Total
Number of Properties | 10 |  | 13 |  | 4 |  | 20 |  | 5 |  | 52 |
2018 Contractual Rent | $ | 9,264 |  | $ | 11,133 |  | $ | 1,515 |  | $ | 19,970 |  | $ | 3,105 |  | $ | 44,987 |
Straight Line Rent Adjustment | (617 | ) | 588 |  | 221 |  | 3,813 |  | 607 |  | 4,612 |
Total Revenues | $ | 8,647 |  | $ | 11,721 |  | $ | 1,736 |  | $ | 23,783 |  | $ | 3,712 |  | $ | 49,599 |
Summary of NHC Percentage Rent [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the percentage rent income from NHC (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
| June 30, |  | June 30,
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Current year | $ | 853 |  |  | $ | 782 |  |  | $ | 1,706 |  |  | $ | 1,563 |
Prior year final certification 1 | — |  |  | — |  |  | 285 |  |  | 194 |
Total percentage rent income | $ | 853 |  |  | $ | 782 |  |  | $ | 1,991 |  |  | $ | 1,757 |
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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