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Limited partnership to common stock conversion ratio.

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Organization consolidation and presentation of financial statements.

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Percentage of taxable income distributed to shareholders

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Properties owned percentage.

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Amount of allowance for credit loss on accounts receivable.

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The cumulative difference between the rental payments required by a lease agreement and the rental income or expense recognized on a straight-line basis, or other systematic and rational basis more representative of the time pattern in which use or benefit is granted or derived from the leased property, expected to be recognized in income or expense over the term of the leased property, by the lessor or lessee, respectively. Such receivable is reduced by allowances attributable to, for instance, credit risk associated with a lessee.

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from finance lease.

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Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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The number of real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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