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Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities |
Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities | Note 7. Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities The following table presents certain of our assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring and non recurring basis at March 31, 2015 categorized by the level of inputs used in the valuation of each asset or liability.
|  |  |  |  | Quoted Prices in |  | Significant |  | Significant |
|  |  |  |  | Active Markets for |  | Other |  | Unobservable |
|  |  |  |  | Identical Assets |  | Observable Inputs |  | Inputs |
Description |  | Total |  | (Level 1) |  | (Level 2) |  | (Level 3) |
Assets held for sale(1) |  | $ | 3,145 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 3,145 |
Investments in available for sale securities(2) |  | $ | 25,441 |  | $ | 25,441 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |
| (1) |  | Assets held for sale consist of four of our properties (seven buildings) that we expect to sell or have sold subsequent to March 31, 2015 that are reported at fair value less estimated costs to sell. We used offers to purchase these properties made by third parties or comparable sales transactions (Level 3 inputs) to determine the fair values of these properties. We have recorded cumulative impairments of approximately $11,365 to these properties in order to reduce their book value to fair value.
| (2) |  | Our investments in available for sale securities include our 250,000 common shares of EQC and 4,235,000 common shares of Five Star. The fair values of these shares are based up on quoted prices at March 31, 2015 in active markets (Level 1 inputs).
We estimate the fair values of our senior unsecured notes using an average of the bid and ask price of our outstanding six issuances of senior notes (Level 1 inputs) on or about March 31, 2015. The fair values of these senior note obligations exceed their aggregate book values of $1,743,983 by $107,931 because these notes were trading at premiums to their face amounts. We estimate the fair values of our secured debt by using discounted cash flow analyses and currently prevailing market terms as of the measurement date (Level 3 inputs). The fair value of our secured debt exceeds its book value of $609,032 by $66,837 because current market interest rates are lower than the market interest rates at the time we assumed the secured debt. Because Level 3 inputs are unobservable, our estimated fair value may differ materially from the actual fair value. In addition to the assets and liabilities described in the above table and our senior unsecured notes and secured debt, our additional financial instruments include rents receivable, cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and other unsecured debt. The fair values of these additional financial instruments approximate their carrying values at March 31, 2015 based upon their liquidity, short term maturity, variable rate pricing or our estimate of fair value using discounted cash flow analyses and prevailing interest rates.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 825 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 21 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35750535&loc=d3e13537-108611 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 825 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35750535&loc=d3e13433-108611 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 825 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 28 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6957238&loc=d3e14064-108612 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=36462937&loc=d3e19207-110258 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 825 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6957238&loc=d3e14172-108612 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 825 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 16 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35750535&loc=d3e13504-108611 + Details
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