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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Note 5 - Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of its tenants to make required rent payments. If the financial condition of a specific tenant were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of its ability to make payments, additional allowances may be required. At June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the balance in allowance for doubtful accounts was $318,000 and $335,000, respectively, recorded as a reduction to accounts receivable. The Company records bad debt expense as a reduction of rental income. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, the Company recorded bad debt expense of $(34,000) and $(17,000), respectively, which reflects collections of amounts previously recorded as bad debt expense from one tenant. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, the Company recorded bad debt expense of $197,000 and $508,000, respectively.