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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts  
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Note 9 – Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of a tenant to make required rent and other payments.  If the financial condition of a specific tenant were to deteriorate, adversely impacting its ability to make payments, allowances may be required.  At September 30, 2018, due to the uncertainty with respect to the collection of the unbilled rent receivable related to a property located in Texas, the Company recorded an allowance of $1,440,000, as a reduction to rental income, representing the entire balance of such receivable. There was no balance in allowance for doubtful accounts at December 31, 2017. 

The Company records bad debt expense as a reduction of rental income and/or tenant reimbursements. There was no bad debt expense in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company recorded bad debt expense of $310,000, related to rental income and tenant reimbursements due from former tenants that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In connection with these tenants, the Company wrote-off (i) $362,000 of unbilled rent receivable and $67,000 of unamortized intangible lease assets as a reduction to rental income and (ii) $884,000 of tenant origination costs as an increase to depreciation expense.

Impairment Loss

In November 2017, the Company sold its property formerly tenanted by Joe's Crab Shack, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. As the sales price was less than the net book value, the Company determined that the property was impaired and recorded an impairment loss of $153,000, representing the difference, at September 30, 2017, between the net sales price and the net book value. The impairment loss is included in the accompanying consolidated statements of income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017.