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INVESTMENT IN VAA (Details 1) | Dec. 31, 2018 Number
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Total Apartment Units | 1,489
Victory Abode Apartments, LLC [Member] |
Number of properties | 49
Total Apartment Units | 9,192
Victory Abode Apartments, LLC [Member] | ALABAMA |
Number of properties | 1
Total Apartment Units | 168
Victory Abode Apartments, LLC [Member] | ARKANSAS |
Number of properties | 6
Total Apartment Units | 1,320
Victory Abode Apartments, LLC [Member] | COLORADO |
Number of properties | 2
Total Apartment Units | 260
Victory Abode Apartments, LLC [Member] | FLORIDA |
Number of properties | 2
Total Apartment Units | 388
Victory Abode Apartments, LLC [Member] | GEORGIA |
Number of properties | 1
Total Apartment Units | 222
Victory Abode Apartments, LLC [Member] | LOUISIANA |
Number of properties | 3
Total Apartment Units | 464
Victory Abode Apartments, LLC [Member] | MISSISSIPPI |
Number of properties | 1
Total Apartment Units | 196
Victory Abode Apartments, LLC [Member] | NEVADA |
Number of properties | 1
Total Apartment Units | 308
Victory Abode Apartments, LLC [Member] | NORTH CAROLINA |
Number of properties | 1
Total Apartment Units | 201
Victory Abode Apartments, LLC [Member] | TENNESSEE |
Number of properties | 4
Total Apartment Units | 708
Victory Abode Apartments, LLC [Member] | Texas-Greater Dallas Ft. Worth |
Number of properties | 13
Total Apartment Units | 2,323
Victory Abode Apartments, LLC [Member] | Texas-Greater Houston |
Number of properties | 1
Total Apartment Units | 176
Victory Abode Apartments, LLC [Member] | TEXAS |
Number of properties | 13
Total Apartment Units | 2,458

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