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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Promissory Notes
In connection with the RideNow Transaction, the Company assumed two promissory notes totaling principal and accrued interest of $2,821 as of August 31, 2021 due to entities controlled by a director and an executive officer of the Company. Amounts due under these two promissory notes have been paid in full as of June 30, 2023 and totaled $791 as of June 30, 2022.
RideNow Leases
In connection with the RideNow Transaction, the Company entered into related party leases for 24 properties consisting of dealerships and offices. Each related party lease is with a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company as the tenant and an entity controlled by a director and an executive officer of the Company, as the landlord. The initial aggregate base rent payment for all 24 leases was approximately $1,229 per month, and each lease commenced a new 20-year term on September 1, 2021, with each lease containing annual 2% increases on base rent. Rent expense associated with the leases approximated $4,625 and $9,231, and $4,408 and $8,732, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and are included in Selling, General and Administrative expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.
Payments to RideNow Management LLLP
The Company made $3 and $6 in payments to RideNow Management LLLP, an entity owned equally by a director and an executive officer during the three and six months ended June 30, 2022. No payments were made during the six months ended June 30, 2023. These payments related to a contract existing at the time of the RideNow Transaction for Sophos Anti-Virus.
In addition, the Company paid off a loan to RideNow Management LLLP of approximately $673 on June 27, 2022.
Payments to Coulter Management Group LLLP
The company made $5 and $10, and $117 and $237 in payments to Coulter Management Group LLLP ("Coulter Management"), an entity owned by a director of the Company, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022. These payments were made to cover certain proportionate costs of the Company, including health plan and IT contract expenses, that were shared among Coulter Management and the RideNow entities for a period of time after the RideNow Transaction date.
Bidpath Software License
On January 19, 2022, the Audit Committee approved, and the Company entered into two agreements with Bidpath Incorporated, a company owned by Adam Alexander, a former director of the Company, that provides the Company with (i) a perpetual, non-exclusive license to the then-current source code, as well as all future source code, of foundational technology for our inventory management platform, and (ii) support and maintenance services, all of which remain in development as of June 30, 2023.
The Company made no cash payments for the license during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and $1,080 and $2,160 during the three months and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively. The Company also pays, on monthly basis since the agreement was signed, $30 for development of the platform. The initial term is thirty-six (36) months but can be terminated by either party at any time by providing sixty (60) days' notice to the other party. On June 30, 2023, the Company notified Bidpath of its intent to terminate the contract.
Ready Team Grow, LLC
The Company paid $36 and $100, and $56 and $110 to Ready Team Grow, LLC for employee recruiting services during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022. Ready Team Grow, LLC is an entity owned by the domestic partner of the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer.

Death Benefit to former Chief Financial Officer and Director
On September 30, 2021, the Audit Committee approved the issuance of 154,731 shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock as a gift of a death benefit to the widow and children of the Company's former Chief Financial Officer and Director. Also, on September 30, 2021, the Audit Committee approved a gift of a death benefit to the widow and children of Mr. Berrard in an amount equal to (1) $1,338, which shall be paid in equal weekly installments beginning October 1, 2021 and ending June 30, 2024 and (2) the cash bonus paid to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer each quarter over the same period ending June 30, 2024, if and when paid to the Chief Executive Officer in accordance with the Company’s Executive Incentive Program. A total of $244 and $359, and $281 and $544 in cash payments were made under these awards during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Employment of Immediate Family Members
William Coulter, a director and former executive officer of the Company, has one immediate family member who was employed by the Company until August 30, 2022. This family member received aggregate gross pay of approximately $75 and $138 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively. No payments were made during 2023.
Mark Tkach, an executive officer and director of the Company, has two immediate family members that are, or have been, employed by the Company between January 1, 2021, and the date hereof. One of these family members was employed by the Company until February 21, 2022. This family member received aggregate gross pay of approximately $0 and $81, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively. No payments were made during 2023. The other family member has received aggregate gross pay of approximately $105 and $232, and $75 and $150 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and grants of restricted stock units with respect to 42,273 shares of Class B Common Stock.