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Related Party Transactions
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
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10. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company leases a portion of its corporate headquarters at Pacific Oaks Plaza in Escondido, California to an entity 100% owned by the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and another related party. Rental income recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 totaled $7,000 and $7,000, respectively.

In January 2014, the former limited partner of NetREIT 01, LP, a consolidated subsidiary of the Company (the "Partnership") that owns the Presidio, exercised its option to convert approximately 52.8% of its ownership interests in the Partnership in exchange for approximately 21,000 shares of Company common stock. After conversion, the Company’s interest in the Partnership increased to approximately 89%. The Company purchased these shares from the limited partner at a price that was determined when the Partnership was formed, which, adjusted for stock dividends, was $7.858 per share. The stock purchase transaction was subject to the Company's related party transaction policy, which required a review of the transaction by the non-interested parties of the Audit Committee and a subsequent vote by the Company's Board of Directors (and was formally approved in December 2013). Effective April 2014, the former limited partner elected to convert all of its remaining interest in the Partnership in exchange for 18,807 shares of Company common stock. The Company bought these shares back in January 2015 for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $148,000 at which time the Company’s interest in the Partnership increased to 100%.

The limited partner of NetREIT 01, LP is the Allen Trust DTD 7-9-1999. William H. Allen, a Director of the Company and Chairman of the Audit Committee, is a beneficiary and a trustee of this trust. The Partnership was formed approximately one year before Mr. Allen became a Board Member.