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To Our Stockholders: 

At the time this annual report went to print, the COVID-19 outbreak was in its very early stages 
in the U.S.  While our annual report focuses on our activities in 2019, the ramifications of the 
COVID-19 outbreak are too significant not to reference in a cover letter.   

While the long-term effects of this pandemic are unknown at this time, we do know that it has 
had a significant impact on the U.S. economy and global financial markets.  The magnitude of the 
impact on our business will likely depend on the length and severity of the pandemic and the 
corresponding  economic  realities  that  come  from  it.    We  are  very  focused  on  our  corporate 
operations and our corporate health, and the health of our associates, our residents, our tenants, 
and our communities.   We have business continuity plans and systems in place, and we have 
implemented  work  from  home  policies  for  many  of  our  associates  as  well  as  controlled 
environments for our associates working at our properties.   

Many things have changed in our country and in our world as the COVID-19 outbreak has evolved. 
Despite these dynamic and challenging economic conditions, we remain committed as ever to 
our primary investment objective to generate attractive and stable returns for our stockholders. 

Sincerely, 

Joel T. Murphy 
President and Chief Executive Officer 

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2019 ANNUAL REPORT
2019 ANNUAL REPORT

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LETTER TO STOCKHOLDERS

PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHTS

FORM 10-K

COMPANY INFORMATION

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RETREAT AT GREYSTONE | BIRMINGHAM, AL

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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE: APTS) is a real estate investment trust  

engaged primarily in the ownership and operation of Class A multifamily properties, with additional 

investments in grocery anchored retail, Class A office buildings, and student housing properties. 

Preferred Apartment Communities’ investment objective is to generate attractive, stable returns for 

stockholders by investing in income-producing properties and acquiring or originating real estate 

loans. As of December 31, 2019, the Company owned or had real estate loan investments in  

123 properties in 15 states, predominantly in the Sunbelt region of the United States. 

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2 011
THE YEAR OF THE IPO
STARTED YEAR WITH
ZERO ASSOCIATES • ZERO REAL ESTATE ASSETS • ZERO REVENUES

ENDED YEAR WITH

$92 MILLION TOTAL ASSETS
$7 MILLION REVENUES

3 MULTIFAMILY ASSETS
3 MARKETS

2012
THE YEAR OF 
GROWTH

2013
THE YEAR OF 
PAVING THE PATH

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2014
THE YEAR OF 
ACHIEVING GOALS

2015
THE YEAR OF TRANSITIONING  
TO NYSE FROM NYSE/MKT

2016
THE YEAR OF 
5 YEARS OF SUCCESS

2017
THE YEAR OF OUR 
WINNING CULTURE

2 019

THE YEAR OF TRANSITION

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THE YEAR OF SOARING HIGHER

$4.8 BILLION TOTAL ASSETS
$470 MILLION REVENUES
34 MULTIFAMILY ASSETS
8 STUDENT HOUSING ASSETS

52 GROCERY ANCHORED 
RETAIL ASSETS
10 OFFICE ASSETS
40 MARKETS

MULTIFAMILY

STUDENT
HOUSING

REAL ESTATE LOAN 
INVESTMENTS

GROCERY ANCHORED
RETAIL

OFFICE
PROPERTIES

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As of December 31, 2019,  
our ASSETS GREW  
to $4.8 BILLION 
and REVENUES ROSE  
to $470 MILLION.

With assets in 40 Markets across 15 States, PAC provides the full gamut 
of services including Investment Management, Finance, Acquisition and 
Disposition, Asset Management and Property Level Management. Our 
guiding philosophy is to provide our residents and tenants with an exceptional 
experience by offering high quality Apartment Homes, Student Housing, 
Grocery Anchored Retail assets and Office properties, superior resident and 
tenant services, and total customer satisfaction.

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MULTIFAMILY

THE ARTISAN AT VIERA | MELBOURNE, FL

05

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TO OUR STOCKHOLDERS

2019 saw our company continue to 
grow and mature as an organization. 
We  ended  the  year  with  123  owned 
investment  
real 
and 
properties 
four  
operating  divisions.  Relative  to  each  property 

spread  across  all 

estate 

loan 

type, we believe our asset portfolio is “best in class.” 

Each  of  our  business  units  has  a  specific  strategy 

that  allows  us  to  target  and  pursue  only  properties 

that  fit  within  that  strategy.  Our  leadership  team 

has  long  subscribed  to  the  Sunbelt,  and  its  growth 

with  our  Student  Housing  assets,  total  55%  of  our 

total assets.

For  the  year,  the  Multifamily  portfolio  enjoyed 

year-over-year  same  store  NOI¹  growth  of  4.1% 

and  accelerating  sequential  quarter-over-quarter  

increases of 4.1% and 5.1% in the 3rd and 4th quarters, 

in  spite  of  significant 

increases 

in 

insurance  

costs.  At  year  end  2019,  our  stabilized  properties  

were 95.1% occupied. We currently have 10,245 

Multifamily units in 17 markets across 34 assets.

story,  as  a  cornerstone  of  our  investment  thesis. 

Our  grocery  anchored,  necessity-based  Retail 

At  the  end  of  2019,  more  than  80%  of  our  owned 

portfolio was located in our top five states: Florida, 

North  Carolina,  Georgia,  Texas,  and  Tennessee. 

These  states  share  common  themes  of  pro-business 

policies, competitive cost of doing business, access 

to  talent,  and  affordable  cost  of  living.  Job  growth 

drives  population  growth  and  demand  across  our 

multifamily, retail, and office strategies, and we see 

the tangible result of this in escalating rents and low 

vacancy rates.

Our  Multifamily  business  –  our 

foundational  

business  unit  –  is  generally  focused  on  newly 

constructed,Class A properties in markets of over one 

million people with good job growth. Our multifamily 

loan  investments  and  owned  portfolio,  coupled  

division,  New  Market,  has  continued  to  grow  and 

produce  strong  results  for  the  company.  We  now 

own  52  grocery  anchored  shopping  centers  in 

nine states and 24 markets totaling over six million 

square  feet.  At  the  heart  of  this  strategy  is  our  

commitment 

to  working  primarily  with  market  

dominant grocers. Publix leads the way, anchoring 

28  of  our  properties  –  more  than  half  of  the 

centers  in  the  portfolio.  Kroger  follows  with  18  

stores  and  the  two  grocers  combined  generated 

over $4.7 billion of earnings in 2019. We are now 

the  4th  largest  Publix  landlord  in  the  country  and 

also  took  note  of  Warren  Buffet’s  $500  million 

investment  in  Kroger  in  February.  The  continued 

strength  of  our  grocery  anchored  assets  is  tied 

directly to our strategy of acquiring centers that are 

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GROCERY ANCHORED RETAIL

THE MARKET AT VICTORY VILLAGE | NASHVILLE, TN

07

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“ This was as natural of a transition as you will find, as the  
two of us have WORKED TOGETHER FOR OVER 30 YEARS.”

anchored  by  market  dominant  grocers  in  Sunbelt 

In  past  stockholder  letters,  we  have  highlighted 

and Mid-Atlantic markets.

Our  Office  business  unit,  Preferred  Office 

Properties  (POP),  had  another  banner  year.  

Our  office  strategy  focuses  on  Atlanta,  Charlotte, 

Raleigh,  Nashville,  Dallas  and  Austin.  We  now  

own  two  Class  A  properties  in  Charlotte  (both  

in  SouthPark  where  we  now  control  close 

to  

the  differences  in  our  business  plan  that  separate 

us  from  our  peers  –  namely  our  preferred  stock  

and  our  commitment  to  a  diversified  portfolio.  In 

2019, we continued to issue our preferred stock with  

a  total  issuance  of  $549  million.  At  the  same  

time,  we  increased  our  common  share  count  by  

4.7 million shares.

40%  of  the  Class  A  space),  two  in  Raleigh  and 

We  used  the  capital  that  we  raised  to  continue 

three in Atlanta. The total portfolio at year end was  

to  invest  in  a  diversified  strategy  by  acquiring  

96%  leased  with  7.4  years  weighted  average 

$708  million  in  assets  in  2019  (two  multifamily 

remaining lease term. The total office portfolio at year 

assets  in  two  markets,  one  student  housing  asset  in 

end consists of ten properties totaling approximately 

one market, seven grocery anchored retail centers in 

3.2 million square feet.

Our  Real  Estate  Loan  Investment  program  is  an 

important  component  of  our  business  plan  and  has 

involved making loans to select developers to bridge 

their  project  capital  stacks  from  their  construction 

loans to their equity. These real estate loan investments 

seven markets and three Class A office properties – 

one in Raleigh, NC, one in Atlanta, GA and one in 

Charlotte, NC). The Company also initiated new real 

estate  loan  investments  with  commitments  totaling  

$43.7 million and had $82.2 million in loans pay off 

or be converted to owned assets.

have contributed significantly to our earnings over the 

The  character  and  quality  of  our  people,  their  

years, and the purchase options embedded in most of 

dedication,  experience  and  work  ethic  are  our 

those loans have allowed us to grow our portfolios at 

underlying  core  strength.  We  have  management 

discounts  to  market  prices.  In  total,  at  year  end,  we 

depth throughout the company. Our associates have 

had  $414.3  million  in  aggregate  loan  commitments 

embraced  our  growing  focus  on  Environmental, 

with $352.6 million funded. The vast majority of these 

Social,  and  Governance  (ESG)  as  we  work  as  an 

loans are made through our Multifamily and Student 

organization to be thoughtful, responsible corporate 

Housing divisions. 

citizens. For us, ESG means striving to ensure that our 

properties and corporate office are operated in an 

“We are now the 4TH LARGEST PUBLIX LANDLORD in the country.”

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OFFICE

THREE RAVINIA | ATLANTA, GA

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“In early 2019, APTS announced that it was exploring the 
INTERNALIZATION OF ITS EXTERNAL MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS.  
This well-run process was completed on January 31, 2020.”

environmentally  and  socially  responsible  manner. 

As  a  company  that  has  always  looked  forward, 

To  push  our  ESG  initiative  forward,  we  formed 

these  moves  signal  first  steps  in  our  evolution.  

a  Sustainability  Committee  to  advocate  energy  

We have challenges and opportunities ahead to be 

conservation measures, and to integrate sustainability 

sure. Each year, we evaluate not only each property 

initiatives  throughout  our  organization,  including 

that we own, but also the structure of the company 

workforce  development  and  training  opportunities, 

itself,  the  composition  of  its  capital  stack,  the  ratio 

community  service  projects 

through  our  PAC 

of our common stock to the preferred, and how we 

Gives  Back 

initiative,  and  our  PAC  wellness 

conduct  business  generally.  We  are  firm  believers 

program  that  focuses  on  health  and  wellness  for 

that  the  status  quo  is  rarely  a  good  option  and  we 

our  associates  and  residents.  For  the  first  time  in 

know that “what got us here – won’t get us there.”

2019,  we  participated  in  the  Global  Real  Estate 

Sustainability Benchmark (“GRESB”) annual survey, 

which  measures  the  environmental  performance  of 

property portfolios around the world and is endorsed 

by  large  institutional  investors.  We  understand  that 

we  have  to  continually  evolve  and  adapt  in  order 

 to be successful.

Looking  at  the  future:  Mid  2019,  we  announced 

a  succession  plan  whereby  Joel  Murphy  would 

succeed Dan DuPree as Chief Executive Officer on 

January 1, 2020 with the latter retaining the role of 

Executive Chairman of the Board.

This  was  as  natural  of  a  transition  as  you  will  

find, as the two of us have worked together for over 

30 years. Similarly, in early 2019, APTS announced 

that it was exploring the internalization of its external 

management  functions.  This  well-run  process  was 

completed  on  January  31,  2020  and  the  transition  

to  an  internally,  fully  integrated  company  was 

seamlessly executed.

In conclusion, we know that the company is ultimately 

graded  by  its  stockholders.  The  fact  that,  as  of  

December  31,  2019,  we  have  generated  a  15.2% 

average annual return to stockholders who invested 

with us at the IPO in 2011 (and reinvested dividends) 

is nice, but that is looking backward and we are fully  

engaged in looking ahead.

Thank you for your continued interest in PAC.

Sincerely,

Joel T. Murphy
President and  
Chief Executive Officer

Daniel M. DuPree
Executive Chairman 
of the Board

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REAL ESTATE LOAN INVESTMENTS

NEWBERGH ATL  |  ATLANTA, GA

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TOTAL ASSETS BY GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION 

2.7% 

1.1% 

0.9% 

11.5% 

0.9%

1.5% 

5.3% 

19.8% 

0.8%

3.7% 

1.8% 

20.9% 

0.1%

3.3% 

25.7% 

ASSET CLASSES

MULTIFAMILY

36%

GROCERY ANCHORED
RETAIL

23%

PERCENTAGE OF 
CAPITAL INVESTED

STUDENT
HOUSING

11%

LOAN
INVESTMENTS

8%

OFFICE

22%

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0
7
4
$

TOTAL REVENUE
(Millions)

11    12     13     14      15     16     17     18        19

13

Multifamily portfolio enjoyed 
YEAR-OVER-YEAR same 
store NOI¹ growth of 
4.1%

PORTFOLIO GROWTH 2019

APTS 
 BOUGHT  
OVER 
$708M 
IN ASSETS  
IN 2019

7 GROCERY  

 anchored retail assets in 7 MARKETS

2 MULTIFAMILY 

assets in 2 MARKETS

The company also originated 

5  

REAL ESTATE LOAN  
INVESTMENTS TOTALING 

$43.7M AND HAD $82.2M in  
real estate loan investments payoff  
or get converted to owned assets

3 OFFICE 
BUILDINGS  
in 3 MARKETS

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TOTAL ASSETS

.

B
8
4
$

11     12      13     14     15      16     17     18       19

PAC WELLNESS  

A health and wellness 
program for our  
employees and  
residents.

ANNUAL  
COMMON  
STOCK  
DIVIDENDS 
/SHARE

YEAR

11   

12   

13   

14   

15    

16   

17   

18   

19

$0.375

$0.545

$0.605

$0.655

$0.7275

$0.8175

$0.94

$1.02

$1.0475

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J O E L   T .  M U R P H Y   /  PRESIDENT AND CEO

D A N I E L   M .   D U P R E E   /  EXECUTIVE  CHAIRMAN

We are firm believers that the status quo 
is rarely a good option and we know that

”WHAT GOT US HERE –   

 WON’T GET US THERE.”

¹ See our Annual Report for Form 10-K included herein on reconciliation 
of same store NOI and AFFO to comparable GAAP measures.

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UNITED STATES 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 
FORM 10-K 
  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 
Commission File No. 001-34995

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

MARYLAND
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

27-1712193
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3284 Northside Parkway NW, Suite 150, Atlanta, GA 30327 
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (770) 818-4100 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:  

Title of each class
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share

Trading symbol
APTS

Name of each exchange on which registered
NYSE

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: 

Title of each class
Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
Warrant to Purchase Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
Series M Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  Yes 

No 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes 

 No 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the 
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 
days.    Yes  

    No   

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation 

S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes  

     No  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging 

growth company (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2). 

Large accelerated filer   

    Accelerated filer   

    Non-accelerated filer   

  Smaller reporting company   

  Emerging growth company   

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or 

revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2).    Yes  

    No   

The aggregate market value of voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 28, 2019, the last business day of the 
registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was $651,264,401 based on the closing price of the common stock on the NYSE on such date. The number of 
shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock, as of February 19, 2020 was 47,251,996.  

Certain information to be included in the registrant's definitive Proxy Statement, to be filed not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this 
Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the registrant's 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is incorporated by reference into PART III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. 

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FINANCIAL INFORMATION

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Business

Risk Factors

Unresolved Staff Comments

Properties

Legal Proceedings

Mine Safety Disclosures

Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases

of Equity Securities

Selected Financial Data

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

Controls and Procedures

Other Information

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Executive Compensation

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related

Stockholder Matters

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

Form 10-K Summary

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PART II

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PART III

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PART I 

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities 
Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the 
Exchange Act. Our actual results could differ materially from those set forth in each forward-looking statement. Certain factors 
that might cause such a difference are discussed in this report, including in the section entitled “Forward-Looking Statements” 
included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. You should also review the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Item 1A of 
this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of various risks that could adversely affect us. Unless the context otherwise 
requires or indicates, references to the "Company", "we", "our" or "us" refers to Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc., a Maryland 
corporation, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, including Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P., 
or our Operating Partnership.

Item  1. 

Business 

Development of the Company

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE: APTS) is a real estate investment trust engaged primarily in the ownership 
and operation of Class A multifamily properties, with select investments in grocery anchored shopping centers, Class A office 
buildings, and student housing properties. Preferred Apartment Communities’ investment objective is to generate attractive, stable 
returns for stockholders by investing in income-producing properties and acquiring or originating real estate loans. As of December 
31, 2019, we owned or were invested in 123 properties in 15 states, predominantly in the Southeast region of the United States.

As referred to herein, the Sixth Amended and Restated Management Agreement, effective as of June 3, 2016, among the 
Company, our Operating Partnership and Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC, or our Manager, is referred to as the Management 
Agreement. 

On  January  31,  2020,  we  internalized  the  functions  performed  by our  Manager  and  NMP Advisors,  LLC  (the  "Sub-
Manager")  by  acquiring  the  entities  that  own  the  Manager  and  the  Sub-Manager  (such  transactions,  collectively,  the 
"Internalization"). The Internalization resulted in the elimination of the previous fee structure between us and the Manager, including 
acquisition and other fees. All managerial and administrative personnel our Manager and Sub-Manager provided to us pursuant 
to  the  Management Agreement  became  employees  of  the  Company  effective  with  the  closing  of  the  Internalization.  Trusts 
established, or entities owned, by the family of John A. Williams, the Company’s former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive 
Officer, Daniel M. DuPree, the Company’s Executive Chairman of the Board and former Chief Executive Officer of the Company, 
and Leonard A. Silverstein, the Company’s Vice Chairman of the Board, and former President and Chief Operating Officer, were 
the owners of NELL. Trusts established, or entities owned, by Joel T. Murphy, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and a 
member of the Board, the family of Mr. Williams, Mr. DuPree and Mr. Silverstein were the owners of NMA. As of February 25, 
2020, the Company had 502 employees.

Our consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and the Operating Partnership.  The Company 
controls the Operating Partnership through its sole general partnership interest and prior to internalizing conducted substantially 
all its business through the Operating Partnership. Following Internalization, the Company plans to conduct substantially all of its 
business through PAC Carveout, LLC, or Carveout, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership. For the year ended 
December 31, 2019, the Company held an approximate 98.1% weighted average ownership percentage in the Operating Partnership. 

Our Operating Partnership and Carveout are related parties to us. 

 
 
 
 
At December 31, 2019, our portfolio of owned real estate assets and potential additions from purchase options we held 

from our real estate loan investments consisted of:

Owned as of
December 31,
2019

Potential 
additions from 
real estate loan 
investment 
portfolio (1) (2)

Potential total

Multifamily communities:

Properties
Units

Grocery-anchored shopping centers:

Properties
Gross leasable area (square feet)

Student housing properties:

Properties
Units
Beds

Office buildings:

Properties
Rentable square feet

(3)

(3)

(3, 4)

34
10,245

52
6,041,629

8
2,011
6,095

(3)

10
3,204,000

9
2,643

—
—

1
175
543

1
192,000

43
12,888

52
6,041,629

9
2,186
6,638

11
3,396,000

(1)  We evaluate each project individually and we make no assurance that we will acquire any of the underlying properties 

from our real estate loan investment portfolio.

(2)  The Company has terminated various purchase option agreements in exchange for termination fees.  These properties 

are excluded from the potential additions from our real estate loan investment portfolio.

(3) One multifamily community, two student housing properties, two grocery-anchored shopping centers and two office 

buildings are owned through consolidated joint ventures.

(4) Six of our student housing properties were under contract for sale at December 31, 2019.

We completed our initial public offering, or the IPO, on April 5, 2011. Our common stock, par value $.01 per share, or 

our Common Stock, is traded on the NYSE exchange under the symbol "APTS."

We operate within the following five operating segments:

Multifamily Communities - consists of our portfolio of residential multifamily communities.

Student Housing Properties - consists of our portfolio of student housing properties.

Financing - consists of our portfolio of real estate loans, bridge loans, and other instruments deployed by us to partially 
finance the development, construction, and prestabilization carrying costs of new multifamily communities and other real 
estate and real estate related assets. Excluded from the financing segment are consolidated assets of VIEs and financial 
results of our Dawson Marketplace grocery-anchored shopping center real estate loan, which are included in the New 
Market Properties segment.

New Market Properties - consists of our portfolio of grocery-anchored shopping centers, which are owned by New 
Market Properties, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, as well as the financial results from the Company's 
grocery-anchored shopping center real estate loans. 

Preferred Office Properties - consists of the Company's portfolio of office buildings, which are owned by Preferred 
Office Properties, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

Investment Strategy

We seek to maximize returns for our stockholders by employing efficient management techniques to grow income and 

create asset value. Our investment strategies may include, without limitation, the following: 

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•  Acquiring Class “A” multifamily assets in performing and stable markets throughout the United States; these properties, 
we believe, will generate sustainable and growing cash flow from operations sufficient to allow us to cover the dividends 
that we expect to declare and pay and which we believe will have the potential for capital appreciation. These multifamily 
assets will generally be located in metropolitan statistical areas, or MSAs, with at least one million people which we 
expect will generate job growth and where we believe new multifamily development of comparable properties is able to 
be absorbed at attractive rental rates.

•  Acquiring Class “A” multifamily assets that are intended to be financed with longer-term, assumable, fixed-rate debt 

typically provided by FHA/HUD programs.  

•  Acquiring  Class  “A”  multifamily  assets  that  present  an  opportunity  to  implement  a  value-add  program  whereby  the 

properties can be upgraded or improved physically to better take advantage of the market.

•  Acquiring grocery-anchored shopping centers, typically anchored by one of the market-dominant grocers in that particular 

market.

•  Acquiring leading Class “A” office properties in high-growth markets across the U.S. 

•  Originating real estate loan investments secured by interests in multifamily communities, membership or partnership 
interests in multifamily communities, other multifamily related assets, grocery-anchored shopping centers and office 
properties.

• 

It is our policy to acquire any of our target assets primarily for income, and only secondarily for possible capital gain.  
As  part  of  our  business  strategy,  we  may  enter  into  forward  purchase  contracts  or  purchase  options  for  to-be-built 
multifamily communities, office buildings and retail centers and we may make real estate related loans, provide deposit 
arrangements, or provide performance assurances, as may be necessary or appropriate, in connection with the construction 
of multifamily communities and other properties.  

•  We also may invest in real estate related debt, including, but not limited to, newly or previously originated first mortgage 
loans on multifamily properties, office buildings and retail centers that meet our investment criteria, which are performing 
or  non-performing,  newly  or  previously  originated  real  estate  related  loans  on  multifamily  properties  that  meet  our 
investment criteria (second or subsequent mortgages), which are performing or non-performing, and tranches of securitized 
loans (pools of collateralized mortgaged-backed securities) on multifamily properties that meet our investment criteria, 
which are performing or non-performing. In connection with our investments in real estate related debt, we may negotiate 
the inclusion of exclusive purchase options on the to-be-developed properties. These purchase options may include a 
fixed purchase price set at the time we enter into the loan, or a purchase price which is calculated as a certain discount 
from market capitalization rates at the date of exercise of such purchase option. Certain of the purchase options we hold 
may be settled by cash payments to us in the event we elect not to acquire the underlying property.

Any asset acquisitions from affiliated third parties have been, and will continue to be, subject to approval by our conflicts 
committee  comprised  solely  of  independent  directors.  Management  will  periodically  review  our  investment  portfolio  and  its 
compliance with our investment guidelines and policies, and provide our board of directors an investment report at the end of each 
quarter in conjunction with its review of our quarterly results. Our investment guidelines, the assets in our portfolio, the decision 
to utilize leverage, and the appropriate levels of leverage are periodically reviewed by our board of directors as part of their oversight 
of us. Our board of directors may amend or revise our investment guidelines without a vote of the stockholders. 

Financing Strategy

We intend to finance the acquisition of investments using various sources of capital, as described in the section entitled 
“Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources” 
included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Included in this discussion are details regarding (i) our offering of up to a maximum 
of 1,000,000 shares of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock or a combination of both 
(the "Series A1/M1 Offering") and (ii) our offering of up to $400 million of equity or debt securities (the "2019 Shelf Offering"), 
including an offering of up to $125 million of Common Stock from time to time in an "at the market" offering (the "2019 ATM 
Offering"). Our Series A1/M1 Offering was declared effective on September 27, 2019. The Series A Preferred Stock, par value 
$0.01 per share, or Series A Preferred Stock; Series M Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, or mShares, Series A1 Preferred 
Stock, par value $0.01 per share, or Series A1 Preferred Stock, and Series M1 Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, or Series 
M1 Preferred Stock are collectively referred to as our Preferred Stock.

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We intend to utilize leverage in making our investments.  The number of different investments we will acquire will be 
affected by numerous factors, including the amount of funds available to us.  By operating on a leveraged basis, we will have more 
funds available for our investments.  This will allow us to make more investments than would otherwise be possible, resulting in 
a larger and more diversified portfolio.  See the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K 
for more information about the risks related to operating on a leveraged basis. 

We generally intend to target leverage levels (secured and unsecured) between 50% and 65% of the fair market value of 
our tangible assets (including our real estate assets, real estate loans, notes receivable, accounts receivable and cash and cash 
equivalents) on a portfolio basis. As of December 31, 2019, our outstanding debt (both secured and unsecured) was approximately 
51.2% of the value of our tangible assets on a portfolio basis based on our estimates of fair market value at December 31, 2019. 
Neither our charter nor our by-laws contain any limitation on the amount of leverage we may use. These targets, however, will 
not apply to individual real estate assets or investments. The amount of leverage we will place on particular investments will 
depend on our assessment of a variety of factors which may include the anticipated liquidity and price volatility of the assets in 
our investment portfolio, the potential for losses and extension risk in the portfolio, the availability and cost of financing the asset, 
our opinion of the creditworthiness of our financing counterparties, the health of the U.S. economy and the health of the commercial 
real estate market in general. In addition, factors such as our outlook on interest rates, changes in the yield curve slope, the level 
and volatility of interest rates and their associated credit spreads, the underlying collateral of our assets and our outlook on credit 
spreads relative to our outlook on interest rate and economic performance could all impact our decision and strategy for financing 
the target assets. At the date of acquisition of each asset, we anticipate that the investment cost for such asset will be substantially 
similar to its fair market value.  However, subsequent events, including changes in the fair market value of our assets, could result 
in our exceeding these limits.  Finally, we intend to acquire all our properties through separate single purpose entities and intend 
to finance each of these properties using debt financing techniques for that property alone, without any cross-collateralization to 
our other properties or any guarantees by us or our Operating Partnership. We have an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, 
or Credit Facility, with Key Bank, N.A., or Key Bank. The Credit Facility provides for our $200.0 million revolving credit facility, 
or the Revolving Line of Credit. The Credit Facility requires that we adhere to certain covenants regarding our revolving line of 
credit, as described in note 8 to our consolidated financial statements. Other than with regard to our Credit Facility and interim 
term loan, as of December 31, 2019, we held no debt at the Company or operating partnership levels, had no cross-collateralization 
of our real estate mortgages, and had no contingent liabilities at the Company or operating partnership levels with regard to our 
secured mortgage debt on our properties. 

Leverage may be obtained from a variety of sources, including the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie 
Mac"), the Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"), commercial banks, credit companies, the Federal Housing 
Administration ("FHA"), a unit of the Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD"), insurance companies, pension 
funds, endowments, financial services companies and other institutions who wish to provide debt financing for our assets. 

Our secured and unsecured aggregate borrowings are intended by us to be reasonable in relation to our net assets and will 
be reviewed by our board of directors at least quarterly.  In determining whether our borrowings are reasonable in relation to our 
net  assets,  we  expect  that  our  board  of  directors  will  consider  many  factors,  including  the  lending  standards  of  government-
sponsored  enterprises,  such  as  Fannie  Mae,  Freddie  Mac  and  other  companies  for  loans  in  connection  with  the  financing  of 
multifamily properties, the leverage ratios of publicly traded and non-traded REITs with similar investment strategies, whether 
we have positive leverage (in that, the board of directors will compare the capitalization rates of our properties to the interest rates 
on the indebtedness of such properties) and general market and economic conditions. There is no limitation on the amount that 
we may borrow for any single investment or the number of mortgages that may be placed on any one property.

Branding Strategy

We brand, and intend to brand, all multifamily communities owned by us as “A Preferred Apartment Community” which 
we believe signifies outstanding brand and management standards, and have obtained all rights to the trademarks, including federal 
registration of the trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, to secure such brand in connection with such 
branding. We believe these campaigns will enhance each individual property's presence in relation to other properties within that 
marketplace.

We acquired all the trademarks owned by our Manager in connection with the closing of the Internalization transaction 

on January 31, 2020.

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Environmental Regulation

We are subject to regulation at the federal, state and municipal levels and are at risk for potential liability should conditions 
at our properties or our actions or inaction result in damage to the environment or to persons or properties.  These conditions could 
include the potential presence or growth of mold, potential leaks from current or former underground or above-ground storage 
tanks, breakage or leaks from sewer lines and risks pertaining to the management or disposal of wastes and chemicals. We could 
be liable for the potential costs of compliance, property damage, restoration and other costs which could occur without regard to 
our fault or knowledge of such conditions. 

In the course of acquiring and owning real estate assets, we typically engage an independent environmental consulting 
firm to perform a phase I environmental assessment (and if appropriate, a phase II assessment) to identify and mitigate these risks 
as part of our due diligence process. We believe these assessment reports provide a reasonable basis for discovery of potential 
adverse environmental conditions prior to acquisition. If any potential environmental risks or conditions are discovered during 
our due diligence process, the potential costs of remediation are assessed carefully and factored into the cost of acquisition, assuming 
the identified risks and factors are deemed to be manageable and reasonable. Some risks or conditions may be identified that are 
significant enough to cause us to abandon the possibility of acquiring a given property. As of December 31, 2019, we have no 
knowledge of any material claims made or pending against us with regard to environmental matters for which we could be found 
liable, nor are we aware of any potential hazards to the environment related to any of our properties which could reasonably be 
expected to cause us to incur material expenditures.

Competition

The multifamily housing industry is highly fragmented and we compete for residents with a large number of other quality 
multifamily communities in our target markets which are owned by public and private companies, including other REITs, many 
of which are larger and have more resources than our Company. The number of competitive multifamily properties in a particular 
market could adversely affect our ability to lease our multifamily communities, as well as the rents we are able to charge. In 
addition, other forms of residential properties, including single family housing and town homes, provide housing alternatives to 
potential residents of quality apartment communities. The factors on which we focus to compete for residents in our multifamily 
communities include our high level of resident service, the quality of our apartment communities (including our landscaping and 
amenity offerings), and the desirability of our locations. Resident leases at our apartment communities are priced competitively 
based on levels of supply and demand within our target markets and we believe our communities offer a compelling value to 
prospective residents. 

Similarly, competition for tenants and acquisition of existing centers in the grocery-anchored shopping center sector in 
our target markets is considerable, consisting of public and private companies, pension funds, high net worth individuals and 
family offices. In addition, a significant competitor in this sector are some of the grocery anchors themselves as they acquire land 
and build their own stores or acquire the entire center where they are the anchor. We are faced with the challenge of maintaining 
high occupancy rates with a financially stable tenant base. In order to attract quality prospective tenants and retain current tenants 
upon expiration of their leases, we focus on improving the design and visibility of our centers, building strong relationships with 
our tenants, and reducing excess operating costs and increasing tenant satisfaction through proactive asset and property management. 
We target acquisitions in markets with solid surrounding demographics, quality underlying real estate locations, and centers where 
our asset management approach can provide an environment conducive to creating sales productivity for our tenants.

We compete with other primarily institutional-quality owners and investors in the business of acquiring, investing to 
develop, leasing and operating office properties. We leverage relationships, track record, and the high quality of our physical assets 
and locations to compete successfully. Additional principal factors of competition are the leasing terms (including rental rates and 
concessions or allowances offered) and the terms of any other investment activity such as real estate loan investments in new 
development. Additionally, our ability to compete depends upon, among other factors, trends of the national and local economies, 
investment alternatives, financial condition and operating results of current and prospective tenants, availability and cost of capital, 
construction and renovation costs, taxes, utilities, governmental regulations, legislation and population trends. 

Available Information 

The Company makes available all reports which are filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange 
Act as soon as reasonably practicable after such material has been filed with, or furnished to, the SEC for viewing or download 
free of charge at the Company's website: www.pacapts.com. 

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Item 1A. 

Risk Factors

In addition to the other information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the following risk factors should be 
considered carefully in evaluating us and our business.  Our business, operating results, prospects and financial condition could 
be materially adversely affected by any of these risks. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face, 
but do represent those risks and uncertainties that we believe are material to us. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently 
known to us or that, as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we deem immaterial also may harm our business. This 
“Risk Factors” section contains references to our “capital stock” and to our “stockholders.”  Unless expressly stated otherwise, 
the references to our “capital stock” represent our common stock and any class or series of our preferred stock, while the references 
to our “stockholders” represent holders of our common stock and any class or series of our preferred stock. Unless expressly 
stated otherwise, the references to our Preferred Stock refer to our Series A Preferred Stock, mShares, Series A1 Preferred Stock 
and Series M1 Preferred Stock.

Risks Related to an Investment in Our Company

Our ability to grow the Company and execute our business strategy may be impaired if we are unable to secure adequate 
financing.

Our ability to grow the Company and execute our business strategy depends on our access to an appropriate blend of debt 
financing, including unsecured lines of credit and other forms of secured and unsecured debt, and equity financing, including 
common and preferred equity. Potential volatility and uncertainty in financial markets could result in debt or equity financing  to 
not be available in sufficient amounts, on favorable terms or at all. Returns on our assets and our ability to make acquisitions could 
be adversely affected by our inability to secure financing on reasonable terms, if at all. Additionally, if we issue additional equity 
securities to finance our investments instead of incurring debt (through our Series A1/M1 Offering or our ATM Offering or other 
offerings), the interests of our existing stockholders could be diluted.  

Distributions paid from sources other than our net cash provided by operating activities, particularly from proceeds of any 
offerings of our securities, will result in us having fewer funds available for the acquisition of properties and other real estate-
related investments, which may adversely affect our ability to fund future distributions with net cash provided by operating 
activities and may adversely affect our stockholders' overall return.

We have paid distributions from sources other than from net cash provided by operating activities. If we do not generate 
sufficient net cash provided by operating activities to fund distributions, we may use the proceeds from debt or any offering of 
our securities. Moreover, our board of directors may change our distribution policy, in its sole discretion, at any time, except for 
distributions  on  our  Preferred  Stock,  which  would  require  approval  by  a  supermajority  vote  of  our  Common  stockholders. 
Distributions made from offering proceeds may be a return of capital to stockholders, from which we will have already paid offering 
expenses in connection with the related offering. We have not established any limit on the amount of proceeds from our securities 
offerings that may be used to fund distributions, except that, in accordance with our organizational documents and Maryland law, 
we may not make distributions that would: (1) cause us to be unable to pay our debts as they become due in the usual course of 
business; (2) cause our total assets to be less than the sum of our total liabilities plus senior liquidation preferences, if any; or (3) 
jeopardize our ability to qualify as a REIT.

If we fund distributions from the proceeds of an offering of our securities, we will have less funds available for acquiring 
properties or real estate-related investments. As a result, the return our stockholders realize on their investment may be reduced. 
Funding distributions from borrowings could restrict the amount we can borrow for investments, which may affect our profitability. 
Funding distributions with the sale of assets or the proceeds of an offering of our securities may affect our ability to generate net 
cash provided by operating activities. Funding distributions from the sale of our securities could dilute the interest of our common 
stockholders if we sell shares of our Common Stock or securities convertible or exercisable into shares of our Common Stock to 
third party investors. Payment of distributions from the mentioned sources could restrict our ability to generate sufficient net cash 
provided by operating activities, affect our profitability and/or affect the distributions payable to our stockholders upon a liquidity 
event, any or all of which may have an adverse effect on our stockholders. 

We  may  suffer  from  delays  in  locating  suitable  investments,  which  could  adversely  affect  the  return  on  our  stockholders' 
investment.

Our ability to achieve our investment objectives and to make distributions to our stockholders is dependent upon our 
performance in the acquisition of, and arranging of financing for, investments, as well as our performance in the selection of 
residents and tenants and the negotiation of leases and our performance in the selection of retail and office tenants and the negotiation 

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of leases. The current market for properties that meet our investment objectives is highly competitive, as is the leasing market for 
such properties. The more proceeds we raise in current and future offerings of our securities, the greater our challenge will be to 
invest all the net offering proceeds on attractive terms. Our stockholders will not have the opportunity to evaluate the terms of 
transactions or other economic or financial data concerning our investments. Our stockholders must rely entirely on the oversight 
of our board of directors, our management ability and the performance of our employees and contractors. We cannot be sure that  
we will be successful in obtaining suitable investments on financially attractive terms.

Additionally, as a public company, we are subject to ongoing reporting requirements under the Exchange Act. Pursuant 
to the Exchange Act, we may be required to file with the SEC financial statements of properties we acquire and investments we 
make in real estate-related assets. To the extent any required financial statements are not available or cannot be obtained, we may 
not be able to acquire the investment. As a result, we may be unable to acquire certain properties or real estate-related assets that 
otherwise would be a suitable investment. We could suffer delays in our investment acquisitions due to these reporting requirements.

Furthermore, if we acquire properties prior to, during, or upon completion of construction, it will typically take several 
months following completion of construction to lease available space. Therefore, our stockholders could experience delays in the 
receipt of distributions attributable to those particular properties.

Delays we encounter in the selection and acquisition of investments could adversely affect our stockholders' returns. In 
addition, if we are unable to invest the proceeds of any offering of our securities in real properties and real estate-related assets 
in a timely manner, we will hold the proceeds of those offerings in an interest-bearing account, invest the proceeds in short-term, 
investment-grade investments or pay down our Credit Facility, which generate lower returns than we anticipate with our target 
assets, or, ultimately, liquidate. In such an event, our ability to make distributions to our stockholders and the returns to our 
stockholders would be adversely affected.

The cash distributions our stockholders receive may be less frequent or lower in amount than our stockholders expect.

Our board of directors will determine the amount and timing of distributions. In making this determination, our directors 
will  consider  all  relevant  factors,  including  the  amount  of  cash  available  for  distribution,  capital  expenditure  and  reserve 
requirements and general operational requirements. We cannot assure our stockholders that we will continue to generate sufficient 
available  cash  flow  to  fund  distributions  nor  can  we  assure  our  stockholders  that  sufficient  cash  will  be  available  to  make 
distributions to our stockholders. As we are a growing company, it is more difficult for us to predict the amount of distributions 
our stockholders may receive and we may be unable to pay, maintain or increase distributions over time. Our inability to acquire 
properties  or  real  estate-related  investments  may  have  a  negative  effect  on  our  ability  to  generate  sufficient  cash  flow  from 
operations to pay distributions.

Further, if the aggregate amount of our distributions in any given year exceeds our earnings and profits (as determined 
for U.S. federal income tax purposes), the U.S. federal income tax treatment of the excess amount will be either (i) a return of 
capital or (ii) a gain from the sale or exchange of property to the extent that a stockholder's tax basis in our Common Stock equals 
or is reduced to zero as the result of our current or prior year distributions.

Upon the sale of any individual property, holders of our Preferred Stock do not have a priority over holders of our Common 
Stock regarding return of capital.

Holders of our Preferred Stock do not have a right to receive a return of capital prior to holders of our Common Stock 
upon the individual sale of a property. Depending on the price at which such property is sold, it is possible that holders of our 
Common Stock will receive a return of capital prior to the holders of our Preferred Stock, provided that any accrued but unpaid 
dividends have been paid in full to holders of Preferred Stock. It is also possible that holders of our Common Stock will receive 
additional distributions from the sale of a property (in excess of their capital attributable to the asset sold) before the holders of 
Preferred Stock receive a return of their capital. 

Our stockholders' percentage of ownership may become diluted if we issue new shares of stock or other securities, and issuances 
of additional preferred stock or other securities by us may further subordinate the rights of the holders of our Common Stock.

We may make redemptions of Preferred Stock in shares of our Common Stock. Although the number of redemptions 
are unknown, the number of shares to be issued in connection with such redemptions will fluctuate based on the price of our 
Common Stock. Any sales or perceived sales in the public market of shares of our Common Stock issued upon such redemptions 
could adversely affect the prevailing market prices of shares of our Common Stock. The issuance of Common Stock upon such 
redemptions or from the exercise of outstanding Warrants also would have the effect of reducing our net income per share. In 

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addition, the existence of Preferred Stock may encourage short selling by market participants because redemptions could depress 
the market price of our Common Stock.

Our board of directors is authorized, without stockholder approval, to cause us to issue additional shares of our Preferred 
Stock or to raise capital through the issuance of additional preferred stock (including equity or debt securities convertible into 
preferred stock or our Common Stock), options, warrants and other rights, on such terms and for such consideration as our board 
of directors in its sole discretion may determine subject to the rules of NYSE. Any such issuance could result in dilution of the 
equity of our stockholders. Our board of directors may, in its sole discretion, authorize us to issue Common Stock or other equity 
or debt securities to persons from whom we purchase real estate assets as part or all of the purchase price. Our board of directors, 
in its sole discretion, may determine the value of any Common Stock or other equity or debt securities issued in consideration of 
multifamily communities, retail centers, or office buildings acquired or services provided, or to be provided, to us.

Our charter also authorizes our board of directors, without stockholder approval, to designate and issue one or more 
classes or series of preferred stock in addition to the Preferred Stock (including equity or debt securities convertible into preferred 
stock) and to set or change the voting, conversion or other rights, preferences, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other 
distributions and qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption of each class or series of shares so issued. If any additional 
preferred stock is publicly offered, the terms and conditions of such preferred stock (including any equity or debt securities 
convertible into preferred stock) will be set forth in a registration statement registering the issuance of such preferred stock or 
equity or debt securities convertible into preferred stock. Because our board of directors has the power to establish the preferences 
and rights of each class or series of preferred stock, it may afford the holders of any series or class of preferred stock preferences, 
powers and rights senior to the rights of holders of our Common Stock or the Preferred Stock. If we ever create and issue additional 
preferred stock or equity or debt securities convertible into Preferred Stock with a distribution preference over our Common Stock 
or the Preferred Stock, payment of any distribution preferences of such new outstanding preferred stock would reduce the amount 
of funds available for the payment of distributions on our Common Stock and our Preferred Stock. Further, holders of preferred 
stock are normally entitled to receive a preference payment if we liquidate, dissolve, or wind up before any payment is made to 
our common stockholders, likely reducing the amount common stockholders would otherwise receive upon such an occurrence. 
In addition, under certain circumstances, the issuance of additional preferred stock may delay, prevent, render more difficult or 
tend to discourage a merger, tender offer, or proxy contest, the assumption of control by a holder of a large block of our securities, 
or the removal of incumbent management.

Stockholders have no rights to buy additional shares of stock or other securities if we issue new shares of stock or other 
securities. We may issue common stock, convertible debt, preferred stock or warrants pursuant to a subsequent public offering 
or a private placement, or to sellers of properties we directly or indirectly acquire instead of, or in addition to, cash consideration. 
Stockholders who do not participate in any future stock issuances will experience dilution in the percentage of the issued and 
outstanding stock they own. In addition, depending on the terms and pricing of any additional offerings and the value of our 
investments,  our  stockholders  also  may  experience  dilution  in  the  book  value  and  fair  market  value  of,  and  the  amount  of 
distributions paid on, their shares of our Common Stock or Preferred Stock.

Our internal control over financial reporting is effective only at the reasonable assurance level, and undetected errors could 
adversely affect our reputation, results of operations and stock price. 

The accuracy of our financial reporting depends on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. 
Internal control over financial reporting can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to the preparation and fair presentation 
of financial statements and may not prevent or detect misstatements because of its inherent limitations. These limitations include 
the possibility of human error, inadequacy or circumvention of internal controls and fraud. If we do not attain and maintain effective 
internal  control  over  financial  reporting  or  implement  controls  sufficient  to  provide  reasonable  assurance  with  respect  to  the 
preparation and fair presentation of our financial statements, we could be unable to file accurate financial reports on a timely basis, 
and our reputation, results of operations and stock price could be materially adversely affected.

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Breaches of our data security could materially harm our business and reputation.

Information security risks have generally increased in recent years due to the rise in new technologies and the increased 
sophistication and activities of perpetrators of cyber attacks around the world. We collect and retain certain personal information 
provided by our residents and tenants. In addition, we engage third party service providers that may have access to such personally 
identifiable information in connection with providing necessary information technology and security and other business services 
to us. While we have implemented a variety of security measures to protect the confidentiality of this information and periodically 
review and improve our security measures, there can be no assurance that we will be able to prevent unauthorized access to this 
information. Any breach of our data security measures and loss of this information may result in legal liability and costs (including 
damages and penalties), as well as damage to our reputation, that could materially and adversely affect our business and financial 
performance, and require significant management attention and resources to remedy the damages and penalties that result.

The properties we operate may not produce the cash flow required to meet our REIT minimum distribution requirements, and 
we may decide to borrow funds to satisfy such requirements, which could adversely affect our overall financial performance.

We may decide to borrow funds in order to meet the REIT minimum distribution requirements even if our management 
believes that the then prevailing market conditions generally are not favorable for such borrowings or that such borrowings would 
not  be  advisable  in  the  absence  of  certain  tax  considerations.  If  we  borrow  money  to  meet  the  REIT  minimum  distribution 
requirement or for other working capital needs, our expenses will increase, our net income will be reduced by the amount of 
interest we pay on the money we borrow and we will be obligated to repay the money we borrow from future earnings or by 
selling assets, any or all of which may decrease future distributions to our stockholders.

To maintain our status as a REIT, we may be forced to forego otherwise attractive opportunities, which may delay or hinder 
our ability to meet our investment objectives and may reduce our stockholders' overall return.

To maintain our qualification as a REIT, we must satisfy certain tests on an ongoing basis concerning, among other 
things, the sources of our income, the nature of our assets and the amounts we distribute to our stockholders. We may be required 
to make distributions to stockholders at times when it would be more advantageous to reinvest cash in our business or when we 
do not have funds readily available for distribution. Compliance with the REIT requirements may hinder our ability to operate 
solely on the basis of maximizing profits and the value of our stockholders' investment.

There is no public market for our Preferred Stock or warrants to purchase up to 20 shares of Common Stock, or Warrants, 
and we do not expect one to develop.

There is no public market for our Preferred Stock or Warrants, and we currently have no plan to list these securities on a 
securities exchange or to include these shares for quotation on any national securities market. We cannot assure our stockholders 
as to the liquidity of any trading market that may develop for our Preferred Stock or Warrants.  Additionally, our charter contains 
restrictions on the ownership and transfer of our securities, and these restrictions may inhibit the ability to sell the Preferred Stock 
or Warrants promptly or at all. Furthermore, the Warrants will expire four years from the date of issuance. If a holder is able to 
sell the Preferred Stock or Warrants, they may only be able to sell them at a substantial discount from the price paid. Accordingly, 
our stockholders may be required to bear the financial risk of their investment in the shares of Preferred Stock indefinitely.

We will be required to terminate the Series A1/M1 Offering if our Common Stock is no longer listed on the NYSE or another 
national securities exchange.

The classes of Preferred Stock are a "covered security" under the Securities Act and therefore are not subject to registration 
in the various states in which they may be sold due to their seniority to our Common Stock, which is listed on the NYSE. If our 
Common Stock is no longer listed on the NYSE or another appropriate exchange, we will be required to register our Preferred 
Stock Offerings in any state in which we subsequently offer the Preferred Stock. This would require the termination of the Series 
A1/M1 Offering and could result in our raising an amount of gross proceeds that is substantially less than the amount of the gross 
proceeds we expect to raise if the maximum offering is sold. This would reduce our ability to purchase additional properties and 
limit the diversification of our portfolio.

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Our ability to redeem shares of Preferred Stock for cash may be limited by Maryland law.

Under Maryland law, a corporation may redeem stock as long as, after giving effect to the redemption, the corporation 
is able to pay its debts as they become due in the usual course (the equity solvency test) and its total assets exceed its total liabilities 
(the balance sheet solvency test). The Company may redeem its shares of Preferred Stock in its choice of either cash or Common 
Stock, at its sole discretion. If the Company is insolvent at any time when a redemption of shares of Preferred Stock is required 
to be made, the Company may not be able to effect such redemption for cash.

The Preferred Stock are senior securities, and rank senior to our Common Stock with respect to dividends and payments upon 
liquidation. 

The rights of the holders of shares of our Preferred Stock rank senior to the rights of the holders of shares of our Common 
Stock as to dividends and payments upon liquidation. Unless full cumulative dividends on our shares of Preferred Stock for all 
past dividend periods have been declared and paid (or set apart for payment), we will not declare or pay dividends with respect 
to any shares of our Common Stock for any period. Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our Company, the holders of 
shares of our Preferred Stock are entitled to receive a liquidation preference of  $1,000 per share, or the Stated Value, plus all 
accrued but unpaid dividends, prior and in preference to any distribution to the holders of shares of our Common Stock or any 
other class of our equity securities.

The Preferred Stock will be subordinate in right of payment to any corporate level debt that we incur in the future, therefore 
our stockholders' interests could be diluted by the issuance of additional preferred stock, and by other transactions.

The Preferred Stock will be subordinate in right of payment to any corporate level debt that we incur in the future. Future 
debt we incur may include restrictions on our ability to pay dividends on our Preferred Stock. The issuance of additional preferred 
stock on a parity with or senior to the Preferred Stock would dilute the interests of the holders of the Preferred Stock, and any 
issuance of preferred stock senior to the Preferred Stock or of additional indebtedness could affect our ability to pay dividends on, 
redeem or pay the liquidation preference on the Preferred Stock. While the terms of the Preferred Stock limit our ability to issue 
shares of a class or series of preferred stock senior in ranking to the Preferred Stock, such terms do not restrict our ability to 
authorize or issue shares of a class or series of preferred stock with rights to distributions or upon liquidation that are on parity 
with the Preferred Stock or to incur additional indebtedness. The articles supplementary of the Preferred Stock do not contain any 
provision affording the holders of the Preferred Stock protection in the event of a highly leveraged or other transaction, including 
a merger or the sale, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of our assets or business, that might adversely affect the holders 
of the Preferred Stock.

We will be able to call our shares of Preferred Stock for redemption under certain circumstances without our stockholders' 
consent.

We will have the ability to call the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock and mShares after ten years following 
the date of original issuance and the ability to call the outstanding shares of Series A1 Preferred Stock and Series M1 Preferred 
Stock after two years following the date of original issuance. At that time, we will have the right to redeem, at our option, the 
outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at 100% of the Stated Value, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends. 
We have the right, in our sole discretion, to pay the redemption price in cash or in equal value of our Common Stock, based upon 
(i) for our Series A Preferred Stock and mShares, the volume weighted average price of our Common Stock for the 20 trading days 
prior to the redemption date or (ii) for our Series A1 Preferred Stock and Series M1 Preferred Stock, the closing price of our 
Common Stock for the trading day immediately preceding the date fixed for the call as specified by the Company.

Risks Related to Our Organization, Structure and Management

If we lose or are unable to retain or replace key personnel, our ability to implement our investment strategies could be hindered, 
which could adversely affect our ability to make distributions and the value of our stockholders' investment.

 Our success depends to a significant degree upon the contributions of certain of our executive officers and other key 
personnel. We cannot guarantee that all, or any, of such personnel, will remain affiliated with us. If any of our key personnel were 
to cease their affiliation with us, our operating results could suffer. 

We believe our future success depends upon our ability to hire and retain highly skilled managerial, operational and 
marketing personnel. Competition for such personnel is intense, and we cannot assure our stockholders that we will be successful 

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in attracting and retaining such skilled personnel. If we lose or are unable to obtain the services of key personnel, our ability to 
implement our investment strategies could be delayed or hindered, and the value of our stockholders' investment in our Company 
may decline.

Furthermore, we may retain independent contractors to provide various services for us, including administrative services, 
transfer agent services and professional services. Such contractors may have no fiduciary duty to us and may not perform as 
expected or desired. Any such services provided by independent contractors will be paid for by us as an operating expense.

The Maryland General Corporation Law prohibits certain business combinations, which may make it more difficult for us to 
be acquired.

Under  the  Maryland  General  Corporation  Law,  “business  combinations”  between  a  Maryland  corporation  and  an 
“interested stockholder” or an affiliate of an interested stockholder are prohibited for five years after the most recent date on 
which the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. These business combinations include a merger, consolidation, 
share exchange or, in circumstances specified in the statute, an asset transfer or issuance or reclassification of equity securities. 
An interested stockholder is defined as: (i) any person who beneficially owns 10% or more of the voting power of the then 
outstanding voting stock of the corporation; or (ii) an affiliate or associate of the corporation who, at any time within the two-
year period prior to the date in question, was the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the voting power of the then outstanding 
voting stock of the corporation.

A person is not an interested stockholder under the statute if the board of directors approved in advance the transaction 
by which the person otherwise would have become an interested stockholder. However, in approving a transaction, the board of 
directors may provide that its approval is subject to compliance, at or after the time of approval, with any terms and conditions 
determined by the board.

After the expiration of the five-year period described above, any business combination between the Maryland corporation 
and an interested stockholder must generally be recommended by the board of directors of the corporation and approved by the 
affirmative vote of at least:

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80% of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of the then outstanding shares of voting stock of the corporation; and

two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of voting stock of the corporation, other than shares held by the 
interested stockholder with whom or with whose affiliate the business combination is to be effected, or held by an affiliate 
or associate of the interested stockholder.

These super-majority vote requirements do not apply if the corporation's common stockholders receive a minimum price, 
as defined under the Maryland General Corporation Law, for their shares in the form of cash or other consideration in the same 
form as previously paid by the interested stockholder for its shares. The Maryland General Corporation Law also permits various 
exemptions from these provisions, including business combinations that are exempted by the board of directors before the time 
that the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. The business combination statute may discourage others from 
trying to acquire control of us and increase the difficulty of consummating any offer.

Stockholders have limited control over changes in our policies and operations.

Our board of directors determines our major policies, including with regard to financing, growth, debt capitalization, 
REIT qualification and distributions. Our board of directors may amend or revise these and other policies without a vote of the 
stockholders.  Holders  of  our  Preferred  Stock  have  limited  to  no  voting  rights.  Under  our  charter  and  the  Maryland  General 
Corporation Law, holders of our Common Stock generally have a right to vote only on the following matters:

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the election or removal of directors;
the amendment of our charter, except that our board of directors may amend our charter without stockholder approval 
to:

change our name;
change the name or other designation or the par value of any class or series of stock and the aggregate par value 
of our stock;
increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares of stock that we have the authority to issue;
increase or decrease the number of shares of any class or series of stock that we have the authority to issue; and
effect certain reverse stock splits;

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our liquidation and dissolution; and
our being a party to a merger, consolidation, sale or other disposition of all or substantially all our assets or statutory 
share exchange.

 All other matters are subject to the discretion of our board of directors.

Our authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock may prevent a change in our control.

Our charter authorizes us to issue additional authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock or preferred stock, without 
stockholder approval, up to 415,066,666 shares. In addition, our board of directors may, without stockholder approval, amend 
our charter from time to time to increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares of our stock or the number of shares of stock 
of any class or series that we have authority to issue and classify or reclassify any unissued shares of Common Stock or Preferred 
Stock and set the preferences, rights and other terms of the classified or reclassified shares. As a result, our board of directors 
may establish a class or series of common stock or preferred stock that could delay or prevent a merger, third party tender offer 
or similar transaction or a change in incumbent management that might involve a premium price for our securities or otherwise 
be in the best interest of our stockholders.

Because of our holding company structure, we depend on our Operating Partnership subsidiary and its subsidiaries for cash 
flow and we will be structurally subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of such Operating Partnership subsidiary 
and its subsidiaries.

We are a holding company with no business operations of our own. Our only significant asset is and will be the general 
and limited partnership interests in our Operating Partnership. We conduct, and intend to conduct, all our business operations 
through our Operating Partnership. Accordingly, our only source of cash to pay our obligations is distributions from our Operating 
Partnership  and  its  subsidiaries  of  their  net  earnings  and  cash  flows. We  cannot  assure  our  stockholders  that  our  Operating 
Partnership or its subsidiaries will be able to, or be permitted to, make distributions to us that will enable us to make distributions 
to our stockholders from cash flows from operations. Each of our Operating Partnership's subsidiaries is or will be a distinct legal 
entity and, under certain circumstances, legal and contractual restrictions may limit our ability to obtain cash from such entities. 
In addition, because we are a holding company, your claims as stockholders will be structurally subordinated to all existing and 
future liabilities and obligations of our Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries. Therefore, in the event of our bankruptcy, 
liquidation or reorganization, our assets and those of our Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries will be able to satisfy your 
claims as stockholders only after all our and our Operating Partnership's and its subsidiaries' liabilities and obligations have been 
paid in full.

Our rights and the rights of our stockholders to recover on claims against our directors and officers are limited, which could 
reduce our stockholders, and our recovery against them if they negligently cause us to incur losses.

The Maryland General Corporation Law provides that a director has no liability in such capacity if he performs his duties 
in good faith, in a manner he reasonably believes to be in our best interests and with the care that an ordinarily prudent person in 
a like position would use under similar circumstances. A director who performs his or her duties in accordance with the foregoing 
standards should not be liable to us or any other person for failure to discharge his or her obligations as a director.

In addition, our charter provides that our directors and officers will not be liable to us or our stockholders for monetary 
damages unless the director or officer actually received an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services, or is adjudged 
to be liable to us or our stockholders based on a finding that his or her action, or failure to act, was the result of active and deliberate 
dishonesty and was material to the cause of action adjudicated in the proceeding. Our charter also requires us, to the maximum 
extent permitted by Maryland law, to indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement 
to indemnification, pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to any individual who 
is a present or former director or officer and who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or 
her service in that capacity or any individual who, while a director or officer and at our request, serves or has served as a director, 
officer,  partner,  trustee,  member  or  manager  of  another  corporation,  real  estate  investment  trust,  limited  liability  company, 
partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise and who is made or threatened to be made a party to 
the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity. With the approval of our board of directors, we may provide such 
indemnification and advance for expenses to any individual who served a predecessor of the Company in any of the capacities 
described above and any employee or agent of the Company or a predecessor of the Company.

We also are permitted to purchase and we currently maintain insurance or provide similar protection on behalf of any 
directors, officers, employees and agents against any liability asserted which was incurred in any such capacity with us or arising 
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out of such status. This may result in us having to expend significant funds, which will reduce the available cash for distribution 
to our stockholders.

Our net income, FFO and AFFO may decrease in the near term as a result of the Internalization.

We expensed all cash and non-cash costs involved in the internalization. As a result, our statements of operations and 
FFO results for the interim and annual periods in 2019 were negatively impacted, driven predominately by the cash charges related 
to the internalization consideration and, to a lesser extent, other transaction-related costs. In addition, while we will no longer 
effectively bear the costs of the various fees and expense reimbursements previously paid to our former Manager while we were 
externally managed, our expenses will now include the compensation and benefits of our executive officers and the employees of 
the Manager and NMP Advisors, LLC, or our Sub-Manager, as well as overhead previously paid by our former Manager and Sub-
Manager or their affiliates in managing our business and operations. Furthermore, these employees of the Manager and Sub-
Manager will be providing us with services historically provided by the former Manager and Sub-Manager. There are no assurances 
that, following the internalization, these employees will be able or incentivized to provide services at the same level or for the 
same costs as were previously provided to us by the former Manager, and there may be other unforeseen costs, expenses and 
difficulties associated with operating as an internally managed company. If the expenses we assume as a result of the internalization 
are higher than the fees that we have historically paid to the former Manager and Sub-Manager or otherwise higher than we 
anticipate, we may not realize the anticipated cost savings and other benefits from the internalization and our net income, FFO 
and AFFO could decrease further, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of 
operations.

Our stockholders' investment returns may be reduced if we are required to register as an investment company under the 
Investment Company Act.

We are not registered, and do not intend to register ourselves or any of our subsidiaries, as an investment company under 
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the Investment Company Act. If we become obligated to register the 
company or any of our subsidiaries as an investment company, the registered entity would have to comply with a variety of 
substantive requirements under the Investment Company Act imposing, among other things, limitations on capital structure, 
restrictions on specified investments, prohibitions on transactions with affiliates and compliance with reporting, record keeping, 
voting, proxy disclosure and other rules and regulations that would significantly change our operations.

We intend to conduct our operations, directly and through wholly owned and majority owned subsidiaries, so that we 
and each of our subsidiaries are exempt from registration as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Under 
Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act, a company is not deemed to be an “investment company” if it neither is, nor 
holds itself out as being, engaged primarily, nor proposes to engage primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading 
in securities. Under Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act, a company is not deemed to be an “investment company” 
if it neither is engaged, nor proposes to engage, in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities 
and does not own or propose to acquire “investment securities” having a value exceeding 40% of the value of its total assets 
(exclusive of government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis.

We believe that we and most, if not all, of our wholly owned and majority owned subsidiaries will not be considered 
investment companies under either Section 3(a)(1)(A) or Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act. If we or any of our 
wholly owned or majority owned subsidiaries would ever inadvertently fall within one of the definitions of “investment company,” 
we intend to rely on the exception provided by Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act. Under Section 3(c)(5)(C), the 
SEC staff generally requires a company to maintain at least 55% of its assets directly in qualifying assets and at least 80% of 
qualifying assets in a broader category of real estate related assets to qualify for this exception. Mortgage-related securities may 
or may not constitute qualifying assets, depending on the characteristics of the mortgage-related securities, including the rights 
that we have with respect to the underlying loans. The Company's ownership of mortgage-related securities, therefore, is limited 
by provisions of the Investment Company Act and SEC staff interpretations.

The method we use to classify our assets for purposes of the Investment Company Act will be based in large measure 
upon no-action positions taken by the SEC staff in the past. These no-action positions were issued in accordance with factual 
situations that may be substantially different from the factual situations we may face, and a number of these no-action positions 
were issued more than 20 years ago. No assurance can be given that the SEC staff will concur with our classification of our assets. 
In addition, the SEC staff may, in the future, issue further guidance that may require us to re-classify our assets for purposes of 
qualifying for an exclusion from regulation under the Investment Company Act. If we are required to re-classify our assets, we 
may no longer be in compliance with the exclusion from the definition of an “investment company” provided by Section 3(c)(5)
(C) of the Investment Company Act.

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A change in the value of any of our assets could cause us or one or more of our wholly owned or majority owned 
subsidiaries to fall within the definition of “investment company” and negatively affect our ability to maintain our exemption 
from  regulation  under  the  Investment  Company Act. To  avoid  being  required  to  register  us  or  any  of  our  subsidiaries  as  an 
investment company under the Investment Company Act, we may be unable to sell assets we would otherwise want to sell and 
may need to sell assets we would otherwise wish to retain. In addition, we may have to acquire additional income- or loss-
generating assets that we might not otherwise have acquired or may have to forgo opportunities to acquire interests in companies 
that we would otherwise want to acquire and would be important to our investment strategy.

In addition, our contracts would be unenforceable unless a court required enforcement, and a court could appoint a 

receiver to take control of us and liquidate our business. 

Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest

Properties acquired from our affiliates may be at a price higher than we would pay if the transaction were the result of arm's-
length negotiations.

The prices we pay to affiliates for our properties may be equal to the prices paid by them, plus the costs incurred by 
them relating to the acquisition and financing of the properties, or if the price to us is in excess of such cost, substantial justification 
for such excess may exist and such excess may be reasonable and consistent with current market conditions as determined by 
independent members of the conflicts committee of our board of directors. Substantial justification for a higher price could result 
from improvements to a property by the affiliate or increases in market value of the property during the period of time the property 
is owned by the affiliate as evidenced by an appraisal of the property. In the event we were to acquire properties from one of our 
affiliates, our proposed purchase prices will be based upon fair market values determined in good faith, utilizing, for example, 
independent appraisals and competitive bidding if the assets are marketed to the public, with any actual or perceived conflicts of 
interest approved by independent members of the conflicts committee of our board of directors. These prices may not be the 
subject of arm's-length negotiations, which could mean that the acquisitions may be on terms less favorable to us than those 
negotiated in an arm's-length transaction.  When acquiring properties from our affiliates, we may pay more for particular properties 
than we would have in an arm's-length transaction, which would reduce our cash available for other investments or distribution 
to our stockholders.

If we invest in joint ventures, the objectives of our partners may conflict with our objectives.

In  accordance  with  our  acquisition  strategies,  we  may  make  investments  in  joint  ventures  or  other  partnership 
arrangements between us, our affiliates or with unaffiliated third parties. We also may purchase properties in partnerships, co-
tenancies or other co-ownership arrangements. Such investments may involve risks not otherwise present when acquiring real 
estate directly, including, for example:

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joint venturers may share certain approval rights over major decisions;
a co-venturer, co-owner or partner may at any time have economic or business interests or goals which are or which 
become inconsistent with our business interests or goals, including inconsistent goals relating to the sale of properties 
held in the joint venture or the timing of termination or liquidation of the joint venture;
• 
a co-venturer, co-owner or partner in an investment might become insolvent or bankrupt;
•  we may incur liabilities as a result of an action taken by our co-venturer, co-owner or partner;
• 

a co-venturer, co-owner or partner may be in a position to take action contrary to our instructions or requests or contrary 
to our policies or objectives, including our policy with respect to qualifying and maintaining our qualification as a REIT;
disputes between us and our joint venturers may result in litigation or arbitration that would increase our expenses and 
prevent our officers and directors from focusing their time and effort on our business and result in subjecting the properties 
owned by the applicable joint venture to additional risk; or
under certain joint venture arrangements, neither venture partner may have the power to control the venture, and an 
impasse could be reached which might have a negative influence on the joint venture.

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These events could result in, among other things, exposing us to liabilities of the joint venture in excess of our proportionate 
share of these liabilities. The partition rights of each owner in a jointly owned property could reduce the value of each portion of 
the divided property. Moreover, there is an additional risk neither co-venturer will have the power to control the venture, and 
under certain circumstances, an impasse could be reached regarding matters pertaining to the co-ownership arrangement, which 
might have a negative influence on the joint venture and decrease potential returns to our stockholders. In addition, the fiduciary 

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obligation that we or our board of directors may owe to our partner in an affiliated transaction may make it more difficult for us 
to enforce our rights.

If we have a right of first refusal or buy/sell right to buy out a co-venturer, co-owner or partner, we may be unable to 
finance such a buy-out if it becomes exercisable or we may be required to purchase such interest at a time when it would not 
otherwise be in our best interest to do so. If our interest is subject to a buy/sell right, we may not have sufficient cash, available 
borrowing capacity or other capital resources to allow us to elect to purchase an interest of a co-venturer subject to the buy/sell 
right, in which case we may be forced to sell our interest as the result of the exercise of such right when we would otherwise 
prefer to keep our interest. Finally, we may not be able to sell our interest in a joint venture if we desire to exit the venture.

Risks Related to Investments in Real Estate

Our real estate-related investments will be subject to the risks typically associated with real estate, which may have a material 
effect on our stockholders' investment.

Our loans held for investment generally will be directly or indirectly secured by a lien on real property, or the equity 
interests in an entity that owns real property, that, upon the occurrence of a default on the loan, could result in our acquiring 
ownership of the property. We will not know whether the values of the properties ultimately securing our loans will remain at or 
above the levels existing on the dates of origination of those loans. If the values of the underlying properties decline, our risk will 
increase because of the lower value of the security associated with such loans. In this manner, real estate values could impact the 
values of our loan investments. Any investments in mortgage-related securities, collateralized debt obligations and other real estate-
related investments (including potential investments in real property) may be similarly affected by real estate property values. 
Therefore, our investments will be subject to the risks typically associated with real estate.

The value of real estate may be adversely affected by a number of risks, including:

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natural disasters, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods and sea rise;
a pandemic or other health crisis, such as the recent outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19);
climate change;
acts of war or terrorism, including the consequences of terrorist attacks;
adverse changes in national and local economic and real estate conditions;
an  oversupply  of  (or  a  reduction  in  demand  for)  space  in  the  areas  where  particular  properties  are  located  and  the 
attractiveness of particular properties to prospective residents or tenants;
changes in governmental laws and regulations, fiscal policies and zoning ordinances and the related costs of compliance 
therewith and the potential for liability under applicable laws;
costs  of  complying  with  applicable  environmental  requirements  and  remediation  and  liabilities  associated  with 
environmental conditions affecting real properties; and
the potential for uninsured or underinsured property losses.

The value of each property is affected significantly by its ability to generate cash flow and net income, which in turn 
depends on the amount of rental or other income that can be generated net of expenses required to be incurred with respect to the 
property. Many expenditures associated with properties (such as operating expenses and capital expenditures) cannot be reduced 
when there is a reduction in income from the properties. These factors may have a material adverse effect on the ability of the 
borrowers to pay their loans, as well as on the value that we can realize from assets we own or acquire.

Natural disasters could significantly reduce the value of our properties and our stockholders' investment.

Natural disasters, including hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, wildfires and floods could significantly reduce the value 
of our properties. While we will attempt to obtain adequate insurance coverage for natural disasters, insurance may be too expensive, 
may have significant deductibles, or may not properly compensate us for the long-term loss in value or rent loss that a property 
may suffer if the area around it suffers a significant natural disaster. As a result, we may not be compensated for the loss in value. 
Any diminution in the value of our properties or properties underlying an investment that is not fully reimbursed will reduce our 
profitability and adversely affect the value of our stockholders' investment.

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We face possible risks associated with the physical effects of climate change. 

The physical effects of climate change could have a material adverse effect on our properties, operations and business, 
particularly our properties along the East Coast and in Texas. To the extent climate change causes changes in weather patterns, 
our markets could experience increases in storm intensity and rising sea-levels. Over time, these conditions could result in declining 
demand for apartments or our inability to operate the affected properties at all. Climate change may also have indirect effects on 
our business by increasing the cost of (or making unavailable) property insurance on terms we find acceptable. There can be no 
assurance that climate change will not have a material adverse effect on our properties, operations or business.

We may suffer losses that are not covered by insurance.

If we suffer losses that are not covered by insurance or that are in excess of insurance coverage, we could lose invested 
capital and anticipated profits. We intend to obtain comprehensive insurance for our properties, including casualty, liability, fire, 
extended coverage and rental loss customarily, that is of the type obtained for similar properties and in amounts which our Manager 
determines are sufficient to cover reasonably foreseeable losses, and with policy specifications and insured limits that we believe 
are adequate and appropriate under the circumstances. Material losses may occur in excess of insurance proceeds with respect to 
any property as insurance proceeds may not provide sufficient resources to fund the losses. However, there are types of losses, 
generally of a catastrophic nature, such as losses due to acts of war, earthquakes, floods, wind, pollution, environmental matters 
or terrorism which are either uninsurable, not economically insurable, or may be insured subject to material limitations, such as 
large deductibles or co-payments.

Because of our inability to obtain specialized coverage at rates that correspond to our perceived level of risk, we may 
not obtain insurance for acts of terrorism. We will continue to evaluate the availability and cost of additional insurance coverage 
from the insurance market. If we decide in the future to purchase insurance for terrorism, the cost could have a negative impact 
on our results of operations. If an uninsured loss or a loss in excess of insured limits occurs on a property, we could lose our capital 
invested in the property, as well as the anticipated future revenues from the property and, in the case of debt that is recourse to us, 
would remain obligated for any mortgage debt or other financial obligations related to the property. Any loss of this nature would 
adversely affect us. Although we intend to adequately insure our properties, we can offer no assurance that we will successfully 
do so.

Compliance with the governmental laws, regulations and covenants that are applicable to our properties, including permit, 
license and zoning requirements, may adversely affect our ability to make future acquisitions or renovations, result in significant 
costs or delays and adversely affect our growth strategy.

Our properties are subject to various covenants and local laws and regulatory requirements, including permitting and 
licensing requirements. Local regulations, including municipal or local ordinances, zoning restrictions and restrictive covenants 
(some of which may be imposed by community developers), may restrict the use of our properties and may require us to obtain 
approval from local officials or community standards organizations at any time with respect to our properties, including prior to 
acquiring a property or when undertaking renovations of any of our existing properties. Among other things, these restrictions 
may relate to fire and safety, seismic, asbestos-containing materials abatement or management or hazardous material abatement 
requirements. We cannot assure our stockholders that existing regulatory policies will not adversely affect us or the timing or cost 
of any future acquisitions or renovations, or that additional regulations will not be adopted that would increase such delays or 
result in additional costs. Our growth strategy may be materially and adversely affected by our ability to obtain permits, licenses 
and zoning approvals. Our failure to obtain such permits, licenses and zoning approvals could have a material adverse effect on 
our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Compliance or failure to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act or other safety regulations and requirements could 
result in substantial costs.

The Americans with Disabilities Act generally requires that public buildings, including “public accommodations," be 
made accessible to disabled persons. Noncompliance could result in the imposition of fines by the federal government or the award 
of damages to private litigants. If, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, we are required to make substantial alterations and 
capital expenditures in one or more of our properties or in properties we acquire, including the removal of access barriers, it could 
adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations, as well as the amount of cash available for distribution to our 
stockholders. Our properties are subject to various federal, state and local regulatory requirements, such as state and local fire and 
life safety requirements. If we fail to comply with these requirements, we could incur fines or private damage awards. We do not 
know  whether  existing  requirements  will  change  or  whether  compliance  with  future  requirements  will  require  significant 
unanticipated expenditures that will affect our cash flow and results of operations.

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Rising expenses could reduce cash flow and funds available for future acquisitions, which may materially affect cash available 
for distributions.

Our real estate assets may be subject to increases in tax rates, assessed property values, utility costs, operating expenses, 
insurance costs, repairs and maintenance, administrative and other expenses. Some of the leases on our properties may require the 
resident or tenant to pay all or a portion of utility costs; however, significant utility costs are borne by us. Such increased expenses 
could adversely affect funds available for future acquisitions or cash available for distributions.

Failure to generate sufficient cash flows from operations may reduce distributions to stockholders.

We intend to rely primarily on our cash flow from operations to make distributions to our stockholders. The cash flow 
from equity investments in our real estate assets depends on the amount of revenue generated and expenses incurred in operating 
our assets. The revenue generated and expenses incurred in operating our assets depends on many factors, some of which are 
beyond our control. For instance, rents from our properties may not increase as expected or the real estate-related investments we 
purchase may not generate the anticipated returns. If our investments do not generate revenue sufficient to meet our operating 
expenses,  debt  service  and  capital  expenditures,  our  cash  flows  and  ability  to  make  distributions  to  our  stockholders  will  be 
adversely affected.

If we purchase assets at a time when the real estate market is experiencing substantial influxes of capital investment and 
competition for properties, the real estate we purchase may not appreciate or may decrease in value.

The real estate market may experience substantial influxes of capital from investors. This substantial flow of capital, 
combined with significant competition for the acquisition of real estate, may result in inflated purchase prices for such assets and 
compression of capitalization rates. To the extent we purchase real estate in such an environment, we are subject to the risk that, 
if the real estate market subsequently ceases to attract the same level of capital investment, or if the number of companies seeking 
to acquire such assets decreases, our returns will be lower and the value of our assets may not appreciate or may decrease significantly 
below the amount we paid for such assets.

We may be unable to sell a property if or when we decide to do so, which could adversely impact our ability to make distributions 
to our stockholders.

In connection with the acquisition of a property, we may agree on restrictions that prohibit the sale of that property for 
a period of time or impose other restrictions, such as a limitation on the amount of debt that can be placed or repaid on that property. 
Even absent such restrictions, the real estate market is affected by many factors that are beyond our control, including general 
economic conditions, availability of financing, interest rates and supply and demand. We cannot predict whether we will be able 
to sell any property for the price or on the terms set by us, or whether any price or other terms offered by a prospective purchaser 
would be acceptable to us. We cannot predict the length of time needed to find a willing purchaser and to close the sale of a property 
or real estate-related asset. If we are unable to sell a property or real estate-related asset when we determine to do so, it could have 
a significant adverse effect on our cash flow and results of operations. As a result, we may not have funds to make distributions 
to our stockholders.

We may have difficulty selling real estate investments, and our ability to distribute all or a portion of the net proceeds from 
such sale to our stockholders may be limited.

Real estate investments are relatively illiquid, and as a result, we will have a limited ability to vary our portfolio in 
response to changes in economic or other conditions. We also will have a limited ability to sell assets in order to fund working 
capital and similar capital needs. When we sell any of our properties, we may not realize a gain on such sale. We may elect not to 
distribute any proceeds from the sale of properties to our stockholders and we may use such proceeds to:

purchase additional properties;
repay debt, if any;
buy out the interests of any co-venturers or other partners in any joint venture in which we are a party;
create working capital reserves; or

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•  make  repairs,  maintenance,  tenant  improvements  or  other  capital  improvements  or  expenditures  to  our  remaining 

properties.

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We may not make a profit if we sell a property, which could adversely impact our ability to make cash distributions to our 
stockholders.

The prices that we can obtain when we determine to sell a property will depend on many factors that are presently 
unknown, including the property's operating performance, tax treatment of real estate investments, demographic trends in the area 
and available financing. There is a risk that we will not recover all or a portion of our investment in a property. Accordingly, our 
stockholders' ability to recover all or any portion of their investment under such circumstances will depend on the amount of funds 
so realized and claims to be satisfied therefrom.

Our ability to sell our properties also may be limited by our need to avoid a 100% penalty tax that is imposed on gain 
recognized by a REIT from the sale of property characterized as dealer property. In order to ensure that we avoid such characterization 
we may be required to hold our properties for a minimum period of time and comply with certain other requirements in the Code, 
or possibly hold some properties through taxable REIT subsidiaries, or TRSs, that must pay full corporate-level income taxes.

We may incur foreseen or unforeseen liabilities in connection with properties we acquire.

Our anticipated acquisition activities are subject to many risks. We may acquire properties that are subject to liabilities

or that have problems relating to their environmental condition, state of title, physical condition or compliance with zoning 
laws, building codes or other legal requirements. In each case, our acquisition may be without any, or with only limited, 
recourse with respect to unknown liabilities or conditions. As a result, if any liability were asserted against us relating to those 
properties or entities, or if any adverse condition existed with respect to the properties or entities, we might have to pay 
substantial sums to settle or cure it, which could adversely affect our cash flow and operating results. However, some of these 
liabilities may be covered by insurance. In addition, we typically perform customary due diligence regarding each property or 
entity we acquire. We also attempt to obtain appropriate representations and undertakings (including, where appropriate, 
indemnification) from the sellers of the properties or entities we acquire, although it is possible that the sellers may not have the 
resources to satisfy any applicable undertakings or indemnification obligations if a claim is made. Unknown liabilities to third 
parties with respect to properties or entities acquired might include, without limitation:

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liabilities for property damage and remediation of undisclosed environmental contamination;
claims by residents or other persons dealing with the former owners of the properties;
liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business; and
claims for indemnification by general partners, directors, officers and others indemnified by the former owners of the 
properties.

Such liabilities could cause losses that adversely affect our ability to make distributions to our stockholders.

The costs of compliance with environmental laws and regulations and other governmental laws and regulations may adversely 
affect our income and the cash available for any distributions.

All real property and the operations conducted on real property are subject to certain federal, state and local laws and 
regulations  relating  to  environmental  protection  and  human  health  and  safety.  Such  federal  laws  might  include:  the  National 
Environmental  Policy Act;  the  Comprehensive  Environmental  Response,  Compensation,  and  Liability Act;  the  Solid  Waste 
Disposal Act as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; the Federal 
Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act; and the Hazard 
Communication Act. These laws and regulations generally govern wastewater discharges, air emissions, the regulation and removal 
of underground and above-ground storage tanks, the use, storage, treatment, transportation and disposal of solid and hazardous 
materials, and the remediation of contamination, including of off-site third party owned disposal sites. As is the case with community 
and neighborhood shopping centers, some of our centers had on-site dry cleaning and/or on-site gasoline retail facilities and these 
prior uses could potentially increase our environmental liability exposure. Some of these laws and regulations may impose joint 
and several liability on residents, owners or operators for the costs of investigation or remediation of contaminated properties, 
regardless of fault or the legality of the original disposal. In addition, the presence of certain regulated substances, or the failure 
to properly remediate these substances, may adversely affect our ability to sell or rent the property or to use the property as collateral 
for future borrowing.

We could incur losses from claims relating to the presence of, or exposure of tenants to, indoor air quality issues, including 
the presence of mold in warmer climates or other microbial organisms, particularly if we are unable to maintain adequate insurance 
to cover such losses. We also may incur unexpected expenses relating to the abatement of mold on properties that we acquire.

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Compliance with new or more stringent laws or regulations or stricter interpretation of existing laws may require material 
expenditures by us. We cannot assure our stockholders that future laws, ordinances or regulations will not impose any material 
environmental liability, or that the current environmental condition of our properties will not be affected by the activities of residents, 
existing conditions of the land, operations in the vicinity of the properties, or the activities of unrelated third parties. In addition, 
there are various local, state and federal fire, health, life-safety and similar regulations with which we may be required to comply. 
Failure  to  comply  with  applicable  laws  and  regulations  could  result  in  fines  and/or  damages,  suspension  of  personnel  of  our 
Manager and/or other sanctions.

Discovery of previously undetected environmentally hazardous conditions may adversely affect our operating results.

Under various federal, state and local environmental laws, ordinances and regulations, a current or previous owner or 
operator of real property may be liable for the cost of removal or remediation of hazardous or regulated substances on, under, in 
or about such property. The costs of investigation, removal or remediation of such substances could be substantial. Those laws 
may impose liability whether or not the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of the substances.

Environmental laws also may impose restrictions on the manner in which property may be used or businesses may be 
operated, and compliance with those restrictions may require substantial expenditures. Environmental laws provide for sanctions 
in the event of noncompliance and may be enforced by governmental agencies or, in certain circumstances, by private parties. 
Certain environmental laws and common law principles govern the presence, maintenance, removal and disposal of certain building 
materials, including mold, asbestos and lead-based paint.

The cost of defending against such claims of liability, of compliance with environmental requirements, of remediating 
any contaminated property, or of paying personal injury claims could materially adversely affect our business, assets or results of 
operations and, consequently, the amounts available for distribution to our stockholders.

We cannot assure our stockholders that properties which we acquire will not have any material environmental conditions, 
liabilities or compliance concerns. Accordingly, we have no way of determining at this time the magnitude of any potential liability 
to which we may be subject arising out of environmental conditions or violations with respect to the properties we may purchase.

We may be unable to secure funds for future capital improvements, which could adversely impact our ability to make distributions 
to our stockholders.

When residents or tenants do not renew their leases or otherwise vacate their space, in order to attract replacement 
residents or tenants, we may be required to expend funds for capital improvements to the vacated apartment units or leased spaces 
and common areas. In addition, we may require substantial funds to renovate a property in order to sell it, upgrade it or reposition 
it in the market. If we have insufficient capital reserves, we will have to obtain financing from other sources. We typically establish 
capital reserves in an amount we, in our discretion, believe is necessary. A lender also may require escrow of capital reserves 
separately maintained from any reserves we establish. If these reserves or any reserves otherwise established are designated for 
other uses or are insufficient to meet our cash needs, we may have to obtain financing from either affiliated or unaffiliated sources 
to fund our cash requirements. We cannot assure our stockholders that sufficient financing will be available or, if available, will 
be available on economically feasible terms or on terms acceptable to us. Moreover, certain reserves required by lenders may be 
designated for specific uses and may not be available for capital purposes such as future capital improvements. Additional borrowing 
will increase our interest expense; therefore, our financial condition and our ability to make distributions to our stockholders may 
be adversely affected.

We may not have control over costs arising from rehabilitation of properties.

We may elect to acquire properties which require rehabilitation. In particular, we have acquired, and may continue to 
acquire,  “affordable”  properties  that  we  will  rehabilitate  and  convert  to  market  rate  properties.  Consequently,  we  may  retain 
independent general contractors to perform the actual physical rehabilitation work and will be subject to risks in connection with 
a contractor's ability to control the rehabilitation costs, the timing of completion of rehabilitation, and a contractor's ability to build 
and rehabilitate in conformity with plans and specifications.

The profitability of our acquisitions is uncertain.

We intend to acquire properties selectively. Acquisition of properties entails risks that investments will fail to perform 
in accordance with expectations. In undertaking these acquisitions, we will incur certain risks, including the expenditure of funds 
on, and the devotion of management's time to, transactions that may not come to fruition. Additional risks inherent in acquisitions 
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include risks that the properties will not achieve anticipated occupancy levels and that estimates of the costs of improvements to 
bring an acquired property up to our standards may prove inaccurate.

Competition with third parties in acquiring properties and other assets may reduce our profitability and the returns to our 
stockholders.

We compete with many other entities engaged in real estate investment activities, including individuals, corporations, 
bank and insurance company investment accounts, other REITs, real estate limited partnerships and other entities engaged in real 
estate investment activities. Many of these entities have significant financial and other resources, including operating experience, 
allowing them to compete effectively with us. Competitors with substantially greater financial resources than us may be able to 
accept more risk than we can effectively manage. In addition, those competitors that are not REITs may be at an advantage to the 
extent they can utilize working capital to finance projects, while we (and our competitors that are REITs) will be required by the 
annual distribution provisions under the Code to distribute significant amounts of cash from operations to our stockholders.

Some or all of our properties have incurred, and will incur, vacancies, which may result in reduced revenue and resale value, 
a reduction in cash available for distribution and a diminished return to our stockholders.

Our properties have incurred, and will incur, vacancies. If vacancies of a significant level continue for a long period of 
time, we may suffer reduced revenues resulting in lower cash distributions to our stockholders. In addition, the resale value of the 
property could be diminished because the market value of a particular property will depend principally upon the value of the leases 
of such property.

We may rely significantly on repayment guarantors of our real estate loan investments and, therefore, could be subject to credit 
concentration that makes us more susceptible to adverse events with respect to such guarantors.

The repayment of amounts owed to us under certain of our real estate loan investments may be partially guaranteed by 
the principals of the borrowers. If it were necessary to enforce a guaranty of completion or a guaranty of repayment, our rights 
under such enforcement are limited by rights held by the senior lender pursuant to intercreditor agreements we have in place. 
Therefore, the failure to perform by the borrowers and such guarantors is likely to have a material adverse effect on our results of 
operations and financial condition.

We are subject to geographic concentrations that make us more susceptible to adverse events with respect to certain geographic 
areas.

  We are subject to geographic concentrations, the carrying values of which are as follows as of December 31, 2019:

Carrying value of real
estate assets and real
estate related loans, in
millions:

Percentage

$

Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Tennessee
Alabama
California
South Carolina
Maryland
Arizona
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Kentucky
Mississippi

Total

$

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1,109.6
904.0
854.4
495.5
229.4
160.4
149.3
115.4
78.4
65.0
46.4
38.8
38.3
33.0
4.6

4,322.5

25.7%
20.9%
19.8%
11.5%
5.3%
3.7%
3.3%
2.7%
1.8%
1.5%
1.1%
0.9%
0.9%
0.8%
0.1%

100.0%

 
Any economic downturn or other adverse condition in one or more of these states, or in any other state in which we may 

have a significant concentration in the future, could result in a material reduction of our cash flows or material losses to us.

Failure to succeed in new markets or sectors may have adverse consequences on our performance.

We may make acquisitions outside of our existing market areas if appropriate opportunities arise. We may be exposed 
to a variety of risks if we choose to enter new markets, including an inability to accurately evaluate local market conditions, to 
identify appropriate acquisition opportunities, to hire and retain key personnel, and a lack of familiarity with local governmental 
and permitting procedures. In addition, we may abandon opportunities to enter new markets that we have begun to explore for any 
reason and may, as a result, fail to recover expenses already incurred.

Acquiring or attempting to acquire multiple properties in a single transaction may adversely affect our operations.

We are likely to acquire multiple properties in a single transaction. Such portfolio acquisitions are more complex and 
expensive than single-property acquisitions, and the risk that a multiple-property acquisition does not close may be greater than 
in  a  single-property  acquisition.  Portfolio  acquisitions  also  may  result  in  us  owning  investments  in  geographically  dispersed 
markets, placing additional demands on our ability to manage the properties in the portfolio. In addition, a seller may require that
a group of properties be purchased as a package even though we may not want to purchase one or more properties in the portfolio. 
In these situations, if we are unable to identify another person or entity to acquire the unwanted properties, we may be required to 
operate, or attempt to dispose of, these properties. We may be required to accumulate a large amount of cash in order to acquire 
multiple properties in a single transaction. We would expect that the returns that we can earn on such cash will be less than the 
ultimate returns on real property, and therefore, accumulating such cash could reduce our funds available for distributions. Any 
of the foregoing events may have an adverse effect on our operations.

Our revenue and net income may vary significantly from one period to another due to investments in opportunity-oriented 
properties and portfolio acquisitions, which could increase the variability of our cash available for distributions.

We  may  make  investments  in  opportunity-oriented  properties  in  various  phases  of  development,  redevelopment  or 
repositioning and portfolio acquisitions, which may cause our revenues and net income to fluctuate significantly from one period 
to another. Projects do not produce revenue while in development or redevelopment. During any period when our projects in 
development or redevelopment or those with significant capital requirements increase without a corresponding increase in stable 
revenue-producing properties, our revenues and net income likely will decrease. Many factors may have a negative impact on the 
level of revenues or net income produced by our portfolio of investments, including higher than expected construction costs, failure 
to complete projects on a timely basis, failure of the properties to perform at expected levels upon completion of development or 
redevelopment, and increased borrowings necessary to fund higher than expected construction or other costs related to the project. 
Further, our net income and stockholders' equity could be negatively affected during periods with large portfolio acquisitions, 
which generally require large cash outlays and may require the incurrence of additional financing. Any such reduction in our 
revenues and net income during such periods could cause a resulting decrease in our cash available for distributions during the 
same periods.

We may obtain properties with lock-out provisions, or agree to such provisions in connection with obtaining financing, which 
may prohibit us from selling a property, or may require us to maintain specified debt levels for a period of years on some 
properties.

We  may  agree  to  obtain  certain  properties  from  contributors  who  contribute  their  direct  or  indirect  interest  in  such 
properties to our Operating Partnership in exchange for operating partnership units and agree to restrictions on sales or refinancing, 
called “lock-out” provisions, that are intended to preserve favorable tax treatment for the contributors of such properties and 
otherwise agree to provide the indemnities to contributions. Additionally, we may agree to lock-out provisions in connection with 
obtaining financing for the acquisition of properties. Furthermore, we may agree to make a certain amount of debt available for 
these contributors to guarantee in order to preserve their favorable tax treatment. Lock-out provisions and the consequences of 
related tax indemnities could materially restrict us from selling, conveying, transferring otherwise disposing of all or any portion 
of the interest in these properties in a taxable transaction or from refinancing properties. This would affect our ability to turn our 
investments into cash and thus affect cash available to make distributions to our stockholders. Lock-out provisions could impair 
our ability to take actions during the lock-out period that would otherwise be in the best interests of our stockholders, and therefore, 
might  have  an  adverse  impact  on  the  value  of  our  Common  Stock.  In  particular,  lock-out  provisions  could  preclude  us  from 
participating in major transactions that could result in a disposition of our assets or a change in control even though that disposition 
or change in control might be in the best interests of our stockholders.

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Risks Associated with Debt Financing

We have significant debt, which could have important adverse consequences.

As of  December 31, 2019, we had outstanding debt of approximately $2.6 billion. This indebtedness could have important 

consequences, including:

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if a property is mortgaged to secure payment of indebtedness, and if we are unable to meet our mortgage obligations, 
we could sustain a loss as a result of foreclosure on the mortgaged property; 
our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions is increased; and
our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in business and industry conditions is limited.

The mortgages on our properties subject to secured debt and our Revolving Credit Facility contain customary restrictions, 
requirements and other limitations, as well as certain financial and operating covenants, including maintenance of certain financial 
ratios. Maintaining compliance with these provisions could limit our financial flexibility.  A default in these provisions, if uncured, 
could require us to repay the indebtedness before the scheduled maturity date, which could adversely affect our liquidity and 
increase our financing costs.

We may be unable to renew, repay, or refinance our outstanding debt.

We are subject to the risk that indebtedness on our properties or our unsecured indebtedness will not be renewed, repaid, 
or refinanced when due or the terms of any renewal or refinancing will not be as favorable as the existing terms of such indebtedness. 
If we are unable to refinance our indebtedness on acceptable terms, or at all, we might be forced to dispose of one or more of the 
properties on disadvantageous terms, which might result in losses to us. Such losses could have a material adverse effect on us 
and our ability to make distributions to our stockholders and pay amounts due on our debt. Furthermore, if a property is mortgaged 
to secure payment of indebtedness and we are unable to meet mortgage payments, the mortgagee could foreclose on the property, 
appoint a receiver and exercise rights under an assignment of rents and leases, or pursue other remedies, all with a consequent loss 
of our revenues and asset value. Foreclosures could also create taxable income without accompanying cash proceeds, thereby 
hindering our ability to meet the REIT distribution requirements of the Code.

We plan to incur additional mortgage indebtedness and other borrowings, which may increase our business risks. We 
intend to acquire properties subject to existing financing or by borrowing new funds. In addition, we may incur or increase our 
mortgage debt by obtaining loans secured by selected, or by all of our, real properties to obtain funds to acquire additional real 
properties and/or make capital improvements to properties. We also may borrow funds, if necessary, to satisfy the requirement 
that we generally distribute to stockholders as dividends at least 90% of our annual REIT taxable income (excluding net capital 
gain), or otherwise as is necessary or advisable to assure that we maintain our qualification as a REIT.

We intend to incur mortgage debt on a particular property only if we believe the property's projected cash flow is sufficient 
to service the mortgage debt. However, if there is a shortfall in cash flow requiring us to use cash from other sources to make the 
mortgage payments on the property, then the amount available for distributions to stockholders may be affected. In addition, 
incurring mortgage debt increases the risk of loss since defaults on indebtedness secured by properties may result in foreclosure 
actions initiated by lenders and our loss of the property securing the loan which is in default. For tax purposes, a foreclosure of 
any of our properties would be treated as a sale of the property for a purchase price equal to the outstanding balance of the debt 
secured by the mortgage. If the outstanding balance of the debt secured by the mortgage exceeds our tax basis in the property, 
we would recognize taxable income on foreclosure, but would not receive any cash proceeds. We may, in some circumstances, 
give a guaranty on behalf of an entity that owns one or more of our properties. In these cases, we will be responsible to the lender 
for satisfaction of the debt if it is not paid by such entity. If any mortgages contain cross-collateralization or cross-default provisions, 
there is a risk that more than one property may be affected by a default. 

Any mortgage debt which we place on properties may contain clauses providing for prepayment penalties. If a lender 
invokes these penalties upon the sale of a property or the prepayment of a mortgage on a property, the cost to us to sell the property 
could increase substantially, and may even be prohibitive. This could lead to a reduction in our income, which would reduce cash 
available for distribution to stockholders and may prevent us from borrowing more money. 

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We may incur additional indebtedness, which may harm our financial position and cash flow and potentially impact our ability 
to pay dividends on the Preferred Stock and our Common Stock.

Our  governing  documents  do  not  have  limitations  on  the  amount  of  leverage  we  may  use. We  may  incur  additional 
indebtedness and become more highly leveraged, which could harm our financial position and potentially limit our cash available 
to pay dividends due to debt covenant restrictions and/or resulting lower amounts of cash from operating activities. As a result, 
we may not have sufficient funds remaining to satisfy our dividend obligations relating to our Preferred Stock and our Common 
Stock.

Interest-only indebtedness may increase our risk of default and ultimately may reduce our funds available for distributions 
to our stockholders.

We also may finance our property acquisitions using interest-only mortgage indebtedness for all or a portion of the term. 
During the interest-only period, the amount of each scheduled payment will be less than that of a traditional amortizing mortgage 
loan. The principal balance of the mortgage loan will not be reduced (except in the case of prepayments) because there are no 
scheduled monthly payments of principal during this period. After the interest-only period, we will be required either to make 
scheduled payments of amortized principal and interest or to make a lump-sum or “balloon” payment at maturity. These required 
principal or balloon payments will increase the amount of our scheduled payments and may increase our risk of default under the 
related mortgage loan. If the mortgage loan has an adjustable interest rate, the amount of our scheduled payments also may increase 
at a time of rising interest rates. Increased payments and substantial principal or balloon maturity payments or prepayment penalties 
will  reduce  the  funds  available for  distribution  to  our  stockholders  because  cash  otherwise  available for  distribution  will  be 
required to pay principal and interest associated with these mortgage loans. While our intention and practice has been to place 
interest rate caps on our floating rate mortgages, these caps will be at rates above current rates.

We may change our operational policies (including our investment guidelines, strategies and policies and the targeted assets 
in which we invest) with the approval of our board of directors but without stockholder consent or notice at any time, which 
may adversely affect the market value of our Common Stock, our results of operations and cash flows and our ability to pay 
dividends to our stockholders.

Our board of directors determines our operational policies and may amend or revise our policies (including our policies 
with respect to the targeted assets in which we invest, dispositions, growth, operations, indebtedness, capitalization and dividends) 
or approve transactions that deviate from these policies at any time, without a vote of, or notice to, our stockholders. We may 
change our investment guidelines and our strategy at any time with the approval of our board of directors, but without the consent 
of, or notice to, our stockholders, which could result in us making investments that are different in type from, and possibly riskier 
than, the investments we currently invest in.

If mortgage debt is unavailable at reasonable rates, it may make it difficult for us to finance or refinance properties, which 
could reduce the number of properties we can acquire, our cash flows from operations and the amount of cash distributions 
we can make.

If we are unable to borrow monies on terms and conditions that we find acceptable, we likely will have to reduce the 
number of properties we can purchase, and the return on the properties we do purchase may be lower. If we place mortgage debt 
on properties, we run the risk of being unable to refinance the properties when the debt becomes due or of being unable to refinance 
on favorable terms. If interest rates are higher when we refinance the properties, our income could be reduced. As such, we may 
find it difficult, costly or impossible to refinance indebtedness which is maturing. If any of these events occur, our interest cost 
would increase as a result, which would reduce our cash flow. This, in turn, could reduce cash available for distribution to our 
stockholders and may hinder our ability to raise capital by issuing more stock or borrowing more money. If we are unable to 
refinance maturing indebtedness with respect to a particular property and are unable to pay the same, then the lender may foreclose 
on such property. 

Financial and real estate market disruptions could adversely affect the multifamily property sector's ability to obtain financing 
from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, which could adversely impact us.

Fannie  Mae,  Freddie  Mac  and  HUD/FHA  are  major  sources  of  financing  for  the  multifamily  sector  and  both  have 
historically experienced losses due to credit-related expenses, securities impairments and fair value losses. If new U.S. government 
regulations (i) heighten these agencies' underwriting standards, (ii) adversely affect interest rates, or (iii) reduce the amount of 
capital they can make available to the multifamily sector, it could reduce or remove entirely a vital resource for multifamily 
financing. Any potential reduction in loans, guarantees and credit-enhancement arrangements from these agencies could jeopardize 

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the effectiveness of the multifamily sector's available financing and decrease the amount of available liquidity and credit that could 
be used to acquire and diversify our portfolio of multifamily assets.

Volatility in and regulation of the commercial mortgage-backed securities market has limited and may continue to impact the 
pricing of secured debt.

A lack of volume in the commercial mortgage-backed securities market could result in the following adverse effects on 
our incurrence of secured debt, which could have a materially negative impact on our financial condition, results of operations, 
cash flow and cash available for distribution, including: 

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the general availability of loan proceeds/originators:
higher loan spreads;
tighter loan covenants;
reduced loan to value ratios and resulting borrower proceeds; and
higher amortization and reserve requirements.

High levels of debt or increases in interest rates could increase the amount of our loan payments, which could reduce the cash 
available for distribution to stockholders.

As mentioned above, we incur and expect to continue to incur debt. Higher debt levels would cause us to incur higher 
interest charges, would result in higher debt service payments and could be accompanied by restrictive covenants. Interest we 
pay could reduce cash available for distribution to stockholders. Additionally, if we incur variable rate debt, increases in interest 
rates would increase our interest costs, which would reduce our cash flow and our ability to make distributions to our stockholders. 
If we need to repay existing debt during periods of rising interest rates, we could be required to liquidate one or more of our 
investments in properties at times which may not permit realization of the maximum return on such investments and could result 
in a loss.

Lenders may require us to enter into restrictive covenants relating to our operations, which could limit our ability to make 
distributions to our stockholders.

In providing financing to us, a lender may impose restrictions on us that affect our ability to incur additional debt, make 
certain  investments,  reduce  liquidity  below  certain  levels,  make  distributions  to  our  stockholders  and  otherwise  affect  our 
distribution and operating policies. In general, we expect our loan agreements to restrict our ability to encumber or otherwise 
transfer our interest in the respective property without the prior consent of the lender. Such loan documents may contain other 
negative covenants that may limit our ability to discontinue insurance coverage or impose other limitations. Any such restriction 
or limitation may have an adverse effect on our operations and our ability to make distributions to our stockholders. Further, such 
restrictions could make it difficult for us to satisfy the requirements necessary to maintain our qualification as a REIT.

Risks Related to Our Real Estate Loan Investments

Our investments in, or originations of, senior debt or subordinate debt and our investments in membership or partnership 
interests in entities that own real estate assets will be subject to the specific risks relating to the particular company and to the 
general risks of investing in real estate-related loans and securities, which may result in significant losses.

We may invest in, or originate, senior debt or subordinate debt and invest in membership or partnership interests in 
entities that own real estate assets. These investments will involve special risks relating to the particular company, including its 
financial condition, liquidity, results of operations, business and prospects. In particular, the debt securities may not be collateralized 
and also may be subordinated to the entity's other obligations. We are likely to invest in debt securities of companies that are not 
rated or are rated non-investment grade by one or more rating agencies. Investments that are not rated or are rated non-investment 
grade have a higher risk of default than investment grade rated assets and therefore may result in losses to us. We have not adopted 
any limit on such investments.

These investments also will subject us to the risks inherent with real estate investments referred to previously, including 
the risks described with respect to multifamily and retail properties and other real estate-related investments and similar risks, 
including:

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risks of delinquency and foreclosure, and risks of loss in the event thereof;
the dependence upon the successful operation of, and net income from, real property;

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risks specific to the type and use of a particular property 

These risks may adversely affect the value of our investments in entities that own real estate assets and the ability of our 

borrowers thereof to make principal and interest payments in a timely manner, or at all, and could result in significant losses.

Our real estate loan assets will involve greater risks of loss than senior loans secured by income-producing properties.

We may originate (in connection with a forward purchase or option to purchase contract or otherwise) or acquire real 
estate loans in entities that own or are developing multifamily properties or other real estate-related investments which take the 
form of subordinated loans secured by second mortgages on the underlying property or loans secured by a pledge of the ownership 
interests of either the entity owning the property or a pledge of the ownership interests of the entity that owns the interest in the 
entity owning the property. These types of assets involve a higher degree of risk than long-term senior mortgage lending secured 
by income-producing real property because the loan may become unsecured as a result of foreclosure by the senior lender and 
because it is in second position and there may not be adequate equity in the property. In the event of a bankruptcy of the entity 
providing the pledge of its ownership interests as security, we may not have full recourse to the assets of such entity, or the assets 
of the entity may not be sufficient to satisfy our real estate loan. If a borrower defaults on our real estate loan or debt senior to 
our loan, or in the event of a borrower bankruptcy, our real estate loan will be satisfied only after the senior debt. We may be 
unable to enforce guaranties of payment and/or performance given as security for some real estate loans. As a result, we may not 
recover some or all of our initial expenditure. Our real estate loans partially finance the construction of  real estate projects and 
so involve additional risks inherent in the construction process, such as adherence to budgets and construction schedules. In 
addition, subordinate loans may have higher loan-to-value ratios than conventional mortgage loans, resulting in less equity in the 
property and increasing the risk of loss of principal. Significant losses related to our real estate loans would result in operating 
losses for us and may limit our ability to make distributions to our stockholders.

Risks Related to our Investments in Multifamily Communities

Economic conditions may adversely affect the multifamily real estate market and our income.

A multifamily property's income and value may be adversely affected by international, national and regional economic 
conditions. Currently, the U.S. real estate market is enjoying relatively strong performance with generally positive conditions in 
most sectors.  International markets are experiencing increased levels of volatility due to a combination of many factors, including 
decreased  economic  growth,  especially  in  China,  limited  access  to  credit  markets  and  volatility  in  the  equity  markets  both 
domestically and internationally. If such conditions persist, the real estate industry may experience a significant decline in business 
caused by a reduction in overall renters. The current economy and improved unemployment rates also may also deteriorate due 
to these and other economic factors.  If the economy domestically or abroad does experience a meaningful downturn it could have 
an adverse effect on our operations if they cause the residents occupying the multifamily properties we acquire to cease making 
rent payments to us.

In addition, local real estate conditions such as an oversupply of properties or a reduction in demand for properties, 
availability  of  "for  sale"  properties,  competition  from  other  similar  properties,  our  ability  to  provide  adequate  maintenance, 
insurance and management services, increased operating costs (including real estate taxes), the attractiveness and location of the 
property and changes in market rental rates may adversely affect a property's income and value. The continued rise in energy costs 
and other property-level expenses could result in higher operating costs, which may adversely affect our results from operations. 
In addition, local conditions in the markets in which we own or intend to own properties may significantly affect occupancy or 
rental rates at such properties. The risks that may adversely affect conditions in those markets may include, but are not limited to: 
layoffs, business closings, relocations of significant local employers and other events negatively impacting local employment rates 
and the local economy; an oversupply of, or a lack of demand for, apartments; a decline in household formation; the inability or 
unwillingness of residents to pay rent increases; and rent control, rent stabilization and other housing laws, which could prevent 
us from raising rents.

We cannot predict if the current strength in the multifamily real estate market will continue. Therefore, to the extent that 
there are adverse economic conditions in the multifamily market, such conditions could result in a reduction of our income and 
cash available for distributions and thus affect the amount of distributions we can make to our stockholders.

We must comply with the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, or the FHAA, and failure to comply may affect cash available 
for distributions.

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We must comply with the FHAA, which requires that apartment communities first occupied after March 13, 1991 be 
accessible  to  handicapped  residents  and  visitors.  Compliance  with  the  FHAA  could  require  removal  of  structural  barriers  to 
handicapped access in a community, including the interiors of apartment units covered under the FHAA. Recently there has been 
heightened scrutiny of multifamily housing communities for compliance with the requirements of the FHAA and the ADA and an 
increasing number of substantial enforcement actions and private lawsuits have been brought against apartment communities to 
ensure compliance with these requirements. Noncompliance with the FHAA could result in the imposition of fines, awards of 
damages to private litigants, payment of attorneys' fees and other costs to plaintiffs, substantial litigation costs and substantial 
costs of remediation.

Short-term apartment leases expose us to the effects of declining market rents, which could adversely impact our ability to 
make distributions to our stockholders.

We expect that most of our apartment leases will be for terms of thirteen months or less. Because these leases generally 
permit the residents to leave at the end of the lease term without any penalty, our rental revenues may be impacted by declines in 
market rents more quickly than if our leases were for longer terms.

We will face competition from other apartment communities and the affordability and accessibility of single-family homes, 
which may limit our profitability and the returns to our stockholders.

The multifamily apartment industry is highly competitive. This competition could reduce occupancy levels and revenues 
at our multifamily communities, which would adversely affect our operations. Our competitors include those in other apartment 
communities both in the immediate vicinity where our multifamily communities will be located and the broader geographic market. 
Such competition also may result in overbuilding of apartment communities, causing an increase in the number of apartment units 
available and potentially decreasing our occupancy and apartment rental rates. We also may be required to expend substantial sums 
to attract new residents. The resale value of the property could be diminished because the market value of a particular property 
will depend principally upon the value of the leases of such property. In addition, increases in operating costs due to inflation may 
not  be  offset  by  increased  apartment  rental  rates.  Further,  costs  associated  with  real  estate  investment,  such  as  utilities  and 
maintenance costs, generally are not reduced when circumstances cause a reduction in income from the investment. These events 
would cause a significant decrease in cash flow and could cause us to reduce the amount of distributions to our stockholders.

Furthermore,  apartment  communities  we  acquire  most  likely  compete,  or  will  compete,  with  numerous  housing 
alternatives in attracting residents, including single- and multi-family homes available to rent or purchase. Competitive housing 
in a particular area and the increasing affordability of single- and multi-family homes available to rent or buy caused by declining 
mortgage interest rates and government programs to promote home ownership could adversely affect our ability to retain our 
residents, lease apartment units and increase or maintain rental rates. The foregoing factors may encourage potential renters to 
purchase residences rather than renting an apartment, thereby causing a decline in the pool of available renters for our properties.

Risks Related to our Investments in Student Housing Properties

We  face  significant  competition  from  university-owned  collegiate  housing  and  from  other  private  collegiate  housing 
communities located within close proximity to universities.

Many students prefer on-campus housing to off-campus housing because of the closer physical proximity to campus and 
the integration of on-campus facilities into the academic community. Universities can generally avoid real estate taxes and borrow 
funds at lower interest rates, while we and other private-sector operators pay full real estate tax rates and incur higher borrowing 
costs. Consequently, universities often can offer more convenient and/or less expensive collegiate housing than we can, which can 
adversely affect our occupancy and rental rates.

We also compete with other national and regional owner-operators of off-campus collegiate housing in a number of 
markets as well as with smaller local owner-operators. There are a number of purpose-built collegiate housing properties that 
compete directly with us located near or in the same general vicinity of many of our collegiate housing communities. Such competing 
collegiate housing communities may be newer than our collegiate housing communities, be located closer to campus, charge less 
rent, possess more attractive amenities, or offer more services, shorter lease terms or more flexible leases. The construction of 
competing properties or decreases in rents in competing properties could adversely affect our rental income.

A number of large national companies are participants in the collegiate housing business. In some cases, these competitors 
possess substantially greater financial and marketing resources than we do. The entry of one or more of these companies into  

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collegiate  housing  markets  in  which  we  have  a  presence  could  increase  competition  for  residents  and  for  the  acquisition, 
development and management of other collegiate housing communities.

Our  results  of  operations  are  subject  to  the  following  risks  inherent  in  the  collegiate  housing  industry:  leasing  cycles, 
concentrated lease-up period, seasonal cash flows and increased risk of student defaults during the summer months.

We generally lease our properties under 12 month leases, but we may also lease for terms of nine months or less. As a 
result, all of our properties must be entirely re-leased each year, exposing us to increased leasing risk. We may not be able to re-
lease our properties on similar terms, if we are able to re-lease our properties at all. The terms of renewal or re-lease (including 
the cost of required renovations) may be less favorable to us than the prior lease. If we are unable to re-lease all or a substantial 
portion of our properties, or if the rental rates upon such re-leasing are significantly lower than expected rates, our cash flows from 
operations and our ability to make distributions to stockholders and service indebtedness could be adversely affected.

In addition, we are subject to increased leasing risk on properties that we acquire that we have not previously managed 
due to our lack of experience leasing those properties and unfamiliarity with their leasing cycles. Collegiate housing communities 
are typically leased during a leasing season that begins in October and ends in August of the following year. We are therefore 
highly  dependent  on  the  effectiveness  of  our  marketing  and  leasing  efforts  and  personnel  during  this  season.  Prior  to  the 
commencement  of  each  new  lease  period,  mostly  during  the  first  two  weeks  of August  but  also  during  September  at  some 
communities and during the summer months for the on-campus properties leased by semester, we prepare the units for new incoming 
residents. Although gross rental revenue is recognized evenly over twelve-month lease periods, during this period referred to as 
“Turn”, we have no leases in place. In addition, during Turn, we incur significant expenses preparing our units for occupancy, 
which we recognize immediately. This lease Turn period results in seasonality in our operating results during the second and third 
quarter of each year. As a result, we may experience significantly reduced cash flows during the summer months at properties 
leased for terms shorter than 12 months.

In addition, students may be more likely to default on their rental payments during the summer months. Although we 
typically require a parent to guarantee the student’s lease, we may have to spend considerable effort and expense in pursuing 
payment upon a defaulted lease, and our efforts may not be successful.

We rely on our relationships with universities, and changes in university personnel, policies and/or reputation could adversely 
affect our operating results.

In some cases, we rely on our relationships with universities for referrals of prospective residents or for mailing lists of 
prospective residents and their parents. The failure to maintain good relationships with personnel at these universities could therefore 
have a material adverse effect on us. If universities refuse to make their lists of prospective student-residents and their parents 
available to us or increase the costs of these lists, the increased costs or failure to obtain such lists could also have a material 
adverse effect on us.

In addition, we may be adversely affected by a change in university admission policies. For example, if a university 
reduces the number of student admissions, the demand for our properties may be reduced, and our occupancy rates may decline. 
In addition, universities may institute a policy that a certain class of students, such as freshmen, must live in a university-owned 
facility, which would also reduce the demand for our properties.  While we will engage in marketing efforts to compensate for 
such policy changes, we may not be able to effect such marketing efforts prior to the commencement of the annual lease-up period 
or at all.

It is also important that the universities from which our communities draw residents maintain good reputations and are 
able to attract the desired number of incoming students. Any degradation in a university’s reputation could inhibit its ability to 
attract students and reduce the demand for our communities.

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Risks Related to our Grocery-Anchored Shopping Center Investments

Downturns in the retail industry likely will have a direct adverse impact on our grocery-anchored revenues and cash flow.

Our retail properties currently owned and planned for acquisition consist primarily of grocery-anchored shopping centers. 
Our retail performance therefore is generally linked to economic conditions in the market for retail space. The market for retail 
space could be adversely affected by any of the following:

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•  weakness in the national, regional and local economies, and declines in consumer confidence which could adversely 
impact consumer spending and retail sales and in turn tenant demand for space and could lead to increased store 
closings; 
changes in market rental rates;
changes in demographics (including the number of households and average household income) surrounding our 
shopping centers;
adverse financial conditions for grocery anchors and other retail, service, medical or restaurant tenants;
continued consolidation in the retail and grocery sector;
excess amount of retail space in our markets; 
reduction in the demand by tenants to occupy our shopping centers as a result of reduced consumer demand for 
certain retail formats;
increased diversification of product offerings by grocery anchors can lead to increased competition, declining same 
store sales and store closings;
increase in e-commerce and alternative distribution channels may negatively affect out tenant sales or decrease the 
square footage our tenants require and could lead to margin pressure on our grocery anchors, which could lead to 
store closures;
the impact of an increase in energy costs on consumers and its consequential effect on the number of shopping visits 
to our centers;
a pandemic or other health crisis, such as the recent outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19); and
consequences of any armed conflict involving, or terrorist attack against, the United States.

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To the extent that any of these conditions occur, they are likely to impact market rents for retail space, occupancy in our 

retail properties, our ability to sell, acquire or develop retail properties, and our cash available for distributions to stockholders.

Competition may impede our ability to renew leases or re-let spaces as leases expire, which could harm our business and 
operating results. 

We face competition from similar centers and other types of shopping venues within our market areas that may affect our 
ability to renew leases or re-let space as leases expire at our grocery-anchored shopping centers. Certain national retail chain 
bankruptcies and resulting store closings/lease disaffirmations have generally resulted in increased available retail space which, 
in turn, has resulted in increased competitive pressure to renew tenant leases upon expiration and to find new retail tenants for 
vacant space at such properties. In addition, any new competitive retail properties that are developed within the market areas of 
our existing grocery-anchored shopping centers may result in increased competition for customer traffic and creditworthy retail 
tenants. Increased competition for retail tenants may require us to make tenant and/or capital improvements to retail properties 
beyond those that we would otherwise have planned to make. Any unbudgeted tenant and/or capital improvements we undertake 
may reduce cash that would otherwise be available for distributions to our stockholders. Ultimately, if we are unable to renew 
leases or re-let space as retail leases expire or renew or re-let such spaces at lower rental rates, our business and operations could 
be negatively impacted. 

Loss of revenues from significant tenants and our in-line tenants could reduce distributions to our stockholders.

For  our  currently  owned  and  planned  acquisitions  of  grocery-anchored  shopping  centers,  we  derive  or  will  derive 
significant revenues from anchor tenants such as Publix, Kroger, Harris Teeter, Wal-Mart, Safeway, Sprouts, BJ's Wholesale Club 
and The Fresh Market, in addition to our in-line tenants. 

Distributions to our stockholders could be adversely affected by the loss of revenues in the event our tenants:
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become bankrupt or insolvent;
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•  materially default on their leases;
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do not renew their leases as they expire; or
renew at lower rental rates.

Vacated anchor space, including space owned by the anchor, can also reduce rental revenues generated by the shopping 
center because of the loss of the departed anchor tenant's customer drawing power.  The closing of one or more anchor stores at a 
center or occupancy falling below a certain percentage could adversely affect the financial performance of the center, adversely 
affect the operations of other tenants and result in lease terminations by, or reductions in rent from, other tenants whose leases 
may permit such actions.

We may be unable to collect balances due from retail tenants in bankruptcy.

Although minimum rent is supported by lease contracts of varying term, retail tenants who file bankruptcy have the legal 
right to reject any or all of their leases and close related stores. In the event that a retail tenant with a significant number of leases 
in our shopping centers files bankruptcy and rejects its leases, we could experience a significant reduction in our retail revenues 
and may not be able to collect all pre-petition amounts owed by that party. 

Our Common Area Maintenance (“CAM”) contributions may not allow us to recover the majority of our operating expenses 
from retail tenants.

CAM costs typically include allocable energy costs, repairs, maintenance and capital improvements to common areas, 
janitorial services, administrative, property and liability insurance costs and security costs. The amount of CAM charges we bill 
to our retail tenants may not allow us to recover or pass on all these operating expenses to tenants, which may reduce operating 
cash flow from our retail properties.

Operating expenses may remain constant or increase even if occupancy and income at our centers may decrease, negatively 
affecting our financial performance.

Costs associated with our operations, such as real estate and personal property taxes, insurance, and mortgage payments, 
generally  are  not  reduced  even  as  occupancy  or  rental  rates  decrease,  tenants  fail  to  pay  base  and  additional  rent  or  other 
circumstances cause a reduction in income from the center. As a result, our financial performance, cash flow from operations from 
the center and our ability to make distributions to our stockholders may be adversely affected. In addition, inflation  could result 
in increased operating costs for us and our tenants, which may adversely affect our financial performance and ability to make 
distributions to our stockholders.

Increased competition to traditional grocery chains from new market participants, Amazon, online supermarket retailers and 
food delivery services could adversely affect our grocery-anchored revenues and cash flow.

As a result of consumers' growing desire to shop online, traditional grocery chains are subject to increasing competition 
from new market participants and food retailers who have incorporated the Internet as a direct-to-consumer channel and Internet-
only retailers that sell grocery products. Additionally, online food delivery services are increasingly competing with traditional 
grocery chains in the food sales market. Competition from these new market participants and selling channels could negatively 
impact traditional grocery chains, which could adversely affect our grocery-anchored revenues and cash flow. In addition, changing 
dynamics in the food sales space could result in increased competition, declining same-store sales and store closings in the retail 
and grocery sector.

Risks Related to our Office Building Investments

Our performance is subject to risks associated with our office properties and the office property industry.

Our economic performance from our office properties is subject to the risk that if our office properties do not generate 
revenues sufficient to meet our operating expenses, including debt service and capital expenditures, our cash flow and ability to 
pay distributions to our stockholders will be adversely affected. The following factors, among others, may adversely affect the 
income generated by our properties:

• downturns in the national, regional and local economic conditions (particularly increases in unemployment);
• competition from other office properties;

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• local real estate market conditions, such as oversupply or reduction in demand for office space;
• vacancies, changes in market rental rates and the need to periodically repair, renovate and re-let office space;
• changes in space utilization by our office tenants due to technology, economic conditions and business culture;
• increased operating costs, including insurance expense, utilities, real estate taxes, state and local taxes and heightened
security costs; 
•  a pandemic or other health crisis, such as the recent outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19); and
• declines in the financial condition of our office tenants and our ability to collect rents from our office tenants.

We face considerable competition in the office leasing market and may be unable to renew existing office leases or re-let office 
space on terms similar to the existing leases, or we may expend significant capital in our efforts to re-let office space, which 
may adversely affect our operating results.

Every year, we compete with a number of other developers, owners, and operators of office and office-oriented properties 
to renew office leases with our existing tenants and to attract new office tenants. To the extent that we are able to renew office 
leases that are scheduled to expire in the short-term or re-let such office space to new tenants, heightened competition resulting 
from adverse market conditions may require us to utilize rent concessions and tenant improvements to a greater extent than we 
historically have. In addition, competition for credit worthy office tenants is intense and we may have difficulty competing with 
competitors, especially those who have purchased office properties at discounted prices allowing them to offer office space at 
reduced rental rates.

If our competitors offer office accommodations at rental rates below current market rates or below the rental rates we 
currently charge our tenants, we may lose potential tenants, and we may be pressured to reduce our rental rates below those we 
currently charge in order to retain tenants upon expiration of their existing office leases. Even if our tenants renew their leases or 
we are able to re-let the office space, the terms and other costs of renewal or re-letting, including the cost of required renovations, 
increased tenant improvement allowances, leasing commissions, declining rental rates, and other potential concessions, may be 
less favorable than the terms of our current leases and could require significant capital expenditures. If we are unable to renew 
office leases or re-let office space in a reasonable time, or if rental rates decline or tenant improvement, leasing commissions, or 
other costs increase, our financial condition, cash flows, ability to pay distributions to our stockholders, and ability to satisfy our 
debt service obligations could be adversely affected.

We face potential adverse effects from major office tenants’ bankruptcies or insolvencies.

The bankruptcy or insolvency of a major office tenant may adversely affect the income produced by our office properties. 
Our office tenants could file for bankruptcy protection or become insolvent in the future. We cannot evict an office tenant solely 
because of its bankruptcy. On the other hand, a bankrupt office tenant may reject and terminate its lease with us. In such case, our 
claim against the bankrupt office tenant for unpaid and future rent would be subject to a statutory cap that might be substantially 
less than the remaining rent actually owed under the office lease, and, even so, our claim for unpaid rent would likely not be paid 
in full. This shortfall could adversely affect our cash flow and results of operations. 

In order to maintain and/or increase the quality of our office properties and successfully compete against other office properties, 
we regularly must spend money to maintain, repair, renovate and improve our office properties, which could negatively impact 
our financial condition and results of operations.

If our office properties are not as attractive to customers due to physical condition as office properties owned by our 
competitors, we could lose customers or suffer lower rental rates. As a result, we may from time to time be required to make 
significant capital expenditures to maintain or enhance the competitiveness of our office properties. There can be no assurances 
that any such expenditures would result in higher occupancy or higher rental rates or deter existing customers from relocating to 
office properties owned by our competitors.

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Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations

If we fail to maintain our qualification as a REIT, we will be subjected to tax on our income and the amount of distributions 
we make to our stockholders will be less.

We elected to be taxed as a REIT, commencing with our tax year ended December 31, 2011. A REIT generally is not 

taxed at the corporate level on income and gains it distributes to its stockholders on a timely basis. 

If we were to fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year:

•  we would not be allowed to deduct our distributions to our stockholders when computing our taxable income;
•  we would be subject to U.S. federal income tax on our taxable income at the corporate rate and possibly increased state 

and local taxes;

•  we could be disqualified from being taxed as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year during which qualification 

was lost, unless entitled to relief under certain statutory provisions;
•  we would have less cash to make distributions to our stockholders; and
•  we might be required to borrow additional funds or sell some of our assets in order to pay corporate tax obligations we 

may incur as a result of our disqualification.

Although we intend to operate in a manner intended to qualify as a REIT, it is possible that we may inadvertently terminate 
our REIT election or that future economic, market, legal, tax or other considerations may cause our board of directors to determine 
to revoke our REIT election. Even if we qualify as a REIT, we expect to incur some taxes, such as state and local taxes, taxes 
imposed on certain subsidiaries and potential U.S. federal excise taxes.

We may be subject to adverse legislative or regulatory tax changes that could increase our tax liability, reduce our operating
flexibility and reduce the market price of our Common Stock.

In recent years, numerous legislative, judicial and administrative changes have been made in the provisions of U.S. federal 
income tax laws applicable to REITs. Additional changes to the tax laws are likely to continue to occur. Although REITs generally 
receive better tax treatment than entities taxed as regular corporations, it is possible that future legislation would result in a REIT 
having fewer tax advantages, and it could become more advantageous for a company that invests in real estate to elect to be treated 
for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a regular corporation. As a result, our charter provides our board of directors with the 
power, under certain circumstances, to revoke or otherwise terminate the REIT election we have made and cause us to be taxed 
as a regular corporation, without the vote of our stockholders. Our board of directors has fiduciary duties to us and our stockholders 
and could only effect such changes in our tax treatment if it determines in good faith that such changes are in the best interest of 
our stockholders.

Certain of our business activities are potentially subject to the prohibited transaction tax.

For so long as we continue to qualify as a REIT, our ability to dispose of property during the first few years following 
acquisition may be restricted to a substantial extent as a result of our REIT qualification. Under applicable provisions of the Code 
regarding prohibited transactions by REITs, while we qualify as a REIT and provided we do not satisfy a safe harbor available 
under the Code, we will be subject to a 100% penalty tax on the net income from the sale or other disposition of any property 
(other  than  foreclosure  property)  that  we  own,  directly  or  indirectly  through  any  subsidiary  entity,  including  our  operating 
partnership, but generally excluding taxable REIT subsidiaries, that is deemed to be inventory or property held primarily for sale 
to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business. Whether property is inventory or otherwise held primarily for sale to 
customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business depends on the particular facts and circumstances surrounding each property. 
We intend to avoid the 100% prohibited transaction tax by (1) conducting activities that may otherwise be considered prohibited 
transactions through a taxable REIT subsidiary (but such taxable REIT subsidiary will incur corporate rate income taxes with 
respect to any income or gain recognized by it), (2) conducting our operations in such a manner so that no sale or other disposition 
of an asset we own, directly or through any subsidiary, will be treated as a prohibited transaction or (3) structuring certain dispositions 
of our properties to comply with the requirements of the prohibited transaction safe harbor available under the Code for properties 
that, among other requirements, have been held for at least two years. Despite our present intention, no assurance can be given 
that any particular property we own, directly or through any subsidiary entity, including our operating partnership, but generally 
excluding taxable REIT subsidiaries, will not be treated as inventory or property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary 
course of a trade or business.

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If the Operating Partnership fails to maintain its status as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, its income may 
be subject to taxation and we would cease to qualify as a REIT.

We intend to maintain the status of the Operating Partnership as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. 
However, if the IRS were to successfully challenge the status of the Operating Partnership as a partnership for such purposes, it 
would be taxable as a corporation. In such event, this would reduce the amount of distributions that the Operating Partnership 
could make to us. This also would result in our losing REIT status, and becoming subject to a corporate level tax on our own 
income, and would substantially reduce our cash available to pay distributions and the yield to our stockholders. In addition, if 
any of the partnerships or limited liability companies through which the Operating Partnership owns its properties, in whole or 
in part, loses its characterization as a partnership and is not otherwise disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it would 
be subject to taxation as a corporation, thereby reducing distributions to the Operating Partnership. Such a recharacterization of 
an underlying property owner could also threaten our ability to maintain our REIT qualification.

Our investments in certain debt instruments may cause us to recognize income for U.S. federal income tax purposes even 
though no cash payments have been received on the debt instruments, and certain modifications of such debt by us could 
cause the modified debt to not qualify as a good REIT asset, thereby jeopardizing our REIT qualification.

Our taxable income may substantially exceed our net income as determined based on GAAP, or differences in timing 
between the recognition of taxable income and the actual receipt of cash may occur. For example, we may acquire assets, including 
debt securities requiring us to accrue original issue discount, or OID, or recognize market discount income, that generate taxable 
income in excess of economic income or in advance of the corresponding cash flow from the assets. In addition, if a borrower 
with respect to a particular debt instrument encounters financial difficulty rendering it unable to pay stated interest as due, we 
may nonetheless be required to continue to recognize the unpaid interest as taxable income. We may also be required under the 
terms of the indebtedness that we incur to use cash received from interest payments to make principal payment on that indebtedness, 
with the effect that we will recognize income but will not have a corresponding amount of cash available for distribution to our 
stockholders.

As a result of the foregoing, we may generate less cash flow than taxable income in a particular year and find it difficult 
or impossible to meet the REIT distribution requirements in certain circumstances. In such circumstances, we may be required 
to (1) sell assets in adverse market conditions, (2) borrow on unfavorable terms, (3) distribute amounts that would otherwise be 
used for future acquisitions or used to repay debt, or (4) make a taxable distribution of our shares of Common Stock as part of a 
distribution in which stockholders may elect to receive shares of Common Stock or (subject to a limit measured as a percentage 
of the total distribution) cash, in order to comply with the REIT distribution requirements.

The failure of a subordinate loan to qualify as a real estate asset could adversely affect our ability to maintain our qualification 
as a REIT.

In general, in order for a loan to be treated as a qualifying real estate asset producing qualifying income for purposes of 
the REIT asset and income tests, the loan must be secured by real property. We may originate (in connection with a forward 
purchase or option to purchase contract) or acquire subordinate loans that are not directly secured by real property but instead 
secured by equity interests in a partnership or limited liability company that directly or indirectly owns real property. In Revenue 
Procedure 2003-65, the IRS provided a safe harbor pursuant to which a subordinate loan that is not secured by real estate would, 
if it meets each of the requirements contained in the Revenue Procedure, be treated by the IRS as a qualifying real estate asset. 
Although the Revenue Procedure provides a safe harbor on which taxpayers may rely, it does not prescribe rules of substantive 
tax law and in many cases it may not be possible for us to meet all the requirements of the safe harbor. We cannot provide assurance 
that  any  subordinate  loan  in  which  we  invest  would  be  treated  as  a  qualifying  asset  producing  qualifying  income  for  REIT 
qualification purposes. If any such loan fails either the REIT income or asset tests, we may be disqualified as a REIT.

Furthermore,  if  we  participate  in  any  appreciation  in  value  of  real  property  securing  a  mortgage  loan  and  the  IRS 
characterizes such “shared appreciation mortgage” as equity rather than debt, for example, because of a large interest in cash flow 
of the borrower, we may be required to recognize income, gains and other items with respect to the real property for U.S. federal 
income tax purposes. This could affect our ability to maintain our qualification as a REIT.

The share ownership restrictions of the Code for REITs and the 9.8% share ownership limit in our charter may inhibit market 
activity in our shares of stock and restrict our business combination opportunities.

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In order to maintain our qualification as a REIT, five or fewer individuals, as defined in the Code, may not own, actually 
or constructively, more than 50% in value of our issued and outstanding shares of stock at any time during the last half of each 
taxable year, other than the first year for which a REIT election is made. Attribution rules in the Code determine if any individual 
or entity actually or constructively owns our shares of stock under this requirement. Additionally, at least 100 persons must 
beneficially own our shares of stock during at least 335 days of a taxable year for each taxable year, other than the first year for 
which a REIT election is made. To help insure that we meet these tests, among other purposes, our charter restricts the acquisition 
and ownership of our shares of stock.

Our charter, with certain exceptions, authorizes our directors to take such actions as are necessary and desirable to 
preserve our qualification as a REIT while we so qualify. Unless exempted by our board of directors, for so long as we qualify 
as a REIT, our charter prohibits, among other limitations on ownership and transfer of shares of our stock, any person from 
beneficially or constructively owning (applying certain attribution rules under the Code) more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate 
of our outstanding shares of stock or more than 9.8% (in value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class 
or series of our shares of stock. Our board of directors may not grant an exemption from these restrictions to any proposed 
transferee whose ownership in excess of 9.8% of the value of our outstanding shares would result in the termination of our 
qualification as a REIT. These restrictions on transferability and ownership will not apply, however, if our board of directors 
determines that it is no longer in our best interest to continue to qualify as a REIT or that compliance with the restrictions is no 
longer required in order for us to continue to so qualify as a REIT.

These ownership limits could delay or prevent a transaction or a change in control that might involve a premium price 

for our stock or otherwise be in the best interest of our stockholders.

Certain Employee Benefit Plan Risks

If you fail to meet the fiduciary and other standards under ERISA or the Code as a result of an investment in our stock, you 
could be subject to liability and penalties. 

Special considerations apply to the purchase or holding of securities by employee benefit plans subject to the fiduciary 
rules of Title I of ERISA (“ERISA Plans”), including pension or profit sharing plans and entities that hold assets of such ERISA 
Plans, and plans and accounts that are not subject to ERISA, but are subject to the prohibited transaction rules of Section 4975 of 
the Code, including IRAs, Keogh Plans, and medical savings accounts (collectively, we refer to ERISA Plans and plans subject 
to Section 4975 of the Code as “Benefit Plans”). If you are investing the assets of any Benefit Plan, you should satisfy yourself 
that:

• 
• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

your investment is consistent with your fiduciary obligations under ERISA and the Code;
your investment is made in accordance with the documents and instruments governing the Benefit Plan, including the 
Benefit Plan’s investment policy;
your investment satisfies the prudence and diversification requirements of Sections 404(a)(1)(B) and 404(a)(1)(C) of 
ERISA, if applicable, and other applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code;
in making such investment decision, you have considered the effect the investment will have on the liquidity of the Benefit 
Plan and whether or not the investment will produce UBTI for the Benefit Plan;
you will be able to value the assets of the Benefit Plan annually in accordance with any applicable ERISA or Code 
requirements and applicable provisions of the Benefit Plan; and
your investment will not constitute a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of 
the Code.

Fiduciaries may be held personally liable under ERISA for losses as a result of failure to satisfy the fiduciary standards 
of conduct and other applicable requirements of ERISA. In addition, if an investment in, or holding of, our securities constitutes 
a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Code, the fiduciary of the plan who authorized or directed the investment 
may be subject to imposition of excise taxes with respect to the amount invested and an IRA investing in the stock may lose its 
tax exempt status.

Plans that are not subject to ERISA or the prohibited transactions of the Code, such as government plans or church plans, 
may be subject to similar requirements under state law. Such plans should satisfy themselves that the investment satisfies applicable 
law. We have not, and will not, evaluate whether an investment in, or holding of, our securities is suitable for any particular plan.

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Item  1B.  Unresolved Staff Comments 

None. 

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Item  2. 

Properties 

Multifamily Communities

At December 31, 2019, we owned the following 34 properties within our multifamily communities segment:

Property

Location

Year constructed

Number
of Units

 Average
Unit Size
(sq. ft.)

Average 
Rent per 
Unit (1, 3)

Summit Crossing
Summit Crossing II
The Reserve at Summit Crossing
Vineyards
Aster at Lely Resort
CityPark View Property:

CityPark View
CityPark View South

Avenues at Cypress
Venue at Lakewood Ranch
Avenues at Creekside
Citi Lakes
Avenues at Northpointe
Lenox Village Property:

Lenox Village
Regent at Lenox Village

Retreat at Lenox Village
Stone Creek
Overton Rise
Village at Baldwin Park
Crosstown Walk Property:

Crosstown Walk
Overlook at Crosstown Walk

525 Avalon Park
Sorrel
Retreat at Greystone
Citrus Village
Founders Village
Claiborne Crossing
Luxe at Lakewood Ranch
Adara Overland Park
Aldridge at Town Village
Colony at Centerpointe
City Vista (2)
Lux at Sorrel
Green Park
Lodge at Hidden River
Vestavia Reserve
Artisan at Viera
Five Oaks at Westchase

Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA
Atlanta, GA
Houston, TX
Naples, FL

Charlotte, NC
Charlotte, NC
Houston, TX
Sarasota, FL
San Antonio, TX
Orlando, FL
Houston, TX

Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN
Nashville, TN
Houston, TX
Atlanta, GA
Orlando, FL

Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL
Orlando, FL
Jacksonville, FL
Birmingham, AL
Tampa, FL
Williamsburg, VA
Louisville, KY
Sarasota, FL
Kansas City, KS
Atlanta, GA
Richmond, VA
Pittsburgh, PA
Jacksonville, FL
Atlanta, GA
Tampa, FL
Birmingham, AL
Melbourne, FL
Tampa, FL

2007
2013
2017
2003
2015

2014
2017
2014
2015
2014
2014
2013

2009
2009
2015
2009
2015
2008

2014
2016
2008
2015
2015
2011
2014
2014
2016
2016
2016
2016
2014
2017
2017
2017
2016
2018
2019

345
140
172
369
308

284
200
240
237
395
346
280

273
18
183
246
294
528

342
180
487
290
312
296
247
242
280
260
300
255
272
265
310
300
272
259
218

10,245

$
$
$
$
$

$
$
$
$
$
$
$

$
$
$
$
$
$

$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$

1,034
1,100
1,002
1,122
1,071

948
1,005
1,170
1,001
974
984
1,167

906
1,072
773
852
1,018
1,069

1,070
986
1,394
1,048
1,100
980
1,070
1,204
1,105
1,116
969
1,149
1,023
1,025
985
980
1,113
1,070
983

1,222
1,318
1,372
1,190
1,454

1,150
1,279
1,484
1,585
1,184
1,498
1,427

1,314
1,379
1,227
1,137
1,573
1,691

1,324
1,398
1,509
1,332
1,342
1,326
1,435
1,376
1,538
1,375
1,390
1,409
1,445
1,422
1,483
1,404
1,556
—
—

(1) Data is only presented for stabilized properties owned by us for at least three months.
(2) We own approximately 96% of the joint venture that controls the City Vista multifamily community.
(3) Values are based on leasing activity from the quarter-ended December 31, 2019.

Our  communities  are  equipped  with  an  array  of  amenities  believed  to  be  sufficient  to  position  Preferred Apartment 
Communities as attractive residential rental options within each local market. Such amenities can include, but are not limited to, 
one or more swimming pools, a clubhouse with a business center, tennis courts and laundry facilities. Unit-specific amenities can 
include high-end appliances, tile kitchen backsplashes, washer and dryers or washer and dryer hookups and ceiling fans.  Resident 
lease terms are generally thirteen months or less in duration.

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Student Housing Communities

At December 31, 2019, we owned the following eight properties within our student housing communities segment:

Property

Location

University

North by Northwest (4)
SoL (4)
Stadium Village (2, 4)
Ursa (2, 4)

Tallahassee, FL

Florida State University

Tempe, AZ

Atlanta, GA

Waco, TX

Arizona State University

Kennesaw State University

Baylor University

The Tradition

College Station, TX

Texas A&M University

The Retreat at Orlando (4) Orlando, FL

Haven 49 (4)

The Bloc

Charlotte, NC

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University

University of Central
Florida

University of North
Carolina Charlotte

Year
constructed/
renovated

Number
of Units

Number
of beds

 Average
Unit Size
(sq. ft.)

Average 
Rent per 
Bed (1, 3)

2012

2010

2015

2017

2017

2014

2019

2017

219

224

198

250

427

221

332

140

679

639

792

840

808

894

887

556

2,011

6,095

1,250

1,296

1,466

1,634

549

2,036

1,224

1,394

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

702

720

721

604

605

769

515

751

(1) Data only presented for stabilized student housing communities.

(2) We own approximately 99% of the joint venture that controls the Stadium Village and Ursa student housing properties.

(3) Values are based on leasing activity from the quarter-ended December 31, 2019.

(4) Six of our student housing properties were under contract for sale at December 31, 2019.

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New Market Properties

At December 31, 2019, we owned the following 52 grocery-anchored shopping centers, which comprise our New Market 

Properties segment:

Property name

Location

Year built

GLA (1)

Percent
leased

Grocery anchor
tenant

Castleberry-Southard
Cherokee Plaza
Governors Towne Square
Lakeland Plaza
Powder Springs
Rockbridge Village
Roswell Wieuca Shopping Center
Royal Lakes Marketplace
Sandy Plains Exchange
Summit Point
Thompson Bridge Commons
Wade Green Village
Woodmont Village
Woodstock Crossing
East Gate Shopping Center
Fury's Ferry
Parkway Centre
Greensboro Village
Spring Hill Plaza
Parkway Town Centre
The Market at Salem Cove
The Market at Victory Village
The Overlook at Hamilton Place
Shoppes of Parkland
Polo Grounds Mall
Crossroads Market
Neapolitan Way
Berry Town Center
Conway Plaza
Deltona Landings
University Palms
Disston Plaza
Barclay Crossing
Champions Village
Kingwood Glen
Independence Square
Oak Park Village
Sweetgrass Corner
Irmo Station
Rosewood Shopping Center
Anderson Central
Fairview Market
Brawley Commons
West Town Market
Heritage Station
Maynard Crossing
Hanover Center (4)
Southgate Village
Hollymead Town Center
Gayton Crossing
Fairfield Shopping Center (4)
Free State Shopping Center

 Atlanta, GA
 Atlanta, GA
 Atlanta, GA
 Atlanta, GA
 Atlanta, GA
 Atlanta, GA
 Atlanta, GA
 Atlanta, GA
 Atlanta, GA
 Atlanta, GA
 Atlanta, GA
 Atlanta, GA
 Atlanta, GA
 Atlanta, GA
 Augusta, GA
 Augusta, GA
 Columbus, GA
 Nashville, TN
 Nashville, TN
 Nashville, TN
 Nashville, TN
 Nashville, TN
 Chattanooga, TN
 Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
West Palm Beach, FL
 Naples, FL
 Naples, FL
 Orlando, FL
 Orlando, FL
 Orlando, FL
 Orlando, FL
 Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL
 Tampa, FL
 Houston, TX
 Houston, TX
 Dallas, TX
 San Antonio, TX
 Charleston, SC
 Columbia, SC
 Columbia, SC
 Greenville Spartanburg, SC
 Greenville Spartanburg, SC
 Charlotte, NC
 Charlotte, NC
 Raleigh, NC
 Raleigh, NC
Wilmington, NC

 Birmingham, AL
Charlottesville, VA
Richmond, VA
Virginia Beach, VA
Washington, DC

2006
1958
2004
1990
1999
2005
2007
2008
1997
2004
2001
1993
2002
1994
1995
1996
1999
2005
2005
2005
2010
2007
1992
2000
1966
1993
1985
2003
1966
1999
1993
1954
1998
1973
1998
1977
1970
1999
1980
2002
1999
1998
1997
2004
2004
1996
1954

1988
2005
1983
1985
1970

80,018
102,864
68,658
301,711
77,853
102,432
74,370
119,493
72,784
111,970
92,587
74,978
85,639
66,122
75,716
70,458
53,088
70,203
61,570
65,587
62,356
71,300
213,095
145,720
130,285
126,895
137,580
99,441
117,705
59,966
99,172
129,150
54,958
383,346
103,397
140,218
64,855
89,124
99,384
36,887
223,211
46,303
122,028
67,883
72,946
122,781
305,346

75,092
158,807
158,316
231,829
264,152

Grand total/weighted average

6,041,629

 Publix
98.3%
Kroger
100.0%
 Publix
95.9%
Sprouts
95.4%
 Publix
87.7%
 Kroger
90.6%
 The Fresh Market
100.0%
 Kroger
95.0%
Publix
98.4%
 Publix
88.7%
Kroger
96.4%
 Publix
88.7%
Kroger
98.6%
 Kroger
100.0%
 Publix
92.2%
 Publix
98.0%
 Publix
97.7%
 Publix
91.9%
 Publix
100.0%
 Publix
100.0%
 Publix
100.0%
 Publix
100.0%
100.0%
 The Fresh Market
100.0% BJ's Wholesale Club
98.9%
100.0%
91.8%
85.6%
83.4%
100.0%
100.0%
96.6%
100.0%
78.0%
97.1%
87.2%
100.0%
29.1%
96.4%
93.5%
96.8%
93.1%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
94.6%
100.0%

Publix
Publix
Publix
Publix
Publix
 Publix
Publix
Publix
 Publix
Randalls
 Kroger
 Tom Thumb
H.E.B.
(2)

Kroger
 Publix
 Walmart
Aldi
 Publix
Harris Teeter
Harris Teeter
Harris Teeter
Harris Teeter

(3)

96.8%
90.8%
84.4%
85.3%
97.7%

93.2%

 Publix
Harris Teeter
Kroger
Food Lion
Giant

(1) Gross leasable area, or GLA, represents the total amount of property square footage that can be leased to tenants.
(2) Bi-Lo (the former anchor tenant) had extended their term through April 30, 2019 and had no further right or option to extend their lease.
(3) The GLA figure shown excludes the GLA of the Kroger store, which is owned by others.
(4) Property is owned through a consolidated joint venture.

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Our retail leases have original lease terms which generally range from three to seven years for spaces under 10,000 square 
feet and from 10 to 20 years for spaces over 10,000 square feet. Anchor leases generally contain renewal options for one or more 
additional periods whereas in-line tenant leases may or may not have renewal options. With the exception of anchor leases, the 
leases generally contain contractual increases in base rent rates over the lease term and the base rent rates for renewal periods are 
generally based upon the rental rate for the primary term, which may be adjusted for inflation or market conditions. Anchor leases 
generally do not contain contractual increases in base rent rates over the lease term and the renewal periods. Our leases generally 
provide for the payment of fixed monthly rentals and may also provide for the payment of additional rent based upon a percentage 
of  the  tenant’s  gross  sales  above  a  certain  threshold  level  (“percentage  rent”).  Our  leases  also  generally  include  tenant 
reimbursements for common area expenses, insurance, and real estate taxes. Utilities are generally paid by tenants either directly 
through separate meters or through payment of tenant reimbursements. The foregoing general description of the characteristics of 
the leases in our centers is not intended to describe all leases and material variations in lease terms may exist. 

Our grocery anchor tenants comprised 43.4% of our portfolio GLA at December 31, 2019. Our small in-line tenants 
generally consist of retail, consumer services, healthcare providers, and restaurants; none of our small in-line tenants individually 
constitute more than 1.0% of our portfolio GLA as of December 31, 2019. The following table summarizes our grocery anchor 
tenants by GLA as of December 31, 2019:

Grocery Anchor Tenant

Publix

Kroger

Harris Teeter

Wal-Mart

BJ's Wholesale Club

Giant

Randall's

H.E.B

Tom Thumb

The Fresh Market

Food Lion

Sprouts

Aldi

Total

GLA

1,175,430

518,194

273,273

183,211

108,532

73,149

61,604

54,844

43,600

43,321

38,538

29,855

23,622

2,627,173

% of GLA
within retail
portfolio

19.5%
8.6%
4.5%
3.0%
1.8%
1.2%
1.0%
0.9%
0.7%
0.7%
0.6%
0.5%
0.4%

43.4%

The following table summarizes New Market Properties' contractual lease expirations for the next ten years and thereafter, 

assuming no tenants exercise their renewal options:

Month to month
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030 +

Total

Totals

Number
of leases

Leased
GLA

Percent of
leased GLA

37,826
385,241
685,469
601,057
616,227
1,157,454
777,600
172,282
189,485
352,816
183,451
456,824

5,615,732

9
125
173
173
132
124
70
17
26
27
26
18

920

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0.7%
6.9%
12.2%
10.7%
11.0%
20.6%
13.9%
3.1%
3.4%
6.3%
3.3%
7.9%

100.0%

 
 
 
  Preferred Office Properties

At December 31, 2019, we owned the following nine office properties, which comprise our Preferred Office Properties 

segment: 

Property Name

Three Ravinia
150 Fayetteville
Capitol Towers
Westridge at La Cantera
CAPTRUST Tower
Morrocroft Centre

Armour Yards
Brookwood Center
Galleria 75

Location

GLA

Percent
leased

(1)

Atlanta, GA
Raleigh, NC
Charlotte, NC
San Antonio, TX
Raleigh, NC
(1) Charlotte, NC
Atlanta, GA
Birmingham, AL
Atlanta, GA

814,000
560,000
479,000
258,000
300,000
291,000
187,000 (2)
169,000
111,000

3,169,000

98%
91%
99%
100%
97%
89%

96%
100%
96%

96%

(1)  Property is owned through a consolidated joint venture.
(2) GLA for Armour Yards excludes 35,000 square feet for 251 Armour, which is under 
redevelopment. 

Our office building leases have original lease terms which generally range from 5 to 15 years and generally contain 
contractual, annual base rental rate escalations ranging from 2% to 3%. These leases may be structured as “gross” where the tenant’s 
base rental rate is all inclusive and there is no additional obligation to reimburse building operating expenses, “net” or “NNN” 
where in addition to base rent the tenant is also responsible for its pro rata share of reimbursable building operating expenses, or 
“modified gross” where in addition to base rent the tenant is also responsible for its pro rata share of reimbursable building operating 
expense increases over a base year amount (typically calculated as the actual reimbursable operating expenses in year one of the 
original lease term). 

As of December 31, 2019, our significant tenants within our Preferred Office Properties segment consisted of:

InterContinental Hotels Group
Albemarle
CapFinancial
United Services Automobile Association
Harland Clarke Corporation

Rentable square
footage

Percent of
Annual Base
Rent

Annual Base
Rent (in
thousands)

520,000
162,000
113,000
129,000
129,000

1,053,000

14.3% $
6.8%
4.7%
3.7%
3.4%

32.9% $

12,043
5,706
3,983
3,118
2,881

27,731

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The following table summarizes contractual lease expirations within our Preferred Office Properties segment for the next ten years 
and thereafter, assuming no tenants exercise their renewal options:

Office building portfolio

Year of lease
expiration

Rented square
feet

Percent of
rented
square feet

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030+

Total

111,000
263,000
127,000
124,000
266,000
251,000
266,000
319,000
213,000
57,000
1,015,000

3,012,000

3.7%
8.8%
4.2%
4.1%
8.8%
8.3%
8.8%
10.6%
7.1%
1.9%
33.7%

100.0%

Details regarding the mortgage debt on our properties may be found in the consolidated financial statements within this 

Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our  corporate headquarters is located at 3284 Northside Parkway NW, Suite 150, Atlanta, Georgia 30327. 

Item 3. 

Legal Proceedings 

Neither we nor our subsidiaries are currently subject to any legal proceedings that we consider to be material. To our 

knowledge, none of our properties are currently subject to any legal proceeding that we consider material.

Item 4.          Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

PART II

Item 5. 

Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity 
Securities 

Market Information 

Our Common Stock (symbol "APTS") has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since July 17, 2015. 

As of December 31, 2019, there were approximately 29,800 holders of record of our Common Stock. This total excludes 

an unknown number of holders of 7.1 million shares of Common Stock in street name at non-responding brokerage firms. 

Dividends

We have declared and subsequently paid cash dividends on shares of our Common Stock for each quarter since our IPO 
in 2011.  Since we have elected to be taxed as a REIT effective with our tax year ended December 31, 2011, we are required to, 
and intend to, distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance 
with GAAP and determined without regard for the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains) to maintain such 
status.  Dividends are declared with the action and approval of our board of directors and any future distributions are made at our 
board of director's discretion.  Our dividend paying capacity is primarily dependent upon cash generated from our multifamily 
communities, grocery-anchored shopping centers and office properties, interest income on our real estate loans and cash needs for 
capital expenditures, both foreseen and unforeseen, among other factors.  Risks inherent in our ability to pay dividends are further 
described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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 Stockholder Return Performance Graph

The following stock performance graph and related information shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or “filed” with 
the Securities and Exchange Commission, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any future filings under 
the Exchange Act, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate it by reference into such filing. 

The chart above presents comparative investment results through December 31, 2019 of a hypothetical initial investment 
of $1,000 on January 1, 2015 in: (i) our Common Stock, ticker symbol "APTS;" (ii) the MSCI U. S. REIT Index, an index of equity 
REIT constituent companies that derive the majority of their revenue from real estate rental activities; and (iii) the S&P 500 Index. 
The total return results assume automatic reinvestment of dividends and no transaction costs.

APTS Common Stock

MSCI U. S. REIT Index

S&P 500

1/1/2015

$ 1,000

$ 1,000

$ 1,000

Sales of Unregistered Securities

Value of initial investment on:
12/31/2016

12/31/2017

12/31/2015

12/31/2018

12/31/2019

$

$

$

1,533

1,025

993

$

$

$

1,854

1,113

1,087

$

$

$

2,653

1,170

1,299

$

$

$

1,927

1,116

1,218

$

$

$

1,955

1,405

1,569

There were no previously unreported sales of unregistered securities by the Company during the fiscal year ended 2019.

Preferred Stock Redemptions

For the year ended December 31, 2019, we redeemed 66,489 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and 2,023 mShares. The  

redemption price was $1,000 per share, less any applicable declining redemption fee.

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Item  6. 

Selected Financial Data 

The following table sets forth selected financial and operating data on a historical basis and should be read in conjunction 
with the section entitled “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our 
consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

(In thousands, except per-share data and preferred
stock par values)

Total revenues

Net income (loss)

Net loss per share of Common Stock

available to common stockholders,

basic and diluted

Weighted average number of shares of Common

Stock outstanding, basic and diluted

Cash dividends declared per share of Common
Stock

Total assets

Long term debt

Revolving credit facility

Total liabilities

Preferred Stock (par value outstanding)

Total equity

Cash flows provided by (used in):

Operating activities

Investing activities

Financing activities

Funds from operations ("FFO")(1)
Adjusted funds from operations ("AFFO")(1)

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

Year Ended December 31,

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

470,427

$

397,271

(7,458) $

44,538

$

$

294,005

28,667

$

$

200,119

$

109,306

(9,843) $

(2,426)

(2.73) $

(1.08) $

(1.13) $

(2.11) $

(0.95)

44,265

40,032

31,926

23,969

22,183

1.0475

4,770,560

2,679,829

$

$

$

1.02

4,410,958

2,339,752

— $

57,000

2,836,444

21,362

1,934,116

$

$

$

2,801,573

16,518

1,609,385

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

0.94

3,252,370

1,812,049

41,800

1,971,604

12,373

1,280,766

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

0.8175

2,420,833

1,327,878

127,500

1,535,571

9,144

885,261

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

0.7275

1,295,529

696,945

34,500

770,075

4,830

525,454

145,631

$

145,381

$

86,289

$

61,661

$

35,221

(661,057) $

(881,805) $

(727,177) $

(1,126,584) $

(533,510)

564,989

61,847

45,949

$

$

$

751,102

57,773

54,429

$

$

$

646,185

43,344

38,377

$

$

$

1,074,804

22,386

26,595

$

$

$

497,615

16,702

21,783

(1) See "Reconciliation of FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders and AFFO to Net Income (Loss) Attributable to
Common Stockholders" and "Definitions of Non-GAAP Measures" in the Results of Operations section within "Management's Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 7.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 

Significant Developments

During the year ended December 31, 2019, we acquired three office buildings, two multifamily communities, seven 

grocery-anchored shopping centers and one student housing property. 

During the year ended December 31, 2019, we issued 486,529 Units (one share of Series A Preferred Stock and one 
warrant to purchase 20 shares of our Common Stock) and collected net proceeds of approximately $437.8 million from our $1.5 
Billion Unit Offering. We also issued 61,758 shares of Series M Preferred Stock and collected net proceeds of approximately $59.9 
million from our mShares Offering. On September 27, 2019, the SEC declared effective our offering of up to a maximum of 
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1,000,000 shares of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, or a combination of both (the 
"Series A1/M1 Registration Statement"). During the year ended December 31, 2019, we issued 4,736 shares of Series A1 Preferred 
Stock and collected net proceeds of approximately $4.3 million. Our Preferred Stock offerings and our other equity offerings are 
discussed in detail in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section of this Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial 
Condition and Results of Operations.

In addition, during the year ended December 31, 2019, we issued 886,780 shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of 
Warrants issued in our offerings of our Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock and collected net proceeds of approximately $11.5 
million from those exercises.

On January 1, 2020, Joel T. Murphy became Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Murphy will continue as a 
member of the board, where he has served since May 2019. Mr. Murphy was the CEO of our New Market Properties subsidiary 
for the last five years until his appointment as our CEO, and since June 2018 has been the chairman of the Company's investment 
committee. Mr. Murphy succeeded our previous CEO and Chairman of the Board, Daniel M. DuPree, who will remain with us as 
Executive Chairman of the Board.

On January 31, 2020, we internalized the functions performed by Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC (the "Manager") 
and  NMP Advisors,  LLC  (the  "Sub-Manager")  by  acquiring  the  entities  that  own  the  Manager  and  the  Sub-Manager  (such 
transactions, collectively, the "Internalization") for an aggregate purchase price of $154.0 million, plus up to $25.0 million of 
additional consideration. Additionally, up to $15.0 million of the $154.0 million purchase price was to be held back and is payable 
to the sellers less certain losses following final resolution of certain specified matters. Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement 
entered into on January 31, 2020 the sellers sold all of the outstanding shares of NELL Partners, Inc. (“NELL”) and NMA Holdings, 
Inc., parent companies of the Manager and Sub-Manager, respectively, to us, in exchange for an aggregate of approximately $111.1 
million in cash paid at the closing which reflects the satisfaction of certain indebtedness of NELL, the estimated net working capital 
adjustment, and a hold back of $15.0 million for certain specified matters. Trusts established, or entities owned, by the family of 
John A. Williams, the Company’s former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Daniel M. DuPree, the Company’s 
Executive Chairman of the Board and former Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Leonard A. Silverstein, the Company’s 
Vice Chairman of the Board, and former President and Chief Operating Officer, were the owners of NELL. Trusts established, or 
entities owned, by Joel T. Murphy, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board, the family of Mr. Williams, 
Mr. DuPree and Mr. Silverstein were the owners of NMA.

Forward-looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including, without limitation, statements containing 
the  words  "believes,"  "anticipates,"  "intends,"  "expects,"  "assumes,"  "goals,"  "guidance,"  "trends"  and  similar  expressions, 
constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Forward-
looking statements are based upon our current plans, expectations and projections about future events. However, such statements 
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements 
to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking 
statements. Such factors include, among others, the following:

•   our business and investment strategy;
•   our projected operating results;
•   actions and initiatives of the U.S. Government and changes to U.S. Government policies and the execution and impact 

of these actions, initiatives and policies;

•   the state of the U.S. economy generally or in specific geographic areas;
•   economic trends and economic recoveries;
•   our ability to obtain and maintain financing arrangements, including through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac;
•   financing and advance rates for our target assets;
•   our expected leverage;
•   changes in the values of our assets;
•   our expected portfolio of assets;
•   our expected investments;
•   interest rate mismatches between our target assets and our borrowings used to fund such investments;
•   changes in interest rates and the market value of our target assets;
•   changes in prepayment rates on our target assets;
•   effects of hedging instruments on our target assets;

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•   rates of default or decreased recovery rates on our target assets;
•  changes in our operating costs, including real estate taxes, utilities and insurance costs;
•   the degree to which our hedging strategies may or may not protect us from interest rate volatility;
•   impact of and changes in governmental regulations, tax law and rates, accounting guidance and similar matters;
•   our ability to maintain our qualification as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
•  the possibility that the anticipated benefits from the internalization of our former external Manager and Sub-Manager, or
the Internalization, may not be realized or may take longer to realize than expected, or that unexpected costs or unexpected 
liabilities may arise from the Internalization;

•   our ability to maintain our exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
•   the availability of investment opportunities in mortgage-related and real estate-related investments and securities;
•   the availability of qualified personnel;
•   estimates relating to our ability to make distributions to our stockholders in the future;
•   our understanding of our competition; 
•   market trends in our industry, interest rates, real estate values, the debt securities markets or the general economy;
•  weakness in the national, regional and local economies, which could adversely impact consumer spending and retail sales              

and in turn tenant demand for space and could lead to increased store closings; 

•  changes in market rental rates; 
•  changes in demographics (including the number of households and average household income) surrounding our 

shopping  centers; 

•  adverse financial conditions for grocery anchors and other retail, service, medical or restaurant tenants; 
•  continued consolidation in the grocery-anchored shopping center sector; 
•  excess amount of retail space in our markets; 
•  reduction in the demand by tenants to occupy our shopping centers as a result of reduced consumer demand for certain 

retail formats; 

•  the growth of super-centers and warehouse club retailers, such as those operated by Wal-Mart and Costco, and their 

adverse effect on traditional grocery chains; 

•  the entry of new market participants into the food sales business, such as Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods,  the 

growth of online food delivery services and online supermarket retailers and their collective adverse effect on 
traditional grocery chains;

•  our ability to aggregate a critical mass of grocery-anchored shopping centers;
•  the impact of an increase in energy costs on consumers and its consequential effect on the number of shopping visits to 

our centers; and 

•  consequences of any armed conflict involving, or terrorist attack against, the United States. 

Forward-looking statements are found throughout this "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition 
and Results of Operations" and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The reader should not place undue reliance on 
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. Except as required under the federal securities laws 
and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, we do not have any intention or obligation to 
publicly release any revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect unforeseen or other events after the date of this report. The 
forward-looking statements should be read in light of the risk factors indicated in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Item 1A 
of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and as may be supplemented by any amendments to 
our risk factors in our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and other reports filed with the SEC, which are accessible on 
the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

General 

The following discussion and analysis provides information that we believe is relevant to an assessment and understanding 
of our results of operations and financial position.  This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our consolidated 
financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. 

Industry Outlook

We believe continued, albeit potentially sporadic, improvement in the United States' economy will continue for 2020, 
given the continued job growth and improvements in the overall economy. The presidential administration certainly creates more 
uncertainty in the direction and trajectory of economic growth. We believe a growing economy, improved job market and increased 
consumer confidence should help create favorable conditions for the multifamily sector. If the economy continues to perform, we 
expect current occupancy rates generally to remain stable on an annual basis as we believe the current level of occupancy nationwide 
will be difficult to measurably improve upon.

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Multifamily Communities

                The pipeline of new multifamily construction, although increasing nationwide in recent years, may be showing signs 
of declining going forward, or at least plateauing. The new supply coming on line to date has been generally in line with demand 
in most of our markets although we have seen some areas where demand is falling short of new supply. Nationally, new multifamily 
construction is currently at or above average historical levels in most markets. Even with the increase in new supply of multifamily 
properties, recent job growth and demographic trends have led to reasonable levels of absorption in most of our markets. The 
absorption rate has led to generally stable occupancy rates with increases in rental rates in most of our markets. We believe the 
supply of new multifamily construction will not increase dramatically as the constraints in the market (including availability of 
quality sites and the difficult permitting and entitlement process) will constrain further increases in multifamily supply. We expect 
that new supply is at or near a peak and these constraints may result in a leveling out or decline in new multifamily “starts” in 
2019 and 2020. As an offset, the presidential administration may loosen banking regulation standards, which could cause an increase 
in  available  capital  for  new  construction. Any  relaxing  of  these  regulations  could  lead  to  more  capital  for  new  multifamily 
development and an increase in supply. The cost of private capital, less debt capital available from traditional commercial banks 
for real estate loans and a softening of the market in some “Gateway” cities have all put pressure on the pricing dynamic in 
multifamily transactions. This could lead to an increase in capitalization rates and a softening price environment, and if this were 
to occur, then our pipeline of candidate multifamily property acquisitions with returns meeting our investment objectives may 
expand. However, it is important to note that, currently, equity capital for multifamily product remains available and has fueled 
the demand for the product which has led to the recent cap rate compression. Currently, that availability of capital remains strong 
and the investment market for multifamily remains popular.

               The  recent  declines  in  U.S. Treasury  yields  combined  with  competitive  lender  spreads  have  maintained  a  favorable 
borrowing environment for multifamily owners and developers. Given the uncertainty around the world's financial markets, fueled 
in part by the U.S. President and how his policies may affect domestic and international markets, investors have been wary in their 
approach to debt markets. Recent US bond market movements have seen rates decline and spreads from the government-sponsored 
entity, or GSE, lenders have been relatively stable with slightly more volatility than in the recent past. Other lenders in the market 
have had generally stable spreads as well and some lenders have actually dropped spreads in our markets. During the balance of 
2020, we may well see spreads remaining at or near  current levels as the investment community becomes more comfortable with 
the direction of the market and the US economy. With the recent decrease in U.S. Treasury rates, we expect the market to continue 
to remain favorable for financing multifamily communities, as the equity and debt markets have generally continued to view the 
U.S. multifamily sector as a desirable investment. Lending by GSEs is limited by the caps on production or capital retention rates 
imposed by the Federal Housing and Finance Association.  The new caps set production levels generally in line with the agencies 
recent history.  It could be the case that the agencies new caps lead to higher lending rates in the short term as the agencies and 
the market digest the new caps.  Although we expect such higher costs to be offset by increased lending activity by other market 
participants; such other market participants may have increased costs and stricter underwriting criteria. Recently, there has been 
increased dialog from multiple sources discussing the future of the GSEs. Any change to the structure of the GSEs and their business 
model could have material impacts on the multifamily debt capital markets generally.

                We believe the combination of a difficult regulatory environment and underwriting standards for commercial banks will 
continue to create a choppy market for new construction financing. In addition, we believe the continued hesitance among many 
prospective homebuyers to believe the net benefits of home ownership are greater than the benefit of the flexibility offered through 
renting will continue to work in the existing multifamily sector's favor. We also believe there will be a continued boost to demand 
for multifamily rental housing due to the ongoing entry of the “millennial” generation, the sons and daughters of the babyboom 
generation, into the workforce. This generation has a higher statistical propensity to rent their home and stay a renter deeper into 
their life-cycle, resulting in an increase in demand for rental housing. This combination of factors should generally result in gradual 
increases in market rents, lower concessions and opportunities for increases in ancillary fee income.

Student Housing Properties

Regarding the student housing industry, the Fall 2019 preleasing numbers were very consistent with last year, which is 
encouraging considering the roughly 10% increase in anticipated supply this year. Industry reports suggest that nationally, effective 
rents were up 1.7% as of June, slightly higher than 2018’s growth. The top 10 universities for rent growth are all experiencing 
growth over 5%, however, nearly all of them have seen little to no new supply as of late. Over the past four years, national occupancy 
levels have stayed fairly consistent at approximately 95%. There were roughly 48,000 student housing beds delivered across the 
country in the fall of 2019, with a similar forecast for fall of 2020 delivery. This inventory growth, while greater than the two 
previous years, remains in line with recent levels.

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Industry reports estimate that there will be approximately 22.6 million students enrolled at US colleges by 2026. Industry 
reports also forecast US enrollment to grow by 1.1% annually from 2018 to 2023, while they estimate that undergraduate college 
enrollment will grow by an annual average of 1.5% over the next six years. We believe that the primary drivers of expanding 
enrollment will be moderate job growth, positive 18 to 24 year old population growth, and historically high enrollment rates of 
68% to 70% over the next four years among high school graduates.

New Market Properties

               We believe that the grocery-anchored shopping center sector benefits from many of the same improving metrics as the
multifamily sector, namely improved economy and job and wage growth. More specifically, the types of centers we own and plan 
to acquire are primarily occupied by grocery stores, service uses, fitness centers, medical providers and restaurants. We believe 
that these businesses are significantly less impacted by e-commerce than some other retail businesses, and that grocery anchors 
typically generate repeat trips to the center. We expect that current macroeconomic conditions, coupled with continued population 
growth in the suburban markets where our retail properties are located, will create favorable conditions for grocery shopping and 
other uses provided by grocery-anchored shopping centers. With moderate supply growth following a period of historically low 
retail construction starts, we believe our centers, which are all generally located in Sun Belt and Mid-Atlantic markets, are well 
positioned to have solid operating fundamentals.

                 The  debt  market  for  our  grocery-anchored  shopping  center  assets  remains  strong.  Life  insurance  companies  have 
continued to demonstrate a specific interest in our strategy and we continue to see new participants in the market. In addition, due 
to some investor concern over retail in general, that allocation of capital into retail has been largely focused away from other retail 
product types and into the grocery-anchored sector. The result of this is that increased capital flows moving into the grocery-
anchored sector has investors willing to accept lower yields to do so, thus putting upward pressure on prices for attractive acquisition 
opportunities inside our Sunbelt and Mid-Atlantic grocery-anchored strategy.

               Most of the growth in e-commerce around grocers is focused on “the last mile” or getting the goods in the stores to the 
homes of the customer. Some of our grocers have partnered with third parties (Publix and Kroger with Instacart) or formulated 
internal solutions (Walmart/in-store pickup and Kroger Pickup) to help advance this segment of their business and to increase 
customer convenience and promote brand loyalty. We believe that the traditional grocers must be proactive in pursuing on-line 
solutions in combination with their bricks and mortar physical stores and we have seen our primary grocery store anchors, Publix 
and Kroger, react quickly and aggressively to bolster their e-commerce and delivery options, an example being Kroger's acquisition 
of an interest in Ocado, a UK-based company that is the world's largest dedicated online grocery retailer that has developed a 
proprietary end-to-end operating solution for online grocery retail. We do believe that there will continue to be margin pressure 
on grocers and this will likely accelerate the difficulties of the weaker grocery chains. Furthermore, this could lead to increased 
mergers and acquisitions activity in the grocery sector which could also result in store closings or store downsizings due to store 
trade area overlap.

Preferred Office Properties

                The office investment market continues to post healthy fundamentals across our current and target footprint, where we 
are primarily focused on high growth, non-“Gateway” markets. Due to banking reforms and conservative behavior among market 
participants, this cycle has been characterized by an historically low level of speculative office construction which is supporting 
continued good performance.

Critical Accounting Policies

Below is a discussion of the accounting policies that management believes are critical.  We consider these policies critical 
because they involve significant management judgments, assumptions and estimates about matters that are inherently uncertain 
and because they are important for understanding and evaluating our reported financial results.  These judgments affect the reported 
amounts of assets and liabilities and our disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and 
the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. With different estimates or assumptions, materially 
different amounts could be reported in our financial statements.  Additionally, other companies may utilize different estimates that 
may impact the comparability of our results of operations to those of companies in similar businesses.

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  Real Estate

Cost Capitalization.  Investments in real estate properties are carried at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method 
over the estimated useful lives of 30 to 50 years for buildings, 5 to 20 years for building and land improvements and 5 to 10 years 
for computers, furniture, fixtures and equipment. Acquisition costs are generally expensed as incurred for transactions that are 
deemed to be business combinations. Accounting Standards Update 2017-01 ("ASU 2017-01"), which was released in January 
2017, clarifies the definition of a business and provides further guidance for evaluating whether a transaction will be accounted 
for as an acquisition of an asset or a business. We adopted ASU 2017-01 as of January 1, 2017 and believe our future acquisitions 
of multifamily communities, office buildings, grocery-anchored shopping centers, and student housing communities will generally 
qualify as asset acquisitions. Pursuant to ASU 2017-01, certain qualifying acquisition costs will be capitalized and amortized rather 
than expensed as incurred. 

Repairs, maintenance and resident turnover costs are charged to expense as incurred and significant replacements and 
betterments are capitalized and depreciated over the items' estimated useful lives. Repairs, maintenance and resident turnover costs 
include all costs that do not extend the useful life of the real estate property.  We consider the period of future benefit of an asset 
to determine its appropriate useful life.

Real Estate Acquisition Valuation.  We generally recorded the acquisition of income-producing real estate as a business 
combination. In conjunction with our adoption of ASU 2017-01, future acquisitions will require judgment to properly classify 
these acquisitions as asset acquisitions or business acquisitions. 

All assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured at their acquisition-date fair values. 

We assess the acquisition-date fair values of all tangible assets, identifiable intangibles and assumed liabilities using 
methods similar to those used by independent appraisers (e.g., discounted cash flow analysis) and that utilize appropriate discount 
and/or capitalization rates and available market information. Estimates of future cash flows are based on a number of factors,  
including historical operating results, known and anticipated trends and market and economic conditions. The fair value of tangible 
assets of an acquired property considers the value of the property as if it were vacant.

We record above-market and below-market in-place lease values for acquired properties based on the difference between 
(i) the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (ii) management’s estimate of fair market lease rates for 
the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to the remaining average non-cancelable term of the leases.  We 
amortize any recorded above-market or below-market lease values as a reduction or increase, respectively, to rental income over 
the remaining average non-cancelable term of the respective leases. The capitalized above-market leases and in place leases are 
included in the acquired intangible assets line of the consolidated balance sheets. Both above-market and below-market lease 
values are amortized as adjustments to rental revenue over the remaining term of the respective leases for office properties. The 
amortization period for retail shopping center leases is the remaining lease term plus any below market probable renewal options. 

Intangible assets include the value of in-place leases, which represents the estimated value of the net cash flows of the 
in-place leases to be realized, as compared to the net cash flows that would have occurred had the property been vacant at the time 
of acquisition and subject to lease-up. These estimates include estimated carrying costs, such as real estate taxes, insurance and 
other operating expenses and estimates of lost rentals at market rates during the hypothetical expected lease-up periods. 

The fair values of in-place leases for retail shopping centers and office properties represent the value of direct costs 
associated with leasing, including opportunity costs associated with lost rentals that are avoided by acquiring in-place leases. Direct 
costs associated with obtaining a new tenant include commissions, legal and marketing costs, incentives such as tenant improvement 
allowances and other direct costs. Such direct costs are estimated based on our consideration of current market costs to execute a 
similar lease. The value of opportunity costs is estimated using the estimated market lease rates and the estimated absorption period 
of the space. These direct costs and opportunity costs are included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as acquired 
intangible assets and are amortized to expense over the remaining term of the respective leases. The fair values of above-market 
and below-market in-place leases for retail shopping centers and office properties are recorded based on the present value (using 
an interest rate which reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between (i) the contractual amounts 
to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and (ii) our estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, 
measured over a period equal to the remaining term of the leases, taking into consideration the probability of renewals for any 
below-market leases.  Acquired in-place lease values for multifamily communities and student housing communities are amortized 
to operating expense over the average remaining non-cancelable term of the respective in-place leases.

Estimating  the  fair  values  of  the  tangible  assets,  identifiable  intangibles  and  assumed  liabilities  requires  us  to  make 
significant assumptions to estimate market lease rates, property-operating expenses, carrying costs during lease-up periods, discount 
rates, market absorption periods, the number of years the property will be held for investment and market interest rates. The use 

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of different assumptions would result in variations of the values of our acquired tangible assets, identifiable intangibles and assumed 
liabilities, which would impact their subsequent amortization and ultimately our net income.

Impairment of Real Estate and Related Intangible Assets.  We monitor events and changes in circumstances that could 
indicate that the carrying amounts of our real estate and related intangible assets may not be recoverable or realized. When conditions 
suggest that an asset group may be impaired, we compare its carrying value to its estimated undiscounted future cash flows, 
including proceeds from its eventual disposition. If, based on this analysis, we do not believe that we will be able to recover the 
carrying value of an asset group, we record an impairment to the extent that the carrying value exceeds the estimated fair value of 
the asset group. Fair market value is determined based on a discounted cash flow analysis. This analysis requires us to use future 
estimates of net operating income, expected hold period, capitalization rates and discount rates. The use of different assumptions 
would result in variations of the values of the assets which could impact the amount of our net income and our assets on our balance 
sheet.

Real Estate Loans 

We extend loans for purposes such as to to acquire land and to provide partial financing for the development of multifamily 
residential communities, student housing communities, grocery-anchored shopping centers and office properties and for other real 
estate or real estate related projects. Certain of these loans we extend include characteristics such as exclusive options to purchase 
the project within a specific time window following expected project completion and stabilization. These characteristics can cause 
the loans to contain variable interests and the potential of consolidation of the underlying project as a variable interest entity, or 
VIE. We consider the facts and circumstances pertinent to each loan, including the relative amount of financing we are contributing 
to the overall project cost, decision making rights or control we hold and our rights to expected residual gains or our obligations 
to absorb expected residual losses from the project. If we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary of a VIE due to holding a 
controlling financial interest, the majority of decision making control, or by other means, consolidation of the VIE would be 
required. Arriving  at  these  conclusions  requires  us  to  make  significant  assumptions  and  judgments  concerning  each  project, 
especially  with  regard  to  our  estimates  of  future  market  capitalization  rates  and  property  net  operating  income  projections. 
Additionally, we analyze each loan arrangement and utilize these same assumptions and judgments for consideration of whether 
the loan qualifies for accounting as a loan or as an investment in a real estate development project. 

Loan loss allowances

We evaluate each real estate loan investment for impairment at least quarterly. Impairment occurs when it is deemed 
probable that we will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan. If a loan is considered 
to be impaired, we record a loan loss allowance to reduce the carrying value of the loan to the present value of expected future 
cash flows discounted at the loan’s contractual effective rate or the fair value of the collateral, if repayment is expected solely via 
liquidation of the collateral.

Our loans are collateralized by real estate development projects and secured further by guaranties of repayment from one 
or more of the borrowers. As a result, we regularly evaluate the extent and impact of any credit deterioration associated with the 
performance and/or value of the underlying collateral property, as well as the financial and operating capability of the borrower. 
Specifically, a property’s operating results and any cash reserves are analyzed and used to assess (i) whether cash from operations 
is sufficient to cover the debt service requirements currently and into the future, (ii) the ability of the borrower to refinance the 
loan, and/or (iii) the property’s liquidation value. We also evaluate the financial wherewithal of any loan guarantors as well as the 
borrower’s competency in managing and operating the properties. In addition, we consider the overall economic environment, 
real  estate  sector,  and  geographic  sub market  in  which  the  borrower  operates.  Such  impairment  analyses  are  completed  and 
reviewed by asset management and finance personnel, who utilize various data sources, including periodic financial data such as 
property operating statements, occupancy, tenant profile, rental rates, operating expenses, the borrower’s exit plan, and capitalization 
and discount rates and site inspections.

Revenue Recognition

We generally lease apartment units under leases with terms of thirteen months or less. We generally lease retail properties 
and office building suites for rental terms of several years. Rental revenue, net of concessions, is recognized on a straight-line 
basis over the term of the lease. Differences from the straight-line method, which recognize the effect of any up-front concessions 
and other adjustments ratably over the lease term, are recorded in the appropriate period, to the extent that adjustments to the 
straight-line method are material. 

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Revenue from reimbursements of retail and office building tenants' share of real estate taxes, insurance and common area 
maintenance, or CAM, costs are recognized as the respective costs are incurred in accordance with the lease agreements. We 
estimate the collectability of the receivable related to rental and reimbursement billings due from tenants and straight-line rent 
receivables, which represent the cumulative amount of future adjustments necessary to present rental income on a straight-line 
basis,  by  taking  into  consideration  our  historical  write-off  experience,  tenant  credit-worthiness,  current  economic  trends,  and 
remaining lease terms.

The Company recognizes gains on sales of real estate based on the difference between the consideration received and 
the carrying amount of the distinct asset, including the carrying amount of any liabilities relieved or assumed by the purchasing 
counterparty and net of disposition expenses.

Other income, including interest earned on our cash, is recognized as it is earned. We recognize interest income on real 
estate loans on an accrual basis over the life of the loan. Loan origination fees received from borrowers as an incentive to extend 
the real estate loans (excluding the amounts paid to the Manager), are amortized over the life of the loan as an additive adjustment 
to interest income using the effective interest method. We stop accruing interest on loans when circumstances indicate that it is 
probable that the ultimate collection of all principal and interest due according to the loan agreement will not be realized, which 
is generally a delinquency of 30 days in required payments of interest or principal. Any payments received on such non-accrual 
loans are recorded as interest income or as a reduction of principal, depending upon the circumstances, when the payments are 
received.  Interest accrual on real estate loan investments is resumed once interest and principal payments become current. 

New Accounting Pronouncements

For a discussion of our adoption of new accounting pronouncements, please see Note 2 of our Consolidated Financial Statements.

Results of Operations 

Certain financial highlights of our results of operations for the three-month periods and years ended December 31, 2019 and 

2018 were: 

Three months ended December 31,

Years ended December 31,

2019

2018

% change

2019

2018

% change

Revenues (in thousands)

Per share data:

Net income (loss) (1)

FFO (2) (A)

AFFO (2)

Dividends (3)

$

$

$

$

$

124,866

$

106,280

17.5 %

(0.71) $

0.31

0.35

0.2625

$

$

$

0.06

0.38

0.48

0.26

—

(18.4)%

(27.1)%

1.0 %

$

$

$

$

$

470,427

$

397,271

18.4 %

(2.73) $

(1.08)

152.8 %

1.37

1.02

1.0475

$

$

$

1.41

1.33

1.02

(2.8)%

(23.3)%

2.7 %

(A) FFO includes due diligence and pursuit costs related to the Internalization of our Manager of approximately $1.8 million and $3.0 
million for the three months and year ended December 31, 2019, respectively. Excluding these costs, our FFO would have been $0.35 
and $1.44 for these periods.

(1) Per weighted average share of Common Stock outstanding for the periods indicated. 
(2) FFO and AFFO results are presented per weighted average share of Common Stock and Class A Unit in our Operating Partnership outstanding 
for the periods indicated. See Reconciliations of FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders and AFFO to Net Income (Loss) 
Attributable to Common Stockholders and Definitions of Non-GAAP Measures later in this section.
(3)  Per share of Common Stock and Class A Unit outstanding.

•  For the fourth quarter 2019, our FFO payout ratio to Common Stockholders and Unitholders was approximately 84.4% and our 
FFO payout ratio (before the deduction of preferred dividends) to our preferred stockholders was approximately 68.0%. Excluding 
costs related to the Internalization of our Manager, these respective ratios were 75.0% and 65.4%.(A)

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•  Our AFFO payout ratio to Common Stockholders and Unitholders was approximately 74.9% for the fourth quarter 2019 and 103.7%
for the year ended December 31, 2019. Our AFFO payout ratio (before the deduction of preferred dividends) to our preferred 
stockholders was approximately 65.4% for the fourth quarter 2019 and 71.2% for the year ended December 31, 2019.  (B) We have 
approximately $25.8 million of accrued but not yet paid interest revenues on our real estate loan investment portfolio.

•  At December 31, 2019, the market value of our common stock was $13.32 per share. A hypothetical investment in our Common 
Stock in our initial public offering on April 5, 2011, assuming the reinvestment of all dividends and no transaction costs, would 
have resulted in an average annual return of approximately 15.2% through December 31, 2019. 

•  As of December 31, 2019, the average age of our multifamily communities was approximately 5.7 years, which is the youngest in 

the public multifamily REIT industry.

•  As  of  December  31,  2019,  approximately  93.2%  of  our  permanent  property-level  mortgage  debt  has  fixed  interest  rates  and 
approximately 3.8% has variable interest rates which are capped. We believe we are well protected against potential increases in 
market interest rates.  

•  On December 10 and December 17, 2019, we sold our investments in the ML-04 and ML-05 tranches of the Freddie Mac K Program, 

respectively, for a combined $26.6 million, realizing a combined gain of approximately $1.6 million. 

•  As of December 31, 2019, our total assets were approximately $4.8 billion compared to approximately $4.4 billion as of December 
31, 2018, an increase of approximately $360 million, or approximately 8.2%. This growth reflected the acquisition of 13 real estate 
properties during 2019, partially offset by the sale of our Freddie Mac K program investments in December 2019 and the resulting 
deconsolidation of the associated VIE mortgage pool assets. Excluding the VIE mortgage pool assets from other participants in the 
K Program, our total assets grew approximately $624.5 million, or 15.1% since December 31, 2018.

•  On October 17, 2019, we obtained a new fixed-rate mortgage on our Five Oaks at Westchase multifamily community of approximately 

$31.5 million, which matures on November 1, 2031 and bears interest of 3.27% per annum. 

•  At December 31, 2019, our leverage, as measured by the ratio of our debt to the undepreciated book value of our total assets, was 

approximately 51.6%. 

•  On May 24, 2019, we entered into a purchase and sale agreement to sell six of our student housing properties to a third party. On 
June 28, 2019, this agreement was terminated and we recorded revenue from a forfeited earnest money deposit of $1.0 million. A 
new purchase and sale agreement was entered into for the same six student housing properties plus a real estate loan investment 
supporting yet another student housing property on July 29, 2019. On December 9, 2019, the agreement was amended to change 
the closing date to March 20, 2020 and resulted in another $1.0 million deposit forfeiture by the prospective purchaser.

•  On October 11, 2019, we closed on a real estate loan investment of up to $10.9 million in connection with the development of 

Vintage Horizon West, a 340-unit multifamily community to be located in Orlando, Florida.

(A) We calculate the FFO payout ratio to Common Stockholders as the ratio of Common Stock dividends and distributions to FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders 
and Unitholders. We calculate the FFO payout ratio to preferred stockholders as the ratio of Preferred Stock dividends to the sum of Preferred Stock dividends and 
FFO. Since our operations resulted in a net loss from continuing operations for the periods presented, a payout ratio based on net loss is not calculable.  See Definitions 
of Non-GAAP Measures.

(B) We calculate the AFFO payout ratio to Common Stockholders as the ratio of Common Stock dividends and distributions to AFFO. We calculate the AFFO payout 
ratio to preferred stockholders as the ratio of Preferred Stock dividends to the sum of Preferred Stock dividends and AFFO. 

Real Estate Loan Investments

Certain real estate loan investments include limited purchase options and additional amounts of accrued interest, which 
becomes due in cash to us on the earliest to occur of: (i) the maturity of the loan, (ii) any uncured event of default as defined in the 
associated loan agreement, (iii) the sale of the project or the refinancing of the loan (other than a refinancing loan by us or one of our 
affiliates) and (iv) any other repayment of the loan. There are no contingent events that are necessary to occur for us to realize the 
additional interest amounts. We hold options, but not obligations, to purchase certain of the properties which are partially financed 
by our real estate loans, as shown in the table below. The option purchase prices are negotiated at the time of the loan closing and are 
to be calculated based upon market cap rates at the time of exercise of the purchase option, with discounts up to 15 basis points (if 
any), depending on the loan. 

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As of December 31, 2019, potential property acquisitions and units from projects in our real estate loan investment portfolio consisted 
of:

Project/Property

Location

Multifamily communities:

Falls at Forsyth
V & Three
The Anson
Southpoint
E-Town
Vintage
Hidden River II
Vintage Horizon West

Atlanta, GA
Charlotte, NC
Nashville, TN
Fredericksburg, VA
Jacksonville, FL
Destin, FL
Tampa, FL
Orlando, FL

Student housing properties:

Solis Kennesaw II

Atlanta, GA

Office property:

8West

Atlanta, GA

Total units
upon
completion (1)

Purchase option window

Begin

End

S + 90 days (2)
S + 90 days (2)
S + 90 days (2)
S + 90 days (2)
S + 90 days (3)
(4)

S + 90 days (2)
(4)

S + 150 days (2)
S + 150 days (2)
S + 150 days (2)
S + 150 days (2)
S + 150 days (3)
(4)

S + 150 days (2)
(4)

(5)

(6)

(5)

(6)

356
338
301
240
332
282
204
340

175

(6)

2,568

(1) We evaluate each project individually and we make no assurance that we will acquire any of the underlying properties from 
our real estate loan investment portfolio. The purchase options held by us on the 464 Bishop, Haven Charlotte, Sanibel Straights, 
Wiregrass, Newbergh, Cameron Square and Solis Kennesaw projects were terminated, in exchange for an aggregate $14.0 million 
in termination fees from the developers, net of amounts due to third party loan participants. 
(2) The option period window begins and ends at the number of days indicated beyond the achievement of a 93% physical occupancy 
rate by the underlying property.

(3) The option period window begins on the earlier of June 21, 2024 and the number of days indicated beyond the achievement 
of a 93% physical occupancy rate by the underlying property.
(4) The option period window begins on the later of one year following receipt of final certificate of occupancy or 90 days  beyond 
the achievement of a 93% physical occupancy rate by the underlying property and ends 60 days beyond the option period beginning 
date.

(5) The option period begins on October 1 of the second academic year following project completion and ends on the following 
December 31. The developer may elect to expedite the option period to begin December 1, 2020 and end on December 31, 2020.

(6) The project plans are for the construction of a class A office building consisting of approximately 192,000 rentable square feet; 
our purchase option window opens 90 days following the achievement of 90% lease commencement and ends on November 30, 
2024 (subject to adjustment). Our purchase option is at the to-be-agreed-upon market value. In the event the property is sold to 
a third party, we would be due a fee based on a minimum multiple of 1.15 times the total commitment amount of the real estate 
loan investment, less the amounts actually paid by the borrower, up to and including payment of accrued interest and repayment 
of principal at the time of the sale.

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Years ended December 31, 2019 compared to 2018

The following discussion and tabular presentations highlight the major drivers behind the line item changes in our results of 

operations for the years ended December 31, 2019 versus 2018:

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.

Years ended December 31,

Change inc (dec)

2019

2018

Amount

Percentage

Revenues:

Rental revenues

Other property revenues

Interest income on loans and notes receivable

Interest income from related parties

Miscellaneous revenues

Total revenues

Operating expenses:

Property operating and maintenance

Property salary and benefits

Property management fees

Real estate taxes

General and administrative

Equity compensation to directors and executives

$

395,121

$

323,252

$

11,795

49,542

11,946

2,023

8,213

50,190

15,616

—

470,427

397,271

52,911

20,693

13,981

50,298

8,541

1,223

44,065

17,766

11,681

42,035

8,224

1,703

71,869

3,582

(648)

(3,670)

2,023

73,156

8,846

2,927

2,300

8,263

317

(480)

Depreciation and amortization

185,065

171,136

13,929

22.2 %

43.6 %

(1.3)%

(23.5)%

—

18.4 %

20.1 %

16.5 %

19.7 %

19.7 %

3.9 %

(28.2)%

8.1 %

21.7 %

(19.5)%

91.0 %

Asset management and general and administrative

 expense fees to related parties

Loan loss allowance

Insurance, professional fees and other expenses

Total operating expenses
Waived asset management and general and administrative

expense fees

Net operating expenses
Operating income before gains on sales of
   real estate and trading investments
Gain on sale of real estate and trading investment
Operating income

Interest expense

Change in fair value of net assets of consolidated

VIE from mortgage-backed pool

(Loss) on debt extinguishment

Gains on sale of real estate loan investment and land condemnation

Net (loss) income
Consolidated net loss (income) attributable to non-controlling
interests

33,516

2,038

13,687

27,541

2,533

7,166

5,975

(495)

6,521

381,953

333,850

48,103

14.4 %

(6,656)

327,194

70,077
69,705
139,782

95,564

320

—

—

(11,764)

370,189

100,238
1,567
101,805

111,964

1,831

(84)

954

(7,458)

214

(5,108)

42,995

30,161
(68,138)
(37,977)

16,400

76.7 %

13.1 %

43.0 %
(97.8)%
(27.2)%

17.2 %

1,511

472.2 %

(84)

954

—

—

—

—

—

44,538

(51,996)

(1,071)

1,285

Net (loss) income attributable to the Company

$

(7,244) $

43,467

$

(50,711)

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New Market Properties, LLC

Our New Market Properties, LLC business consists of our portfolio of grocery-anchored shopping centers and our Dawson 
Marketplace real estate loan supporting a shopping center in the Atlanta, Georgia market. Comparative statements of operations of 
New Market Properties, LLC for the year ended December 31, 2019 versus 2018 are presented below. These statements of operations 
include no allocations of corporate overhead or other expenses.

New Market Properties, LLC

Years ended December 31,

Change inc (dec)

2019

2018

Amount

Percentage

$

94,064

$

74,519

$

19,545

Revenues:

Rental revenues

Other property revenues

Interest income on notes receivable

Total revenues

Operating expenses:

Property operating and maintenance

Property management fees

Real estate taxes

General and administrative

Equity compensation to directors and executives

Depreciation and amortization

Asset management and general and administrative

 expense fees to related parties

Insurance, professional fees and other expenses

Total operating expenses
Waived asset management and general and administrative

expense fees

Net operating expenses

Operating income
Interest expense

Loss on extinguishment of debt

Net income (loss)

564

1,761

96,389

10,113

3,318

11,602

1,081

70

44,786

7,242

1,772

79,984

(382)

79,602

16,787
24,566

68

(7,847)

713

2,011

77,243

8,571

2,741

9,296

924

149

39,269

5,743

1,126

67,819

(375)

67,444

9,799
19,188

—

(9,389)

(149)

(250)

19,146

1,542

577

2,306

157

(79)

5,517

1,499

646

12,165

(7)

12,158

6,988
5,378

68

1,542

(55)

1,597

26.2 %

(20.9)%

(12.4)%

24.8 %

18.0 %

21.1 %

24.8 %

17.0 %

(53.0)%

14.0 %

26.1 %

57.4 %

17.9 %

—

18.0 %

71.3 %
28.0 %

—

(16.4)%

—

(17.0)%

Consolidated net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling

interests

(55)

—

Net income (loss) attributable to the Company

$

(7,792) $

(9,389) $

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Recent acquisitions

Our acquisitions (net of dispositions) of real estate assets since January 1, 2018 were generally the primary drivers behind our increases 
in rental and property revenues and property operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2019 versus 2018.

Real estate assets acquired

Acquisition
date

Property

Location

Units

Beds

Leasable
square feet

1/9/2018
2/28/2018
9/27/2018
11/9/2018
11/15/2018
8/8/2019
9/18/2019

4/27/2018
4/27/2018
6/26/2018
6/29/2018
7/6/2018
12/21/2018
1/17/2019
5/28/2019
6/12/2019
6/12/2019
8/16/2019
11/14/2019
12/19/2019

5/10/2018
5/31/2018
6/27/2018
3/27/2019

1/29/2018
7/31/2018
12/20/2018
7/25/2019
7/31/2019
12/20/2019

Multifamily communities:

The Lux at Sorrel
Green Park
The Lodge at Hidden River
Vestavia Reserve
CityPark View South (1)
Artisan at Viera
Five Oaks at Westchase

New Market Properties:

Greensboro Village
Governors Towne Square
Neapolitan Way
Conway Plaza
Brawley Commons
Hollymead Town Center
Gayton Crossing
Free State Shopping Center
Disston Plaza
Polo Grounds Mall
Fairfield Shopping Center (2)
Berry Town Center
Hanover Shopping Center (2)

Student housing properties:

The Tradition
The Retreat at Orlando
The Bloc
Haven49

Preferred Office Properties:

Armour Yards
150 Fayetteville
Capitol Towers
CAPTRUST Tower (2)
251 Armour
Morrocroft Centre (2)

Jacksonville, FL
Atlanta, GA
Tampa, FL
Birmingham, AL
Charlotte, NC
Melbourne, FL
Tampa, FL

Nashville, TN
Atlanta, GA
Naples, FL
Orlando, FL
Charlotte, NC
Charlottesville, VA
Richmond, VA
Washington, D.C.
Tampa - St. Petersburg, FL
West Palm Beach, FL
Virginia Beach, VA
Orlando, FL
Wilmington, NC

College Station, TX
Orlando, FL
Lubbock, TX
Charlotte, NC

Atlanta, GA
Raleigh, NC
Charlotte, NC
Raleigh, NC
Atlanta, GA
Charlotte, NC

265
310
300
272
200
259
218

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

427
221
140
322

808
894
556
887

-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-

70,203
68,658
137,580
117,705
122,028
158,807
158,316
264,152
129,150
130,285
231,829
99,441
305,346

-
-
-
-

187,000
560,000
479,000
300,000
35,000
291,000

(1) CityPark View South is a second phase of an existing property, and shares a leasing office with the original phase. Therefore, it is not 
counted as a separate property.
(2) Property is owned through a consolidated joint venture.

2,934

3,145

3,845,500

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Real estate assets sold

Disposition
date

3/20/2018
9/28/2018
10/23/2018
12/11/2018

Property

Location

Units

Lake Cameron
Stone Rise
Stoneridge Farms at the Hunt Club
McNeil Ranch

Raleigh, NC
Philadelphia, PA
Nashville, TN
Austin, TX

328
216
364
192

Rental Revenues

Rental revenue increased due primarily to properties acquired since January 1, 2018, as shown in the following table:

(dollar amounts in thousands)
Rental revenues

Years ended December 31,
2018
2019

Years ended December 31,
2019 versus 2018
Increase (decrease)

Amount

Percent

Properties acquired since January 1, 2018
Properties sold since January 1, 2018
Properties acquired in 2011 - 2017

Total

$

$

$

119,262
—
275,859

$

38,010
10,808
274,434

81,252
(10,808)
1,425

395,121

$

323,252

$

71,869

113.1 %
(15.1)%
2.0 %

100.0 %

Increases in occupancy rates and in percentages of leased space and rent growth are the primary drivers of increases in rental 
revenue from our owned properties. Factors which we believe affect market rents include vacant unit inventory in local markets, local 
and national economic growth and resultant employment stability, income levels and growth, the ease of obtaining credit for home 
purchases, and changes in demand due to consumer confidence in the above factors.

We also collect revenue from residents and tenants for items such as utilities, application fees, lease termination fees, common 
area maintenance reimbursements and late charges. The increases in these other property revenues for the year ended December 31, 
2019 versus 2018 were primarily due to the acquisitions listed above, an approximate $1.3 million increase in lease termination 
revenues. 

Interest income from our real estate loan investments decreased for the year ended December 31, 2019 versus 2018. Although 
the  principal  amount  outstanding  on  our  portfolio  of  real  estate  loan  investments  increased  to  approximately  $352.6  million  at 
December 31, 2019 from $336.3 million at December 31, 2018, interest revenue decreased due to the repayment or settlement of 
fully-drawn, larger balance loans early in 2019.

We recorded interest income and other revenue from these instruments as presented in Note 4 to the Company's Consolidated 

Financial Statements. 

Miscellaneous revenues for the year ended December 31, 2019 consisted primarily of forfeited earnest money deposits from  

prospective purchasers of six of our student housing properties.

Property operating and maintenance expense

Expenses to operate and maintain our properties increased due primarily to properties acquired since January 1, 2018, as 
shown in the following table. The primary components of operating and maintenance expense are utilities, property repairs, and 
landscaping costs. The expenses incurred for property repairs and, to a lesser extent, utilities could generally be expected to increase 
gradually over time as the buildings and properties age. Utility costs may generally be expected to increase in future periods as rate 
increases from providing carriers are passed on to our residents and tenants.

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(dollar amounts in thousands)
Property  operating  and  maintenance 
expense

Properties acquired since January 1, 2018
Properties sold since January 1, 2018
Properties acquired in 2011 - 2017

Total

Property salary and benefits 

Years ended December 31,

Years ended December 31,
2019 versus 2018
Increase (decrease)

2019

2018

Amount

Percent

$

$

$

17,986
—
34,925

$

6,301
1,903
35,861

52,911

$

44,065

$

11,685
(1,903)
(936)

8,846

132.1 %
(21.5)%
(10.6)%

100.0 %

We  recorded  property  salary  and  benefits  expense  for  individuals  who  handle  the  on-site  management,  operations  and 
maintenance  of  our  properties. These  costs  increased  primarily  due  to  the  incremental  costs  brought  on  by  additional  personnel 
necessary to manage and operate properties acquired since January 1, 2018, as shown in the following table:

(dollar amounts in thousands)
Property salary and benefits

Years ended December 31,
2018
2019

Years ended December 31,
2019 versus 2018
Increase (decrease)

Amount

Percent

Properties acquired since January 1, 2018
Properties sold since January 1, 2018
Properties acquired in 2011 - 2017

Total

$

$

$

5,542
—
15,151

$

2,027
1,069
14,670

20,693

$

17,766

$

3,515
(1,069)
481

2,927

120.1 %
(36.5)%
16.4 %

100.0 %

Property management fees 

We paid  fees for property management services to our Manager in an amount of 4% of gross property revenues as compensation 
for  services  such  as  rental,  leasing,  operation  and  management  of  our  multifamily  communities  and  the  supervision  of  any 
subcontractors; for grocery-anchored shopping center assets, property management fees are generally 4% of gross property revenues, 
of which generally 2.0% to 2.5% is paid to a third party management company. Property management fees for office building assets 
are within the range of 2.0% to 2.75% of gross property revenues, of which 1.5% to 2.25% is paid to a third party management 
company. All property management fees paid to our Manager will cease, effective with our Internalization on January 31, 2020. The 
increases were primarily due to properties acquired since January 1, 2018, as shown in the following table:

(dollar amounts in thousands)
Property management fees

Years ended December 31,
2018
2019

Years ended December 31,
2019 versus 2018
Increase (decrease)

Amount

Percent

Properties acquired since January 1, 2018
Properties sold since January 1, 2018
Properties acquired in 2011 - 2017

Total

$

$

$

3,796
—
10,185

$

1,245
458
9,978

13,981

$

11,681

$

2,551
(458)
207

2,300

110.9 %
(19.9)%
9.0 %

100.0 %

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Real estate taxes

We are liable for property taxes due to the various counties and municipalities that levy such taxes on real property for each 
of our properties. Real estate taxes rose primarily due to the incremental costs brought on by properties acquired since January 1, 
2018, as shown in the following table:

(dollar amounts in thousands)
Real estate taxes

Years ended December 31,
2018
2019

Years ended December 31,
2019 versus 2018
Increase (decrease)

Amount

Percent

Properties acquired since January 1, 2018
Properties sold since January 1, 2018
Properties acquired in 2011 - 2017

Total

$

$

$

13,077
—
37,221

$

4,438
1,364
36,233

50,298

$

42,035

$

8,639
(1,364)
988

8,263

104.6 %
(16.6)%
12.0 %

100.0 %

We generally expect the assessed values of our properties to rise over time, owing to our expectation of improving market 

conditions, as well as pressure on municipalities to raise revenues.  

General and Administrative

The changes in general and administrative expenses occurred as shown in the following table: 

(dollar amounts in thousands)
General and administrative expense

Years ended December 31,
2018
2019

Years ended December 31,
2019 versus 2018
Increase (decrease)

Amount

Percent

Taxes, licenses and fees
Properties acquired since January 1, 2018
Properties sold since January 1, 2018
Properties acquired in 2011 - 2017

Total

$

$

$

1,919
1,881
—
4,741

$

1,575
939
243
5,467

8,541

$

8,224

$

344
942
(243)
(726)

317

108.5 %
297.2 %
(76.7)%
(229.0)%

100.0 %

Equity compensation to directors and executives

Expenses recorded for equity compensation awards decreased for the year ended December 31, 2019 versus 2018 primarily 
due to the lack of a Class B OP Unit grant for 2019. The Class B Unit grant made on January 2, 2018 was comprised of an aggregate 
256,087 Class B Units with a fair value of approximately $4.3 million.

Depreciation and amortization

The increases in depreciation and amortization for the year ended December 31, 2019 versus 2018 are primarily due to 

acquisitions made during 2019.

Asset management fees and general and administrative fees to related party

Monthly asset management fees were equal to one-twelfth of 0.50% of the total book value of assets, as adjusted. General 
and administrative expense fees were equal to 2% of the monthly gross revenues of the Company. Both were calculated as prescribed 
by the Management Agreement and were paid monthly to our Manager. These fees rose primarily due to the incremental assets and 
revenues brought on by acquired office buildings, grocery-anchored shopping centers, student housing properties and multifamily 
communities listed previously. Effective with the closing of our Internalization transaction on January 31, 2020, fees to the former 
manager will no longer be incurred.

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Insurance, professional fees and other expenses

The increases consisted of:

(dollar amounts in thousands)

Audit and tax fees
Insurance premiums and claims
Board of directors fees
Legal fees
Internalization costs
Other professional fees

Total

$

$

Years ended December 31,
2018

2019

Years ended December 31,
2019 versus 2018
Increase (decrease)

Amount

Percent

$

1,672
7,020
163
1,308
2,988
536

$

1,464
4,851
170
424
—
257

13,687

$

7,166

$

208
2,169
(7)
884
2,988
279

6,521

3.2 %
33.3 %
(0.2)%
13.6 %
45.8 %
4.3 %

100.0 %

Waived asset management and general and administrative expense fees

The Manager waived some of the asset management, property management, or general and administrative fees for properties 

owned by the Company. The waived fees were forfeited in connection with the Internalization transaction.

Interest expense

The increases consisted of:

(dollar amounts in thousands)
Interest expense

Years ended December 31,
2018
2019

Properties acquired since January 1, 2018
Properties sold since January 1, 2018
Properties acquired in 2011 - 2017
KeyBank operating LOC and Term Notes
Loan participants

Total

$

$

$

36,813
—
73,077
1,964
110

$

12,189
1,856
74,810
4,278
2,431

111,964

$

95,564

$

Years ended December 31,
2019 versus 2018
Increase (decrease)

Amount

Percent

24,624
(1,856)
(1,733)
(2,314)
(2,321)

16,400

150.1 %
(11.3)%
(10.5)%
(14.1)%
(14.2)%

100.0 %

 See the sections entitled Contractual Obligations and Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

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Years ended December 31, 2018 compared to 2017

Please refer to Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, that was filed on March 1, 
2019 for a discussion and tabular presentations highlighting the major drivers behind the line item changes in our results of operations 
for the years ended December 31, 2018 versus 2017.

Definitions of Non-GAAP Measures 

We disclose FFO and AFFO, each of which meet the definition of a “non-GAAP financial measure”, as set forth in Item 
10(e) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC. As a result we are required to include in this filing a statement of why the Company 
believes that presentation of these measures provides useful information to investors. None of FFO and AFFO should be considered 
as an alternative to net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) as an indication of our performance, and we believe that to 
understand our performance further FFO and AFFO should be compared with our reported net income or net loss and considered in 
addition to cash flows in accordance with GAAP, as presented in our consolidated financial statements. FFO and AFFO are not 
considered measures of liquidity and are not alternatives to measures calculated under GAAP.

Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders (“FFO”) 

FFO is one of the most commonly utilized Non-GAAP measures currently in practice. In its 2002 “White Paper on Funds 
From Operations,” which was restated in 2018, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, standardized 
the definition of how Net income/loss should be adjusted to arrive at FFO, in the interests of uniformity and comparability. We have 
adopted the NAREIT definition for computing FFO as a meaningful supplemental gauge of our operating results for management 
and investors, and as is most often presented by other REIT industry participants.

The NAREIT definition of FFO (and the one reported by the Company) is:
Net income/loss, excluding:

• 
• 
• 
• 

depreciation and amortization related to real estate; 
gains and losses from the sale of certain real estate assets;
gains and losses from change in control and 
impairment writedowns of certain real estate assets and investments in entities where the impairment is directly 
attributable to decreases in the value of depreciable real estate held by the entity.     

Not all companies necessarily utilize the standardized NAREIT definition of FFO, so caution should be taken in comparing 
the Company’s reported FFO results to those of other companies. The Company’s FFO results are comparable to the FFO results of 
other companies that follow the NAREIT definition of FFO and report these figures on that basis. FFO is a non-GAAP measure that 
is reconciled to its most comparable GAAP measure, net income/loss available to common stockholders.

Adjusted Funds From Operations Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders (“AFFO”)

AFFO makes further adjustments to FFO results in order to arrive at a more refined measure of operating and financial 
performance. There is no industry standard definition of AFFO and practice is divergent across the industry. The Company calculates 
AFFO as:

FFO, plus:
• non-cash equity compensation to directors and executives; 
• amortization of loan closing costs;
• losses on debt extinguishments or refinancing costs;
• weather-related property operating losses;
• amortization of loan coordination fees paid to the Manager;
• depreciation and amortization of non-real estate assets; 
• net loan fees received; 
• accrued interest income received;
• Internalization costs;
• allowances for loan loss reserves;
• cash received for purchase option terminations;
• deemed dividends on preferred stock redemptions;
• non-cash dividends on Series M Preferred Stock; and 
• amortization of lease inducements;

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Less: 
• non-cash loan interest income;
• cash paid for loan closing costs; 
• amortization of acquired real estate intangible liabilities;
• amortization of straight line rent adjustments and deferred revenues; and 
• normally-recurring capital expenditures and capitalized retail direct leasing costs.

AFFO figures reported by us may not be comparable to those AFFO figures reported by other companies. We utilize AFFO 
as another measure of the operating performance of our portfolio of real estate assets. We believe AFFO is useful to investors as a 
supplemental gauge of our operating performance and may be useful in comparing our operating performance with other real estate 
companies. Since our calculation of AFFO removes other significant non-cash charges and revenues and other costs which are not 
representative of our ongoing business operations, we believe it improves comparability to investors in assessing our core operating 
results across periods. AFFO is a non-GAAP measure that is reconciled to its most comparable GAAP measure, net income/loss 
available to common stockholders. FFO and AFFO are not considered measures of liquidity and are not alternatives to measures 
calculated under GAAP.

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Reconciliation of FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders and AFFO
to Net (Loss) Income Attributable to Common Stockholders (A)

(In thousands, except per-share figures)

Three months ended December 31,

2019

2018

Net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders (See note 1)

$

(32,536)

$

Add:

Depreciation of real estate assets
Depreciation of real estate assets attributable to joint ventures
Amortization of acquired real estate intangible assets and deferred leasing costs
Net (loss) income attributable to non-controlling interests (See note 2)
(Gain) on sale of real estate

Less:
FFO attributable to common stockholders and unitholders

Add:

Loan cost amortization on acquisition term note
Amortization of loan coordination fees paid to the Manager (See note 3)
(Insurance recovery in excess of) weather-related property operating losses (See note 4)
Payment of costs related to property refinancing
Contingent management fees recognized
Non-cash equity compensation to directors and executives
Amortization of loan closing costs (See note 5)
Depreciation/amortization of non-real estate assets
Net loan fees received (See note 6)
Accrued interest income received (See note 7)
Internalization costs (See note 8)
Increase (decrease) in loan loss allowance
Non-cash dividends on Preferred Stock
Amortization of lease inducements (See note 9)
Cash received in excess of amortization of purchase option termination revenues (See note 10)

Less: Non-cash loan interest income (See note 6)

Non-cash revenues from mortgage-backed securities
Cash paid for loan closing costs
Amortization of acquired above and below market lease intangibles 

and straight-line rental revenues (See note 11)
Amortization of deferred revenues (See note 12)
Normally recurring capital expenditures and leasing costs (See note 13)

AFFO

Common Stock dividends and distributions to Unitholders declared:

Common Stock dividends
Distributions to Unitholders (See note 2)

Total

Common Stock dividends and Unitholder distributions per share

FFO per weighted average basic share of Common Stock and Unit outstanding
AFFO per weighted average basic share of Common Stock and Unit outstanding

Weighted average shares of Common Stock and Units outstanding: (A)

Basic:

Common Stock
Class A Units

Common Stock and Class A Units

Diluted Common Stock and Class A Units (B)

Actual shares of Common Stock outstanding, including 13 and 12 unvested shares

 of restricted Common Stock at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Actual Class A Units outstanding at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Total

$

$

$

$

$
$

38,798
(172)
8,588
(6)
—
14,672

97
507
—
—
11
301
1,160
488
109
5,436
1,844
1,400
206
439
49
(3,686)
1,474
—

(4,268)
(941)
(2,765)

16,533

12,156
225

12,381

0.2625

0.31
0.35

45,934
856
46,790

46,894

46,457
856
47,313

$

$

$

$

$
$

2,641

34,309
—
9,173
615
(30,682)
16,056

20
707
(237)
227
206
(1,178)
1,234
444
707
12,266
—
(496)
17
426
1,044
(4,611)
(135)
(1,073)

(2,909)
(901)
(1,485)

20,329

10,840
228

11,068

0.26

0.38
0.48

41,320
954
42,274

43,000

41,788
877
42,665

(A) Units and Unitholders refer to Class A Units in our Operating Partnership (as defined in note 2), or Class A Units, and holders of Class A Units, respectively. 
Unitholders include recipients of awards of Class B Units in our Operating Partnership, or Class B Units, for annual service which became vested and earned 
and automatically converted to Class A Units. Unitholders also include the entity that contributed the Wade Green grocery-anchored shopping center. The Class 
A Units collectively represent an approximate 1.83% weighted average non-controlling interest in the Operating Partnership for the three-month period ended 
December 31, 2019.
(B) Since our FFO and AFFO results are positive for the periods reflected above, we are presenting recalculated diluted weighted average shares of Common 
Stock and Class A Units for these periods for purposes of this table, which includes the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents from grants of the Class B 
Units, warrants included in units of Series A Preferred Stock issued, as well as annual grants of restricted Common Stock and restricted stock units. The weighted 
average shares of Common Stock outstanding presented on the Consolidated Statements of Operations are the same for basic and diluted for any period for 
which we recorded a net loss available to common stockholders.

See Notes to Reconciliation of FFO, Core FFO and AFFO to Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common stockholders.

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Reconciliation of FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders and AFFO
to Net (Loss) Income Attributable to Common Stockholders (A)

(In thousands, except per-share figures)

Years ended December 31,

2019

2018

Net loss attributable to common stockholders (See note 1)

$

(121,033)

$

Add:

Depreciation of real estate assets
Depreciation of real estate assets attributable to joint ventures
Amortization of acquired real estate intangible assets and deferred leasing costs
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests (See note 2)
(Gain) on sale of real estate

Less:
FFO attributable to common stockholders and unitholders

Add:

Loan cost amortization on acquisition term note
Amortization of loan coordination fees paid to the Manager (See note 3)
Payment of costs related to property refinancing
Contingent management fees recognized
(Insurance recovery in excess of) weather-related property operating losses (See note 4)
Non-cash equity compensation to directors and executives
Amortization of loan closing costs (See note 5)
Depreciation/amortization of non-real estate assets
Net loan fees received (See note 6)
Accrued interest income received (See note 7)
Internalization costs (See note 8)
Loan loss allowance
Non-cash dividends on Preferred Stock
Amortization of lease inducements (See note 9)

Less: Non-cash loan interest income (See note 6)

Non-cash revenues from mortgage-backed securities
Cash paid for loan closing costs
Amortization of purchase option termination revenues in excess of cash received (See note 10)
Amortization of acquired above and below market lease intangibles 

and straight-line rental revenues (See note 11)
Amortization of deferred revenues (See note 12)
Normally recurring capital expenditures and leasing costs (See note 13)

AFFO

Common Stock dividends and distributions to Unitholders declared:

Common Stock dividends
Distributions to Unitholders (See note 2)

Total

Common Stock dividends and Unitholder distributions per share

FFO per weighted average basic share of Common Stock and Unit outstanding
AFFO per weighted average basic share of Common Stock and Unit outstanding

Weighted average shares of Common Stock and Units outstanding: (A)

$

$
$

Basic:

Common Stock
Class A Units

Common Stock and Class A Units

Diluted Common Stock and Class A Units (B)

Actual shares of Common Stock outstanding, including 13 and 12 unvested shares

 of restricted Common Stock at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Actual Class A Units outstanding at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Total

148,206
(172)
34,990
(144)
—
61,847

155
1,940
594
11
—
1,223
4,618
1,869
783
10,514
2,987
1,400
577
1,734
(14,431)
778
(37)
(2,321)

(16,643)
(3,762)
(7,887)

45,949

46,755
908

47,663

1.0475

1.37
1.02

44,265
870
45,135

45,772

46,457
856
47,313

$

$
$

(43,290)

124,499
—
45,136
1,071
(69,643)
57,773

83
2,487
288
206
(270)
1,703
4,801
1,501
2,166
20,676
—
2,533
755
1,381
(19,337)
(320)
(1,489)
(920)

(11,956)
(2,666)
(4,966)

54,429

41,129
1,041

42,170

1.02

1.41
1.33

40,032
1,040
41,072

42,390

41,788
877
42,665

(A) Units and Unitholders refer to Class A Units in our Operating Partnership (as defined in note 2), or Class A Units, and holders of Class A Units, respectively. 
Unitholders include recipients of awards of Class B Units in our Operating Partnership, or Class B Units, for annual service which became vested and earned 
and automatically converted to Class A Units. Unitholders also include the entity that contributed the Wade Green grocery-anchored shopping center. The Class 
A Units collectively represent an approximate 1.93% weighted average non-controlling interest in the Operating Partnership for the year ended December 31, 
2019.
(B) Since our FFO and AFFO results are positive for the periods reflected above, we are presenting recalculated diluted weighted average shares of Common 
Stock and Class A Units for these periods for purposes of this table, which includes the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents from grants of the Class B 
Units, warrants included in units of Series A Preferred Stock issued, as well as annual grants of restricted Common Stock and restricted stock units. The weighted 
average shares of Common Stock outstanding presented on the Consolidated Statements of Operations are the same for basic and diluted for any period for 
which we recorded a net loss available to common stockholders.

See Notes to Reconciliation of FFO, Core FFO and AFFO to Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common stockholders.

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Notes to Reconciliations of FFO Attributable to Common Stockholders and Unitholders and AFFO to Net Income (Loss) 

Attributable to Common Stockholders

1) 

2) 

3)  

4) 

5) 

6) 

7) 

8) 

9) 

10) 

Rental and other property revenues and property operating expenses for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2019 include activity 
for the properties acquired during the periods only from their respective dates of acquisition. In addition, the fourth quarter and year ended 
2019 includes activity for the properties acquired since December 31, 2018. Rental and other property revenues and expenses for the fourth 
quarter and year ended 2018 include activity for the acquisitions made during that period only from their respective dates of acquisition.

Non-controlling interests in Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P., or our Operating Partnership, consisted of a 
total of 856,409 Class A Units as of December 31, 2019. Included in this total are 419,228 Class A Units which were granted as partial 
consideration to the seller in conjunction with the seller's contribution to us on February 29, 2016 of the Wade Green grocery-anchored 
shopping center. The remaining Class A units were awarded primarily to our key executive officers. The Class A Units are apportioned a 
percentage of our financial results as non-controlling interests. The weighted average ownership percentage of these holders of Class A 
Units was calculated to be 1.83% and 2.26% for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

We paid loan coordination fees to Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC, our Manager, to reflect the administrative effort involved in arranging 
debt financing for acquired properties. The fees are calculated as 0.6% of the amount of any mortgage indebtedness on newly-acquired 
properties or refinancing and are amortized over the lives of the respective mortgage loans. This non-cash amortization expense is an 
addition to FFO in the calculation of AFFO. At December 31, 2019, aggregate unamortized loan coordination fees were approximately 
$14.1 million, which will be amortized over a weighted average remaining loan life of approximately 10.3 years.

We sustained weather related operating losses due to hurricanes (primarily due to Hurricane Harvey at our Stone Creek multifamily
community) during the year ended December 31, 2018; these costs are added back to FFO in our calculation of AFFO. Lost rent and
other operating costs incurred during the year ended December 31, 2018 totaled approximately $563,000. This number is offset by the 
receipt from our insurance carrier of approximately $833,000 for recoveries of lost rent, which was recognized in our consolidated statements 
of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018.

We incur loan closing costs on our existing mortgage loans, which are secured on a property-by-property basis by each of our acquired 
real estate assets, and also for occasional amendments to our syndicated revolving line of credit with Key Bank National Association, or 
our Revolving Line of Credit. Effective April 13, 2018, the maximum borrowing capacity on the Revolving Line of Credit was increased 
from $150 million to $200 million. These loan closing costs are also amortized over the lives of the respective loans and the Revolving 
Line of Credit, and this non-cash amortization expense is an addition to FFO in the calculation of AFFO. Neither we nor the Operating 
Partnership have any recourse liability in connection with any of the mortgage loans, nor do we have any cross-collateralization arrangements 
with respect to the assets securing the mortgage loans, other than security interests in 49% of the equity interests of the subsidiaries owning 
such assets, granted in connection with our Revolving Line of Credit, which provides for full recourse liability. At December 31, 2019, 
aggregate unamortized loan costs were approximately $25.7 million, which will be amortized over a weighted average remaining loan life 
of approximately 9.0 years.

We receive loan origination fees in conjunction with the origination of certain real estate loan investments. These fees are then recognized 
as revenue over the lives of the applicable loans as adjustments of yield using the effective interest method. The total fees received after 
the payment of loan origination fees to our Manager are additive adjustments in the calculation of AFFO. Correspondingly, the amortized 
non-cash income is a deduction in the calculation of AFFO. Over the lives of certain loans, we accrue additional interest amounts that 
become due to us at the time of repayment of the loan or refinancing of the property, or when the property is sold. This non-cash interest 
income is subtracted from FFO in our calculation of AFFO. The amount of additional accrued interest becomes an additive adjustment to 
FFO once received from the borrower (see note 7).

This adjustment reflects the receipt during the periods presented of additional interest income (described in note 6 above) which was earned 
and accrued prior to those periods presented on various real estate loans.

This adjustment reflects the add-back of due diligence and pursuit costs incurred by the Company related to the Internalization of the 
functions performed by its Manager.

This adjustment removes the non-cash amortization of costs incurred to induce tenants to lease space in our office buildings and grocery-
anchored shopping centers. 

Effective January 1, 2019, we terminated our purchase options on the Sanibel Straits, Newbergh, Wiregrass and Cameron Square multifamily 
communities and the Solis Kennesaw student housing property; on May 7, 2018, we terminated our purchase options on the Encore, Bishop 
Street and Hidden River multifamily communities and the Haven46 and Haven Charlotte student housing properties, all of which are (or 
were) partially supported by real estate loan investments held by us. In exchange, we arranged to receive termination fees aggregating 
approximately $20.6 million from the developers, which are recorded as revenue over the period beginning on the date of election until 
the earlier of (i) the maturity of the real estate loan investment and (ii) the sale of the property. The receipt of the cash termination fees are 
an additive adjustment in our calculation of AFFO and the removal of non-cash revenue from the recognition of the termination fees are 
a reduction to FFO in our calculation of AFFO; both of these adjustments are presented in a single net number within this line. For the 

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11) 

12) 

13) 

years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, we had recognized termination fee revenues in excess of cash received, resulting in the negative 
adjustments shown to FFO in our calculation of AFFO.

This adjustment reflects straight-line rent adjustments and the reversal of the non-cash amortization of below-market and above-market 
lease intangibles, which were recognized in conjunction with our acquisitions and which are amortized over the estimated average remaining 
lease terms from the acquisition date for multifamily communities and over the remaining lease terms for grocery-anchored shopping 
center assets and office buildings. At December 31, 2019, the balance of unamortized below-market lease intangibles was approximately 
$62.6 million, which will be recognized over a weighted average remaining lease period of approximately 9.2 years.

This adjustment removes the non-cash amortization of deferred revenue recorded by us in conjunction with Company-owned lessee-funded 
tenant improvements in our office buildings.

We deduct from FFO normally recurring capital expenditures that are necessary to maintain our assets’ revenue streams in the calculation 
of AFFO. This adjustment also deducts from FFO capitalized amounts for third party costs during the period to originate or renew leases 
in our grocery-anchored shopping centers and office buildings. No adjustment is made in the calculation of AFFO for nonrecurring capital 
expenditures.  See  Capital  Expenditures,  Grocery-Anchored  Shopping  Center  Portfolio,  and  Office  Buildings  Portfolio  sections  for 
definitions of these terms.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Short-Term Liquidity

We believe our principal short-term liquidity needs are to fund:

• 

• 

• 

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

operating expenses directly related to our portfolio of multifamily communities, student housing properties, grocery-
anchored shopping centers and office properties (including regular maintenance items);
operating expenses related to salaries, benefits, and general and administrative expenses (that were formally funded 
by payment of fees to our former Manager prior to Internalization on January 31, 2020);
capital expenditures incurred to lease our multifamily communities, student housing properties, grocery-anchored 
shopping centers and office properties;
interest expense on our outstanding property level debt;
amounts due on our Credit Facility; 
distributions that we pay to our preferred stockholders, common stockholders, and unitholders;
cash redemptions that we may pay to our preferred stockholders, and
committed investments.

We have a credit facility, or Credit Facility, with KeyBank National Association, or KeyBank, which defines a revolving 
line of credit, or Revolving Line of Credit, which is used to fund investments, capital expenditures, dividends (with consent of 
KeyBank), working capital and other general corporate purposes on an as needed basis. On March 23, 2018, the maximum borrowing 
capacity on the Revolving Line of Credit was increased to $200 million pursuant to an accordion feature. The accordion feature 
permits the maximum borrowing capacity to be expanded or contracted without amending any further terms of the instrument.  
On December 12, 2018, the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, or the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, 
was amended to extend the maturity to December 12, 2021, with an option to extend the maturity date to December 12, 2022, 
subject to certain conditions described therein. The Revolving Line of Credit accrues interest at a variable rate of one month LIBOR 
plus an applicable margin of 2.75% to 3.50% per annum, depending upon our leverage ratio. The weighted average interest rate 
for the Revolving Line of Credit was 5.43% for the year ended December 31, 2019. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement 
also reduced the commitment fee on the average daily unused portion of the Revolving Line of Credit to 0.25% or 0.30% per 
annum, depending upon our outstanding Credit Facility balance.

The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains certain affirmative and negative covenants including negative 
covenants that limit or restrict secured and unsecured indebtedness, mergers and fundamental changes, investments and acquisitions, 
liens and encumbrances, dividends, transactions with affiliates, burdensome agreements, changes in fiscal year and other matters 
customarily restricted in such agreements. The material financial covenants include minimum net worth and debt service coverage 
ratios and maximum leverage and dividend payout ratios. As of December 31, 2019, we were in compliance with all covenants 
related to the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. Our results with respect to such compliance are presented in Note 
9 to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.

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On May 26, 2016, we utilized proceeds from an interim term loan to partially finance the acquisition of Anderson Central, 
a grocery-anchored shopping center located in Anderson, South Carolina, or the 2016 Interim Term Loan. The 2016 Interim Term 
Loan accrued interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 2.5% per annum and was repaid and extinguished during the first quarter 2018.

On December 20, 2019, we utilized proceeds from an interim term loan to partially finance the acquisition of Morrocroft  
Centre, an office building located in Charlotte, North Carolina, or the 2019 Interim Term Loan. The 2019 Interim Term Loan 
accrued interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 170 basis points per annum. We intend to repay the 2019 Interim Term Loan during the 
first quarter 2020 with permanent mortgage financing.

On February 28, 2017, we entered into a revolving acquisition credit agreement, or Acquisition Credit Agreement, with  
KeyBank to obtain the Acquisition Facility, with a maximum borrowing capacity of $200 million. The sole purpose of the Acquisition 
Credit Agreement is to finance our acquisitions of multifamily communities and student housing communities prior to obtaining 
permanent conventional mortgage financing on the acquired assets. The maximum borrowing capacity on the Acquisition Facility 
was reduced by agreement with KeyBank to $90 million on March 25, 2019. The Acquisition Facility accrues interest at a variable 
rate of one month LIBOR plus a margin of between 1.75% per annum and 2.20% per annum, depending on the type of assets 
acquired and the resulting property debt service coverage ratio. The Acquisition Facility has a maturity date of March 1, 2022 and 
has two one-year extension options, subject to certain conditions described therein.

On March 29, 2018, we refinanced the mortgage on our Sol student housing property. A short-term bridge loan was used 
to replace the mortgage being held on the acquisition revolving credit facility, or Acquisition Facility. The mortgage principal 
balance of approximately $37.5 million remained the same under the new financing arrangement, and the existing variable interest 
rate increased 10 basis points, to 210 basis points over LIBOR. As a result of the refinance, we incurred expenses of approximately 
$61,000, which are included within the Interest Expense line of the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Our net cash provided by operating activities for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 was approximately $145.6 
million and $145.4 million, respectively. Net cash provided by operating activities was essentially flat between the two periods as 
incremental cash generated by property income provided by real estate assets acquired during 2019 was offset by a decrease in 
accrued interest income on real estate loan investments and tenant receivables.

The majority of our revenue is derived from residents and tenants under existing leases at our multifamily communities, 
student  housing  properties,  grocery-anchored  shopping  centers  and  office  properties.  Therefore,  our  operating  cash  flow  is 
principally dependent on: (1) the number of multifamily communities, student housing properties, grocery-anchored shopping 
centers and office properties in our portfolio; (2) rental rates; (3) occupancy rates; (4) operating expenses associated with these 
properties; and (5) the ability of our residents and tenants to make their rental payments. 

We also earn interest revenue from the issuance of real estate-related loans and may receive fees at the inception of these 
loans for committing and originating them. Interest revenue we receive on these loans is influenced by (1) market interest rates 
on similar loans; (2) the availability of credit from alternative financing sources; (3) the desire of borrowers to finance new real 
estate projects; and (4) unique characteristics attached to these loans, such as exclusive purchase options. In the course of extending 
real estate loan investments for property development, we will often receive an exclusive option to purchase the property once 
development and stabilization are complete. If we do not wish to acquire the property, we have the right to sell the purchase option 
back to the borrower for a termination fee in the amount of the purchase option discount, which is recognized as interest income 
over the earlier of the maturity date of the loan or the sale of the property. 

  Interest income on our loans and notes receivable decreased from $65.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 
to $61.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, primarily due to a decrease in the weighted average accrued interest rate 
for 2019 to 3.85% from 5.24% for 2018 and full repayment of the Haven Campus Communities Charlotte Member, LLC line of 
credit, in early 2019.

Our net cash used in investing activities for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 was approximately $661.1 
million and $881.8 million, respectively. Cash disbursed for property acquisitions decreased from approximately $1.0 billion in 
the 2018 period to $619.1 million in the 2019 period, partially offset by the investing cash inflows from the sale of mortgage-
backed securities of approximately $79.6 million during 2019 and property dispositions of $164.8 million in 2018. 

Cash used in investing activities is primarily driven by acquisitions and dispositions of multifamily properties, student 
housing properties, office properties and grocery-anchored shopping centers and acquisitions and maturities or other dispositions 
of real estate loans and other real estate and real estate-related assets, and secondarily by capital expenditures related to our owned 

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properties. We will seek to acquire more multifamily communities, student housing properties, office properties and grocery-
anchored shopping centers at costs that we expect will be accretive to our financial results. Capital expenditures may be nonrecurring 
and discretionary, as part of a strategic plan intended to increase a property’s value and corresponding revenue-generating power, 
or  may  be  normally  recurring  and  necessary  to  maintain  the  income  streams  and  present  value  of  a  property.  Certain  capital 
expenditures may be budgeted and reserved for upon acquiring a property as initial expenditures necessary to bring a property up 
to our standards or to add features or amenities that we believe make the property a compelling value to prospective residents or 
tenants in its individual market. These budgeted nonrecurring capital expenditures in connection with an acquisition are funded 
from the capital source(s) for the acquisition and are not dependent upon subsequent property operational cash flows for funding.

For the year ended December 31, 2019, our capital expenditures for our multifamily communities, not including changes 

in related payables were as follows: 

$

(In thousands, except per-unit
amounts)
Appliances 
Carpets
Wood flooring / vinyl
Blinds and ceiling fans
Fire safety
Furnace, air (HVAC)
Computers, equipment, misc.
Elevators
Exterior painting
Leasing office / common amenities
Major structural
Cabinets & countertops and unit
upgrades
Landscaping & fencing
Parking lot
Signage and sanitation

Recurring

Capital Expenditures

Non-recurring

Total

Amount

Per Unit

Amount

Per Unit

Amount

Per Unit

$

492
1,543
276
198
—
494
15
—
—
341
—

—
—
107
—

$

48.55
152.39
27.23
19.60
—
48.80
1.50
—
—
33.69
—

—
—
10.58
—

— $
—
184
15
225
19
275
170
1,439
1,262
2,391

1,025
1,267
624
107

— $
—
18.15
1.48
22.22
1.84
27.20
16.83
142.12
124.62
236.25

101.19
125.11
61.58
10.57

$

492
1,543
460
213
225
513
290
170
1,439
1,603
2,391

1,025
1,267
731
107

48.55
152.39
45.38
21.08
22.22
50.64
28.70
16.83
142.12
158.31
236.25

101.19
125.11
72.16
10.57

$

3,466

$

342.34

$

9,003

$

889.16

$

12,469

$

1,231.50

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For the year ended December 31, 2019, our capital expenditures for our student housing properties, not including changes 

in related payables were as follows: 

$

(In thousands, except per-unit
amounts)
Appliances 
Carpets
Wood flooring / vinyl
Blinds and ceiling fans
Fire safety
Furnace, air (HVAC)
Computers, equipment, misc.
Elevators
Exterior painting
Leasing office / common amenities
Major structural
Cabinets & countertops and unit
upgrades
Landscaping & fencing
Parking lot
Signage and sanitation
Unit furniture

Recurring

Capital Expenditures
Non-recurring

Total

Amount

Per Bed

Amount

Per Bed

Amount

Per Bed

$

103
224
5
30
—
111
11
—
—
31
—

93
—
—
—
297

$

17.42
38.10
0.80
5.10
—
18.81
1.81
—
—
5.27
—

15.78
—
—
—
50.70

— $
—
34
—
155
296
150
6
806
322
1,917

37
493
79
143
—

— $
—
5.74
—
26.41
50.26
25.43
1.08
136.93
54.70
325.76

6.14
83.81
13.50
24.27
—

$

103
224
39
30
155
407
161
6
806
353
1,917

130
493
79
143
297

17.42
38.10
6.54
5.10
26.41
69.07
27.24
1.08
136.93
59.97
325.76

21.92
83.81
13.50
24.27
50.70

$

905

$

153.79

$

4,438

$

754.03

$

5,343

$

907.82

In addition, second-generation capital expenditures within our grocery-anchored shopping center portfolio for the years 
ended  December 31,  2019  and  2018  totaled  $1.8  million  and  $1.6  million,  respectively. We  define  second-generation  capital 
expenditures as those that exclude expenditures made in our grocery-anchored shopping center portfolio (i) to lease space to 
"first generation" tenants (i.e. leasing capital for existing vacancies and known move-outs at the time of acquisition), (ii) to bring 
recently acquired properties up to our ownership standards, and (iii) for property re-developments and repositioning. 

Second-generation capital expenditures within our office properties portfolio for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 
2018 totaled $1.7 million and $152,000, respectively. Second-generation capital expenditures exclude those expenditures made 
in our office  properties portfolio (i) to lease space to "first generation" tenants (i.e. leasing capital for existing vacancies and known 
move-outs at the time of acquisition), (ii) to bring recently acquired properties up to our Class A ownership standards (and which 
amounts  were  underwritten  into  the  total  investment  at  the time  of  acquisition)  and  (iii)  for  property  re-developments  and 
repositionings.

At December 31, 2019, we had restricted cash of approximately $18.7 million that was contractually restricted to fund 

capital expenditures and other property-level commitments such as tenant improvements and leasing commissions.

Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $565.0 million and $751.1 million for the years ended 
December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Our significant financing cash sources were approximately $405.0 million and $602.4 
million of net proceeds from the mortgage financing transactions for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, 
and approximately $501.1 million and $408.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, of net proceeds 
from our offerings of our Preferred Stock. 

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Distributions

In  order  to  maintain  our  status  as  a  REIT  for  U.S.  federal  income  tax  purposes,  we  must  comply  with  a  number  of 
organizational and operating requirements, including a requirement to distribute 90% of our annual REIT taxable income (which 
does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP and determined without regard for the deduction for dividends 
paid and excluding net capital gains) to our stockholders. As a REIT, we generally will not be subject to federal income taxes on 
the taxable income we distribute to our stockholders. Generally, our objective is to meet our short-term liquidity requirement of 
funding the payment of our quarterly Common Stock dividends, as well as monthly dividends to holders of our Series A Redeemable 
Preferred Stock, mShares, Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock and Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock (collectively, our 
Preferred Stock), through net cash generated from operating results. 

Our board of directors reviews the Preferred Stock dividends monthly to determine whether we have funds legally available 
for payment of such dividends in cash, and there can be no assurance that the Preferred Stock dividends will consistently be paid 
in cash.  Dividends may be paid as a combination of cash and stock in order to satisfy the annual distribution requirements applicable 
to  REITs.  We  expect  the  aggregate  dollar  amount  of  monthly  Preferred  Stock  dividend  payments  to  increase  at  a  rate  that 
approximates the rate at which we issue new shares of Preferred Stock, less those shares redeemed.

Our fourth quarter 2019 Common Stock dividend declaration of $0.2625 per share represented an overall increase of 
110% from our initial Common Stock dividend per share of $0.125 following our IPO, or an average annual dividend growth rate 
of approximately 13.0% over the same period. Our board of directors reviews the proposed Common Stock dividend declarations 
quarterly, and there can be no assurance that the current dividend level will be maintained. 

We believe that our short-term liquidity needs are and will continue to be adequately funded.

For the year ended December 31, 2019, our aggregate dividends and distributions totaled approximately $161.4 million 
and our cash flows from operating activities were approximately $145.6 million. We expect our cash flow from operations over 
time to be sufficient to fund our quarterly Common Stock dividends, Class A Unit distributions and our monthly Preferred Stock 
dividends.

Long-Term Liquidity Needs

We believe our principal long-term liquidity needs are to fund:

• 
• 

• 
• 

• 

the principal amount of our long-term debt as it becomes due or matures;
capital expenditures needed for our multifamily communities, student housing properties, grocery-anchored shopping 
centers and office properties; 
costs associated with current and future capital raising activities;
costs to acquire additional multifamily communities, student housing properties, grocery-anchored shopping centers, 
office properties or other real estate and enter into new and fund existing lending opportunities; and
our minimum distributions necessary to maintain our REIT status.

We intend to finance our future investments with the net proceeds from additional issuances of our securities, including 
our Series A1/M1 Offering (as defined and described in note 5 to our Consolidated Financial Statements), Common Stock, and 
units of limited partnership interest in our Operating Partnership, and/or borrowings. The success of our acquisition strategy may 
depend, in part, on our ability to access further capital through issuances of additional securities. If we are unsuccessful in raising 
additional funds, we may not be able to obtain any assets in addition to those we have acquired.  

On  September  27,  2019,  our  registration  statement  on  Form  S-3  (Registration  No.  333-233576)  (the  “Series A1/M1 
Registration Statement”) was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Series A1/M1 
Registration Statement allows us to offer up to a maximum of 1,000,000 shares of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, Series 
M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock or a combination of both. The stated price per share is $1,000, subject to adjustment under certain 
conditions. The shares are being offered by our affiliate, Preferred Capital Securities, LLC (“PCS”), on a "reasonable best efforts" 
basis and we intend to invest substantially all the net proceeds of the Series A1/M1 Offering in connection with the acquisition of 
multifamily communities, grocery-anchored shopping centers, office buildings, real estate loans and mortgages, other real estate-
related investments and general working capital purposes.

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Pursuant to FINRA Rule 2310(b)(5), which became effective April 11, 2016, and as described in Regulatory Notice 15-02, 
we have prepared for our stockholders an estimate of the per share value of our Preferred Stock as of December 31, 2019. This 
estimate is based on dividing (i) the value of our assets less contractual liabilities as of December 31, 2019, by (ii) the number of 
shares of Preferred Stock outstanding as of that date.  We used a direct capitalization appraised value analysis for this purpose.  
This methodology was prepared with the material assistance and confirmation of a third party valuation expert pursuant to FINRA 
Rule 2310(b)(5) and NASD Rule 2340(c).  We believe this methodology conforms to standard industry practices. Based on the 
foregoing, we have determined that the estimated value as of December 31, 2019 of our Preferred Stock is $1,000 per share 
(unaudited).  

For any property owned for less than 12 months, we used the market value of that property as reflected in the third party 
appraisal we had received at the time of acquisition to value the property. For properties owned more than 12 months, the direct 
capitalization value method was used.  Under the direct capitalization value analysis, we utilized the trailing 12-month net operating 
income from the property, adjusted for rare or catastrophic events, such as hurricane damages, as needed, to arrive at a normalized 
net  operating  income. The  Company  then  determines  the  current  market  capitalization  rate  for  each  property. The  property’s 
normalized net operating income is divided by the capitalization rate for that property to determine a fair market value for each 
property. The fair market value of all the properties was then added to the value of our other assets (i.e., the value of our cash on 
hand and other financial assets as reflected on our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019) 
to determine the aggregate market value of our assets. We then subtracted our contractual liabilities from the aggregate market 
value of our assets, and divided the difference by the number of shares of our Preferred Stock outstanding as of December 31, 
2019 to determine our estimated per share value of our Preferred Stock as of that date.

At December 31, 2019, the Company's active equity offerings consisted of:

• 

• 

• 

an offering of a maximum of 1,500,000 Units, with each Unit consisting of one share of Series A Redeemable Preferred 
Stock and one Warrant to purchase up to 20 shares of Common Stock (the "$1.5 Billion Unit Offering");

an offering of up to $400 million of equity or debt securities (the "2019 Shelf Offering"), including an offering of up to 
$125 million of Common Stock from time to time in an "at the market" offering (the "2019 ATM Offering"); and

an offering of up to 1,000,000 Shares of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock ("Series A1 Preferred Stock"), Series M1 
Redeemable Preferred Stock ("Series M1 Preferred Stock"), or a combination of both (collectively the "Series A1/M1 
Offering").

For the year ended December 31, 2019, no shares of our common stock were issued under our previously expired at-the-

market offering of up to $150 million of Common Stock or our 2019 ATM Offering.

Our ability to raise funds through the issuance of our securities is dependent on, among other things, general market 
conditions for REITs, market perceptions about us, and the current trading price of our Common Stock. We will continue to analyze 
which source of capital is most advantageous to us at any particular point in time, but the equity and credit markets may not 
consistently be available on terms that are attractive to us or at all.

The sources to fulfill our long-term liquidity in the future may include borrowings from a number of sources, including 
repurchase  agreements,  securitizations,  resecuritizations,  warehouse  facilities  and  credit  facilities  (including  term  loans  and 
revolving facilities), in addition to our Revolving Line of Credit. We have utilized, and we intend to continue to utilize, leverage 
in  making  our  investments  in  multifamily  communities  and  retail  shopping  centers.  The  number  of  different  multifamily 
communities, retail shopping centers and other investments we will acquire will be affected by numerous factors, including the 
amount of funds available to us. By operating on a leveraged basis, we will have more funds available for our investments. This 
will allow us to make more investments than would otherwise be possible, resulting in a larger and more diversified portfolio.  

We intend to target leverage levels (secured and unsecured) between 50% and 65% of the fair market value of our tangible 
assets (including our real estate assets, real estate loans, notes receivable, accounts receivable and cash and cash equivalents) on 
a portfolio basis.  As of December 31, 2019, our outstanding debt (both secured and unsecured) was approximately 51.2% of the 
value of our tangible assets on a portfolio basis based on our estimates of fair market value at December 31, 2019. Neither our 
charter nor our by-laws contain any limitation on the amount of leverage we may use. These targets, however, will not apply to 
individual real estate assets or investments.  The amount of leverage we will place on particular investments will depend on our 
Manager's assessment of a variety of factors which may include the anticipated liquidity and price volatility of the assets in our 
investment portfolio, the potential for losses and extension risk in the portfolio, the availability and cost of financing the asset, our 

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opinion of the creditworthiness of our financing counterparties, the health of the U.S. economy and the health of the commercial 
real estate market in general.  In addition, factors such as our outlook on interest rates, changes in the yield curve slope, the level 
and volatility of interest rates and their associated credit spreads, the underlying collateral of our assets and our outlook on credit 
spreads relative to our outlook on interest rate and economic performance could all impact our decision and strategy for financing 
the target assets.  At the date of acquisition of each asset, we anticipate that the investment cost for such asset will be substantially 
similar to its fair market value.  However, subsequent events, including changes in the fair market value of our assets, could result 
in our exceeding these limits.  Finally, we intend to acquire all our real estate assets through separate single purpose entities and 
we intend to finance each of these assets using debt financing techniques for that asset alone without any cross-collateralization 
to our other real estate assets or any guarantees by us or our Operating Partnership. We intend to have no long-term unsecured 
debt at the Company or Operating Partnership levels, except for our Revolving Line of Credit.

Our secured and unsecured aggregate borrowings are intended by us to be reasonable in relation to our tangible assets 
and will be reviewed by our board of directors at least quarterly.  In determining whether our borrowings are reasonable in relation 
to our tangible assets, we expect that our board of directors will consider many factors, including without limitation the lending 
standards of government-sponsored enterprises, such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, for loans in connection with the financing 
of multifamily properties, the leverage ratios of publicly traded and non-traded REITs with similar investment strategies, and 
general market conditions.  There is no limitation on the amount that we may borrow for any single investment.

Our ability to incur additional debt is dependent on a number of factors, including our credit ratings (if any), the value 
of our assets, our degree of leverage and borrowing restrictions imposed by lenders.  We will continue to monitor the debt markets, 
including Fannie Mae and/or Freddie Mac (from both of whom we have obtained single asset secured financing on all of our 
multifamily communities), and as market conditions permit, access borrowings that are advantageous to us.

If we are unable to obtain financing on favorable terms or at all, we may have to curtail our investment activities, including 
acquisitions and improvements to real properties, which could limit our growth prospects. This, in turn, could reduce cash available 
for distribution to our stockholders and may hinder our ability to raise capital by issuing more securities or borrowing more money.  
We may be forced to dispose of assets at inopportune times in order to maintain our REIT qualification and Investment Company 
Act exemption. Our ability to generate cash from asset sales is limited by market conditions and certain rules applicable to REITs.  
We may not be able to sell a property or properties as quickly as we would like or on terms as favorable as we would like.

Furthermore, if interest rates or other factors at the time of financing result in higher costs of financing, then the interest 
expense relating to that financed indebtedness would be higher.  Higher interest rates on newly incurred debt may negatively impact 
us as well. If interest rates increase, our interest costs and overall costs of capital will increase, which could adversely affect our 
transaction and development activity, financial condition, results of operations, cash flow, our ability to pay principal and interest 
on our debt and our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders. Finally, sellers may be less inclined to offer to sell to us if they 
believe we may be unable to obtain financing.

As of December 31, 2019, we had long term mortgage indebtedness of approximately $2.6 billion, all of which was 

incurred by us in connection with the acquisition or refinancing of our real estate properties.

As of December 31, 2019, we had approximately $94.4 million in unrestricted cash and cash equivalents available to 
meet our short-term and long-term liquidity needs. We believe that our long-term liquidity needs are and will continue to be 
adequately funded through the sources discussed above.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of December 31, 2019, we had 1,528,626 outstanding Warrants from our sales of Units. The Warrants are exercisable 
by the holder at an exercise price of 120% of the current market price per share of the Common Stock on the date of issuance of 
such Warrant, with a minimum exercise price of $19.50 per share for Warrants issued after February 15, 2017. The current market 
price per share is determined using the closing market price of the Common Stock immediately preceding the issuance of the 
Warrant. The Warrants are not exercisable until one year following the date of issuance and expire four years following the date 
of issuance. As of December 31, 2019, a total of 531,494 Warrants had been exercised into 10,629,880 shares of Common stock. 
The 1,528,626 Warrants outstanding at December 31, 2019 have exercise prices that range between $13.88 and $26.34 per share. 
If all the Warrants outstanding at December 31, 2019 became exercisable and were exercised, gross proceeds to us would be 
approximately $592.0 million and we would as a result issue an additional 30,572,520 shares of Common Stock.  

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Contractual Obligations

As of December 31, 2019, our contractual obligations consisted of the mortgage notes secured by our acquired properties 
and the Revolving Credit Facility. Based on a LIBOR rate of 1.78% at December 31, 2019, our estimated future required payments 
on these instruments were: 

(In thousands)

Total

Mortgage debt obligations:

Less than one
year

1-3 years

3-5 years

More than five
years

Interest

Principal

2019 Interim Term Loan:

Interest

Principal

Total

$

826,535

$

104,264

$

191,625

$

160,006

$

370,640

2,609,829

76,341

405,507

519,484

1,608,497

129

70,000

129

70,000

—

—

—

—

—

—

$

3,506,493

$

250,734

$

597,132

$

679,490

$

1,979,137

In addition, we had unfunded real estate loan balances totaling approximately $61.7 million at December 31, 2019. 

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Item 7A.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 

Our primary market risk exposure is interest rate risk. All our floating-rate debt is tied to the 30-day LIBOR. As of 

December 31, 2019, we have variable rate mortgages on the properties listed in following table. 

Balance 
(in thousands)

Percentage of
total mortgage
indebtedness

LIBOR
Cap

$

Avenues at Creekside
The Tradition
The Bloc
Total capped floating-rate debt

Ursa
Champions Village
Fairfield Shopping Center
Total uncapped floating-rate debt

38,871
30,000
28,966
97,837

31,400
27,400
19,750
78,550

Total floating-rate debt

$

176,387

5.0%
3.3%
3.3%

n/a
n/a
n/a

3.8%

3.0%

6.8%

All-in Cap
6.6%
7.0%
6.8%

n/a
n/a
n/a

Our Revolving Line of Credit accrued interest at a spread of 3.0% over LIBOR as of December 31, 2019; this combined 
rate is uncapped. Because of the short term nature of the Revolving Line of Credit and Acquisition Credit Facility instruments, 
we believe our interest rate risk is minimal. 

We have and will continue to manage interest rate risk as follows:

•  maintain a reasonable ratio of fixed-rate, long-term debt to total debt so that floating-rate exposure is kept at an 

acceptable level;
place interest rate caps on floating-rate debt where appropriate; and
take advantage of favorable market conditions for long-term debt and/or equity financings.

• 
• 

We use various financial models and advisors to achieve our objectives.

If interest rates under our floating-rate LIBOR-based indebtedness fluctuated by 100 basis points, our interest costs, based 
on outstanding borrowings at December 31, 2019, would increase by approximately $1.5 million or decrease by approximately 
$1.0 million on an annualized basis. 

Item 8.  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 

The following documents are located in Part IV, Item 15 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2019 and 2018

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Schedule III- Real Estate Investments and Accumulated Depreciation as of December 31, 2019 with reconciliations for the
years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017

Schedule IV- Mortgage Loans on Real Estate as of December 31, 2019

Item 9.   

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.

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Item  9A.  Controls and Procedures 

Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

The Company's management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial 
reporting, defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) as a process designed 
by, or under the supervision of, the Company’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar 
functions, and effected by the Company's board of directors, management, and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance 
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with 
generally accepted accounting principles and includes those policies and procedures that:

• 

• 

• 

Pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and 
dispositions of the assets of the Company;

Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in 
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being 
made only in accordance with authorizations of management and/or the board of directors of the Company; and

 Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition 
of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. 
Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate 
because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with policies and procedures may deteriorate. 

Management of the Company assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of 
December 31, 2019. In making this assessment, management used the criteria described in Internal Control - Integrated Framework 
(2013) set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on this assessment, 
management concluded the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2019.

The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019 has been audited 
by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in its report included in this Annual 
Report on Form 10-K.

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. 

Management of the Company evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's Chief Executive 
Officer  and  Chief  Financial  Officer,  the  effectiveness  of  the  design  and  operation  of  the  Company's  disclosure  controls  and 
procedures (as defined in the Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) as of December 31, 2019, the end of the period covered by this report.  
Based on that evaluation, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company's 
disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of such period to provide reasonable assurance that that information 
required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, 
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms and such information is accumulated and 
communicated to the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate 
to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

Changes in internal control over financial reporting. 

As required by the Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(d), the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer 
evaluated the Company's internal control over financial reporting to determine whether any change occurred during the quarter 
ended December 31, 2019 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control 
over financial reporting. Based on that evaluation, there has been no such change during such period. 

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Item  9B.  Other Information

Leonard A. Silverstein has resigned from his position as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company pursuant 
to a consulting agreement with the Company entered into on March 3, 2020, or the Consulting Agreement. Joel Murphy, our current 
Chief  Executive  Officer,  will  assume  the  additional  role  of  President  following  Mr.  Silverstein's  departure.  The  Consulting 
Agreement with Mr. Silverstein is for three years and provides annual compensation of $250,000 and a lump sum cash payment 
in the gross amount of $10,000. Mr. Silverstein’s Consulting Agreement includes a general release in favor of the Company. The 
Consulting Agreement further provides for access to certain welfare benefits of the Company. The foregoing description of the 
terms of the Consulting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Consulting 
Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.20 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and incorporated by reference herein.

Item  10. 

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance 

PART III 

Information required by this item regarding our directors and officers is incorporated herein by reference to our proxy 

statement, or our 2020 Proxy Statement, to be filed with the SEC with regard to our 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. 

Item  11. 

Executive Compensation 

Information required by this item regarding our officers is incorporated herein by reference to our 2020 Proxy Statement 

to be filed with the SEC.

Item  12. 

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters 

Information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to our 2020 Proxy Statement to be filed with the 

SEC.

Item  13. 

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence 

Information required by this item regarding our officers and directors is incorporated herein by reference to our 2020 

Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC.

Item  14. 

Principal Accounting Fees and Services 

Information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to our 2020 Proxy Statement to be filed with the 

SEC.

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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

PART IV

Item 

15.

 Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.:

Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. and its subsidiaries 
(the Company) as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the related consolidated statements of operations, of stockholders’ 
equity and of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019, including the related notes and 
financial statement schedules listed in the accompanying index (collectively referred to as the consolidated financial 
statements). We also have audited the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, based on 
criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of 
the Treadway Commission (COSO). 

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial 
position of the Company as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the 
three years in the period ended December 31, 2019 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United 
States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over 
financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) 
issued by the COSO. 

Basis for Opinions 

The Company's management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal 
control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included 
in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting appearing under Item 9A. Our responsibility is to express 
opinions on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and on the Company's internal control over financial reporting 
based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United 
States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities 
laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the 
audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, 
whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material 
respects. 

Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement 
of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. 
Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated 
financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by 
management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. Our audit of internal 
control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the 
risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based 
on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the 
circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions. 

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting 

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the 
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally 
accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures 
that (i)pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and 
dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit 
preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and 

76

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the 
company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or 
disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, 
projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate 
because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Atlanta, Georgia 
March 3, 2020 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2010. 

77

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except per-share par values)

Assets

Real estate
Land
Building and improvements
Tenant improvements
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment
Construction in progress

Gross real estate

Less:  accumulated depreciation

Net real estate

Real estate loan investments, net of deferred fee income and allowance for loan loss
Real estate loan investments to related parties, net

Total real estate and real estate loan investments, net

Cash and cash equivalents
Restricted cash
Notes receivable
Note receivable and revolving lines of credit due from related parties
Accrued interest receivable on real estate loans
Acquired intangible assets, net of amortization of $149,896 and $113,199
Deferred loan costs on Revolving Line of Credit, net of amortization of $849 and $180
Deferred offering costs
Tenant lease inducements, net of amortization of $3,567 and $1,833
Receivable from sale of mortgage-backed security
Tenant receivables (net of allowance of $0 and $1,662) and other assets
Variable Interest Entity ("VIE") assets from mortgage-backed pool, at fair value

Total assets

Liabilities and equity

Liabilities

Mortgage notes payable, net of deferred loan costs and
          mark-to-market adjustment of $42,807 and $40,127

Revolving line of credit
Term note payable, net of deferred loan costs of $511 and $0
Real estate loan investment participation obligation
Unearned purchase option termination fees
Deferred revenue
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Accrued interest payable
Dividends and partnership distributions payable
Acquired below market lease intangibles, net of amortization of $23,655 and $15,254
Prepaid rent, security deposits, and other liabilities
VIE liabilities from mortgage-backed pool, at fair value

Total liabilities

Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)

Equity

Stockholders' equity
Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share; 3,050 shares authorized; 2,161 and 1,674 shares
   issued; 2,028 and 1,608 shares outstanding at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively
Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share; up to 1,000 shares authorized; 5 and no shares
   issued and outstanding at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively
Series M Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share; 500 shares authorized; 106 and 44 shares issued;
  103 and 44 shares outstanding at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively
Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share; up to 1,000 shares authorized; no shares
   issued and outstanding at December 31, 2019 or December 31, 2018
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share; 400,067 shares authorized; 46,443 and 41,776 shares issued and

outstanding at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively

Additional paid-in capital
Accumulated (deficit) earnings
Total stockholders' equity

Non-controlling interest

Total equity

Total liabilities and equity

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

78

December 31,
2019

December 31,
2018

$

$

635,757
3,256,223
167,275
323,381
11,893
4,394,529
(421,551)
3,972,978
325,790
23,692
4,322,460

94,381
42,872
17,079
24,838
25,755
154,803
1,286
2,147
19,607
—
65,332
—

519,300
2,738,085
128,914
278,151
8,265
3,672,715
(272,042)
3,400,673
282,548
51,663
3,734,884

38,958
48,732
14,440
32,867
23,340
135,961
1,916
6,468
20,698
41,181
41,567
269,946

$

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$

4,410,958

$

$

2,567,022
—
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—
2,859
39,722
42,191
8,152
23,519
62,611
20,879
—
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2,299,625
57,000
—
5,181
2,050
43,484
38,618
6,711
19,258
47,149
17,611
264,886
2,801,573

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464
1,938,057
(7,244)
1,931,298
2,818
1,934,116

418
1,607,712
—
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1,239
1,609,385

$

4,770,560

$

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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except per-share figures)

Revenues:

Rental revenues
Other property revenues
Interest income on loans and notes receivable
Interest income from related parties
Miscellaneous revenues

Total revenues

Operating expenses:

Property operating and maintenance
Property salary and benefits (including reimbursements of $18,054,

$16,276, and $12,329 to related party)

Property management fees (including $10,307, $8,976 and $6,417 to related parties)
Real estate taxes
General and administrative
Equity compensation to directors and executives
Depreciation and amortization
Asset management and general and administrative expense fees to related party
Loan loss allowance
Insurance, professional fees and other expenses

Total operating expenses

Year ended December 31,
2018

2017

2019

$ 395,121
11,795
49,542
11,946
2,023
470,427

$ 323,252
8,213
50,190
15,616
—
397,271

$ 231,895
4,958
35,948
21,204
—
294,005

52,911

44,065

29,903

20,693

13,981
50,298
8,541
1,223
185,065
33,516
2,038
13,687
381,953

17,766

11,681
42,035
8,224
1,703
171,136
27,541
2,533
7,166
333,850

13,272

8,329
31,281
6,490
3,470
116,777
20,226
—
6,598
236,346

Waived asset management and general and administrative expense fees

(11,764)

(6,656)

(1,729)

Net operating expenses

370,189

327,194

234,617

Operating income before gains on sales of real estate and trading investments
Gains on sales of real estate and trading investments
Operating income
Interest expense
Change in fair value of net assets of consolidated VIEs from mortgage-backed pools
Loss on extinguishment of debt
Gains on sale of real estate loan investment and land condemnation

Net (loss) income
Consolidated net loss (income) attributable to non-controlling interests

Net (loss) income attributable to the Company

Dividends declared to preferred stockholders
Earnings attributable to unvested restricted stock

Net loss attributable to common stockholders

Net loss per share of Common Stock available
to common stockholders, basic and diluted

Weighted average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding,

basic and diluted

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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1,567
101,805
111,964
1,831
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69,705
139,782
95,564
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44,538
(1,071)

59,388
37,635
97,023
67,468
—
(888)
—

28,667
(986)

(7,244)

43,467

27,681

(113,772)
(17)

(86,741)
(16)

(63,651)
(15)

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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

Operating activities:
Net (loss) income

Years Ended December 31,
2018

2017

2019

$

(7,458)

$

44,538

28,667

Reconciliation of net (loss) income to net cash provided by operating activities:

Depreciation and amortization expense
Amortization of above and below market leases
Deferred revenues and fee income amortization
Purchase option termination fee amortization
Noncash interest income amortization on MBS, net of amortized costs
Amortization of market discount on assumed debt and lease incentives
Deferred loan cost amortization
(Increase) decrease in accrued interest income on real estate loan investments
Equity compensation to executives and directors
Gains on sales of real estate and trading investment
Gain on land condemnation, net of expenses
Cash received for purchase option terminations
Loss on extinguishment of debt
Gain on sale of real estate loan investments, net
Non-cash payment of interest on related party line of credit
Mortgage interest received from consolidated VIEs
Mortgage interest paid to other participants of consolidated VIEs
Loan loss allowance
Other
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

(Increase) in tenant receivables and other assets
(Increase) in tenant lease incentives
Increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses
Increase in accrued interest, prepaid rents and other liabilities

Net cash provided by operating activities

Investing activities:

Investments in real estate loans
Repayments of real estate loans
Notes receivable issued
Notes receivable repaid
Note receivable issued to and draws on line of credit by related parties
Repayments of notes receivable and lines of credit by related parties
Proceeds from sale of real estate loan investment, net
Origination fees received on real estate loan investments
Origination fees paid to Manager on real estate loan investments
Mortgage principal received from consolidated VIEs
Purchases of mortgage-backed securities
Proceeds from sales of mortgage-backed securities
Acquisition of properties
Disposition of properties, net
Receipt of insurance proceeds for capital improvements
Proceeds from land condemnation
Equity investment in property development
Additions to real estate assets - improvements
Deposits (paid) refunded on acquisitions

Net cash used in investing activities

Financing activities:

Proceeds from mortgage notes payable
Repayments of mortgage notes payable
Payments for deposits and other mortgage loan costs
Payments for mortgage prepayment costs
Proceeds from real estate loan participants
Payments to real estate loan participants

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

83

185,065
(5,765)
(5,346)
(9,111)
(928)
1,997
6,450
(5,766)
1,223
(1,567)
(207)
3,591
84
(747)
(637)
18,750
(18,750)
2,038
—

(20,565)
(644)
1,518
2,406
145,631

(98,418)
54,384
(5,692)
3,089
(40,458)
35,239
747
1,565
(783)
6,570
(30,841)
79,558
(619,089)
—
746
643
(100)
(48,071)
(146)
(661,057)

405,430
(176,903)
(8,705)
—
—
(5,223)

171,136
(5,905)
(4,323)
(8,660)
(320)
1,644
7,108
3,524
1,703
(69,705)
—
7,740
—
—
—
6,049
(6,049)
2,533
—

(7,631)
(7,607)
2,876
6,730
145,381

(200,806)
250,448
(9,946)
12,759
(51,789)
41,117
—
4,331
(2,166)
1,255
(45,927)
—
(1,007,048)
164,838
978
—
—
(44,383)
4,534
(881,805)

602,375
(121,797)
(12,299)
—
5
(10,425)

116,777
(3,335)
(2,347)
—
—
631
5,084
(4,970)
3,470
(37,635)
—
—
888
—
—
—
—
—
189

(12,105)
(14,260)
2,382
2,853
86,289

(148,346)
94,410
(7,864)
6,100
(35,281)
34,229
—
2,634
(1,320)
—
—
—
(779,643)
116,813
4,719
—
—
(11,594)
(2,034)
(727,177)

517,489
(124,040)
(14,772)
(817)
224
(7,883)

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - continued

Years Ended December 31,
2018

2017

2019

265,200
(322,200)
70,000
(6,570)
4,857
(4,857)
501,076
—
11,659
(12,124)
(45,439)
(110,827)
(911)
(4,013)
4,539

564,989

550,300
(535,100)
(11,000)
(1,255)
—
—
408,644
—
20,052
(9,367)
(39,865)
(84,427)
(1,034)
(3,705)
—

751,102

49,563
87,690
137,253

$

14,678
73,012
87,690

$

275,000
(360,700)
—
—
—
—
306,947
74,213
80,970
(4,480)
(27,409)
(61,966)
(817)
(6,314)
540

646,185

5,297
67,715
73,012

103,298

$

86,222

$

59,851

4,816
261
1,919

$
$
$
— $
— $
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
— $
— $
— $

270,669
270,670
578,707
578,707
12,156
10,020
560
15
768
225
3,836
512
12,551
47,797
719
41,550
65,607

18,202
264,886

2,317
480
4,829

$
$
$
— $
$
$
— $
— $
— $
$
10,840
$
7,920
269
$
— $
$
229
$
228
$
461
$
1,890
$
4,044
— $
$
$
$
— $
— $
$

41,181

4,972
47,125
152,770

2,305
836
411
6,879
28,803
—
—
—
—
9,576
5,971
70
—
63
221
323
1,512
2,515
—
4,088
90,722
162,945
31,288
31,288
—

(In thousands)

Proceeds from lines of credit
Payments on lines of credit
Proceeds from (repayment of) the Term Loans
Mortgage principal paid to other participants of consolidated VIEs
Proceeds from repurchase agreements
Repayments of repurchase agreements
Proceeds from the sales of preferred stock and Units, net of offering costs
Proceeds from sales of Common Stock
Proceeds from exercises of Warrants
Payments for redemptions of preferred stock
Common Stock dividends paid
Preferred stock dividends paid
Distributions to non-controlling interests
Payments for deferred offering costs
Contributions from non-controlling interests

Net cash provided by financing activities

Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of year
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period

Supplemental cash flow information:

Cash paid for interest

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:

Accrued capital expenditures
Writeoff of fully depreciated or amortized assets and liabilities
Writeoff of fully amortized deferred loan costs
Writeoff of assets due to hurricane damage
Lessee-funded tenant improvements, capitalized as landlord assets
Consolidation of assets of VIEs
Consolidation of liabilities of VIEs
Deconsolidation of assets of VIEs
Deconsolidation of liabilities of VIEs
Dividends payable - Common Stock
Dividends payable - Series A Preferred Stock
Dividends payable - mShares Preferred Stock
Dividends payable - A1/M1 Preferred Stock
Dividends declared but not yet due and payable
Partnership distributions payable to non-controlling interests
Accrued and payable deferred offering costs
Offering cost reimbursement to related party
Reclass of offering costs from deferred asset to equity
Loan receivables converted to equity for property acquisition
Fair value issuances of equity compensation
Mortgage loans assumed on acquisitions
Noncash repayment of mortgages through refinancings
Proceeds of like-kind exchange funds for dispositions
Use of like-kind exchange funds for acquisitions
Sales of Agency MBS investments, settled after year-end

$

$

$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
December 31, 2019

1. 

 Organization and Basis of Presentation

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE: APTS) is a real estate investment trust engaged primarily in the ownership and 
operation of Class A multifamily properties, with select investments in grocery anchored shopping centers, Class A office buildings, 
and student housing properties. Preferred Apartment Communities’ investment objective is to generate attractive, stable returns 
for  stockholders  by  investing  in  income-producing  properties  and  acquiring  or  originating  real  estate  loans  for  multifamily 
properties. As of December 31, 2019, the Company owned or was invested in 123 properties in 15 states, predominantly in the 
Southeast region of the United States. Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment 
trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, commencing with its tax year ended December 31, 2011. The Company 
was externally managed and advised by Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC, or its Manager, a Delaware limited liability company 
and related party until January 31, 2020 (see Note 6). See Note 17 for a discussion of the Company's Internalization transaction, 
which closed on January 31, 2020.

As of December 31, 2019, the Company had 46,443,411 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, or Common Stock, 
issued and outstanding and was the approximate 98.2% owner of the Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, 
L.P., the Company's operating partnership, at that date. The number of partnership units not owned by the Company totaled 856,409
at December 31, 2019 and represented Class A OP Units of the Operating Partnership, or Class A OP Units.  The Class A OP Units 
are convertible at any time at the option of the holder into the Operating Partnership's choice of either cash or Common Stock. In 
the case of cash, the value is determined based upon the trailing 20-day volume weighted average price of the Company's Common 
Stock.

The Company controls the Operating Partnership through its sole general partner interest and conducted substantially all of its 
business  through  the  Operating  Partnership  until  January  31,  2020.  Beginning  February  1,  2020,  the  Company  will  conduct 
substantially all of its business through PAC Carveout, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership. The Company 
has determined the Operating Partnership is a variable interest entity, or VIE, of which the Company is the primary beneficiary. 
The Company is involved with other VIEs as discussed in Note 4. New Market Properties, LLC owns and conducts the business 
of our portfolio of grocery-anchored shopping centers. Preferred Office Properties, LLC owns and conducts the business of our 
portfolio of office buildings. Preferred Campus Communities, LLC owns and conducts the business of our portfolio of off-campus 
student housing communities. Each of these entities are indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership.

Basis of Presentation

These consolidated financial statements include all of the accounts of the Company and the Operating Partnership presented in 
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP.  All significant intercompany 
transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.  Certain adjustments have been made consisting of normal recurring accruals, 
which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the Company's financial condition and results of 
operations. The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and 
assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could 
differ from those estimates. Amounts are presented in thousands where indicated.

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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

2. 

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Acquisitions and Impairments of Real Estate Assets 

When the Company acquires a property, it allocates the aggregate purchase price to tangible assets, consisting of land, building, 
site improvements and furniture, fixtures and equipment, and identifiable intangible assets, consisting of the value of in-place 
leases and above-market and below-market leases as described further below, using estimated fair values of each component at 
the time of purchase. The Company follows the guidance as outlined in ASC 805-10, Business Combinations, as amended by ASU 
2017-01.  As described below in the section entitled New Accounting Pronouncements, Accounting Standards Update 2017-01 
was adopted by the Company effective January 1, 2017, which changed the definition of a business. Under this new guidance, 
most property acquisitions made by the Company will fall within the category of acquired assets rather than acquired businesses. 
This distinction will cause the Company to capitalize its costs for acquisitions (including, effective July 1, 2017, a 1% acquisition 
fee), allocate them to the fair value of acquired assets and liabilities and amortize these costs over the remaining useful lives of 
those assets and liabilities. Should the Company complete any acquisitions in the future which qualify as acquisitions of businesses, 
associated acquisition costs would be expensed as incurred.

Tangible assets 

The fair values of land acquired is calculated under the highest and best use model, using formal appraisals and comparable land 
sales, among other inputs. Building value is determined by valuing the property on a “go-dark” basis as if it were vacant, and also 
using a replacement cost approach, which two results are then reconciled. Site improvements are valued using replacement cost. 
Management determines the as-if-vacant fair value of a property using methods similar to those used by independent appraisers. 
Factors considered by management in performing these analyses include an estimate of carrying costs during the expected lease-
up periods considering current market conditions and costs to execute similar leases, including leasing commissions and other 
related costs. The values of furniture, fixtures, and equipment are estimated by calculating their replacement cost and reducing 
that value by factors based upon estimates of their remaining useful lives.

Identifiable intangible assets 

In-place leases

Multifamily communities and student housing properties

The fair value of in-place leases are estimated by calculating the estimated time to fill a hypothetically empty apartment 
complex to its stabilization level (estimated to be 93% occupancy) based on historical observed move-in rates for each 
property, and which approximate market rates. Carrying costs during these hypothetical expected lease-up periods are 
estimated, considering current market conditions and include real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses 
and estimates of lost rentals at market rates. The intangible assets are calculated by estimating the net cash flows of the 
in-place leases to be realized, as compared to the net cash flows that would have occurred had the property been vacant 
at the time of acquisition and subject to lease-up. The acquired in-place lease values are amortized over the average 
remaining non-cancelable term of the respective in-place leases in the depreciation and amortization line of the statements 
of operations. 

Grocery-anchored shopping centers and office properties

The fair value of in-place leases represent the value of direct costs associated with leasing, including opportunity costs 
associated with lost rentals that are avoided by acquiring in-place leases. Direct costs associated with obtaining a new 
tenant include commissions, legal and marketing costs, incentives such as tenant improvement allowances and other 
direct costs. Such direct costs are estimated based on our consideration of current market costs to execute a similar lease. 
The value of opportunity costs is calculated using the estimated market lease rates and the estimated absorption period 
of the space. These direct costs and opportunity costs are included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as 
acquired intangible assets and are amortized over the remaining term of the respective leases in the depreciation and 
amortization line of the statements of operations. 

Above-market and below-market lease values

Multifamily communities and student housing properties

These values are usually not significant or are not applicable for these properties.

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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

Grocery-anchored shopping centers and office properties

The values of above-market and below-market leases are developed by comparing the Company's estimate of the average 
market rents and expense reimbursements to the average contract rent at the property acquisition date. The amount by 
which contract rent and expense reimbursements exceed estimated market rent are summed for each individual lease and 
discounted for a singular aggregate above-market lease intangible asset for the property. The amount by which estimated 
market rent exceeds contract rent and expense reimbursements are summed for each individual lease and discounted for 
a singular aggregate below-market lease intangible liability. The above-market or below-market lease values are recorded 
as a reduction or increase, respectively, to rental revenue over the remaining noncancelable term of the respective leases, 
plus any below-market probable renewal options. 

Impairment Assessment 

The Company evaluates its tangible and identifiable intangible real estate assets for impairment when events such as declines in 
a property’s operating performance, deteriorating market conditions, or environmental or legal concerns bring recoverability of 
the carrying value of one or more assets into question. When qualitative factors indicate the possibility of impairment, the total 
undiscounted cash flows of the property, including proceeds from disposition, are compared to the net book value of the property. 
If this test indicates that impairment exists, an impairment loss is recorded in earnings equal to the shortage of the book value to 
fair value, calculated as the discounted net cash flows of the property. 

Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities 

The Company has invested in mortgage-backed securities that represent interests in pools of residential mortgage loans guaranteed 
by the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie 
Mac”) or the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) (collectively, “Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities”).  

The Company records its investments in Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities at fair value on the accompanying Consolidated 
Balance Sheet on the trade date. The Company elects to account for Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities as trading securities and 
in doing so recognizes periodic changes in fair value in earnings on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. Fair 
values in periods subsequent to the Company's initial investment are estimated utilizing a third-party pricing service. 

The Company records interest income from Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities utilizing the effective interest method. Coupon 
income, which is a component of interest income, is based upon the outstanding principal amounts of the Agency Mortgage-Backed 
Securities and their contractual terms. In addition, the Company amortizes or accretes premiums or discounts into interest income 
for its Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities, taking into account estimates of future principal prepayments in the calculation of the 
effective yield. The Company recalculates the effective yield as differences between anticipated and actual prepayments occur. 
Using third-party model and market information to project future cash flows and expected remaining lives of securities, the effective 
interest rate determined for each security is applied as if it had been in place from the date of the security’s acquisition. The 
amortized cost of the security is then adjusted to the amount that would have existed had the new effective yield been applied since 
the acquisition date, which results in a cumulative premium amortization adjustment in each period. The adjustment to amortized 
cost is offset with a charge or credit to interest income. Changes in interest rates and other market factors will impact prepayment 
speed projections and the amount of premium amortization recognized in any given period.

See section entitled "Variable Interest Entities" below.

Deferred Leasing Costs

Costs incurred to obtain tenant leases are amortized using the straight-line method over the term of the related lease agreement. 
Such costs include lease incentives, leasing commissions and legal costs. If the lease is terminated early, the remaining unamortized 
deferred leasing cost is written off. 

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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

Variable Interest Entities

A variable interest entity, or “VIE” is an entity that lacks sufficient equity to finance its activities without additional subordinated 
financial support from other parties, or whose equity holders lack the characteristics of a controlling financial interest. A VIE is 
consolidated by its primary beneficiary, which is defined as the party who has a controlling financial interest in the VIE through 
the (a) power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly affect the VIE’s economic performance, and (b) obligation 
to absorb losses or right to receive benefits of the VIE that could be significant to the VIE. The Company assesses whether it meets 
the power and benefits criteria and in performing this analysis, the Company considers both qualitative and quantitative factors, 
including the Company’s ability to control or significantly influence key decisions of the VIE and the obligation or likelihood for 
the Company to fund operating losses of the VIE. The determination of whether an entity is a VIE, and whether the Company is 
the primary beneficiary, may involve significant judgment, including the determination of which activities most significantly affect 
the entities’ performance, and estimates about the current and future fair values and performance of assets held by the VIE. If the 
Company determines that it meets both the power and benefits criteria of the VIE, the Company is deemed to be the primary 
beneficiary of the VIE and the Company consolidates the entire VIE entity in its consolidated financial statements. For those VIEs 
which arise from the Company's investment in mortgage-backed securities and which the Company consolidates, it elects the fair 
value option, under which the assets and liabilities of the consolidated VIE are carried at fair value. The periodic changes in fair 
value are included in the earnings of the Company and are reported on the line entitled Change in fair value of net assets of 
consolidated pool on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations. See Note 4 for discussion related to the Company’s 
investments in subordinate tranches of collateralized mortgage-backed pools and Note 15 for fair value disclosures related to a 
consolidated VIE related to these investments.

Real Estate Loan Investments

The Company carries its investments in real estate loans at amortized cost with assessments made for possible loan loss allowances 
in the event recoverability of the principal amount becomes doubtful. The balances of real estate loans presented on the consolidated 
balance sheets consist of drawn amounts on the loans, net of unamortized deferred loan origination fees and loan loss allowances. 

Interest income on real estate loans and notes receivable is recognized on an accrual basis over the lives of the loans or notes. In 
the event that a loan or note is refinanced with the proceeds of another loan issued by the Company, any unamortized loan fee 
revenue from the first loan will be recognized as interest revenue at the date of refinancing. Loan origination fees applicable to 
real estate loans are amortized over the lives of the loans as adjustments to interest income using the effective interest rate method. 
The accrual of interest on all these instruments ceases when there is concern as to the ultimate collection of principal or interest. 
Certain real estate loan assets include limited purchase options and either exit fees or additional amounts of accrued interest. Exit 
fees or accrued interest due will be treated as additional consideration for the acquired project if the Company purchases the subject 
property.  Additional accrued interest  becomes due in cash to the Company on the earliest to occur of: (i) the maturity of the loan, 
(ii) any uncured event of default as defined in the associated loan agreement, (iii) the sale of the project or the refinancing of the 
loan (other than a refinancing loan by the Company or one of its affiliates) and (iv) any other repayment of the loan. 

Evaluations for the possible need for loan loss allowances are performed for each real estate loan investment at least quarterly. 
Loan loss allowances are needed when it is deemed probable that all amounts due will not be collected according to the contractual 
terms of the loan. Depending upon the circumstances and significance of risk related to the collectability of the loan, management 
may determine that (i) the loan should be accounted for as a non-accrual loan because recovery of all contractual amounts due are 
deemed improbable and that any amounts subsequently received will be used to reduce the loan’s principal balance, (ii) in the 
event of a modification to the loan granted by the Company as a concession to the borrower who is experiencing financial difficulty, 
result in the need to apply troubled debt restructuring (“TDR”) accounting guidance, and/or (iii) an allowance for loan loss is 
required for the loan based upon the value of the underlying collateral and the Company’s evaluation of a possible shortfall with 
regards to the loan’s repayment based upon an estimated sales price, additional costs (if necessary), estimated selling costs, and 
amounts due to all lenders.

In  connection  with  the  surveillance  review  process,  the  Company’s  real  estate  loan  investments  are  assigned  an  internal  risk 
rating. The internal risk ratings are based on the loan’s current status as compared to underwriting for certain metrics such as total 
expected construction cost if overruns are noted, construction completion timing if there are delays, current cap rates within the 
MSA, leasing status, rental rates, net operating income, expected free cash flow, and other factors management deems important 
related to the ultimate collectability of the loan. The final internal risk ratings are influenced by other quantitative and qualitative 
factors that can result in an adjustment to the ratings. Each loan is given an internal risk rating from “A” to “D”.  Loans rated an 
“A” meet all present contractual obligations and there are no indicators which would cause concern for the borrower’s ability to 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

meet all present contractual obligations. Loans rated a “B” meet all present contractual obligations, but exhibited at least one 
indication of a negative variation from the underwriting for the loan and/or project. Loans rated a “C” exhibit some weakness that 
deserves management’s close attention and if uncorrected, may result in deterioration of repayment prospects. For these loans, 
management performs analyses to verify the borrower’s ability to meet all present contractual obligations, including obtaining an 
appraisal of the underlying collateral for the loan. Based on the available collateral to satisfy the Company’s outstanding principal 
and interest contractually due, we may provide for an allowance, move the loan to non-accrual status for future interest recognition 
or continue monitoring the loan. For loans rated a “D”, the collection of all contractual principal and interest is improbable and 
management has determined to account for the loan as a non-accrual loan and, if appropriate under the circumstances record a 
loan loss allowance.

The Company's real estate loan investments are collateralized by real estate development projects and secured further by guaranties 
of repayment from one or more of the borrowers. The Company's lines of credit receivable are typically only collateralized by 
personal guaranties, but occasionally may be cross-collateralized by interests in other real estate projects. As a result, the Company 
regularly evaluates the extent and impact of any credit deterioration associated with the performance and/or value of the underlying 
collateral property, as well as the financial and operating capability of the borrower. Specifically, a property’s operating results 
and any cash reserves are analyzed and used to assess (i) whether cash from operations is sufficient to cover the debt service 
requirements currently and into the future, (ii) the ability of the borrower to refinance the loan, and/or (iii) the property’s liquidation 
value. The Company also evaluates the financial wherewithal of any loan guarantors as well as the borrower’s competency in 
managing and operating the properties. In addition, the overall economic environment, real estate sector, and geographic sub market 
in which the borrower operates are considered. Such impairment analyses are completed and reviewed by management, utilizing 
various data sources, including periodic financial data such as property operating statements, occupancy, tenant profile, rental 
rates, operating expenses, the borrower’s exit plan, capitalization and discount rates and site inspections.

Beginning January 1, 2020, the Company adopted ASU 2016-13, that replaced the incurred loss model with an expected loss model 
for instruments measured at amortized cost, and requires entities to record credit allowances for total expected future losses on 
financial assets.

See the Revenue Recognition section of this Note for other loan-related policy disclosures required by ASC 310-10-50-6.

Purchase Option Terminations

The Company will occasionally receive a purchase option on the underlying property in conjunction with extending a real estate  
loan investment to the developer of the property. The purchase option is often at a discount to the to-be-agreed-upon market value 
of the property, once stabilized. If the Company elects not to exercise the purchase option and acquire the property, it may negotiate 
to sell the purchase option back to the developer and receive a termination fee in consideration. The amount of the termination fee 
is accounted for as additional interest on the real estate loan investment and is recognized as interest revenue utilizing the effective 
interest method over the period beginning from the date of election until the earlier of (i) the maturity of the real estate loan 
investment and (ii) the sale of the property. 

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash 
equivalents. Restricted cash includes cash restricted by state law or contractual requirement and relates primarily to real estate tax 
and insurance escrows, capital improvement reserves and resident security deposits.

Fair Value Measurements

Certain assets and liabilities are required to be carried at fair value, or if they are deemed impaired, to be adjusted to reflect this 
condition. The Company follows the guidance provided by ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, in accounting 
and reporting for real estate assets where appropriate, as well as debt instruments both held for investment and as liabilities. The 
standard requires disclosure of fair values calculated utilizing each of the following input type within the following hierarchy:

• Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.
• Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.
• Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

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December 31, 2019

Deferred Loan Costs

Deferred loan costs are amortized using the effective interest rate method, over the terms of the related indebtedness.

Non-controlling Interest

Non-controlling interest represents the equity interest of the Operating Partnership that is not owned by the Company, as well as 
the equity interests held by our joint venture partners. Non-controlling interest is adjusted for contributions, distributions and 
earnings or loss attributable to the non-controlling interest in the consolidated entity in accordance with the Agreement of 
Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, as amended, or in accordance with the respective joint venture agreement.

Redeemable Preferred Stock

Shares of the Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock, stated value $1,000 per share, or Series A Preferred Stock, Series A1 Redeemable 
Preferred Stock, stated value $1,000 per share, or Series A1 Preferred Stock, Series M Redeemable Preferred Stock, stated value 
$1,000 per share, or mShares, and Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, stated value $1,000 per share, or Series M1 Preferred 
Stock (collectively, Preferred Stock), are redeemable at the option of the holder, subject to a declining redemption fee schedule. 
Redemptions are therefore outside the control of the Company. However, the Company retains the right to fund any redemptions 
of any of its shares of Preferred Stock in either Common Stock or cash at its option. Therefore, the Company records all its Preferred 
Stock as components of permanent stockholders’ equity.

Deferred Offering Costs

Deferred  offering  costs  represent  direct  costs  incurred  by  the  Company  related  to  current  equity  offerings,  excluding  costs 
specifically identifiable to a closing, such as commissions, dealer-manager fees, and other registration fees. For issuances of equity 
that occur on one specific date, associated offering costs are reclassified as a reduction of proceeds raised on the date of issue.  The 
Company's offerings of Preferred Stock generally close on a bimonthly basis in variable amounts. Deferred offering costs related 
to the  Preferred Stock Offerings are reclassified to the stockholders’ equity section of the consolidated balance sheet as a reduction 
of proceeds raised on a pro-rata basis equal to the ratio of total Units or value of shares issued to the maximum number of Units 
or the value of shares, as applicable, that are expected to be issued. 

Revenue Recognition 

Multifamily communities and student housing properties

Rental revenue is recognized when earned from residents of the Company's multifamily communities, which is over the terms of 
the rental agreements, typically of nine to fifteen months’ duration. The Company evaluates the collectability of amounts due from 
residents and recognizes revenue from residents when collectability is deemed probable, in accordance with ASC 842-30-25-12. 
The Company disclosed bad debt expense within the Property Operating and Maintenance expense line item in prior periods, but 
recorded the reduction in revenue against Rental Revenues and Other Property Revenues, as applicable, for the current period.

The Company evaluated the various ancillary revenues within its multifamily leases, including resident utility reimbursements. 
Having met the criteria that (i) the timing and pattern of transfer for the lease component and associated non-lease components 
are the same and (ii) that the lease component, if accounted for separately would be classified as an operating lease, the Company 
has elected the practical expedient under Lease Accounting, ASC 842, paragraph 10-15-42A, to elect reporting the lease component 
and  non-lease  components  as  one  single  component  under  Rental  Revenues  recognized  in  accordance  with ASC  842.  Lease 
components such as pet rental fees and parking rental fees as well as non-lease components such as utility reimbursements were 
previously presented in the Company’s Other Property Revenues line item. For presentation purposes, the Company has reclassified 
its revenue from these revenue sources into Rental Revenues for all periods presented, for comparability. Revenue from utility 
reimbursements are considered variable lease payments and are recognized in the period in which the related expenses are incurred.

Grocery-anchored shopping centers and office properties

Our retail leases have original lease terms which generally range from three to seven years for spaces under 5,000 square feet 
and from ten to twenty years for spaces over 10,000 square feet. Anchor leases generally contain renewal options for one or 
more additional periods whereas in-line tenant leases may or may not have renewal options. With the exception of anchor leases, 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

the leases generally contain contractual increases in base rent rates over the lease term and the base rent rates for renewal periods 
are generally based upon the rental rate for the primary term, which may be adjusted for inflation or market conditions. Anchor 
leases generally do not contain contractual increases in base rent rates over the lease term and the renewal periods. Our leases 
generally provide for the payment of fixed monthly rentals and may also provide for the payment of additional rent based upon 
a percentage of the tenant’s gross sales above a certain threshold level (“percentage rent”). Our leases also generally include 
tenant reimbursements for common area expenses, insurance, and real estate taxes. Utilities are generally paid by tenants either 
directly  through  separate  meters  or  through  payment  of  tenant  reimbursements.  The  foregoing  general  description  of  the 
characteristics of the leases in our centers is not intended to describe all leases and material variations in lease terms may exist.
Our office building leases have original lease terms which generally range from five to fifteen years and generally contain 
contractual, annual base rental rate escalations ranging from 2% to 3%. These leases may be structured as gross where the 
tenant’s base rental rate is all inclusive and there is no additional obligation to reimburse building operating expenses, net or 
NNN where in addition to base rent the tenant is also responsible for its pro rata share of reimbursable building operating 
expenses, or modified gross where in addition to base rent the tenant is also responsible for its pro rata share of reimbursable 
building operating expense increases over a base year amount (typically calculated as the actual reimbursable operating expenses 
in year one of the original lease term).

Base rental revenue from tenants' operating leases is a lease component revenue in the Company's grocery-anchored shopping 
centers and office properties and is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Revenue based on "percentage 
rent"  provisions  that  provide  for  additional  rents  that  become  due  upon  achievement  of  specified  sales  revenue  targets  (as 
specified in each lease agreement) is recognized only after the tenant exceeds its specified sales revenue target. Revenue from 
reimbursements of the tenants' share of real estate taxes, insurance and common area maintenance, or CAM, costs represent 
non-lease component revenue. Having met the criteria that (i) the timing and pattern of transfer for the lease component and 
associated non-lease components are the same and (ii) that the lease component, if accounted for separately would be classified 
as an operating lease, the Company has elected the practical expedient under ASC 842, Leases, paragraph 10-15-42A, to elect 
reporting  the  lease  component  and  non-lease  components  as  one  single  component  under  Rental  Revenues  recognized  in 
accordance with ASC 842. Reimbursement revenue and percentage rent were previously presented in the Company’s Other 
Property Revenues line item. For presentation purposes, the Company has reclassified its revenue from reimbursements into 
Rental  Revenues  for  all  periods  presented,  for  comparability.  Revenue  from  reimbursements  are  considered  variable  lease 
payments and are recognized in the period in which the related expenses are incurred. The Company does not record income 
and offsetting expense for certain variable costs paid directly to third parties by lessees on behalf of lessors.

Non-lease components which do not qualify under the practical expedient primarily include lease termination income and other 
ancillary  revenue  (e.g.  application  fees,  license  fees,  late  fees  and  tenant  billbacks). These  items  are  recorded  under  Other 
property revenues. Lease termination revenues are recognized ratably over the revised remaining lease term after giving effect 
to the termination notice or when tenant vacates and the Company has no further obligations under the lease. Rents and tenant 
reimbursements collected in advance are recorded as prepaid rent within other liabilities in the accompanying consolidated 
balance sheets. The Company evaluated the collectability of the tenant receivable related to rental and reimbursement billings 
due from tenants and straight-line rent receivables, which represent the cumulative amount of future adjustments necessary to 
present rental revenue on a straight-line basis, by taking into consideration the Company's historical write-off experience, tenant 
credit-worthiness,  current  economic  trends,  and  remaining  lease  terms. The  Company  evaluates  the  collectability  of  these 
amounts  and  recognizes  revenue  related  to  tenants  where  collectability  is  deemed  probable,  in  accordance  with  ASC 
842-30-25-12. The Company previously recorded bad debt expense within the Property operating and maintenance expense 
line item, and upon adoption of ASC 842 on January 1, 2019, began recording amounts not deemed probable of collection as a 
reduction of rental revenues and other property revenues, as applicable.   

The Company may provide grocery-anchored shopping center and office building tenants an allowance for the construction of 
leasehold improvements. These leasehold improvements are capitalized and depreciated over the shorter of the useful life of 
the improvements or the remaining lease term. If the allowance represents a payment for a purpose other than funding leasehold 
improvements, or in the event the Company is not considered the owner of the improvements, the allowance is considered to 
be a lease incentive and is recognized over the lease term as a reduction of rental revenue. Determination of the appropriate 
accounting for the payment of a tenant allowance is made on a lease-by-lease basis, considering the facts and circumstances of 
the individual tenant lease. When the Company is the owner of the leasehold improvements, recognition of rental revenue 
commences when the lessee is given possession of the leased space upon completion of tenant improvements. However, when 
the leasehold improvements are owned by the tenant, the lease inception date is the date the tenant obtains possession of the 
leased space for purposes of constructing its leasehold improvements. For our office properties, if the improvement is deemed 
to be a “landlord asset,” and the tenant funded the tenant improvements, the cost is amortized over the term of the underlying 

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December 31, 2019

lease with a corresponding recognition of rental revenues. In order to qualify as a landlord asset, the specifics of the tenant’s 
assets are reviewed, including the Company's approval of the tenant’s detailed expenditures, whether such assets may be usable 
by other future tenants, whether the Company has consent to alter or remove the assets from the premises and generally remain 
the Company's property at the end of the lease.

Gains on sales of real estate assets

The Company recognizes gains on sales of real estate based on the difference between the consideration received and the carrying 
amount of the distinct asset, including the carrying amount of any liabilities relieved or assumed by the purchasing counterparty 
and net of disposition expenses.

Lessee accounting

The Company has evaluated its leases for which it is the lessee to determine the value of any right of use assets and related lease 
liabilities. The Company has three ground leases related to our office and grocery-anchored shopping center assets, one of which 
had been recorded at fair value on the Company's balance sheet at acquisition due to a purchase option the Company deemed 
probable of exercising. These ground leases generally have extended terms (e.g. over twenty years with multiple renewal options) 
and generally have base rent with CPI-based increases. The Company evaluated its renewal option periods in quantifying its asset 
and liability related to these ground leases. In determining the value of its right of use asset and lease liability, the Company used 
discount rates comparable to recent loan rates obtained on comparative properties within its portfolio.  The Company’s right of 
use asset and related lease liability in accordance with ASC 842-20-30 related to these ground leases are recorded within the Tenant 
Receivables and Other Assets and the Security Deposits and Other Liabilities line items of the balance sheet, respectively. The 
Company is also the lessee of furniture and equipment leases such as office equipment, which generally are three to five years
with minimal rent increases. The Company determined that the related right of use asset and lease liability for its furniture and 
equipment leases were immaterial.

Acquisition Costs

The Company accounts for acquisition costs in accordance with guidance provided in Accounting Standards Update 2017-01. 
Under this guidance, most property acquisitions made by the Company will fall within the category of acquired assets rather than 
acquired businesses. This distinction causes the Company to capitalize its costs for acquisitions (including, effective July 1, 2017, 
a 1% acquisition fee), allocate them to the fair value of acquired assets and liabilities and amortize these costs over the remaining 
useful lives of those assets and liabilities. Should the Company complete any acquisitions in the future which qualify as acquisitions 
of businesses, associated acquisition costs would be expensed as incurred.

Capitalization and Depreciation

The Company capitalizes tenant improvements, replacements of furniture, fixtures and equipment, as well as carpet, appliances, 
air  conditioning  units,  certain  common  area  items  and  other  assets.  Significant  repair  and  renovation  costs  that  improve  the 
usefulness or extend the useful life of the properties are also capitalized. These assets are then depreciated on a straight-line basis 
over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

• Buildings: 30 - 50 years
• Furniture, fixtures & equipment: 5 - 10 years
• Improvements to buildings and land: 5 - 20 years
• Tenant improvements: shorter of economic life or lease term

Operating expenses related to unit turnover costs, such as carpet cleaning and minor repairs are expensed as incurred.

Income Taxes

The Company has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Code. To continue to qualify as a REIT, the Company must meet certain 
organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement to distribute at least 90% of the Company's annual REIT 
taxable income to its stockholders (which is computed without regard to the dividends paid deduction or net capital gain and which 
does not necessarily equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP). As a REIT, the Company generally will not be 
subject to federal income tax to the extent it distributes 100% of the Company's annual REIT taxable income to its stockholders. 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, it will be subject to federal income tax on its taxable income at the 
corporate income tax rate and generally will not be permitted to qualify for treatment as a REIT for federal income tax purposes 
for the four taxable years following the year during which qualification is lost unless the Internal Revenue Service grants the 
Company relief under certain statutory provisions. Such an event could have a material adverse affect on the Company's net income 
and net cash available for distribution to stockholders. The Company intends to operate in such a manner as to maintain its election 
for treatment as a REIT. 

The Company recognizes a liability for uncertain tax positions. An uncertain tax position is defined as a position taken or expected 
to be taken in a tax return that is not based on clear and unambiguous tax law and which is reflected in measuring current or deferred 
income tax assets and liabilities for interim or annual periods. The Company may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax 
position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on 
the technical merits of the position. The Company measures the tax benefits recognized based on the largest benefit that has a 
greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate resolution. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to 
unrecognized tax benefits in its provision for income taxes.

Earnings (Loss) Per Share

Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income or loss available to common stockholders by the weighted 
average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding for the period. Net income or loss attributable to common stockholders 
is calculated by deducting dividends due to preferred stockholders, including deemed non-cash dividends emanating from beneficial 
conversion features within convertible preferred stock, as well as nonforfeitable dividends due to holders of unvested restricted 
stock, which are participating securities under the two-class method of calculating earnings per share. Diluted earnings (loss) per 
share is computed by dividing net income or net loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares 
of Common Stock outstanding adjusted for the effect of dilutive securities such as share grants or warrants. No adjustment is made 
for potential common stock equivalents that are anti-dilutive during the period.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

New Accounting Pronouncements

Standard

Description

Date of Adoption

Effect on the Consolidated Financial
Statements

Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance
ASU 2016-02, Leases 
(Topic 842)

ASU 2018-11, Leases 
(Topic  842)  Targeted 
Improvements

ASU 2016-02 requires a lessor to separate 
lease components from non-lease 
components, such as maintenance services 
or other activities that transfer a good or 
service to our residents and tenants in a 
contract. 

In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 
2018-11 which allowed for a practical 
expedient for lessors to elect, by class of 
underlying assets, to not separate lease 
and non-lease components if both (1) the 
timing and pattern of revenue recognition 
are the same for the non-lease 
component(s) and related lease 
component and (2) the combined single 
lease component would be classified as an 
operating lease.

Additional practical expedients were also 
provided for under ASU 2018-11 related 
to expired or existing leases.

January 1, 2019 Having met the criteria that (i) the 

timing and pattern of transfer for the 
lease component and associated non-
lease components are the same and (ii) 
that the lease component, if accounted 
for separately would be classified as an 
operating lease, the Company has 
elected the practical expedient within 
ASU 2018-11, as codified under ASC 
842-10-15-42A, to elect reporting the 
lease component and non-lease 
components as one single component 
under Rental Revenues recognized in 
accordance with ASC 842. This change 
had no material effect on the timing of 
revenue recognition.

The Company has also elected to 
implement the package of practical 
expedients provided within ASU 
2018-11, as codified under ASC 
842-10-65-1(f), which allows the 
Company not to reassess whether 
expired or existing contracts contain 
leases, its lease classification, and any 
related initial direct costs. 

ASU 2018-20,
Leases (ASC 842),
Narrow-Scope
Improvements for
Lessors

ASU 2018-20 eliminates the requirement
to record income and offsetting expense
for certain variable costs paid for by
lessees on behalf of lessors.

January 1, 2019 The Company no longer records

income and expense for property taxes
paid directly to the taxing authority by
a lessee based on this standard. The
effect is a reduction of other property
revenues and of property tax expense,
with no effect upon net income/loss.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

Standard

Description

Recently Issued Accounting Guidance Not Yet Adopted
ASU 2016-13, 
Financial 
Instruments - Credit 
Losses (ASC 326)

ASU 2016-03 changes how entities will
measure credit losses for most financial
assets, including loans, which are not
measured at fair value through net
income. The guidance replaces the
existing incurred loss model with an
expected loss model for instruments
measured at amortized cost, and requires
entities to record credit allowances for
financial assets rather than reduce the
carrying amount, as they do today under
the other-than temporary impairment
model.

Date of
Adoption

Effect on the Consolidated Financial
Statements

January 1, 2020 Implementation of the new guidance on 

accounting for financial assets will be 
limited to our real estate loans and 
notes and revolving lines of credit. We 
have developed a model that derives a 
reserve ratio based upon the amount of 
financial protection afforded each 
instrument. For each loan in which we 
are the lender, the amount of protection 
afforded to us is estimated to be the 
excess of the future estimated fair 
market value of the developed property 
over the commitment amount of each 
loan (including other loans senior to the 
Company’s), inclusive of accrued 
interest and other related receivables. 
The excess represents the amount of 
equity dollars in each real estate 
project, which are in a subordinate 
position to our real estate loan 
investments.  We expect to implement 
this new guidance using the modified 
retrospective basis by recording a 
cumulative effect adjustment to 
retained earnings on January 1, 2020. 
The amount of this adjustment is 
undergoing final refinement of 
assumptions and is expected to be 
approximately $6.5 million to $7.5 
million, or approximately 1.5% of the 
Company’s ultimate exposure (the 
committed amount for all outstanding 
real estate loans plus related 
receivables).

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

3.   Real Estate Assets

The Company's real estate assets consisted of:

Multifamily communities:

Properties (1)
Units

New Market Properties:

Properties 
Gross leasable area (square feet) (3)

Student housing properties:

Properties
Units
Beds

Preferred Office Properties:

Properties
Rentable square feet

As of:

December 31,
2019

December 31,
2018

(1, 2)

34
10,245

(2)

52
6,041,629

(2, 4)

8
2,011
6,095

32
9,768

45
4,730,695

7
1,679
5,208

(2)

10
3,204,000

7
2,578,000

(1) The  acquired  second  phases  of  CityPark View  and  Crosstown Walk  communities  are  managed  in 
combination with the initial phases and so together are considered a single property, as is the Regent at 
Lenox Village within the Lenox Portfolio. 
(2) One multifamily community, two student housing properties, two grocery-anchored shopping 
centers and two office buildings are owned through consolidated joint ventures.
(3) The Company also owns approximately 47,600 square feet of gross leasable area of ground floor retail 
space which is embedded within the Lenox Portfolio and is not included in the totals above for New 
Market Properties.
(4) Six of our student housing properties were under contract for sale at December 31, 2019.

Multifamily communities sold

The Company had no sales of multifamily community assets during the year ended December 31, 2019.

On December 11, 2018, the Company closed on the sale of its 192-unit multifamily community in Austin, Texas, or McNeil Ranch, 
to an unrelated third party for a purchase price of $30.0 million, exclusive of closing costs and resulting in a gain of $13.9 million. 
McNeil Ranch contributed approximately $0.2 million of net income to the consolidated operating results of the Company for the 
year ended December 31, 2018.

On October 23, 2018, the Company closed on the sale of its 364-unit multifamily community in Nashville, Tennessee, or Stoneridge 
Farms at the Hunt Club, to an unrelated third party for a purchase price of $55.0 million, exclusive of closing costs and resulting 
in  a  gain  of  $16.8  million.  Stoneridge  Farms  at  the  Hunt  Club  contributed  approximately  $0.6  million  of  net  income  to  the 
consolidated operating results of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2018.

On September 28, 2018, the Company closed on the sale of its 216-unit multifamily community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, or 
Stone Rise, to an unrelated third party for a purchase price of approximately $42.5 million, exclusive of closing costs and resulting 
in a gain of $18.6 million. Stone Rise contributed approximately $0.5 million of net income to the consolidated operating results 
of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2018.

On March 20, 2018, the Company closed on the sale of its 328-unit multifamily community in Raleigh, North Carolina, or Lake 
Cameron, to an unrelated third party for a purchase price of approximately $43.5 million, exclusive of closing costs, and debt 
defeasance-related costs and resulted in a gain of $20.4 million. Lake Cameron contributed approximately $0.2 million of net 
income to the consolidated operating results of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2018.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

Each of the gains recorded for these sales transactions were net of disposition expenses and debt defeasance-related costs and 
prepayment premiums, as described in Note 10. 

The carrying amounts of the significant assets and liabilities of the disposed properties at the dates of sale were:

(In thousands)
Real estate assets:

Land
Building and improvements
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
Accumulated depreciation

Total assets, net

Liabilities:

Mortgage note payable

McNeil
Ranch
December 11,
2018

Stoneridge
Farms
October 23,
2018

Stone Rise
September 28,
2018

Lake
Cameron
March 20,
2018

$

$

$

2,100
16,300
2,096
(5,252)

15,244

13,418

$

$

$

3,026
35,740
4,305
(6,601)

36,470

25,626

$

$

$

6,950
18,860
3,292
(6,722)

22,380

23,520

$

$

$

4,000
21,519
3,687
(7,220)

21,986

19,736

Multifamily communities acquired

During  the  years  ended  December  31,  2019  and  2018,  the  Company  completed  the  acquisition  of  the  following  multifamily 
communities:

Acquisition
date

Property

Location

Units

8/8/2019
9/18/2019

Artisan at Viera
Five Oaks at Westchase

Melbourne, Florida
Tampa, Florida

1/9/2018
2/28/2018
9/27/2018
11/9/2018
11/15/2018

The Lux at Sorrel
Green Park
The Lodge at Hidden River
Vestavia Reserve
CityPark View South

Jacksonville, Florida
Atlanta, Georgia
Tampa, Florida
Birmingham, Alabama
Charlotte, North Carolina

259
218

477

265
310
300
272
200

1,347

The aggregate purchase prices of the multifamily acquisitions were approximately $117.0 million and $258.6 million for the years 
ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 respectively, exclusive of acquired escrows, security deposits, prepaids, capitalized acquisition 
costs and other miscellaneous assets and assumed liabilities. 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

The Company allocated the purchase prices and capitalized acquisition costs to the acquired assets and liabilities based upon their 
fair values, as shown in the following table. The purchase price allocations were based upon the Company's best estimates of the 
fair values of the acquired assets and liabilities.

(In thousands, except amortization period data)

2019

2018

Multifamily Communities acquired during the
years ended December 31,

Land
Buildings and improvements
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
Lease intangibles
Prepaids & other assets
Accrued taxes
Security deposits, prepaid rents, and other liabilities

Net assets acquired

Cash paid

Mortgage debt, net

Total consideration

Year ended December 31, 2019:

Revenue
Net income (loss)

Year ended December 31, 2018:

Revenue
Net income (loss)

Capitalized acquisition costs incurred by the Company
Acquisition costs paid to related party (included above)
Remaining amortization period of intangible

 assets and liabilities (months)

$

$

$

$

$
$

$
$

$
$

$

$

$

$

$
$

$
$

$
$

9,264
87,098
19,806
2,647
75
(477)
(118)

118,295

78,295

40,000

118,295

2,967
(2,074)

—
—

1,771
1,216

7.1

28,365
181,931
44,474
8,257
569
(684)
(494)

262,418

87,592

174,826

262,418

23,734
(10,489)

11,533
(8,704)

4,412
2,615

0

Student housing properties acquired

During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company completed the acquisitions of the following student housing 
properties:

Acquisition
date

Property

Location

Units

Beds

3/27/2019

Haven49 (1)

Charlotte, NC

5/10/2018
5/31/2018
6/27/2018

The Tradition
The Retreat at Orlando
The Bloc

College Station, TX
Orlando, FL
Lubbock, TX

332

427
221
140

788

887

808
894
556

2,258

(1) The Company effectuated the acquisition via a negotiated agreement whereby the Company accepted the membership 
interest in the Haven49 project entity in satisfaction of the project indebtedness owed to the Company. See Note 4.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

The aggregate purchase price of the student housing property acquisitions for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 was 
approximately $92.4 million and $197.0 million respectively, exclusive of acquired escrows, security deposits, prepaid assets, 
capitalized acquisition costs and other miscellaneous assets and assumed liabilities.

The Company allocated the purchase prices and capitalized acquisition costs to the acquired assets and liabilities based upon their 
fair values, as shown in the following table. The purchase price allocations were based upon the Company's best estimates of the 
fair values of the acquired assets and liabilities.

(In thousands, except amortization period data)

2019

2018

Student housing properties acquired during the years
ended December 31,

Land
Buildings and improvements
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
Lease intangibles
Below market leases
Prepaids & other assets
Accrued taxes
Security deposits, prepaid rents, and other liabilities

Net assets acquired

Cash paid
Satisfaction of loan receivables

Mortgage debt, net

Total consideration

Year ended December 31, 2019:

Revenue
Net income (loss)

Year ended December 31, 2018:

Revenue
Net income (loss)

Capitalized acquisition costs incurred by the Company
Acquisition costs to related party

Remaining amortization period of intangible

 assets and liabilities (months)

$

$

$

$

$
$

$
$

$
$

7,289
68,163
16,966
983
—
—
(158)
(2,579)

90,664

2,717
46,397

41,550

90,664

5,532
(2,946)

$

$

$

$

$
$

— $
— $

1,016
936

$
$

0

23,149
146,856
27,211
2,494
(54)
309
(942)
(720)

198,303

92,212
—

106,091

198,303

17,599
(7,010)

9,882
(7,797)

2,555
1,970

0

On May 24, 2019, the Company entered into a purchase and sale agreement to sell six of its student housing properties to a third 
party. On June 28, 2019, this agreement was terminated and the Company recorded revenue from a forfeited earnest money deposit 
of $1.0 million. A new purchase and sale agreement was entered into for the same six student housing properties plus a real estate 
loan supporting yet another student housing property on July 29, 2019. On December 9, 2019, the agreement was amended to 
extend the closing date to March 20, 2020 and resulted in another $1.0 million deposit forfeiture by a prospective purchaser to the 
Company.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

New Market Properties assets acquired

During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company completed the acquisition of the following grocery-anchored 
shopping centers: 

Acquisition
date

1/17/2019
5/28/2019
6/12/2019
6/12/2019
8/16/2019
11/14/2019
12/19/2019

Property

Location

Gayton Crossing
Free State Shopping Center
Disston Plaza
Polo Grounds Mall
Fairfield Shopping Center (1)
Berry Town Center
Hanover Shopping Center (1)

Richmond, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Tampa - St. Petersburg, Florida
West Palm Beach, Florida
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Orlando, Florida
Wilmington, North Carolina

4/27/2018
4/27/2018
6/26/2018
6/29/2018
7/6/2018
12/21/2018

Greensboro Village
Governors Towne Square
Neapolitan Way
Conway Plaza
Brawley Commons
Hollymead Town Center

Nashville, Tennessee
Atlanta, Georgia
Naples, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlottesville, Virginia

(1) Property is owned through a consolidated joint venture.

Gross leasable
area (square
feet)

158,316
264,152
129,150
130,285
231,829
99,441
305,346

1,318,519

70,203
68,658
137,580
117,705
122,028
158,807

674,981

The aggregate purchase price of the New Market Properties acquisitions for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 was 
approximately $248.4 million and $158.6 million respectively, exclusive of acquired escrows, security deposits, prepaid assets, 
capitalized acquisition costs and other miscellaneous assets and assumed liabilities.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

The Company allocated the purchase prices to the acquired assets and liabilities based upon their fair values, as shown in the 
following table. The purchase price allocation was based upon the Company's best estimates of the fair values of the acquired 
assets and liabilities.

(In thousands, except amortization period data)

2019

2018

New Market Properties' acquisitions during the
years ended December 31,

Land
Buildings and improvements
Tenant improvements
In-place leases
Above market leases
Leasing costs
Below market leases
Other assets
Security deposits, prepaid rents, and other

Net assets acquired

Cash paid
Mortgage debt

Total consideration

Year ended December 31, 2019:

Revenue
Net income (loss)

Year ended December 31, 2018:

Revenue
Net income (loss)

Capitalized acquisition costs incurred by the Company
Capitalized acquisition costs paid to related party (included above)
Remaining amortization period of intangible

 assets and liabilities (years)

Preferred Office Properties assets acquired

$

$

$

$

$
$

$
$

$
$

77,612
152,804
11,319
21,084
3,098
7,216
(21,028)
124
(869)

251,360

91,422
159,938

251,360

11,401
(1,686)

$

$

$

$

$
$

— $
— $

5,192
2,367

$
$

7.9

40,793
99,967
5,862
11,394
3,279
3,855
(4,934)
247
(1,024)

159,439

83,906
75,533

159,439

14,650
(1,333)

5,670
(1,057)

2,320
1,631

6.3

During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company completed the acquisition of the following office buildings: 

Acquisition
date

7/25/2019
7/31/2019
12/20/2019

Property

Location

CAPTRUST Tower
251 Armour Drive
Morrocroft Center

Raleigh, North Carolina
Atlanta, Georgia
Charlotte, North Carolina

1/29/2018
7/31/2018
12/20/2018

Armour Yards
150 Fayetteville
Capitol Towers

Atlanta, Georgia
Raleigh, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina

Gross leasable
area (square
feet)

300,000
35,000
291,000

626,000

187,000
560,000
479,000

1,226,000

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

The aggregate purchase price of the Preferred Office Properties acquisitions for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 was 
approximately $250.6 million and $448.3 million respectively, exclusive of acquired escrows, security deposits, prepaid assets, 
capitalized acquisition costs and other miscellaneous assets and assumed liabilities.

The Company allocated the purchase prices and capitalized acquisition costs to the acquired assets and liabilities based upon their 
fair values, as shown in the following table. The purchase price allocations were based upon the Company's best estimates of the 
fair values of the acquired assets and liabilities.

(In thousands, except amortization period data)

2019

2018

Preferred Office Properties' acquisitions during the
years ended December 31,

Land
Buildings and improvements
Tenant improvements
In-place leases
Above-market leases
Leasing costs
Below-market leases
Prepaid and other assets
Accrued taxes
Security deposits, prepaid rents, and other liabilities

Net assets acquired

Cash paid

Mortgage debt, net

Term Note

Total consideration

Year ended December 31, 2019:

Revenue
Net income (loss)

Year ended December 31, 2018:

Revenue
Net income (loss)

Capitalized acquisition costs incurred by the Company
Acquisition costs paid to related party (included above)
Remaining amortization period of intangible

 assets and liabilities (years)

$

$

$

$

$
$

$
$

$
$

22,654
193,243
13,205
12,766
1,760
6,021
(2,892)
56
(98)
(413)

246,302

93,652

82,650

70,000

246,302

5,530
(718)

$

$

$

$

$
$

— $
— $

3,079
2,570

$
$

6.8

36,274
336,944
32,085
25,275
4,900
19,817
(10,626)
1,588
(17)
(12,241)

433,999

152,949

281,050

—

433,999

41,391
(1,205)

12,327
(2,337)

6,013
4,483

8.8

The Company recorded aggregate amortization and depreciation expense of:

(In thousands)

Depreciation:

Years ended December 31,
2018

2019

2017

Buildings and improvements
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment

$

Amortization:

Acquired intangible assets
Deferred leasing costs
Website development costs

Total depreciation and amortization

$

99,137
50,747
149,884

34,057
933
191
185,065

$

$

78,691
47,158
125,849

44,617
519
151
171,136

$

$

55,803
30,215
86,018

30,492
201
66
116,777

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

At December 31, 2019, the Company had recorded acquired gross intangible assets of $304.7 million, accumulated amortization 
of $149.9 million,  gross intangible liabilities of $86.3 million and accumulated amortization of $23.7 million. Net intangible assets 
and  liabilities  as  of  December 31,  2019  will  be  amortized  over  the  weighted  average  remaining  amortization  periods  of 
approximately 7.3 and 9.2 years, respectively.

At December 31, 2019, the Company had restricted cash of approximately $18.7 million that was contractually restricted to fund 
capital expenditures and other property-level commitments such as tenant improvements and leasing commissions.

Purchase Options 

In the course of extending real estate loan investments for property development, the Company will often receive an exclusive  
option to purchase the property once development and stabilization are complete. If the Company determines that it does not wish 
to acquire the property, it has the right to sell its purchase option back to the borrower for a termination fee in the amount of the 
purchase option discount. 

Effective May 7, 2018, the Company terminated its purchase options on the Encore, Bishop Street and Hidden River multifamily 
communities and the Haven46 and Haven Charlotte student housing properties, all of which are partially supported by real estate 
loan  investments  held  by  the  Company,  in  exchange  for  termination  fees  aggregating  approximately  $12.3  million  from  the 
developers.  For the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company recorded approximately $8.7 million of interest revenue related 
to these purchase option terminations.

Effective January 1, 2019, the Company terminated its purchase options on the Sanibel Straits, Newbergh, Wiregrass and Cameron 
Square multifamily communities and the Solis Kennesaw student housing property, all of which are partially supported by real 
estate loan investments held by the Company, in exchange for termination fees aggregating approximately $8.4 million from the 
developers. These fees are treated as additional interest revenue and are amortized over the period ending with the earlier of (i) 
the sale of the underlying property and (ii) the maturity of the real estate loans. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company 
recorded approximately $5.5 million of interest revenue related to these purchase option terminations in addition to approximately 
$3.6 million of interest revenue for the 464 Bishop and Haven49 purchase options that terminated in the second quarter 2018.

4.   Real Estate Loans, Notes Receivable, and Line of Credit 

Our portfolio of fixed rate, interest-only real estate loans consisted of:

December 31, 2019

December 31, 2018

Number of loans

Number of underlying properties in development
(In thousands)

Drawn amount

Deferred loan origination fees

Allowance for loan losses

Carrying value

Unfunded loan commitments

Weighted average current interest, per annum (paid monthly)

Weighted average accrued interest, per annum

$

$

$

27

19

$

$

$

352,582
(1,476)
(1,624)
349,482

61,718

8.48%

3.85%

29

19

336,329
(2,118)
—

334,211

164,913

8.47%

5.24%

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

(In thousands)

Principal balance

Balances as of December 31, 2018

$

Loan fundings
Loan repayments

Loans settled with acquisitions

Increase in loan loss allowance

Loan origination fees collected

Amortization of loan origination fees

336,329
98,418
(54,384)
(27,781)
—

—

—

Balances as of December 31, 2019

$

352,582

$

Deferred loan
origination fees
$

(2,118) $
—
—

Loan loss
allowance

Carrying
value

— $
—
—

—
(1,624)
—

—
(1,624) $

334,211
98,418
(54,384)
(27,781)
(1,624)
(783)
1,425

349,482

—

—
(783)
1,425
(1,476) $

Property type
(In thousands)

Multifamily communities

Student housing properties

New Market Properties

Preferred Office Properties

Number of
loans

Carrying
value

Commitment
amount

Percentage of
portfolio

23

$

315,286

$

362,519

2

1

1

16,898

12,857

4,441

19,730

12,857

19,193

90%

5%

4%

1%

Balances as of December 31, 2019

27

$

349,482

$

414,299

Effective June 30, 2019, the Company amended and sold its senior construction loan on the 8West office development to a third 
party and collected a gross fee of $1.55 million from the buyer.

The Company's Palisades real estate loan investment was subject to a loan participation agreement with an unaffiliated third party, 
under which the syndicate was to fund approximately 25% of the loan commitment amount and collectively receive approximately 
25% of interest payments, returns of principal and purchase option discount (if applicable). On March 13, 2019, the Company 
repurchased the loan participant's 25% balance in the loan from the loan participant and at December 31, 2019, carried the entire 
loan balance on its consolidated balance sheet without reflection of any liability to any third party. 

The Company's real estate loan investments are collateralized by 100% of the membership interests of the underlying project entity, 
and,  where  considered  necessary,  by  unconditional  joint  and  several  repayment  guaranties  and  performance  guaranties  by  the 
principal(s) of the borrowers. These guaranties generally remain in effect until the receipt of a final certificate of occupancy. All of 
the guaranties are subject to the rights held by the senior lender pursuant to a standard intercreditor agreement. Prepayment of the 
real estate loans are permitted in whole, but not in part, without the Company's consent.

Management monitors the credit quality of the obligors under each of the Company's real estate loans by tracking the timeliness of 
scheduled interest and principal payments relative to the due dates as specified in the loan documents, as well as draw requests on 
the loans relative to the project budgets. In addition, management monitors the actual progress of development and construction 
relative to the construction plan, as well as local, regional and national economic conditions that may bear on our current and target 
markets.  The Company assigns risk ratings to its real estate loans and notes receivable in credit quality categories as described in 
Note 2.

The  Company  continues  to  monitor  each  loan  and  note  receivable  for  potential  deterioration  of  risk  ratings  and  can  make  no 
assurances that economic or industry conditions or other circumstances  will not lead to future loan loss allowances.

The Company's Starkville loan has been in default since August 20, 2019 under the terms of the underlying mezzanine loan agreement. 
The Company recorded a loan loss reserve related to this loan totaling $1.4 million, reducing its net investment in the Starkville 
loan from $7.3 million, including accrued interest of $1.2 million, to a carrying amount of $5.9 million as of December 31, 2019. 
This loan is included in the pending purchase and sale agreement to acquire six student properties scheduled to close on March 20, 
2020.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

At December 31, 2019, the Company's portfolio of real estate loan investments by credit quality indicator was:

(In thousands)

Rating
indicator

Principal
balance

Accrued
interest

Receivables for
purchase option
terminations

Allowance for
loan losses

Total

A

B

C

D

$

346,466

$

24,547

$

6,100

$

— $

377,113

—

—

6,116

—

—

1,208

—

—

—

—

—
(1,400)

—

—

5,924

$

352,582

$

25,755

$

6,100

$

(1,400)

$

383,037

At December 31, 2019, the Company's portfolio of notes and lines of credit receivable consisted of:

Borrower

Date of loan

Maturity
date

Total loan
commitments

December 31,
2019

December 31,
2018

Interest
rate

Outstanding balance as of:

(In thousands)
Preferred Capital Marketing Services, LLC (1,9)
Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC (1,2,3)
Haven Campus Communities, LLC (1,4)
Oxford Capital Partners, LLC (5)
Newport Development Partners, LLC  (10)
Mulberry Development Group, LLC (6)
360 Capital Company, LLC (6,11)
360 Capital Company, LLC (1,7)
Haven Campus Communities Charlotte Member, 
LLC (1)
Unamortized loan fees

(1) See related party disclosure in Note 6. 

12/31/2020

$

1,500

$

650

$

1/24/2013

8/21/2012

6/11/2014

10/5/2015

6/17/2014

3/31/2016

5/24/2016

7/24/2018

12/31/2020

12/31/2018

6/30/2020

6/30/2020

6/30/2020

12/31/2020

12/31/2020

8/31/2018

N/A

24,000

11,660

8,000

—

750

3,400

8,000

—

15,178

9,011

5,438

—

525

3,394

7,754

—

(33)

763

9,778

11,620

4,022

—

465

3,100

6,923

10,788

(152)

10%
7.5% (3)
8%
10% (8)
12%

12%

12%

8.5%

15%

$

57,310

$

41,917

$

47,307

(2) The amounts payable under this revolving credit line were collateralized by an assignment of the Manager's rights to fees due under the Sixth Amended and 
Restated Management Agreement between the Company and the Manager, or the Management Agreement. 

(3) Effective January 1, 2019, the interest rate was increased from 6.0% per annum to 7.5% per annum and the maturity date was extended to December 31, 2019. 
Effective December 31, 2019, the maturity date was extended to December 31, 2020 and its total loan commitment increased to $24,000,000.
(4) The amount payable under this note is collateralized by one of the principals of the borrower's 49.49% interest in an unrelated shopping center located in Atlanta, 
Georgia and a personal guaranty of repayment by the principals of the borrower.
(5) The amounts payable under the terms of this revolving credit line, up to the lesser of 25% of the loan balance or $2.0 million, are collateralized by a personal 
guaranty of repayment by the principals of the borrower. 
(6) The amounts payable under the terms of these revolving credit lines are collateralized by a personal guaranty of repayment by the principals of the borrower.

(7) The amount payable under the note is collateralized by the developer's interest in the Fort Myers multifamily community project and a personal guaranty of 
repayment by the principals of the borrower.
(8) Effective July 1, 2019, the interest rate was decreased from 12% per annum to 10% per annum.
(9) The line of credit extended to PCMS was settled through the Internalization transaction on January 31, 2020.
(10) The line of credit extended to Newport with a total commitment of $2,000,000 was paid off during the fourth quarter of 2019.
(11) The line of credit extended to 360 Residential (LOC III) amended their maturity date from 12/31/2019 to 12/31/2020.

On November 20, 2018, the borrower on the Haven Campus Communities, LLC line of credit defaulted on the loan, triggering the 
accrual of an additional 10% default interest rate, which is incremental to the original 8% current interest rate. The amount of default 
interest recorded from the default date through December 31, 2019 was approximately $1.1 million. Under the terms of the loan, 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

amounts collected are applied first to any legal costs incurred by the Company to collect amounts due on the loan; second, to pay 
any accrued default and current interest on the loan; and third, to repay the principal amount owed. 

Based  on  the  negotiated  agreement  between  the  Company  and  the  borrowers,  on  March  27,  2019,  the  Company  received  the 
membership interests of the Haven49 student housing project in exchange for the complete settlement of the related Haven49 loans, 
which include the Haven Campus Communities Charlotte Member, LLC line of credit, the Haven49 mezzanine loan and the Haven49 
member loan. Additionally, under the same agreement, the Company received payouts and credits totaling approximately $3.75 
million towards the Haven Campus Communities, LLC line of credit. These amounts were applied in accordance with the terms of 
the line of credit. The Company retains a pledge of a 49.49% interest in an unrelated shopping center located in Atlanta, Georgia 
as collateral on the Haven Campus Communities, LLC line of credit, as well as personal guaranties of repayment from the principals 
of the borrower.

In January 2019 the Company filed a lawsuit to collect the amounts owed under the line of credit it provided to Haven Campus 
Communities, LLC. In September 2019, Haven Campus Communities, LLC answered the lawsuit and filed counterclaims against 
the Company and its affiliates. At this time, the case is in the early stages of discovery, so the Company is unable to make any 
estimates on timing or amounts that may be collected by the Company on its Haven Campus Communities, LLC line of credit.

The Company recorded interest income and other revenue from these instruments as follows:

Interest income
(In thousands)
Real estate loans:
Current interest
Additional accrued interest
Loan origination fee amortization
Purchase option termination fee amortization
Default interest

Total real estate loan revenue
Notes and lines of credit
Bank and money market accounts
Agency mortgage-backed securities

Years ended December 31,
2018

2019

2017

$

30,985
13,663
1,426
9,111
91

55,276
5,430
687
95

$

$

31,368
19,003
1,570
9,820
64

61,825
3,784
147
50

32,570
18,670
1,376
—

52,616
4,286
—
—

Interest income on loans and notes receivable

$

61,488

$

65,806

$

56,902

The Company extends loans for purposes such as to partially finance the development of multifamily residential communities, to 
acquire land in anticipation of developing and constructing multifamily residential communities, and for other real estate or real 
estate related projects. Certain of these loans include characteristics such as exclusive options to purchase the project within a 
specific time window following project completion and stabilization, the sufficiency of the borrowers' investment at risk and the 
existence of payment and performance guaranties provided by the borrowers, any of which can cause the loans to create variable 
interests to the Company and require further evaluation as to whether the variable interest creates a VIE, which would necessitate 
consolidation of the project. 

The Company considers the facts and circumstances pertinent to each entity borrowing under  the loan, including the relative amount 
of  financing  the  Company  is  contributing  to  the  overall  project  cost,  decision  making  rights  or  control  held  by  the  Company, 
guarantees provided by third parties, and rights to expected residual gains or obligations to absorb expected residual losses that 
could be significant from the project. If the Company is deemed to be the primary beneficiary of a VIE, consolidation treatment 
would be required.

The Company has no decision making authority or power to direct activity, except normal lender rights, which are subordinate to 
the rights of the senior lenders on the projects. The Company has concluded that it is not the primary beneficiary of the borrowing 
entities  and  therefore  it  has  not  consolidated  these  entities  in  its  consolidated  financial  statements. The  Company's  maximum 
exposure to loss from these loans is their drawn amount as of December 31, 2019 of approximately $352.6 million. The maximum 
aggregate amount of loans to be funded as of December 31, 2019 was approximately $414.3 million, which includes approximately 
$61.7 million of loan committed amounts not yet funded.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

The Company has evaluated its real estate loans, where appropriate, for accounting treatment as loans versus real estate development 
projects, as required by ASC 310. The Company evaluates the expected residual profit it expects to collect under the terms of the 
loan versus the expected residual profit expected to be collected by the developer (in conjunction with any equity investors, if 
applicable), along with the "loan versus investment" characteristics as set forth by ASC 310-25. For each loan, the characteristics 
and the facts and circumstances indicate that loan accounting treatment is appropriate in cases where (i) the majority of the expected 
residual profit is expected to be due the developer and (ii) the majority of "loan versus investment" tests indicate that the instrument 
is a loan. 

The Company is also subject to a geographic concentration of risk that could be considered significant with regard to the Dawsonville 
Marketplace, Falls at Forsyth, Newbergh, Newbergh Capital, Solis Kennesaw II, 8West and Kennesaw Crossing real estate loan 
investments, all of which are partially supporting various real estate projects in or near Atlanta, Georgia. The drawn amount, in 
addition to outstanding accrued interest, for these loans as of December 31, 2019 totaled approximately $84.0 million (with a total 
commitment amount of approximately $100.8 million). The event of a total failure to perform by the borrowers and guarantors 
would subject the Company to a total possible loss of the drawn amount and all outstanding accrued interest.

Freddie Mac K Program investments

On May 23, 2018, the Company purchased a subordinate tranche of Series 2018-ML04, a pool of 20 multifamily mortgages with 
a total pool size of approximately $276.3 million, from Freddie Mac. The purchase price of the subordinate tranche was approximately 
$4.7 million. On December 10, 2019, the Company sold its investment in Series 2018-ML04 for $6.2 million. 

On March 28, 2019, the Company purchased a subordinate tranche of Series 2019-ML05, a pool of 21 multifamily mortgages with 
a total pool size of approximately $295.7 million, from Freddie Mac. The Company's tranche of the 2019-ML05 pool pays monthly 
interest of approximately $103,000. The purchase price of the subordinate tranche was approximately $18.4 million. On December 
17, 2019, the Company sold its investment in Series 2019-ML05 for $20.4 million. 

Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities investments

In December 2018, the Company began investing in Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities representing undivided (or “pass-through”) 
beneficial interests in specified pools of fixed-rate mortgage loans. The investments are classified as trading securities. On December 
20, 2018, the Company sold its entire position of a pool with associated premium amounts totaling $41.1 million. At December 31, 
2018, the Company held a receivable related to this sale transaction of $41.2 million, which was collected upon the settlement of 
the transaction in January 2019. 

5.   Redeemable Preferred Stock and Equity Offerings

At December 31, 2019, the Company's active equity offerings consisted of:

• 

• 

• 

an offering of a maximum of 1,500,000 Units, with each Unit consisting of one share of Series A Redeemable Preferred 
Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and one Warrant to purchase up to 20 shares of Common Stock (the "$1.5 Billion Unit 
Offering");

an offering of up to $400 million of equity or debt securities (the "2019 Shelf Offering"), including an offering of up to 
$125 million of Common Stock from time to time in an "at the market" offering (the "2019 ATM Offering"); and

an offering of up to 1,000,000 Shares of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock ("Series A1 Preferred Stock"), Series M1 
Redeemable Preferred Stock ("Series M1 Preferred Stock"), or a combination of both (collectively the "Series A1/M1 
Offering").

The offering of up to a maximum of 500,000 shares of Series M Redeemable Preferred Stock (“mShares”), par value $0.01 per 
share (the “mShares Offering”) expired on December 2, 2019. See note 17 regarding the expiration of the $1.5 Billion Unit Offering.

Certain offering costs are not related to specific closing transactions and are recognized as a reduction of stockholders' equity in 
the proportion of the number of instruments issued to the maximum number of shares of Preferred Stock anticipated to be issued. 
Any offering costs not yet reclassified as reductions of stockholders' equity are are reflected in the asset section of the consolidated 
balance sheets as deferred offering costs.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

Cumulative gross proceeds and offering costs for our equity offerings that were active during 2019 consisted of:

(In thousands)

Deferred Offering Costs

Offering

Total
offering

Gross
proceeds as
of
December
31, 2019

Reclassified as
reductions of
stockholders'
equity

Recorded
as
deferred
assets

Total

Specifically 
identifiable 
offering 
costs (1)

Total
offering
costs

$1.5 Billion Unit Offering

$ 1,500,000

$ 1,171,116

$

11,979

$

807

$ 12,786

$

109,844

$ 122,630

mShares Offering

Series A1/M1 Offering

2016 Shelf Offering

2019 Shelf Offering

500,000 (2)
1,000,000 (3)
(4)

300,000

400,000

(5)

105,984

9,472

98,080

—

3,855

5

2,062

—

—

521

—

819

3,855

526

2,062

819

3,911

486

3,001

—

7,766

1,012

5,063

819

Total

$ 3,700,000

$ 1,384,652

$

17,901

$

2,147

$ 20,048

$

117,242

$ 137,290

(1)  These offering costs specifically identifiable to offering closing transactions, such as commissions, dealer manager fees, and other 
registration fees, are reflected as a reduction of stockholders' equity at the time of closing.
(2)  The mShares Offering expired on December 2, 2019.
(3) On September 27, 2019, the Company's Series A1/M1 Registration Statement was declared effective.
(4) The $300 million 2016 Shelf Offering expired in second quarter 2019, and therefore all remaining deferred offering costs were 
reclassified as reductions of stockholder's equity.
(5) On April 25, 2019, the Company's 2019 Shelf Registration Statement was declared effective.

Aggregate offering expenses of the $1.5 Billion Unit Offering, including selling commissions and dealer manager fees, and of the 
mShares Offering, including dealer manager fees, are each individually capped at 11.5% of the aggregate gross proceeds of the 
two offerings. The Company reimbursed its Manager up to 1.5% of the gross proceeds of such offerings for all organization and 
offering expenses that were incurred by the Manager through the date of the Internalization. Dealer manager fees for both offerings 
and sales commissions for the $1.5 Billion Unit Offering are not reimbursable.

See note 6 for discussion regarding a termination fee agreement with and payment to Preferred Capital Securities, LLC, or PCS, 
an affiliate of the Company, in conjunction with the Company's winding down of the $1.5 Billion Unit Offering.

Series A1/M1 Preferred Stock Offering 

On September 27, 2019, the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-233576) (the “Series A1/M1 
Registration Statement”)  was declared effective by the SEC. Shares of Series A1 Preferred Stock and Series M1 Preferred Stock 
issued under the Series A1/M1 Registration Statement are each offered at a price of $1,000  per share, subject to adjustment under 
certain conditions.

Each share of Series A1 Preferred Stock ranks senior to Common Stock with respect to dividend rights and carries a cumulative 
annual 6% dividend of the stated per share value of $1,000, payable monthly as declared by the Company’s board of directors. 
Dividends begin accruing on the date of issuance. The redemption schedule of the Series A1 Preferred Stock allows redemptions 
at the option of the holder from the date of issuance through the first year subject to a 13% redemption fee. After year one, the 
redemption fee decreases to 10%, after year two the redemption fee decreases to 5% and after year three there is no redemption 
fee. Any redeemed shares of Series A1 Preferred Stock are entitled to any accrued but unpaid dividends at the time of the redemption 
and any redemptions may be in cash or Common Stock, at the Company’s discretion. 

Each share of Series M1 Preferred Stock ranks senior to Common Stock with respect to dividend rights and carries a cumulative 
annual dividend beginning at 6.1% of the stated per share value of $1,000, payable monthly as declared by the Company’s board 
of directors. The annual dividend rate increases by 0.1% on each anniversary of the issuance date up to a maximum annual dividend 
rate of 7.1%. Dividends begin accruing on the date of issuance. The redemption schedule of the Series M1 Preferred Stock allows 
redemptions at the option of the holder from the date of issuance of the Series M1 Preferred Stock through the first year at the 
stated value per share minus dividends paid for the three most previous dividend declaration dates. After year one,  the shares of 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

Series M1 Preferred Stock may be redeemed at 100% of the stated value per share. Any redeemed shares of Series M1 Preferred 
Stock are entitled to any accrued but unpaid dividends at the time of redemption and any redemptions may be in cash or Common 
Stock, at the Company’s discretion. 

Both the Series A1 Preferred Stock and the Series M1 Preferred Stock are callable by the Company after the second anniversary 
of the date of original issuance at 100% of the stated value per share.

Aggregate offering expenses of the Series A1/M1 Preferred Stock Offering, including selling commissions and dealer manager 
fees for the Series A1 Preferred Stock and only dealer manager fees for the Series M1 Preferred Stock, are capped at 12.0% of 
aggregate gross proceeds of the offering. The Company could reimburse its Manager up to 2.0% of the gross proceeds of such 
offerings for all organization and offering expenses that were incurred by the Manager through the date of the Internalization. 
However, upon approval by the conflicts committee of the board of directors, the Company could have reimbursed its Manager 
for any such organization and offering expenses incurred above the 2.0% amount as permitted by the Financial Industry Regulatory 
Authority,  or  FINRA.  Dealer  manager  fees  and  sales  commissions  for  the  Series A1/M1  Preferred  Stock  Offering  are  not 
reimbursable.

The shares are being offered by PCS on a "reasonable best efforts" basis. The Company intends to invest substantially all the net 
proceeds of the Series A1/M1 Registration Statement in connection with the acquisition of multifamily communities, other real 
estate-related investments and general working capital purposes.

6.   Related Party Transactions

On April 16, 2018, John A. Williams, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, passed away. The 
Company's Haven 12 real estate loan investment and  Haven Campus Communities LLC line of credit are both supported in part 
by a guaranty of repayment and performance by John A. Williams, Jr., John A. Williams' son. Because the terms of these loans 
were negotiated and agreed upon while John A. Williams was the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, these instruments will 
continue to be reported as related party transactions until the loans are repaid. The Company named Daniel M. DuPree as Chairman 
of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Leonard A. Silverstein was named Vice Chairman of the 
Board of Directors. See note 17 regarding the appointment of Joel T. Murphy as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective 
January 1, 2020.

On  March  27,  2019,  the  Company's  Haven49  and  Haven49  Member  real  estate  loan  investments  and  the  Haven  Campus 
Communities Charlotte Member LLC line of credit were deemed satisfied in full in connection with the Company's acceptance 
of the borrowers' membership interests in the underlying Haven49 project.

Messrs. DuPree and Silverstein were executive directors of NELL Partners, Inc., which controlled the Manager through the date 
of the Internalization. Mr. DuPree was the Chief Executive Officer and Mr. Silverstein was the President and Chief Operating 
Officer of the Manager. Trusts established, or entities owned, by the family of John A. Williams, the Company’s former Chairman 
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Daniel M. DuPree, the Company’s Executive Chairman of the Board and former Chief 
Executive Officer of the Company, and Leonard A. Silverstein, the Company’s Vice Chairman of the Board, and former President 
and Chief Operating Officer, were the owners of NELL. Trusts established, or entities owned, by Joel T. Murphy, the Company’s 
Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board, the family of Mr. Williams, Mr. DuPree and Mr. Silverstein were the owners 
of NMA. See note 17 regarding the Company's Internalization of its Manager on January 31, 2020.

The  Company's  Wiregrass  and  Wiregrass  Capital  real  estate  loan  investments  are  partially  financing  the  development  of  a 
multifamily community in Tampa, Florida by the Altman Companies. Timothy A. Peterson is a member of management of the 
Altman  Companies  as  well  as  Chairman  of  the Audit  Committee  of  the  Company's  Board  of  Directors. The Wiregrass  loans 
therefore qualify as related party transactions.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

The Management Agreement entitled the Manager to receive compensation for various services it performed related to acquiring 
assets and managing properties on the Company's behalf: 

(In thousands)

Years ended December 31,

Type of Compensation

Basis of Compensation

2019

2018

2017

Acquisition fees

1.0% of the gross purchase
price of real estate assets

Loan origination fees

Loan coordination fees

Asset management fees

Property management fees

General and administrative
expense fees

Construction management
fees

Disposition fees

Contingent asset management
fees / general and
administrative fees

1.0% of the maximum
commitment of any real estate
loan, note or line of credit
receivable
0.6% of any assumed, new or
supplemental debt incurred in
connection with an acquired
property

Monthly fee equal to one-
twelfth of 0.50% of the total
book value of assets, as
adjusted

Monthly fee up to 4% of the
monthly gross revenues of the
properties managed

Monthly fee equal to 2% of the
monthly gross revenues of the
Company
Quarterly fee for property
renovation and takeover
projects

1%  of  the  sale  price  of  a  real 
estate asset
Recognized upon disposition of
the property when exceeding
the 7% IRR hurdle

$

7,203

$

10,699

$

6,131

783

2,166

1,331

2,939

3,897

5,560

15,596

14,698

12,908

10,274

8,934

6,382

6,177

6,022

5,238

264

282

11

408

1,710

671

332

—

—

$

43,529

$

49,205

$

37,882

The Manager waived some of the asset management, property management, or general and administrative fees in the current period 
for properties owned by the Company. A cumulative total of approximately $24.5 million of combined asset management and 
general and administrative fees related to acquired properties as of December 31, 2019 have been waived by the Manager. All 
remaining waived fees were eliminated in conjunction with the Company's Internalization transaction as described in note 17. 

In addition to property management fees, the Company incurred the following reimbursable on-site personnel salary and related 
benefits expenses at the properties, which are listed on the Consolidated Statements of Operations:

(In thousands)

Years ended December 31,
2018

2019

2017

$

18,054

$

16,276

$

12,329

The Manager utilized its own and its affiliates' personnel to accomplish certain tasks related to raising capital that would typically 
be performed by third parties, including, but not limited to, legal and marketing functions. As permitted under the Management 
Agreement, the Manager was reimbursed $512,324,  $477,076 and $429,094 for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 
2017, respectively and Preferred Capital Securities, LLC, or PCS, was reimbursed $1,367,798 and $1,412,522 and $1,083,160 for 
the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017,  respectively. These costs are recorded as deferred offering costs until such 
time as additional closings occur on the Series A1/M1 Preferred Stock Offering, $1.5 Billion Unit Offering, mShares Offering or 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

the 2019 Shelf Offering, at which time they are reclassified on a pro-rata basis as a reduction of offering proceeds within stockholders’ 
equity. In conjunction with the winding down of the $1.5 Billion Unit Offering, the Company has engaged PCS to perform certain 
termination-related services. These services began in October 2019 and will continue through April 2020. For the year ended 
December 31, 2019, the Company paid an additional $3.55 million for these services, which were recorded as deferred offering 
costs.

At December 31, 2019, the Company held a promissory note in the amount of approximately $650,000 due from Preferred Capital 
Marketing Services, LLC, or PCMS, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NELL Partners and a revolving line of credit with a 
maximum borrowing amount of $24.0 million to its Manager. Both of these instruments were extinguished in connection with the 
Internalization transaction described in note 17.

Of  the  Company’s  $25.8  million  accrued  interest  receivable  on  real  estate  loans  balance  on  the  Consolidated  Balance  Sheet, 
approximately $1.2 million relates to the Haven 12 real estate loan investment, which is to a related party. Interest receivable of 
approximately $777,000 on its Haven Campus Communities, LLC line of credit is included in the tenant receivables and other 
assets line.

7.   Dividends and Distributions

The Company declares and pays monthly cash dividend distributions in the amount of $5.00 per share per month on its Series A 
Preferred Stock. Similarly, beginning in October 2019, the Company declares and pays monthly cash dividend distributions in the 
amount of $5.00 per share per month on its Series A1 Preferred Stock. For the Company's mShares Preferred Stock, dividends  
are paid on an escalating scale of $4.79 per month in the first year following share issuance, increasing each year to $6.25 per 
month in year eight and beyond. Similarly, beginning in October 2019, for the Company's Series M1 Preferred Stock, dividends 
are paid on an escalating scale of $5.08 per month in the first year following share issuance, increasing each year to $5.92 per 
month in year ten and beyond. All preferred stock dividends are prorated for partial months at issuance as necessary. 

Given the nature of the escalating dividends associated with the Company’s mShares Preferred Stock and Series M1 Preferred 
Stock, the Company accrues dividends at the effective dividend rate in accordance with GAAP. This results in the Company 
recording  larger  dividends  declared  to  preferred  stockholders  in  the  Company’s  Consolidated  Statements  of  Operations  than 
dividends required to be paid for the first four years after issuance with respect to the mShares and the first five years after issuance 
with respect to the Series M1 Preferred Stock.  Similarly, this will result in the Company recording smaller dividends declared to 
preferred stockholders in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations than dividends required to be paid for the fifth 
through the eighth year after issuance with respect to the mShares and the sixth through the tenth year after issuance with respect 
to the Series M1 Preferred Stock. Following the escalation period (year eight for the mShares Preferred Stock and year ten for the 
Series  M1  Preferred  Stock),  the  dividends  declared  to  preferred  stockholders  in  the  Company’s  Consolidated  Statements  of 
Operations will equal the dividend paid.  

The Company declared aggregate quarterly cash dividends on its Common Stock of $1.0475 and $1.02 per share for the years 
ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The holders of Class A OP Units of the Operating Partnership are entitled to 
equivalent distributions as the dividends declared on the Common Stock. At December 31, 2019, the Company had 856,409 Class 
A OP Units outstanding, which are exchangeable on a one-for-one basis for shares of Common Stock or the equivalent amount of 
cash.

The Company's dividend and distribution activity consisted of: 

(In thousands)
Series A Preferred Stock
mShares
Series A1 Preferred Stock
Common Stock
Class A OP Units

Total

$

$

Dividends and distributions declared

For the years ended December 31,

2019

2018

$

108,950
4,807
15
46,755
908

84,841
1,900
—
41,129
1,041

161,435

$

128,911

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

8.   Equity Compensation

Stock Incentive Plan

On May 2, 2019, the Company’s board of directors adopted, and the Company’s stockholders approved, the Preferred Apartment 
Communities, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, or the 2019 Plan, to incentivize, compensate and retain eligible officers, consultants, 
and non-employee directors. The 2019 Plan increased the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance 
under the 2011 Plan from 2,617,500 to 3,617,500. The 2019 Plan does not have a stated expiration date.

Equity compensation expense by award type for the Company was:

(In thousands)

2019

2018

2017

2019

Years ended December 31,

 Unamortized
expense as of
December 31,

Class B Unit awards:

2016
2017
2018

Restricted stock grants:

$

2016
2017
2018
2019

Restricted stock units:

$

2
312
277

—
—
120
281

69
74
88

271
344
551

—
120
241
—

76
100
—

$

$

312
2,691
—

136
240
—
—

91
—
—

$

1,223

$

1,703

3,470

$

—
3
287

—
—
—
140

—
86
174

690

2017
2018
2019

Total

Restricted Stock Grants

The following annual grants of restricted stock were made to members of the Company's independent directors, as payment of the 
annual retainer fees. The restricted stock grants vested (or are scheduled to vest) on a pro-rata basis over the four consecutive 90-
day periods following the date of grant. 

Service year

Shares

Fair value per
share

Total
compensation
cost (in
thousands)

2017

2018

2019

24,408

24,810

26,446

$

$

$

14.75

14.51

15.88

$

$

$

360

360

420

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

Class B OP Units

As of December 31, 2019, cumulative activity of grants of Class B Units of the Operating Partnership, or Class B OP units, was:

Units granted

256,087

286,392

Grant date

1/2/2018

1/3/2017

Units forfeited:
   John A. Williams (1)
  Voluntary forfeiture by senior executives (2)

   Other

Total forfeitures

Units earned and converted into Class A Units

Class B Units outstanding at December 31, 2019

Units unearned but vested

Units unearned and not yet vested

Class B Units outstanding at December 31, 2019

(38,284)

(128,258)

(22,722)

(189,264)

—

66,823

32,575

34,248

66,823

—

—

(5,334)

(5,334)

(254,730)

26,328

—

26,328

26,328

(1) Pro rata modification of award on April 16, 2018, the date of Mr. Williams' passing.

(2) Additional Class B OP units granted to senior executives other than Mr. Williams were 
voluntarily forfeited at the end of 2018.

There were no grants of Class B OP Units for 2019.

The underlying valuation assumptions and results for the 2018 Class B OP Unit awards were:

Grant dates
Stock price
Dividend yield
Expected volatility
Risk-free interest rate

Number of Units granted:
One year vesting period
Three year vesting period

Calculated fair value per Unit

Total fair value of Units

Target market threshold increase

1/2/2018

20.19

4.95%
25.70%
2.71%

171,988
84,099
256,087

16.66

4,266,409

5,660,580

$

$

$

$

The expected dividend yield assumptions were derived from the Company’s closing prices of the Common Stock on the grant 
dates and the projected future quarterly dividend payments per share of $0.25 for the 2018 awards.

For the 2018 awards, the Company's own stock price history was utilized as the basis for deriving the expected volatility  assumption. 

The risk-free rate assumptions were obtained from the Federal Reserve yield table and were calculated as the interpolated rate 
between the 20 and 30 year yield percentages on U. S. Treasury securities on the grant date. 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

Since the Class B OP Units have no expiration date, a derived service period of one year was utilized, which equals the period of 
time from the grant date to the initial valuation date. 

Restricted Stock Units

The Company, through its Operating Partnership, has granted restricted stock units, or RSUs, to certain employees of affiliates of 
the Company, as shown in the following table:

Grant date

Service period

RSU activity:

Granted

Forfeited

Units earned and converted into common stock

RSUs outstanding at December 31, 2019

RSUs unearned but vested

RSUs unearned and not yet vested

RSUs outstanding at December 31, 2019

1/2/2019

2019-2021

1/2/2018

2018-2020

1/3/2017

2017-2019

27,760
(3,480)
—

24,280

—

24,280

24,280

20,720
(5,080)
—

15,640

5,238

10,402

15,640

26,900
(7,037)
(14,154)

5,709

—

5,709

5,709

Fair value per RSU

Total fair value of RSU grant

$

$

10.77

298,975

$

$

16.66

345,195

$

$

11.92

320,648

The RSUs vest in three equal consecutive one-year tranches from the date of grant. For each grant, on the Initial Valuation Date, 
the market capitalization of the number of shares of Common Stock at the date of grant is compared to the market capitalization
of the same number of shares of Common Stock at the Initial Valuation Date. If the market capitalization measure results in an 
increase which exceeds the target market threshold, the Vested RSUs become earned RSUs and automatically convert into Common 
Stock on a one-to-one basis. Vested RSUs may become Earned RSUs on a pro-rata basis should the result of the market capitalization 
test be an increase of less than the target market threshold. Any Vested RSUs that do not become Earned RSUs on the Initial 
Valuation Date are subsequently remeasured on a quarterly basis until such time as all Vested RSUs become Earned RSUs or are 
forfeited due to termination of continuous service due to an event other than as a result of a qualified event, which is generally the 
death or disability of the holder. Continuous service through the final valuation date is required for the Vested RSUs to qualify to 
become fully Earned RSUs. 

Because RSUs are valued using the identical market condition vesting requirement that determines the transition of the Vested 
Class B Units to Earned Class B Units, the same valuation assumptions per RSU were utilized to calculate the total fair values of 
the RSUs. The total fair value amounts pertaining to grants of RSUs, net of forfeitures, are amortized as compensation expense 
over the three one-year periods ending on the three successive anniversaries of the grant dates.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

9.  Indebtedness

Mortgage Notes Payable

Mortgage financing of property acquisitions

The Company partially financed the real estate properties acquired during the year ended December 31, 2019 with mortgage debt 
as shown in the following table:

Property

Hanover Center
Berry Town Center
Five Oaks at Westchase
Fairfield Shopping Center
Artisan at Viera
CAPTRUST Tower
Disston Plaza
Polo Grounds Mall
Free State Shopping Center
Haven49 (1)
Gayton Crossing

Date
12/19/2019
11/14/2019
10/17/2019
8/16/2019
8/8/2019
7/25/2019
6/12/2019
6/12/2019
5/28/2019
3/27/2019
1/17/2019

Initial 
principal 
amount
(in thousands)
32,000
12,025
31,500
19,750
40,000
82,650
18,038
13,325
46,800
41,550
18,000

$

355,638

Fixed/Variable
rate

Rate

Maturity
date

Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Variable
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Variable
Fixed

3.62% 12/19/2026
12/1/2034
3.49%
11/1/2031
3.27%
8/16/2026
1 month LIBOR + 205
9/1/2029
3.93%
8/1/2029
3.61%
7/1/2034
3.93%
7/1/2034
3.93%
6/1/2029
3.99%
12/22/2019
1 month LIBOR + 375
2/1/2029
4.71%

(1) The Company assumed the existing construction loan on this property. This construction loan was repaid in full on November   
8, 2019 and the property remains unencumbered as of December 31, 2019.

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December 31, 2019

Repayments and refinancings

The following table summarizes our mortgage debt refinancing and repayment activity for the years ended December 31, 2019 
and 2018: 

Date

Property

11/8/2019 Haven49
10/1/2019
10/1/2019
9/17/2019
9/17/2019
8/16/2019
8/16/2019
8/16/2019
8/13/2019
7/29/2019
4/12/2019
4/12/2019
2/28/2019

Kingwood Glen
Sweetgrass Corner
Spring Hill Plaza
Parkway Town Centre
Deltona Landings
Barclay Crossing
Parkway Center
Powder Springs
Citi Lakes
Royal Lakes Marketplace
Cherokee Plaza
Lenox Village Town Center

Village at Baldwin Park

12/17/2018
12/11/2018 McNeil Ranch
10/31/2018
10/23/2018
9/28/2018
3/29/2018
3/20/2018

Sol
Stoneridge Farms
Stone Rise
Sol
Lake Cameron

Previous
balance
(millions)
41.6
$
10.9
7.4
9.1
6.6
6.5
6.1
4.3
6.9
41.1
9.5
24.5
29.2

$

$

203.7

77.8
13.4
37.5
25.6
23.5
37.5
19.7

Previous
interest rate /
spread over 1
month
LIBOR

Loan refinancing
costs expensed

New
balance
(millions)
—
—
—
8.2
8.1
6.3
6.3
4.6
8.0
41.3
9.7
25.2
39.3

— $
—
—
—
—
5,000
4,000
3,000
4,000
155,000
52,000
317,000
17,000

New
interest
rate

Total deferred
loan costs
subsequent to
refinancing

N/A $
N/A
N/A
3.72%
3.72%
4.18%
4.18%
4.18%
3.65%
3.66%
4.29%
4.28%
4.34%

—
—
—
195,000
195,000
205,000
209,000
148,000
236,000
668,000
287,000
723,000
1,153,000

$

$

557,000

131,000
147,000
158,000
233,000
119,000
41,000
402,000

157.0

$

4,019,000

71.5
—
36.2
—
—
37.5
—

4.16% $

N/A
4.71%
N/A
N/A
L + 210
N/A

826,000
—
230,000
—
—
649,000
—

$

$

$

L + 375
3.48%
3.58%
3.36%
3.36%
3.48%
3.48%
3.48%
3.48%
L + 217
L + 250
L + 225
3.82%

L + 230
3.13%
L + 210
3.18%
2.89%
L + 200
3.13%

$

235.0

$

1,231,000

$

145.2

$

1,705,000

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December 31, 2019

The following table summarizes our mortgage notes payable at December 31, 2019:

(In thousands)

Fixed rate mortgage debt:

Principal
balances due

Weighted-
average
interest
rate

Weighted
average
remaining life
(years)

Multifamily communities

$

1,135,030

New Market Properties

Preferred Office Properties

Student housing properties

573,940

565,254

159,218

Total fixed rate mortgage debt

2,433,442

Variable rate mortgage debt:

Multifamily communities

New Market Properties

Preferred Office Properties

Student housing properties

38,871

47,150

—

90,366

Total variable rate mortgage debt

176,387

Total mortgage debt:

Multifamily communities

New Market Properties

Preferred Office Properties

Student housing properties

Total principal amount

Deferred loan costs

Mark to market loan adjustment

1,173,901

621,090

565,254

249,584

2,609,829

(38,185)

(4,622)

Mortgage notes payable, net

$

2,567,022

3.89%

3.95%

4.22%

4.13%

4.00%

3.38%

4.32%

—%

5.21%

4.57%

3.87%

3.98%

4.22%

4.52%

4.04%

9.1

8.1

13.5

5.6

9.6

4.6

3.8

—

1.0

2.5

8.9

7.8

13.5

3.9

9.1

The Company has placed interest rate caps on the variable rate mortgages on its Avenues at Creekside multifamily community 
and its Tradition and Bloc student housing properties. Under guidance provided by ASC 815-10, this interest rate cap is a derivative, 
that is embedded in its debt host. Because the interest rate cap is deemed to be clearly and closely related to its debt host, bifurcation 
and fair value accounting treatment is not required. 

The mortgage note secured by our Independence Square property is a seven year term with an anticipated repayment date of 
September 1, 2022. If the Company elects not to pay its principal balance at the anticipated repayment date, the term will be 
extended for an additional five years, maturing on September 1, 2027. The interest rate from September 1, 2022 to September 1, 
2027 will be the greater of (i) the Initial Interest Rate of 3.93% plus 200 basis points or (ii) the yield on the seven year U.S. treasury 
security rate plus approximately 400 basis points.

As  of  December 31,  2019,  the  weighted-average  remaining  life  of  deferred  loan  costs  related  to  the  Company's  mortgage 
indebtedness was approximately 9.4 years. Our mortgage notes have maturity dates between January 5, 2020 and June 1, 2054.

Credit Facility

The Company has a credit facility, or Credit Facility, with KeyBank National Association, or KeyBank, which defines a revolving 
line of credit, or Revolving Line of Credit, which is used to fund investments, capital expenditures, dividends (with consent of 
KeyBank), working capital and other general corporate purposes on an as needed basis. On March 23, 2018, the maximum borrowing 
capacity on the Revolving Line of Credit was increased to $200 million pursuant to an accordion feature. The accordion feature

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December 31, 2019

permits the maximum borrowing capacity to be expanded or contracted without amending any further terms of the instrument.  
On December 12, 2018, the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, or the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,
was amended to extend the maturity to December 12, 2021, with an option to extend the maturity date to December 12, 2022, 
subject to certain conditions described therein. The Revolving Line of Credit accrues interest at a variable rate of one month LIBOR 
plus an applicable margin of 2.75% to 3.50% per annum, depending upon the Company’s leverage ratio. The weighted average 
interest rate for the Revolving Line of Credit was 5.43% for the year ended December 31, 2019. The Amended and Restated Credit 
Agreement also reduced the commitment fee on the average daily unused portion of the Revolving Line of Credit to 0.25% or 
0.30% per annum, depending upon the Company’s outstanding Credit Facility balance.

On May 26, 2016, the Company entered into a $11.0 million interim term loan with KeyBank, or the 2016 Term Loan, to partially 
finance the acquisition of Anderson Central, a grocery-anchored shopping center located in Anderson, South Carolina. The 2016 
Term Loan accrued interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 2.5% per annum until it was repaid and extinguished during the first quarter 
of 2018. 

On December 20, 2019, the Company entered into a $70.0 million interim term loan with KeyBank, or the 2019 Term Loan, to 
partially finance the acquisition of Morrocroft Centre, an office building located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The 2019 Term 
Loan accrues interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 1.7% per annum. 

The Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains certain affirmative and negative covenants, including negative 
covenants that limit or restrict secured and unsecured indebtedness, mergers and fundamental changes, investments and acquisitions, 
liens and encumbrances, dividends, transactions with affiliates, burdensome agreements, changes in fiscal year and other matters 
customarily restricted in such agreements. The amount of dividends that may be paid out by the Company is restricted to a maximum 
of 95% of AFFO for the trailing four quarters without the lender's consent; solely for purposes of this covenant, AFFO is calculated 
as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization expense, plus reserves for capital expenditures, less normally 
recurring capital expenditures, less consolidated interest expense. 

As of December 31, 2019, the Company was in compliance with all covenants related to the Revolving Line of Credit, as shown 
in the following table:

Covenant (1)

Net worth
Debt yield
Payout ratio
Total leverage ratio
Debt service coverage ratio

Requirement
Minimum $1.9 billion
Minimum 8.25%
Maximum 95%
Maximum 65%
Minimum 1.50x

(2)

(3)

Result
$1.9 billion
10.31%
94.3%
58.3%
1.87x

(1) All covenants are as defined in the credit agreement for the Revolving Line of Credit.
(2)  Minimum of $686.9 million plus 75% of the net proceeds of any equity offering, which totaled approximately 

$1.2 billion as of December 31, 2019.

(3) Calculated on a trailing four-quarter basis. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the maximum dividends 

and distributions allowed under this covenant was approximately $158.3 million.

Loan fees and closing costs for the establishment and subsequent amendments of the Credit Facility are amortized utilizing the  
straight line method over the life of the Credit Facility. At December 31, 2019, unamortized loan fees and closing costs for the 
Credit Facility were approximately $1.1 million, which will be amortized over a remaining loan life of approximately 2.0 years. 
Loan fees and closing costs for the mortgage debt on the Company's properties are amortized utilizing the effective interest rate 
method over the lives of the loans. 

Acquisition Facility

On February 28, 2017, the Company entered into a credit agreement, or Acquisition Credit Agreement, with  Freddie Mac through 
KeyBank to obtain an acquisition revolving credit facility, or Acquisition Facility, with a maximum borrowing capacity of $200 
million. The purpose of the Acquisition Facility is to finance acquisitions. The maximum borrowing capacity on the Acquisition 
Facility may be increased at the Company's request up to $300 million at any time prior to March 1, 2021. On March 25, 2019, 
the maximum borrowing capacity was decreased to $90 million by agreement between the Company and KeyBank.The Acquisition 
Facility accrues interest at a variable rate of one month LIBOR plus a margin of between 1.75% per annum and 2.20% per annum, 
depending on the type of assets acquired and the resulting property debt service coverage ratio. The Acquisition Facility has a 

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December 31, 2019

maturity  date  of  March  1,  2022  and  has  two  one-year  extension  options,  subject  to  certain  conditions  described  therein. At 
December 31, 2019, unamortized loan fees and closing costs for the establishment of the Acquisition Facility were approximately 
$0.2 million, which will be amortized over a remaining loan life of approximately 2.2 years. 

Interest Expense 

Interest expense, including amortization of deferred loan costs was:

Years ended December 31,

2019

2018

2017

(In thousands)

Multifamily communities
New Market Properties
Preferred Office Properties
Student housing properties
Interest paid to real estate loan participants

Total

$

$

47,697
24,566
22,711
14,758
110

109,842

Credit Facility and Acquisition Facility
Interest Expense

2,122
111,964

$

$

Future Principal Payments

45,662
19,188
12,789
11,217
2,430

91,286

4,278
95,564

$

$

35,402
14,895
7,006
3,085
2,295

62,683

4,785
67,468

The Company’s estimated future principal payments due on its debt instruments as of December 31, 2019 were:

Period

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Thereafter

Total

Future principal 
payments 
(in thousands)

$

$

146,328

182,732

222,774

160,902

358,597

1,608,496

2,679,829

10.   Income Taxes

The Company elected to be taxed as a REIT effective with its tax year ended December 31, 2011, and therefore, the Company will 
not be subject to federal and state income taxes, so long as it distributes 100% of the Company's annual REIT taxable income 
(which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP and determined without regard for the deduction for 
dividends paid and excluding net capital gains) to its stockholders. For the Company's tax years prior to its REIT election year, 
its operations resulted in a tax loss. As of December 31, 2010, the Company had deferred federal and state tax assets totaling 
approximately $298,100, none of which were based upon tax positions deemed to be uncertain. These deferred tax assets will most 
likely not be used since the Company elected REIT status; therefore, management has determined that a 100% valuation allowance 
is appropriate as of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018. 

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December 31, 2019

The income tax characterization of the Company's dividend distributions were as follows:

Preferred Stock:

Ordinary income

Return of capital

Capital gains

Common Stock:

Ordinary income

Return of capital

Capital gains

2019

2018

2017

44.7%

53.1%

2.2%

—%

100.0%

—%

51.4%

—%

48.6%

27.0%

47.4%

25.6%

64.0%

27.5%

8.5%

—%

100.0%

—%

11.   Commitments and Contingencies

On March 28, 2014, the Company entered into a payment guaranty in support of its Manager's eleven-year office lease, which 
began on October 9, 2014. As of December 31, 2019, the amount guarantied by the Company was $5.0 million and is reduced by 
$619,304 per lease year over the term of the lease. 

Certain officers and employees of the Manager have been assigned company credit cards. As of December 31, 2019, the Company 
guarantied up to $640,000 on these credit cards.

A total of approximately $24.5 million of asset management and general and administrative fees related to acquired properties as 
of December 31, 2019  have been waived by the Manager. The waived fees are converted at the time of waiver into contingent 
fees, which are earned by the Manager as an additional disposition fee only in the event of a sales transaction, and whereby the 
Company’s capital contributions for the property being sold exceed a 7% annual rate of return. The Company will recognize in 
future periods to the extent, if any, it determines that the sales transaction is probable, and that the estimated net sale proceeds 
would exceed the annual rate of return hurdle. A total of $23.0 million of waived fees remained contingent as of December 31, 
2019.  All outstanding waived fees were eliminated in conjunction with the Company's internalization transaction as described in 
note 17.

At December 31, 2019, the Company had unfunded balances on its real estate loan portfolio of approximately $61.7 million. 

At December 31, 2019, the Company had unfunded contractual commitments for tenant, leasing, and capital improvements of 
approximately $14.2 million. 

The  Company  is  otherwise  currently  subject  to  neither  any  known  material  commitments  or  contingencies  from  its  business 
operations, nor any material known or threatened litigation.

12.    Operating Leases

The Company’s grocery-anchored shopping centers and office properties are leased to tenants under operating leases for which 
the terms vary. The future minimum rental income due under the remaining terms of the Company's operating leases in place, 
excluding tenant reimbursements of operating expenses and real estate taxes and additional percentage rent based on tenants’ sales 
volumes, as of December 31, 2019, is presented below, assuming that all leases which expire are not renewed and tenant renewal 
options are not exercised (excludes rental income due from tenants of multifamily communities, which are of lease terms of twelve 
months or less):

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December 31, 2019

For the year ending
December 31:

Future Minimum Rents as of December 31, 2019

(In thousands)

New Market
Properties

Preferred Office
Properties

Total

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Thereafter
Total

For the year ending
December 31:

(In thousands)

2020
2021
2022
2023
Thereafter
Total

$

$

$

$

76,382
68,290
57,629
48,206
37,235
104,744
392,486

$

$

81,558
80,263
78,421
76,897
73,239
336,842
727,220

$

$

157,940
148,553
136,050
125,103
110,474
441,586
1,119,706

Future Minimum Rents as of December 31, 2018

New Market
Properties

Preferred Office
Properties

Total

51,949
43,152
35,218
29,562
79,747
297,771

$

$

61,704
58,805
58,108
57,343
298,469
590,993

$

$

113,653
101,957
93,326
86,905
378,216
888,764

Tenants often have the option to extend the lease within a specified amount of time, typically for an additional term of between 
five and ten years, at a specified rate increase. In addition, some leases have a termination right, under which the tenant will have 
a specified amount of time to notify the lessor of their intention to terminate a space. Terminations often include a specified dollar 
amount or a percentage of the rent remaining in the lease.

The Company’s grocery-anchored shopping centers are geographically concentrated within the Sunbelt and Mid-Atlantic region 
of the United States. The Company’s retail tenant base primarily consists of national and regional supermarkets, consumer services, 
healthcare providers, and restaurants. Our grocery anchor tenants comprise approximately 43.4% of our gross leasable area. Our 
credit risk, therefore, is concentrated in the retail/grocery real estate sector. Amounts required as security deposits vary depending 
upon the terms of the respective leases and the creditworthiness of the tenant, with the exception of our grocer anchor tenants, 
who generally are not required to provide security deposits. Exposure to credit risk is limited to the extent that tenant receivables 
exceed security deposits. Security deposits related to tenant leases are included in security deposits and other liabilities in the 
accompanying consolidated balance sheets. 

As of December 31, 2019, the Company’s approximately 3.2 million square foot office portfolio was 96% leased to a predominantly 
investment grade credit (or investment grade equivalent) tenant roster. For non-credit tenants, our leases typically require a security 
deposit or letter of credit, which limits worst case collection exposure to amounts in excess of those protections. Additionally, 
some credit tenant leases will include credit enhancement provisions that require a security deposit or letter of credit in the event 
of a rating downgrade. We conduct thorough credit analyses not only for leasing activities within our existing portfolio but also 
for major tenants in properties we are considering acquiring. 

13.    Segment Information

The Company's Chief Operating Decision Maker, or CODM, evaluates the performance of the Company's business operations 
and allocates financial and other resources by assessing the financial results and outlook for future performance across five distinct 
segments: multifamily communities, student housing properties, real estate related financing, New Market Properties and Preferred 
Office Properties.

Multifamily Communities - consists of the Company's portfolio of residential multifamily communities 

Student Housing Properties - consists of the Company's portfolio of student housing properties.

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December 31, 2019

Financing - consists of the Company's portfolio of real estate loans, bridge loans, and other instruments deployed by the 
Company  to  partially  finance  the  development,  construction,  and  prestabilization  carrying  costs  of  new  multifamily 
communities and other real estate and real estate related assets. Excluded from the financing segment are consolidated 
assets of VIEs and financial results of the Company's Dawson Marketplace grocery-anchored shopping center real estate 
loan, which are included in the New Market Properties segment.

New Market Properties - consists of the Company's portfolio of grocery-anchored shopping centers, which are owned 
by New Market Properties, LLC, a subsidiary of the Company, as well as the financial results from the Company's grocery-
anchored shopping center real estate loans. 

Preferred Office Properties - consists of the Company's portfolio of office buildings, which are owned by Preferred 
Office Properties, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

The CODM monitors net operating income (“NOI”) on a segment and a consolidated basis as a key performance measure for its 
operating segments. NOI is a non-GAAP measure that is defined as rental and other property revenue from real estate assets plus 
interest income from its loan portfolio less total property operating and maintenance expenses, property management fees, real 
estate  taxes,  property  insurance,  and  general  and  administrative  expenses.  The  CODM  uses  NOI  as  a  measure  of  operating 
performance because it provides a measure of the core operations, rather than factoring in depreciation and amortization, financing 
costs, acquisition expenses, and other expenses generally incurred at the corporate level. 

The following tables present the Company's assets, revenues, and NOI results by reportable segment, as well as a reconciliation 
from NOI to net income (loss). The assets attributable to 'Other' primarily consist of  deferred offering costs recorded but not yet 
reclassified as reductions of stockholders' equity and cash balances at the Company and Operating Partnership levels. 

(In thousands)

Assets:

Multifamily communities
Student housing properties
Financing
New Market Properties
Preferred Office Properties
Other (1)

Consolidated assets

December 31, 2019

December 31, 2018

$

$

1,561,787
486,118
409,226
1,125,230
1,123,212
64,987
4,770,560

$

$

1,503,648
411,102
448,617
883,594
884,648
279,349
4,410,958

(1) Other Assets at December 31, 2018 included $264,886 of assets owned by other pool participants within the Freddie Mac K 
Program that were consolidated by the Company. The Company disposed of its investments in the Freddie Mac K Program in 
December 2019.

Total capitalized expenditures (inclusive of additions to construction in progress, but exclusive of the purchase price of acquisitions) 
for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 were as follows:

Years ended December 31,

(In thousands)

2019

2018

2017

Capitalized expenditures:
Multifamily communities
Student housing properties
New Market Properties

Total

$

$

11,067
3,444
8,913
23,424

$

$

16,497
3,382
6,901
26,780

$

$

10,972
799
3,494
15,265

Second-generation capital expenditures exclude those expenditures made in our office building portfolio (i) to lease space to 
"first generation" tenants (i.e. leasing capital for existing vacancies and known move-outs at the time of acquisition), (ii) to bring 
recently acquired properties up to our Class A ownership standards (and which amounts were underwritten into the total investment 

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December 31, 2019

at the time of acquisition), (iii) for property redevelopments and repositionings (iv) to newly leased space which had been vacant 
for more than one year and (v) for building improvements that are recoverable from future operating cost savings.

Total revenues by reportable segment of the Company were:

(In thousands)
Revenues

Rental revenues:

Multifamily communities
Student housing properties
New Market Properties
Preferred Office Properties (1)

Total rental revenues

Other revenues:

Multifamily communities
Student housing properties
New Market Properties
Preferred Office Properties

Total other revenues

Financing revenues
Miscellaneous revenues

Consolidated revenues

Years ended December 31,

2019

2018

2017

$

$

166,388
45,551
94,064
89,118
395,121

5,836
1,097
2,325
4,298
13,556

59,727
2,023
470,427

$

$

157,437
32,383
74,519
58,913
323,252

5,605
646
2,724
1,249
10,224

63,795
—
397,271

$

127,942
11,618
56,354
35,981
231,895

4,120
233
2,296
317
6,966

55,144
—
294,005

(1) Included in rental revenues for our Preferred Office Properties segment is the amortization 
of deferred revenue for tenant-funded leasehold improvements from a major tenant in our Three 
Ravinia and Westridge office buildings. As of December 31, 2019, the Company has deferred 
revenue in an aggregate amount of $47.0 million in connection with such improvements. The 
remaining balance to be recognized is approximately $39.7 million which is included in the 
deferred revenues line on the consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2019. These total 
costs will be amortized over the lesser of the useful lives of the improvements or the individual 
lease terms. The Company recorded non-cash revenue of approximately $3.8 million and $2.7 
million for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The chief operating decision maker utilizes segment net operating income, or Segment NOI, in evaluating the performance of its 
operating segments. Segment NOI represents total property revenues less total property operating expenses, excluding depreciation 
and amortization, for all properties held during the period. Segment NOI for the Company's financing segment consists of interest 
revenues from  the Company's real estate loan investments and notes and lines of credit receivable, as well as revenues from 
terminated  property  purchase  options.  Management  believes  that  Segment  NOI  is  a  helpful  tool  in  evaluating  the  operating 
performance of the segments because it measures the core operations of property performance by excluding corporate level expenses 
and other items not directly related to property operating performance.

Segment NOI for each reportable segment for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 were as follows:

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December 31, 2019

(In thousands)

Segment net operating income (Segment NOI)

Years ended December 31,
2018

2019

2017

Multifamily communities
Student housing properties
Financing
New Market Properties
Preferred Office Properties

$

$

99,009
24,533
59,750
69,002
66,021

$

93,084
16,151
63,795
55,013
41,800

73,439
6,100
55,144
42,041
25,987

Consolidated segment net operating income

318,315

269,843

202,711

Interest expense:

Multifamily communities
Student housing properties
New Market Properties
Preferred Office Properties
Financing

Depreciation and amortization:
Multifamily communities
Student housing properties
New Market Properties
Preferred Office Properties

Professional fees
Management fees, net of forfeitures
Loan loss allowance

Equity compensation to directors and executives
Gain on land condemnation
Gain on sale of real estate
Gain on non-cash net assets of consolidated VIEs
Gain loss on sale of real estate loan investment
Loss on extinguishment of debt
Gain on trading investment, net
Other

47,696
14,759
24,566
22,869
2,074

77,384
22,007
44,786
40,888
6,157
21,752
2,038

1,223
(207)
—
(1,831)
(747)
84
(1,567)
1,842

45,661
11,217
19,188
12,789
6,709

80,927
25,179
39,269
25,761
2,480
20,885
2,533

1,703
—
(69,643)
(320)
—
—
(62)
1,029

35,402
3,085
14,895
7,006
7,080

64,869
8,348
30,088
13,472
2,568
18,497
—

3,470
—
(37,635)
—
—
888
—
2,011

Net income (loss)

$

(7,458) $

44,538

$

28,667

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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

14.   Income (Loss) Per Share

The following is a reconciliation of weighted average basic and diluted shares outstanding used in the calculation of income (loss) 
per share of Common Stock:

(In thousands, except per-share figures)

Numerator:
Operating income before gains on sales of real estate and trading investment
Gains on sales of real estate and trading investment

Operating income
Interest expense
Change in fair value of net assets of consolidated VIEs from mortgage-backed
pools
Less: loss on extinguishment of debt
Gains on sale of real estate loan investment and land condemnation

Net (loss) income

Consolidated net loss (income) attributable to non-controlling interests

Net (loss) income attributable to the Company

Dividends declared to preferred stockholders
Earnings attributable to unvested restricted stock

Years ended December 31,

2019

2018

2017

$ 100,238
1,567

$ 70,077
69,705

$

101,805
111,964

139,782
95,564

1,831
(84)
954

320
—
—

(7,458)

44,538

214

(1,071)

(7,244)

43,467

(113,772)
(17)

(86,741)
(16)

59,388
37,635

97,023
67,468

—
(888)
—

28,667

(986)

27,681

(63,651)
(15)

Net loss attributable to common stockholders

$(121,033)

$ (43,290)

$

(35,985)

Denominator:
Weighted average number of shares of Common Stock - basic

Effect of dilutive securities: (D)

44,265

40,032

31,926

—

—

—

Weighted average number of shares of Common Stock - basic and diluted

44,265

40,032

31,926

Net loss per share of Common Stock attributable to

common stockholders, basic and diluted

$

(2.73)

$

(1.08)

$

(1.13)

(A) The Company's outstanding Class A Units of the Operating Partnership (856, 877 and 885 Units at December 31, 2019, 2018 and 
2017, respectively) contain rights to distributions in the same amount per unit as for dividends declared on the Company's Common 
Stock. The impact of the Class A Unit distributions on earnings per share has been calculated using the two-class method whereby 
earnings are allocated to the Class A Units based on dividends declared and the Class A Units' participation rights in undistributed 
earnings.

(B) The Company’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding accrue dividends at an annual rate of 6% of the stated value of $1,000
per share, payable monthly. The Company had 2,028, 1,608 and 1,222 outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock at December 31, 
2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively and 5 outstanding shares of Series A1 Preferred Stock at December 31, 2019. The Company's shares 
of Series M preferred stock, or mShares, accrue dividends at an escalating rate of 5.75% in year one to 7.50% in year eight and thereafter. 
The Company had 103, 44 and 15 mShares outstanding at December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

(C) The Company's outstanding unvested restricted share awards (13, 12 and 12 shares of Common Stock at December 31, 2019, 2018 
and 2017, respectively) contain non-forfeitable rights to distributions or distribution equivalents. The impact of the unvested restricted 
share awards on earnings per share has been calculated using the two-class method whereby earnings are allocated to the unvested 
restricted share awards based on dividends declared and the unvested restricted shares' participation rights in undistributed earnings. 
Given the Company's  unvested restricted share awards are defined as participating securities, the dividends declared for that period 
are adjusted in determining the calculation of loss per share of Common Stock.

(D) Potential dilution from (i) warrants outstanding from issuances of Units from our Series A Preferred Stock offerings that are potentially 
exercisable into 30,574 shares of Common Stock; (ii) 93 Class B Units; (iii) 13 shares of unvested restricted common stock; and (iv) 
46 outstanding Restricted Stock Units are excluded from the diluted shares calculations because the effect was antidilutive. Class A 
Units  were  excluded  from  the  denominator  because  earnings  were  allocated  to  non-controlling  interests  in  the  calculation  of  the 
numerator.

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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

15.  Selected Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)

Quarterly financial information was as follows:

(in thousands, except per-share data)

Three months ended:

Revenues
Operating income before gain/(loss) on sales of real estate and trading
investments
Net income (loss)
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders

Net income (loss) per share of Common Stock

available to Common stockholders:
Basic
Diluted

Weighted average shares outstanding:

Basic
Diluted

(in thousands, except per-share data)

Revenues
Operating income before gain/(loss) on sales of real estate and trading
investments
Net (loss) income
Net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders

Net (loss) income per share of Common Stock

available to Common stockholders:
Basic
Diluted

Weighted average shares outstanding:

Basic
Diluted

16.   Fair Values of Financial Instruments

$

$
$
$

$
$

$

$
$
$

$
$

3/31/2019

6/30/2019

9/30/2019

12/31/2019

111,506

$

113,852

$

120,203

$

124,866

$
24,348
(2,280) $
(28,313) $

$
24,655
(1,677) $
(28,655) $

$
26,086
(2,137) $
(31,529) $

25,149
(1,364)
(32,536)

(0.66) $
(0.66) $

(0.66) $
(0.66) $

(0.71) $
(0.71) $

(0.71)
(0.71)

42,680
42,680

43,703
43,703

44,703
44,703

45,934
45,934

Three months ended:

3/31/2018

6/30/2018

9/30/2018

12/31/2018

90,370

$

96,389

$

104,232

$

106,280

$
14,877
14,263
$
(5,636) $

17,013
$
(5,278) $
(26,068) $

$
15,275
8,354
$
(14,227) $

22,912
27,199
2,641

(0.14) $
(0.14) $

0.66
0.66

$
$

0.35
0.35

$
$

39,098
39,098

39,383
39,383

40,300
40,300

0.06
0.06

41,320
42,046

Fair value is defined as the price at which an asset or liability is exchanged between market participants in an orderly transaction 
at the reporting date. The Company’s cash equivalents, notes receivable, accounts receivable and payables and accrued expenses 
all approximate fair value due to their short term nature. 

The following tables provide estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments. The carrying values of the Company's 
real estate loans include accrued interest receivable from additional interest or exit fee provisions and are presented net of deferred 
loan fee revenue, where applicable. 

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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

(In thousands)

Financial Assets:

Real estate loans

Notes receivable and line of credit
receivable

Financial Liabilities:

Mortgage notes payable

Revolving line of credit

Term note payable

As of December 31, 2019

Fair value measurements
using fair value hierarchy

Fair Value

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Carrying
value

$

$

$

349,482

$

382,373

$

41,917

391,399

$

41,917

424,290

2,609,829

$

2,659,242

—

70,000

—

70,000

$

$

— $

—

— $

— $

382,373

—

— $

41,917

424,290

— $

— $

2,659,242

—

—

—

—

—

70,000

$

2,679,829

$

2,729,242

$

— $

— $

2,729,242

(In thousands)

Financial Assets:

Real estate loans (1)

Notes receivable and line of credit
receivable

Financial Liabilities:

Mortgage notes payable

Revolving credit facility

Loan participation obligations

$

$

$

As of December 31, 2018

Fair value measurements
using fair value hierarchy

Fair Value

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Carrying
value

334,211

$

366,328

$

47,307

47,307

381,518

$

413,635

$

— $

—

— $

— $

366,328

—

— $

47,307

413,635

2,339,752

2,313,405

$

— $

— $

2,313,405

57,000

5,181

57,000

5,181

—

—

—

—

57,000

5,181

$

2,401,933

$

2,375,586

$

— $

— $

2,375,586

(1) The carrying value of real estate assets at December 31, 2018 included the Company's balance of the Palisades real estate loan 
investment, which included the amounts funded by an unrelated participant. On March 13, 2019, the Company repurchased the 
loan participant's 25% balance in the loan from the loan participant and at December 31, 2019, carried the entire loan balance on 
its consolidated balance sheet without reflection of any liability to any third party. 

The fair value of the real estate loans within the level 3 hierarchy are comprised of estimates of the fair value of the notes, which 
were developed utilizing a discounted cash flow model over the remaining terms of the notes until their maturity dates and utilizing 
discount rates believed to approximate the market risk factor for notes of similar type and duration. The fair values also contain a 
separately-calculated estimate of any applicable additional interest payment due the Company at the maturity date of the loan, 
based on the outstanding loan balances at December 31, 2019, discounted to the reporting date utilizing a discount rate believed 
to be appropriate for multifamily development projects. 

The fair values of the fixed rate mortgages on the Company’s properties were developed using market quotes of the fixed rate 
yield index and spread for 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 15, 25 and 35 year notes as of the reporting date.  The present values of the cash flows 
were calculated using the original interest rate in place on the fixed rate mortgages and again at the current market rate. The 
difference between the two results was applied as a fair market adjustment to the carrying value of the mortgages. 

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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

The following table presents activity of the two mortgage pools from the Freddie Mac K Program as of and for the year ended 
December 31, 2019:

Assets

Liabilities

(In thousands)
Balance as of December 31, 2018

Initial consolidation of ML-05 trust:

Gains (losses) included in net income due to
change in fair value of net assets of VIE:

Repayments of underlying mortgage principal
amounts and repayments to Class A holders:

Deconsolidation upon sale of ML-04 and
ML-05 trusts:

Balance as of December 31, 2019

$

$

Multifamily mortgage
loans held in VIEs at
fair value

VIE liabilities, at fair
value

$

264,886

$

270,670

Net

5,060

18,563

49,721

2,495

(6,570)

—

(578,707)

(26,118)

269,946

289,233

52,216

(6,570)

(604,825)

—

$

— $

—

The changes in the fair value of the net assets of consolidated VIEs from mortgage-backed pools were:

(In thousands)

Interest earned

Unrealized gain

Realized gain

Change in fair value of net assets of consolidated
VIEs from mortgage-backed pools and gain on
sales of trading investments

Years ended December 31,

2019

2018

2017

$

$

903

$

— $

—

2,495

320

—

3,398

$

320 $

—

—

—

—

The following table presents the estimated fair values of the consolidated assets and liabilities from the ML-04 VIEs for which 
the Company has elected the fair value option as of December 31, 2018.  

(In thousands)

Financial Assets:

December 31, 2018

Fair value measurements
using fair value hierarchy

Fair Value

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Carrying
value

VIE assets from mortgage-backed pools

$

269,946

$

269,946

Financial Liabilities:

VIE liabilities from mortgage-backed pools $

264,886

$

264,886

$

$

— $

— $

269,946

— $

— $

264,886

Disclosure guidance under GAAP requires the Company to determine whether the fair value of the financial assets or the fair value 
of the financial liabilities of the mortgage pools is more observable. The VIE assets within the two mortgage pools consist of 
mortgage loans which financed 20 multifamily communities at December 31, 2018. The fair value of the VIE assets within the 
level 3 hierarchy are comprised of the fair value of the mortgages as estimated by the Company, which were developed utilizing 
a discounted cash flow model over the remaining terms of the mortgages until their maturity dates and utilizing discount rates 
believed  to  approximate  the  market  risk  factor  for  instruments  of  similar  type  and  duration. The  fair  values  of  the  notes  are 
categorized within the level 3 hierarchy of fair value estimation as the discount rate primary input assumption is unobservable.  

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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - (continued)
December 31, 2019

17.   Subsequent Events

Between January 1, 2020 and February 14, 2020, the Company issued 65,298 Units under its $1.5 Billion Unit Offering and 
collected net proceeds of approximately $58.8 million after commissions and fees; issued 8,067 shares of Series A1 Redeemable 
Preferred Stock and collected net proceeds of  $7.3 million after commissions and fees; issued 469 shares of Series M1 Redeemable 
Preferred Stock and collected net proceeds of approximately $0.5 million after commissions and fees. 

On January 1, 2020, Joel T. Murphy became Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Murphy will continue as a member of 
the board, where he has served since May 2019. Mr. Murphy was the CEO of our New Market Properties subsidiary for the last 
five years, and since June 2018 has been the chairman of the Company's investment committee. Mr. Murphy succeeded our previous 
CEO and Chairman of the Board, Daniel M. DuPree, who will remain with us as Executive Chairman of the Board.

On January 31, 2020, the Company completed the Internalization of the functions performed by its Manager. The transaction 
consisted  of  the  acquisition  by  the  Company  of  Preferred Apartment Advisors,  LLC  and  NMP Advisors,  LLC,  for  aggregate 
consideration of $154.0 million and resulted in the elimination of the previous fee structure between the Company and the Manager. 
An additional $25.0 million of consideration will be due the sellers upon the earlier to occur of (i) attainment of at least $1.55
annual FFO per share or (ii) on the 36-month anniversary of the closing date. Up to $15.0 million of the $154.0 million purchase 
price will be held back and paid to the sellers upon the settlement of certain specified matters. In addition, all previously waived 
fees to the Manager through January 31, 2020 were eliminated as part of this transaction. Trusts established, or entities owned, by 
the family of John A. Williams, the Company’s former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Daniel M. DuPree, 
the Company’s Executive Chairman of the Board and former Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Leonard A. Silverstein, 
the Company’s Vice Chairman of the Board, and former President and Chief Operating Officer, were the owners of NELL. Trusts 
established, or entities owned, by Joel T. Murphy, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board, the family 
of Mr. Williams, Mr. DuPree and Mr. Silverstein were the owners of NMA Holdings, Inc., ("NMA"), the parent company of NMP 
Advisors, LLC.

On February 20, 2020, our board of directors declared a quarterly dividend on our Common Stock of $0.2625 per share, payable 
on April 15, 2020 to stockholders of record on March 13, 2020.

On February 3, 2020, the borrower of the Dawson Marketplace real estate loan repaid all amounts due under the loan, including 
principal of approximately $12.9 million and accrued interest of approximately $2.7 million, the latter of which will be additive 
to our first quarter 2020 AFFO result.

The $1.5 Billion Unit Offering expired on February 14, 2020. 

On March 2, 2020, the Company closed on a real estate loan investment of up to approximately $13.4 million in connection 
with the development of a 256-unit Class A multifamily community to be located in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Leonard A. Silverstein has resigned from his position as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company pursuant to a 
consulting agreement with the Company entered into on March 3, 2020, or the Consulting Agreement. Joel Murphy, our current 
Chief  Executive  Officer,  will  assume  the  additional  role  of  President  following  Mr.  Silverstein's  departure.  The  Consulting 
Agreement with Mr. Silverstein is for three years and provides annual compensation of $250,000 and a lump sum cash payment 
in the gross amount of $10,000. Mr. Silverstein’s Consulting Agreement includes a general release in favor of the Company. The 
Consulting Agreement further provides for access to certain welfare benefits of the Company. The foregoing description of the 
terms of the Consulting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Consulting 
Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.20 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and incorporated by reference herein.

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Form 10-K Summary 

None. 

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Schedule IV

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.

Mortgage Loans on Real Estate

December 31, 2019

Description

Property Name

Location (MSA)

Interest
Rate

Maturity
Date

Periodic Payment
Terms

Prior Liens

Face
Amount of
Mortgages
(in
thousands)

Carrying
Amount of
Mortgages (in
thousands)

Principal
Amount of
Mortgages
Subject to
Delinquent
Principal
or Interest

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Palisades

Northern VA

8.0%

5/17/2020

(9)

8.0 / 0

$

— $

17,270

$

17,250

$

—

Wiregrass

Tampa, FL

15.0%

5/15/2020

(5)

8.5 / 6.5

—

14,976

14,976

Wiregrass
Capital

Tampa, FL

15.0%

5/15/2020

(5)

8.5 / 6.5

—

4,244

4,240

Berryessa

San Jose, CA

11.5%

2/13/2021

(1)

8.5 / 3.0

—

137,616

115,819

The Anson

Nashville, TN

13.0% 11/24/2021

(7)

8.5 / 4.5

The Anson
Capital

Nashville, TN

13.0% 11/24/2021

(7)

8.5 / 4.5

Sanibel Straits

Fort Myers, FL

14.0%

2/3/2021

(3)

8.5 / 5.5

Fort Myers, FL

14.0%

2/3/2021

(3)

8.5 / 5.5

—

—

—

—

6,240

6,240

5,659

4,440

9,416

8,846

6,193

5,930

Atlanta, GA

14.0%

7/11/2020

(3)

8.5 / 5.5

—

22,412

21,513

Sanibel Straits
Capital

Falls of
Forsyth

Newbergh

Atlanta, GA

14.0%

1/31/2021

(3)

8.5 / 5.5

—

11,749

11,699

Newbergh
Capital

Atlanta, GA

14.0%

1/31/2021

(3)

8.5 / 5.5

—

6,176

5,653

V & Three

Charlotte, NC

13.5%

8/15/2021

(2)

8.5 / 5.0

—

10,336

10,336

V & Three
Capital

Hidden River
II

Hidden River
II Capital

Charlotte, NC

13.5%

8/18/2021

(2)

8.5 / 5.0

—

7,338

6,571

Tampa, FL

12.0% 10/11/2022

(4)

8.5 / 3.5

Tampa, FL

12.0% 10/11/2022

(4)

8.5 / 3.5

—

—

4,462

3,012

2,763

2,258

Vintage Destin

Destin, FL

12.5%

3/24/2022

(6)

8.5 / 4.0

—

10,763

8,932

138

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Property Name

Location (MSA)

Interest
Rate

Maturity
Date

Periodic Payment
Terms

Prior Liens

Face
Amount of
Mortgages
(in
thousands)

Carrying
Amount of
Mortgages (in
thousands)

Principal
Amount of
Mortgages
Subject to
Delinquent
Principal
or Interest

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Multifamily
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Student Housing
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Student Housing
Community

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Office Property

Real Estate
Construction Loan
on Grocery
Anchored
Shopping

Total

Unamortized loan
origination fees

Allowance for loan
losses

Carrying amount

Cameron Park

Alexandria, VA

11.5% 10/11/2021

(1)

8.5 / 3.0

—

21,340

18,582

Cameron Park
Capital

Alexandria, VA

11.5% 10/11/2021

(1)

8.5 / 3.0

Southpoint

Fredericksburg,
VA

12.5%

2/28/2022

(6)

8.5 / 4.0

Southpoint
Capital

Fredericksburg,
VA

12.5%

2/28/2022

(6)

8.5 / 4.0

—

—

—

8,850

8,235

7,348

7,348

4,962

4,245

E-Town

Jacksonville, FL

12.0%

6/14/2022

(4)

8.5 / 3.5

—

16,697

14,550

Vintage
Horizon West

Kennesaw
Crossing

Orlando, FL

14.0% 10/11/2022

(3)

8.5 / 5.5

—

10,900

8,275

Atlanta, GA

14.0% 09/01/2023

(3)

8.5 / 5.5

—

14,810

7,616

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Haven 12

Starkville, MS

8.5% 11/30/2020

(8)

8.5 / 0.0

—

6,116

6,116

6,116

Solis
Kennesaw II

Atlanta, GA

12.5%

5/5/2022

(6)

8.5 / 4.0

—

13,613

12,489

8 West

Atlanta, GA

13.5% 11/29/2022

(2)

8.5 / 5.0

—

19,193

4,554

Dawson
Marketplace

Atlanta, GA

13.5%

1/31/20

(2)

8.5 / 5.0

—

—

—

—

12,857

12,857

414,299

352,582

6,116

—

—

(1,476)

(1,624)

—

—

$

— $

414,299

$

349,482

$

6,116

—

—

—

(1) Fixed rate, interest only, 8.5% payable monthly and 3.0% accrued

(2) Fixed rate, interest only, 8.0% payable monthly and 5.0% accrued

(3) Fixed rate, interest only, 8.5% payable monthly and 5.5% accrued

(4) Fixed rate, interest only, 8.5% payable monthly and 3.5% accrued

(5) Fixed rate, interest only, 8.5% payable monthly and 6.5% accrued

(6) Fixed rate, interest only, 8.5% payable monthly and 4.0% accrued

(7) Fixed rate, interest only, 8.5% payable monthly and 4.5% accrued

(8) Fixed rate, interest only, 8.5% payable monthly and 0.0% accrued

(9) Fixed rate, interest only, 8.0% payable monthly and 0.0% accrued

139

Index to Exhibits 

The following exhibits are included, or incorporated by reference, in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (and are numbered in
accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K):

Exhibit
No.

2.1

3.1

3.2

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.7

4.8

4.9

4.10

4.11

4.12

4.13

4.14

4.15

4.16

4.17

4.18

4.19

Reference

Description

(30)

(2)

(23)

(9)

(5)

(6)

(10)

(8)

(11)

(12)

(13)

(18)

(5)

(19)

(20)

(25)

(25)

(26)

(27)

(1)

(1)

Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2020, by and among Preferred Apartment 
Communities, Inc., Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P., PAC Carveout, 
LLC, NELL Partners, Inc., NMA Holdings, Inc., Mortwat, LLC, Northside Partners Trust, Nancy 
Ann Richardson Williams 2017 Children’s Trust, Caitboo Family Trust, Fairmont Green Trust, and 
Murphy Capital and Advisory Group LLC.
Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.

Fourth Amended and Restated By-laws of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.

Sixth Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement, dated June 3, 2016, among Preferred 
Apartment Communities, Inc., Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC and the other limited partners 
party thereto

Articles Supplementary for the Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock

Articles Supplementary for the Series M Redeemable Preferred Stock

Articles Supplementary classifying an additional 900,000 shares of the Series A Redeemable 
Preferred Stock
Articles Supplementary classifying an additional 2,000,000 shares of the Series A Redeemable 
Preferred Stock
Form of Series A Subscription Agreement

First Amendment to the Sixth Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement, dated as of January 
25, 2017, entered into by Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. 

Articles of Amendment Amending the Holder Redemption Options of the Company's Series A 
Redeemable Preferred Stock

Amended and Restated Warrant Agreement dated as of March 14, 2012 between Preferred 
Apartment Communities, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Warrant Agent

Form of Global Warrant Certificate

Second Amended and Restated Warrant Agreement between Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. 
and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Warrant Agent dated as of October 11, 2013

Warrant  Agreement  between  Preferred  Apartment  Communities,  Inc.  and  Computershare  Trust 
Company, N.A., as Warrant Agent dated as of February 23, 2017

Articles Supplementary for the Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock

Articles Supplementary for the Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock

Second Amendment to the Sixth Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement, dated as of 
November 7, 2019, entered into by Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. 
Form of Series A1 and M1 Subscription Agreement

Description of Common Stock 

Description of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock

140

 
4.20

4.21

4.22

4.23

10.1

10.2

10.3

10.4

10.5

10.6

10.7

10.8
10.9

10.10

10.11

10.12

10.13

10.14

10.15

10.16

10.17

10.18

10.19

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(9)

(16)

(22)

(24)

(28)

(3)

(2)

(4)

(17)

(21)

(7)

(7)

(7)

(29)

(14)

(14)

(14)

(15)

(27)

Description of Warrant to Purchase Common Stock

Description of Series M Redeemable Preferred Stock

Description of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock

Description of Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock

*

*

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Sixth  Amended  and  Restated  Management  Agreement,  dated  June  3,  2016,  among  Preferred 
Apartment Communities, Inc., Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P. and 
Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC

First Amendment to the Sixth Amended and Restated Management Agreement, entered into as of 
October 5, 2016, effective as of August 29, 2016, among Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc., 
Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P. and Preferred Apartment Advisors, 
LLC

Amendment No. 2 to the Sixth Amended and Restated Management Agreement, effective as of July 
1, 2017 and entered into as of August 31, 2017, among Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc., 
Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P. and Preferred Apartment Advisors, 
LLC

Amendment No. 3 to the Sixth Amended and Restated Management Agreement, effective as of May 
3,  2018,  among  Preferred  Apartment  Communities,  Inc.,  Preferred  Apartment  Communities 
Operating Partnership, L.P. and Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC
The Company’s 2019 Stock Incentive Plan 

Trademark License and Assignment Agreement dated September 17, 2010, but effective as of July 
29, 2010, between Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. and Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC

Form of Restricted Stock Agreement pursuant to the Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. 2011 
Stock Incentive Plan

Form of Indemnification Agreement
Form of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. 2017 Class B Unit Award Agreement (3 year)

Form of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. 2018 Class B Unit Award Agreement (3 year)

Intellectual Property Assignment and License Agreement dated March 14, 2012 between Preferred 
Apartment Advisors, LLC and Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.

Trademark License Agreement dated March 14, 2012 between Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC 
and Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.

Trademark Assignment  dated  March  14,  2012  between  Preferred Apartment Advisors,  LLC  and 
Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.

Sales Agreement dated June 21, 2019 by and between Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. and 
RBC Capital Markets, LLC, JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC, B. Riley FBR, Inc., 
Compass Point Research & Trading, LLC, D.A. Davidson & Co., JMP Securities LLC, and 
National Securities Corporation.

Fourth Amended  and  Restated  Credit Agreement  dated  as  of August  5,  2016  among  Preferred 
Apartment Communities, Inc., Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P., the 
lenders party thereto and KeyBank National Association

Fourth Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of August 5, 2016 among 
Preferred  Apartment  Communities  Operating  Partnership,  L.P.,  (the  "Borrower"),  each  of  the 
subsidiaries of the Borrower party thereto and KeyBank National Association

Fourth Amended and Restated Guaranty dated as of August 5, 2016 by and among Preferred Apartment 
Communities, Inc., each of the guarantors party thereto and KeyBank National Association

Form of Buy-Sell Agreement with KeyBank National Association

Form of Escrow Agreement for Series A1 and M1 

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21

23.1

31.1
31.2

32.1

32.2

101

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

Consulting Agreement Between Leonard A. Silverstein and Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.

Subsidiaries of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Certification of Daniel M. DuPree, Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Certification of John A. Isakson, Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language). The following materials for the period ended
December 31, 2019, formatted in XBRL: (i) Consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2019
and December 31, 2018, (ii) consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December
31, 2019, December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, (iii) consolidated statements of equity and
accumulated deficit, (iv) consolidated statements of cash flows and (v) notes to consolidated
financial statements.

* Management contract or compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.
(1) Filed herewith

(2) Previously filed with the Pre-effective Amendment No. 6 to Form S-11 Registration Statement

(Registration No. 333-168407) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March 4, 2011

(3) Previously filed with the Pre-effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-11 Registration Statement

(Registration No. 333-168407) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 4, 2010

(4) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities

and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2011

(5) Previously filed with the Pre-effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-11 Registration Statement
(Registration No.: 333-176604) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 2, 2011

(6) Previously filed with the Form S-3 Registration Statement (Registration No.: 333-214531) filed by

the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2016

(7) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities

and Exchange Commission  on March 15, 2012

(8) Previously filed with the Form S-3 Registration Statement (Registration No.: 333-211924) filed by

the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 9, 2016

(9) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities

and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2016

(10) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities

and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2013

(11) Previously filed with the Pre-effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-3 Registration Statement
(Registration No. 333-211924) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 8, 2016

(12) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities

and Exchange Commission on January 26, 2017

(13) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities

and Exchange Commission on June 26, 2014

(14) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities

and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2016

(15) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities

and Exchange Commission on February 17, 2015

(16) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities

and Exchange Commission on October 5, 2016

(17) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities 

and Exchange Commission on January 9, 2017

(18) Previously filed with the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities 

and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2012

(19) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities 

and Exchange Commission on October 15, 2013

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(20) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities 

and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2017

(21) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities 

and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2018

(22) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities 

and Exchange Commission on July 10, 2017

(23) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities and 

Exchange Commission on December 21, 2018

(24) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities and 

Exchange Commission on May 3, 2018

(25) Previously filed with the Form S-3 Registration Statement (Registration No.: 333-233576) filed by

the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 30, 2019

(26) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities and 

Exchange Commission on November 7, 2019

(27) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities and 

Exchange Commission on October 2, 2019

(28) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities and 

Exchange Commission on May 2, 2019

(29) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities and 

Exchange Commission on June 24, 2019

(30) Previously filed with the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities and 

Exchange Commission on February 3, 2020

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

PREFERRED APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.

Date: March 3, 2020

By: 

 /s/ Joel T. Murphy

Joel T. Murphy
Chief Executive Officer 
(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: March 3, 2020

By: 

 /s/ John A. Isakson

John A. Isakson
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the
following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

 /s/ Joel T. Murphy
Joel T. Murphy

/s/ John A. Isakson
John A. Isakson

 /s/ Michael J. Cronin
Michael J. Cronin

/s/ Steve Bartkowski
Steve Bartkowski

/s/ Gary B. Coursey
Gary B. Coursey

/s/ Daniel M. DuPree
Daniel M. DuPree

/s/ William J. Gresham, Jr.
William J. Gresham, Jr.

/s/ Howard A. McLure
Howard A. McLure

/s/ Leonard A. Silverstein
Leonard A. Silverstein

/s/ Timothy A. Peterson
 Timothy A. Peterson

/s/ John Wiens
John Wiens

/s/ Sara J. Finley
Sara J. Finley

Date

March 3, 2020

Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)

Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

March 3, 2020

Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Accounting Officer)

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

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March 3, 2020

March 3, 2020

March 3, 2020

March 3, 2020

March 3, 2020

March 3, 2020

March 3, 2020

March 3, 2020

March 3, 2020

Description of Common Stock

The following description of the common stock (“Common Stock”) of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (the “Company”) 
summarizes material terms and provisions that apply to our Common Stock. The summary may not contain all of the information 
that is important to you and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to our Articles of Amendment and Restatement 
of the Company (our "charter"), and our Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws (our "bylaws"), each of which is filed as an exhibit 
to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of which this Exhibit is a part. References in this Exhibit to “we,” “us” and “our” refer to 
the Company, unless the context otherwise requires.

General

Our charter authorizes us to issue up to 400,066,666 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share and 15,000,000 shares 
of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share.

Listing

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "APTS."

Common Stock

Subject to the preferential rights of our outstanding preferred stock and any preferential rights of any other class or 

series of stock and to the provisions of our charter regarding the restrictions on the ownership and transfer of stock, the holders 
of common stock are entitled to such distributions as may be authorized from time to time by our Board of Directors and 
declared by us out of legally available funds and, upon our liquidation, are entitled to receive all assets available for distribution 
to our stockholders.  Holders of common stock will not have preemptive rights, which means that they will not have an 
automatic option to purchase any new shares that we issue, or preference, conversion, exchange, sinking fund or redemption 
rights.  Holders of common stock generally will have no appraisal rights.

The holders of common stock shall vote together as a single class on all matters.  Holders of shares of common stock 

shall be entitled to vote for the election of directors.  Directors may be removed from office, with or without cause, by the 
affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% of the total voting power of all outstanding common stock.  Vacancies 
on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, removal or otherwise and newly created directorships resulting 
from any increase in the number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office (although less than a 
quorum).  Any such director elected to fill a vacancy will hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his 
or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.

Meetings and Special Voting Requirements

Subject to our charter restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock and except as may otherwise be specified in 

our charter, each holder of common stock is entitled at each meeting of stockholders to one vote per share owned by such 
stockholder on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders.  There is no cumulative voting in the election of our Board of 
Directors.  In an uncontested election of directors, each director is elected by a majority of total votes cast for and against such 
director nominee at a meeting of stockholders dully called and at which a quorum is present.  A plurality of all the votes cast at 
a meeting of stockholders duly called and at which a quorum is present shall be sufficient to elect a director in a contested 
election. 

Under Maryland law, a Maryland corporation generally cannot dissolve, amend its charter, merge, convert, sell all or 

substantially all its assets, engage in a share exchange or engage in similar transactions outside the ordinary course of business, 
unless declared advisable by the Board of Directors and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least 
two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.  However, a Maryland corporation may provide in its charter for 
approval of these matters by a lesser percentage, but not less than a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.  
Our charter does not provide for a lesser percentage in these situations.

An annual meeting of our stockholders will be held each year.  Special meetings of stockholders may be called upon 

the request of a majority of our directors, the chairman of the Board, the president or the chief executive officer and must be 
called by our secretary to act on any matter that may properly be considered at a meeting of stockholders upon the written 
request of stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on such matter at the meeting (subject 
to the stockholders’ compliance with certain procedures set forth in our bylaws).  The presence of stockholders entitled to cast 

 
 
at least a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting on any matter, either in person or by proxy, will constitute 
a quorum.

One or more persons who together are and for at least six months have been stockholders of record of at least five 

percent of the outstanding shares of any class of our stock are entitled to receive a copy of our stockholder list upon request in 
accordance with Maryland law.  The list provided by us will include each stockholder’s name and address and the number of 
shares owned by each stockholder and will be made available within 20 days of the receipt by us of the request.  Stockholders 
and their representatives shall also be given access to our bylaws, the minutes of stockholder proceedings, our annual 
statements of affairs and any voting trust agreements on file at our principal office during usual business hours.  We have the 
right to request that a requesting stockholder represent to us that the list and records will not be used to pursue commercial 
interests.

Advance Notice of Director Nominations and New Business

Proposals to elect directors or conduct other business at an annual or special meeting must be brought in accordance 

with our bylaws.  The bylaws provide that any business may be transacted at the annual meeting without being specifically 
designated in the notice of meeting.  However, with respect to special meetings of stockholders, only the business specified in 
the notice of the special meeting may be brought at that meeting.

Our bylaws also provide that nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Directors may be made at an 

annual meeting (1) pursuant to the Company’s notice of meeting, (2) by or at the direction of our Board of Directors, or (3) by 
any stockholder who is a stockholder of record both at the time of giving of notice pursuant to the bylaws and at the time of the 
annual meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of each individual so nominated and who has complied 
with the advance notice procedures set forth in our bylaws.  Our bylaws further provide that the proposal of other business to be 
considered by stockholders may be made at an annual meeting (x) pursuant to the notice of meeting, (y) by or at the direction 
of our Board of Directors, or (z) by any stockholder of record both at the time of giving notice pursuant to the bylaws and at the 
time of the annual meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting on any such other business and who has complied with the 
advance notice provisions set forth in our bylaws.

A notice of a director nomination or stockholder proposal to be considered at an annual meeting must be delivered to 

our secretary at our principal executive offices:

•  not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 120th day nor earlier than 150 days prior to the first anniversary 

• 

of the date of release of the proxy statement for the previous year’s annual meeting; or
if the date of the meeting is advanced or delayed by more than 30 days from the anniversary date, not earlier 
than 150 days prior to the annual meeting or not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the later of the 120th 
day prior to the annual meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date 
of such meeting is first made.

Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting, (A) by or at the 
direction of our Board of Directors, (B) by a stockholder that has requested that a special meeting be called for the purpose of 
electing directors in compliance with the procedures set forth in our bylaws and that has supplied the information required by 
our bylaws about each individual whom such stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director, or (C) provided that 
the special meeting has been called for the purpose of electing directors, by any stockholder who is a stockholder of record both 
at the time of giving of notice and at the time of the special meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of 
each individual so nominated and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in our bylaws.

A notice of a director nomination to be considered at a special meeting must be delivered to our secretary at our 

principal executive offices:

•  not earlier than 120 days prior to the special meeting; and
•  not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the later of either:

ninety days prior to the special meeting; or
ten days following the day of our first public announcement of the date of the special meeting and 
the nominees proposed by our Board of Directors to be elected at the meeting.

Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer

 
 
In order for us to continue to qualify as a REIT under the Code, we must meet the following criteria regarding our 

stockholders’ ownership of our shares:

 we cannot be "closely held" under Section 856(h) of the Code; that is, five or fewer individuals (as specially defined in 
the Code to include specified private foundations, employee benefit plans and trusts and charitable trusts and subject to certain 
constructive ownership rules) may not own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% in value of our outstanding shares during the 
last half of a taxable year, other than our first REIT taxable year; and

 100 or more persons must beneficially own our shares during at least 335 days of a taxable year of twelve months or 

during a proportionate part of a shorter taxable year, other than our first REIT taxable year.

Our charter provides (subject to certain exceptions) that no person may own, or be deemed to own by virtue of the 
attribution provisions of the Code, more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of our outstanding shares of stock or more than 9.8% 
(in value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of shares of our stock.  Our Board of Directors, 
in its sole discretion, may waive this ownership limit (prospectively or retroactively) if evidence satisfactory to our directors, 
including certain representations and undertakings required by our charter, is presented that such ownership will not then or in the 
future jeopardize our status as a REIT. Also, these restrictions on transferability and ownership will not apply if our directors 
determine that it is no longer in our best interests to continue to qualify as a REIT or that compliance with such restrictions is no 
longer required in order for us to qualify as a REIT.

In addition to prohibiting the transfer or ownership of our stock that would result in any person owning, directly or 
indirectly, shares of our stock in excess of the foregoing ownership limitations, our charter prohibits the transfer or ownership of 
our stock if such transfer or ownership would:

• 

  with respect to transfers only, result in our stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons, 

determined without reference to any rules of attribution;

• 

  result in our being "closely held" within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code (regardless of 

whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year);

• 

 result in our owning, directly or indirectly, more than 9.8% of the ownership interests in any tenant or 

subtenant; or

• 

 otherwise result in our disqualification as a REIT.

If any attempted transfer of our stock, if effective, would result in a violation of these limitations, then the number of 
shares causing the violation (rounded up to the nearest whole share) will be automatically transferred to a trust for the exclusive 
benefit of one or more charitable beneficiaries (or, in the case of a transfer that would result in our stock being beneficially owned 
by fewer than 100 persons, be void), and the proposed transferee will not acquire any rights in the shares. To avoid confusion, 
these shares so transferred to a beneficial trust will be referred to here as "Excess Securities."  Excess Securities will remain issued 
and outstanding shares and will be entitled to the same rights and privileges as all other shares of the same class or series. The 
trustee of the beneficial trust, as holder of the Excess Securities, will be entitled to receive all distributions authorized by the Board 
of Directors on such securities for the benefit of the charitable beneficiary. Our charter further entitles the trustee of the beneficial 
trust to vote all Excess Securities and, subject to Maryland law, to rescind as void any vote cast by the proposed transferee of 
Excess Securities prior to our discovery of the Excess Securities and to recast the vote in accordance with the desires of the trustee 
acting for the benefit of the charitable beneficiary. However, if we have already taken irreversible corporate action, then the trustee 
will not have the authority to rescind and recast the vote. If a transfer to the trust would be ineffective for any reason to prevent a 
violation of any of the foregoing restrictions, the transfer resulting in such violation will be void from the time of such purported 
transfer.

The trustee of the beneficial trust will select a transferee to whom the Excess Securities may be sold as long as such sale 
does not violate the 9.8% ownership limit or the other restrictions on ownership and transfer. Upon sale of the Excess Securities, 
the intended transferee (the transferee of the Excess Securities whose ownership would have violated the 9.8% ownership limit 
or the other restrictions on ownership and transfer) will receive from the trustee of the beneficial trust the lesser of such sale 
proceeds, or the price per share the intended transferee paid for the Excess Securities (or, in the case of a gift or devise to the 
intended transferee, the price per share equal to the market value per share on the date of the event causing the shares to be held 
in the beneficial trust). The trustee may reduce the amount payable to the intended transferee by the amount of dividends and other 
distributions which have been paid to the intended transferee and are owed by the intended transferee to the trustee. The trustee 
of the beneficial trust will distribute to the charitable beneficiary any amount the trustee receives in excess of the amount to be 
paid to the intended transferee.

In addition, we have the right to purchase any Excess Securities at the lesser of (i) the price per share paid in the transfer 
that created the Excess Securities (or, in the case of a devise or gift, the market price at the time of such devise or gift), and (ii) 
the market price on the date we, or our designee, exercise such right. We may reduce the amount payable to the intended transferee 
by the amount of dividends and other distributions which have been paid to the intended transferee and are owed by the intended 
transferee to the trustee. We will have the right to purchase the Excess Securities until the trustee has sold the shares. Upon a sale 
to us, the interest of the charitable beneficiary in the shares sold will terminate and the trustee will distribute the net proceeds of 
the sale to the intended transferee.

Any person who (i) acquires or attempts or intends to acquire shares in violation of the foregoing ownership limitations, 
or (ii) would have owned shares that resulted in a transfer to a charitable trust, is required to give us immediate written notice or, 
in the case of a proposed or intended transaction, 15 days’ written notice. In both cases, such persons must provide to us such other 
information as we may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such transfer on our status as a REIT. The foregoing 
restrictions will continue to apply until our Board of Directors determines it is no longer in our best interest to continue to qualify 
as a REIT or that compliance with the restrictions is no longer required in order for us to qualify as a REIT.

The 9.8% ownership limit does not apply to the underwriters in a public offering of shares. Any person who owns more 
than 5% (or such lower percentage as required by the Code or the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) of the outstanding 
shares during any taxable year will be asked to deliver a statement or affidavit setting forth the name and address of such owner, 
the number of shares beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, and a description of the manner in which such shares are held. 
Each such person also must provide us with such additional information as we may request in order to determine the effect of such 
ownership on our status as a REIT and to ensure compliance with the 9.8% ownership limit.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for our shares of our Common Stock is Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

Business Combinations

Under  Maryland  law,  "business  combinations"  between  a  Maryland  corporation  and  an  interested  stockholder  or  an 
affiliate of an interested stockholder are prohibited for five years after the most recent date on which the interested stockholder 
becomes  an  interested  stockholder.  These  business  combinations  include  a  merger,  consolidation,  share  exchange,  or,  in 
circumstances specified in the statute, an asset transfer or issuance or reclassification of equity securities. An interested stockholder 
is defined as:

• 

 any person who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the voting power of the 

corporation’s outstanding voting stock; or

• 

 an affiliate or associate of the corporation who, at any time within the two-year period prior to the date 
in question, was the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 10% or more of the voting power of the then outstanding 
stock of the corporation.

A person is not an interested stockholder under the statute if the board of directors approved in advance the transaction 
by which he otherwise would have become an interested stockholder. However, in approving a transaction, the board of directors 
may provide that its approval is subject to compliance, at or after the time of approval, with any terms and conditions determined 
by the board.

After the five-year prohibition, any business combination between the Maryland corporation and an interested stockholder 

generally must be recommended by the board of directors of the corporation and approved by the affirmative vote of at least:

• 

 80% of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of outstanding shares of voting stock of the corporation; 

and

• 

 two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of voting stock of the corporation other than shares 
held by the interested stockholder with whom or with whose affiliate the business combination is to be effected or held 
by an affiliate or associate of the interested stockholder.

These super-majority vote requirements do not apply if the corporation’s common stockholders receive a minimum price, 
as defined under Maryland law, for their shares in the form of cash or other consideration in the same form as previously paid by 
the interested stockholder for its shares.

The statute permits various exemptions from its provisions, including business combinations that are exempted by the 
board of directors before the time that the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. Pursuant to the statute, our 

 
 
Board of Directors has adopted a resolution exempting any business combination with our manager or any affiliate of our manager. 
Consequently, the five-year prohibition and the super-majority vote requirements will not apply to business combinations between 
us and our manager or any affiliate of our manager. As a result, our manager or any affiliate of our manager may be able to enter 
into business combinations with us that may not be in the best interest of our stockholders, without compliance with the super-
majority vote requirements and the other provisions of the statute.

The business combination statute may discourage others from trying to acquire control of us and increase the difficulty 

of consummating any offer.

Control Share Acquisitions

Maryland law provides that control shares of a Maryland corporation acquired in a control share acquisition have no 
voting rights except to the extent approved by the affirmative vote of holders of two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the 
matter. Shares owned by the acquiror, by officers or by employees who are directors of the corporation are excluded from shares 
entitled to vote on the matter. Control shares are voting shares of stock which, if aggregated with all other shares of stock owned 
by the acquiror or in respect of which the acquiror is able to exercise or direct the exercise of voting power (except solely by virtue 
of a revocable proxy), would entitle the acquiror to exercise voting power in electing directors within one of the following ranges 
of voting power:

• 

• 

• 

 one-tenth or more but less than one-third;

 one-third or more but less than a majority; or

 a majority or more of all voting power.

Control shares do not include shares the acquiring person is then entitled to vote as a result of having previously obtained 
stockholder approval. A control share acquisition means the acquisition of issued and outstanding control shares, subject to certain 
exceptions.

A person who has made or proposes to make a control share acquisition may compel the board of directors of the corporation 
to call a special meeting of stockholders to be held within 50 days of demand to consider the voting rights of the shares. The right 
to compel the calling of a special meeting is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including an undertaking to pay the 
expenses of the meeting. If no request for a meeting is made, the corporation may itself present the question at any stockholders 
meeting.

If voting rights are not approved at the meeting or if the acquiring person does not deliver an acquiring person statement 
as required by the statute, then the corporation may redeem for fair value any or all of the control shares, except those for which 
voting rights have previously been approved. The right of the corporation to redeem control shares is subject to certain conditions 
and limitations. Fair value is determined, without regard to the absence of voting rights for the control shares, as of the date of 
any meeting of stockholders at which the voting rights of the shares are considered and not approved or, if no such meeting is 
held, as of the date of the last control share acquisition by the acquiror. If voting rights for control shares are approved at a 
stockholders meeting and the acquiror becomes entitled to vote a majority of the shares entitled to vote, all other stockholders 
may exercise appraisal rights. The fair value of the shares as determined for purposes of appraisal rights may not be less than the 
highest price per share paid by the acquiror in the control share acquisition.

The control share acquisition statute does not apply: (i) to shares acquired in a merger, consolidation or share exchange 
if the corporation is a party to the transaction; or (ii) to acquisitions approved or exempted by the charter or bylaws of the corporation.

Our bylaws contain a provision exempting from the control share acquisition statute any and all acquisitions by any 

person of shares of our stock. This provision may be amended or eliminated at any time in the future.

Subtitle 8

Subtitle 8 of Title 3 of the MGCL permits a Maryland corporation with a class of equity securities registered under the 
Exchange Act, and at least three independent directors to elect to be subject, by provision in its charter or bylaws or a resolution 
of its board of directors and notwithstanding any contrary provision in its charter or bylaws, to any or all of five provisions:

• 

• 

• 

 a classified board;

 a two-thirds vote requirement for removing a director;

 a requirement that the number of directors be fixed only by vote of the directors;

• 

 a requirement that a vacancy on the board be filled only by the remaining directors and for the remainder 

of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred; and

• 

 a majority requirement for the calling of a stockholder-requested special meeting of stockholders.

Our charter and bylaws provide that vacancies on our Board of Directors may be filled by the remaining directors.  Any 
such director elected to fill a vacancy will hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor 
is elected and qualifies or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. Our charter also vests in the Board of Directors 
the exclusive power to fix the number of directorships.  In addition, our charter provides that any director may be removed from 
office, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 66-2/3% of the total voting power of all 
outstanding common stock. Our bylaws require, unless called by our chairman of the Board of Directors, president, chief executive 
officer or Board of Directors, the request of holders of a majority of outstanding shares to call a special meeting to act on any 
matter that may properly be considered at a meeting of stockholders.  We have not elected to be subject to the other provisions of 
Subtitle 8.

Amendments to Our Charter and Bylaws

As provided in the MGCL, amendments to our Charter must be advised by our board of directors and approved by the 
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Pursuant to both our Charter and our Bylaws, our board 
of directors has the exclusive authority to amend our Bylaws.

 
Exhibit 4.19

Description of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock

The following description of our Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock”) of Preferred 
Apartment Communities, Inc. (the “Company”) summarizes material terms and provisions that apply to our Series A Redeemable 
Preferred Stock. The summary may not contain all of the information that is important to you and is subject to and qualified in 
its entirety by reference to our Articles Supplementary for the Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock, which is filed as an exhibit 
to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of which this Exhibit is a part. References in this Exhibit to “we,” “us” and “our” refer to 
the Company, unless the context otherwise requires.

Our Board of Directors, including our independent directors, has created out of the authorized and unissued shares of 
our preferred stock, a series of redeemable preferred stock, designated as the Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock. Our shares 
of  Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock are not listed on an exchange and we do not intend to apply to have any such shares 
listed on an exchange in the future.

Rank.  Our Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock ranks with respect to dividend rights and rights upon our liquidation, 

winding-up or dissolution:

•  senior to our common stock and any other class or series of our capital stock, the terms of which expressly 

provide that our Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock ranks senior to such class or series as to dividend rights 
or rights on our liquidation, winding-up and dissolution;

•  on parity with any class or series of our capital stock, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or 
series ranks on parity with our Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights on our 
liquidation, winding up and dissolution;
junior to each class or series of our capital stock, including capital stock issued in the future, the terms of 
which expressly provide that such class or series ranks senior to the Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock as to 
dividend rights or rights on our liquidation, winding up and dissolution; and
junior to all our existing and future debt obligations.

• 

• 

Investors in the Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock should note that holders of common stock will receive 
additional distributions from the sale of a property (in excess of their capital attributable to the asset sold) before the holders of 
Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock receive a return of their capital.

Stated Value.  Each share of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock has an initial "Stated Value" of $1,000, subject to 

appropriate adjustment in relation to certain events, such as recapitalizations, stock dividends, stock splits, stock combinations, 
reclassifications or similar events affecting our Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock, as set forth in the Series A Articles 
Supplementary.

Dividends.  Subject to the preferential rights of the holders of any class or series of our capital stock ranking senior to 

our Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock, if any such class or series is authorized in the future, the holders of Series A 
Redeemable Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when, and as authorized by our Board of Directors and declared by us out 
of legally available funds, cumulative cash dividends on each share of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock at an annual rate of 
six percent (6%) of the Stated Value.  Dividends on each share of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock begin accruing on, and 
are cumulative from, the date of issuance. We expect to continue to pay dividends on the Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock 
monthly, unless our results of operations, our general financing conditions, general economic conditions, applicable provisions 
of Maryland law or other factors make it imprudent to do so.  We also expect to continue to authorize and declare dividends on 
the shares of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock on a monthly basis payable on the 20th day of the month following the 
month for which the dividend was declared (or the next business day if the 20th day is not a business day).  The timing and 
amount of such dividends will be determined by our Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, and may vary from time to time.

Holders of our shares of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock are not entitled to any dividend in excess of full 
cumulative dividends on our shares of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock.  Unless full cumulative dividends on our shares of 
Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock for all past dividend periods have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or 
declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for payment, we will not:

•  declare and pay or declare and set apart for payment dividends and we will not declare and make any other 
distribution of cash or other property (other than dividends or distributions paid in shares of stock ranking 

junior to the Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock as to the dividend rights or rights on our liquidation, 
winding-up or dissolution, and options, warrants or rights to purchase such shares), directly or indirectly, on or 
with respect to any shares of our common stock or any class or series of our stock ranking junior to or on 
parity with the Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock as to dividend rights or rights on our liquidation, 
winding-up or dissolution for any period; or

•  except by conversion into or exchange for shares of stock ranking junior to the Series A Redeemable Preferred 
Stock as to dividend rights or rights on our liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, or options, warrants or 
rights to purchase such shares, redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire (other than a redemption, purchase or 
other acquisition of common stock made for purposes of an employee incentive or benefit plan) for any 
consideration, or pay or make available any monies for a sinking fund for the redemption of, any common 
stock or any class or series of our stock ranking junior to or on parity with the Series A Redeemable Preferred 
Stock as to dividend rights or rights on our liquidation, winding-up or dissolution.

To the extent necessary to preserve our status as a REIT, the foregoing sentence, however, will not prohibit declaring 

or paying or setting apart for payment any dividend or other distribution on the common stock.

Redemption at the Option of a Holder.  During the period beginning on the date of original issuance of the shares of 

our Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock to be redeemed and ending on the date immediately preceding the first anniversary of 
such original issuance, the holder will have the right to require the company to redeem such shares of Series A Redeemable 
Preferred Stock at a redemption price equal to the Stated Value, less a 13% redemption fee, plus any accrued but unpaid 
dividends. 

During the period beginning one year from the date of original issuance of the shares of our Series A Redeemable 

Preferred Stock to be redeemed and ending on the day immediately preceding the third anniversary of such original issuance, 
the holder will have the right to require the company to redeem such shares of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock at a 
redemption price equal to the Stated Value, less a 10% redemption fee, plus any accrued but unpaid dividends. 

During the period beginning three years from the date of original issuance of the shares of our Series A Redeemable 

Preferred Stock to be redeemed and ending on the day immediately preceding the fourth anniversary of such original issuance, 
the holder will have the right to require the company to redeem such shares of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock at a 
redemption price equal to the Stated Value, less a 5% redemption fee, plus any accrued but unpaid dividends. 

During the period beginning four years from the date of original issuance of the shares of our Series A Redeemable 
Preferred Stock to be redeemed and ending on the day immediately preceding the fifth anniversary of such original issuance, 
the holder will have the right to require the company to redeem such shares of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock at a 
redemption price equal to the Stated Value, less a 3% redemption fee, plus any accrued but unpaid dividends. 

Beginning five years from the date of original issuance of the shares of our Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock to be 
redeemed, the holder will have the right to require the company to redeem such shares of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock 
at a redemption price equal to 100% of the Stated Value, plus any accrued but unpaid dividends.

If a holder of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock causes the company to redeem such shares of Series A 
Redeemable Preferred Stock, we have the right, in our sole discretion, to pay the redemption price in cash or in equal value of 
our common stock, based on the volume weighted average price of our common stock for the 20 trading days prior to the 
redemption.

Our obligation to redeem any shares of our Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock is limited to the extent that we do not 

have sufficient funds available to fund any such redemption or we are restricted by applicable law from making such 
redemption.

Optional Redemption Following Death of a Holder.  Subject to restrictions, beginning on the date of original issuance 
and ending two years thereafter, we will redeem shares of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock held by a natural person upon 
his or her death at the written request of the holder’s estate at a redemption price equal to the Stated Value, plus accrued and 
unpaid dividends thereon through and including the date of redemption; provided, however, that our obligation to redeem any 
of the shares of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock is limited to the extent that we do not have sufficient funds available to 
fund any such redemption or we are restricted by applicable law from making such redemption.  Upon any such redemption 
request from a holder’s estate, we have the right, in our sole discretion, to pay the redemption price in cash or in equal value of 
our common stock, based on the volume weighted average price of our common stock for the 20 trading days prior to the 
redemption.

Optional Redemption by the Company.  We will have the right to redeem any or all shares of our Series A Redeemable 

Preferred Stock beginning on the tenth anniversary of the date of original issuance of the shares of Series A Redeemable 
Preferred Stock to be redeemed.  We will redeem such shares of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock at a redemption price 
equal to 100% of the Stated Value per share of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock, plus any accrued but unpaid dividends.  
We have the right, in our sole discretion, to pay the redemption price in cash or in equal value of our common stock, based on 
the volume weighted average price of our common stock for the 20 trading days prior to the redemption, in exchange for the 
Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock.

We may exercise our redemption right by delivering a written notice thereof to all, but not less than all, of the holders 
of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock.  A notice of redemption shall be irrevocable.  Each such notice will state the date on 
which the redemption by us shall occur, which date will be 30 days following the notice date.

Liquidation Preference.  Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of our affairs, 

before any distribution or payment shall be made to holders of our common stock or any other class or series of capital stock 
ranking junior to our shares of Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of Series A Redeemable Preferred 
Stock will be entitled to be paid out of our assets legally available for distribution to our stockholders, after payment or 
provision for our debts and other liabilities, a liquidation preference equal to the Stated Value per share, plus an amount equal 
to any accrued and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) to and including the date of payment.

After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions to which they are entitled, the holders of our shares of 

Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock will have no right or claim to any of our remaining assets.  Our consolidation or merger 
with or into any other corporation, trust or other entity, the consolidation or merger of any other corporation, trust or entity with 
or into us, the sale or transfer of any or all our assets or business, or a statutory share exchange will not be deemed to constitute 
a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of our affairs.

In determining whether a distribution (other than upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation), by dividend, redemption 

or other acquisition of shares of our stock or otherwise, is permitted under the Maryland General Corporation Law, or the 
MGCL, amounts that would be needed, if we were to be dissolved at the time of distribution, to satisfy the preferential rights 
upon dissolution of holders of the Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock will not be added to our total liabilities.

Voting Rights.  Our Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock has no voting rights.

Exhibit 4.20

Description of Common Stock Warrants

The  following  description  of  our  Common  Stock  Warrants  (“Warrants”)  of  Preferred  Apartment  Communities,  Inc.  (the 
“Company”) summarizes material terms and provisions that apply to our Warrants. The summary may not contain all of the 
information that is important to you and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to our warrant agreements for the 
Warrants, which are filed as exhibits to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of which this Exhibit is a part. References in this Exhibit 
to “we,” “us” and “our” refer to the Company, unless the context otherwise requires.

The following is a brief summary of the Warrants and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the terms set forth 

in the Warrant Agreement (as defined below) and global warrant certificate filed with the SEC.

Warrant Agreement.  The Warrants issued are governed by a warrant agreement, or the Warrant Agreement. The 

Warrants were issued either in certificated form or by "book-entry" form, in either case to DTC, and evidenced by one or more 
global warrants. Those investors who own beneficial interests in a global warrant do so through participants in DTC’s system, 
and the rights of these indirect owners will be governed solely by the Warrant Agreement and the applicable procedures and 
requirements of the DTC. The Warrants may be exercised by the holders of beneficial interest in the Warrants by delivering to 
the warrant agent, through a broker who is a DTC participant, prior to the expiration of such Warrants, a duly signed exercise 
notice and payment of the exercise price for the shares of our common stock for which such Warrants are being exercised, as 
described in more detail below.

Exercisability.  Holders may exercise the Warrants at any time beginning one year from the date of issuance up to 5:00 

p.m., New York time, on the date that is the fourth anniversary of the date of issuance. The Warrants are exercisable, at the 
option of each holder, in whole, but not in part, by delivering to the warrant agent a duly executed exercise notice accompanied 
by payment in full for the number of shares of our common stock purchased upon such exercise (except in the case of a 
cashless exercise in the circumstances discussed below). Each Warrant is exercisable for 20 shares of our common stock 
(subject to adjustment, as discussed below). A holder of Warrants does not have the right to exercise any portion of a Warrant to 
the extent that, after giving effect to the issuance of shares of our common stock upon such exercise, the holder (together with 
its affiliates and any other persons acting as a group together with such holder or any of its affiliates) would beneficially own in 
excess of 9.8% in value of the shares of our capital stock outstanding or in excess of 9.8% (in value or number of shares, 
whichever is more restrictive) of the shares of our common stock outstanding, in each case, immediately after giving effect to 
the issuance of shares of our common stock upon exercise of the Warrant.

Cashless Exercise.  If, on the date of any exercise of any Warrant, a registration statement covering the issuance of the 

shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant is not effective and an exemption from registration is not 
available for the resale of such shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant, the holder may satisfy its 
obligation to pay the exercise price upon the exercise of its Warrant on a cashless basis in accordance with the terms of the 
Warrant Agreement. When exercised on a cashless basis, a portion of the Warrant is cancelled in payment of the purchase price 
payable in respect of the number of shares of our common stock purchasable upon such exercise. Any Warrant that is 
outstanding on the termination date of the Warrant shall be automatically terminated.

Exercise Price.  The exercise price of the common stock purchasable upon exercise of the Warrants equals a 20% 

premium to the current market price per share of our common stock on the date of issuance of such Warrant, subject to, in the 
case of Warrants issued on and after February 27, 2017, a minimum exercise price of $19.50 per share. The current market 
price per share is determined using the closing market price of the common stock immediately preceding the issuance of the 
Warrant. The exercise price and the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are subject to 
appropriate adjustment from time to time in relation to the following events or actions in respect of the Company: (i) we 
declare a dividend or make a distribution on our outstanding common stock in common stock; (ii) we subdivide or reclassify 
our outstanding common stock into a greater number of shares of our common stock; (iii) we combine or reclassify our 
outstanding common stock into a smaller number of shares of our common stock; or (iv) we enter into any transaction whereby 
the outstanding shares of our common stock are at any time changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares 
or other securities of the Company or of another entity through reorganization, merger, consolidation, liquidation or 
recapitalization.

Transferability.  Subject to applicable law, the Warrants may be transferred at the option of the holder upon surrender 

of the Warrants with the appropriate instruments of transfer.

 
Exchange Listing.  We do not plan on making an application to list the Warrants on NYSE, any other national 

securities exchange or other nationally recognized trading system. Our common stock is listed on NYSE.

Rights as Stockholder.  Except as otherwise provided in the Warrants or by virtue of such holder’s ownership of shares 

of our common stock, the holders of the Warrants will not have the rights or privileges of holders of our common stock, 
including any voting rights, until they exercise their Warrants.

Fractional Shares.  No fractional shares of common stock will be issued upon the exercise of the Warrants. Rather, we  

shall, at our election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by 
the exercise price or round up the number of shares of common stock to be issued to the nearest whole number.

Exhibit 4.21

Description of Series M Redeemable Preferred Stock

The following description of our Series M Redeemable Preferred Stock (“mShares”) of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. 
(the “Company”) summarizes material terms and provisions that apply to our Series M Redeemable Preferred Stock. The summary 
may not contain all of the information that is important to you and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to our 
Articles Supplementary for the Series M Redeemable Preferred Stock, which is filed as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 
10-K of which this Exhibit is a part. References in this Exhibit to “we,” “us” and “our” refer to the Company, unless the context 
otherwise requires.

Our Board of Directors, including our independent directors, has created out of the authorized and unissued shares of 
our preferred stock, a series of redeemable preferred stock, designated as mShares. Our mShares are not listed on an exchange 
and we do not intend to apply to have any such shares listed on an exchange in the future.

Rank.  Our mShares rank with respect to dividend rights and rights upon our liquidation, winding-up or dissolution:

•  senior to our common stock and any other class or series of our capital stock, the terms of which expressly 

provide that our mShares rank senior to such class or series as to dividend rights or rights on our liquidation, 
winding-up and dissolution;

•  on parity with our Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock and any other class or series of our capital stock, the 
terms of which expressly provide that such class or series ranks on parity with our mShares as to dividend 
rights and rights on our liquidation, winding up and dissolution;
junior to each class or series of our capital stock, including capital stock issued in the future, the terms of 
which expressly provide that such class or series ranks senior to the mShares as to dividend rights or rights on 
our liquidation, winding up and dissolution; and
junior to all our existing and future debt obligations.

• 

• 

Investors in mShares should note that holders of common stock will receive additional distributions from the sale of a 
property (in excess of their capital attributable to the asset sold) before the holders of mShares receive a return of their capital.

Stated Value.  Each mShare has an initial "Stated Value" of $1,000, subject to appropriate adjustment in relation to 
certain events, such as recapitalizations, stock dividends, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications or similar events 
affecting our mShares, as set forth in the mShares Articles Supplementary.

Dividends.  Subject to the preferential rights of the holders of any class or series of our capital stock ranking senior to 
our mShares, if any such class or series is authorized in the future, the holders of mShares are entitled to receive, when, and as 
authorized by our Board of Directors and declared by us out of legally available funds, cumulative cash dividends on each 
mShare at an annual rate, which we refer to as the Dividend Rate.  The Dividend Rate will initially be set at five and three 
fourths percent (5.75%) of the Stated Value. Beginning one year from the date of original issuance of each mShare, and on each 
one year anniversary thereafter for such mShare, the articles supplementary for the mShares provides that the Dividend Rate 
shall increase by 0.25% per annum for such mShare; provided, however, that the Dividend Rate for any mShares shall not 
exceed seven and one half percent (7.5%) per annum.  Dividends on each mShare begin accruing on, and are cumulative from, 
the date of issuance. We expect to pay dividends on the mShares monthly, unless our results of operations, our general 
financing conditions, general economic conditions, applicable provisions of Maryland law or other factors make it imprudent to 
do so.  We also expect to continue to authorize and declare dividends on the mShares on a monthly basis payable on the 20th 
day of the month following the month for which the dividend was declared (or the next business day if the 20th day is not a 
business day).  The timing and amount of such dividends will be determined by our Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, 
and may vary from time to time.

Holders of our mShares are not entitled to any dividend in excess of full cumulative dividends on our mShares.  

Unless full cumulative dividends on our mShares for all past dividend periods have been or contemporaneously are declared 
and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for payment, we will not:

•  declare and pay or declare and set apart for payment dividends and we will not declare and make any other 
distribution of cash or other property (other than dividends or distributions paid in shares of stock ranking 
junior to the mShares as to the dividend rights or rights on our liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, and 
options, warrants or rights to purchase such shares), directly or indirectly, on or with respect to any shares of 

our common stock or any class or series of our stock ranking junior to or on parity with the mShares as to 
dividend rights or rights on our liquidation, winding-up or dissolution for any period; or

•  except by conversion into or exchange for shares of stock ranking junior to the mShares as to dividend rights 
or rights on our liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, or options, warrants or rights to purchase such shares, 
redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire (other than a redemption, purchase or other acquisition of common 
stock made for purposes of an employee incentive or benefit plan) for any consideration, or pay or make 
available any monies for a sinking fund for the redemption of, any common stock or any class or series of our 
stock ranking junior to or on parity with the mShares as to dividend rights or rights on our liquidation, 
winding-up or dissolution.

To the extent necessary to preserve our status as a REIT, the foregoing sentence, however, will not prohibit declaring 

or paying or setting apart for payment any dividend or other distribution on the common stock.

Redemption at the Option of a Holder.  During the period beginning on the date of original issuance of the mShares to 
be redeemed and ending on the date immediately preceding the first anniversary of such original issuance, the holder will have 
the right to require the Company to redeem such mShares at a redemption price equal to the Stated Value, less a 2% redemption 
fee, plus any accrued but unpaid dividends. 

During the period beginning one year from the date of original issuance of the mShares to be redeemed and ending on 

the day immediately preceding the second anniversary of such original issuance, the holder will have the right to require the 
Company to redeem such mShares at a redemption price equal to the Stated Value, less a 1% redemption fee, plus any accrued 
but unpaid dividends. 

Beginning two years from the date of original issuance of the shares of our mShares to be redeemed, the holder will 
have the right to require the Company to redeem such mShares at a redemption price equal to 100% of the Stated Value, plus 
any accrued but unpaid dividends.

If a holder of mShares causes the Company to redeem such mShares, we have the right, in our sole discretion, to pay 
the redemption price in cash or in equal value of our common stock, based on the volume weighted average price per share of 
our common stock for the 20 trading days prior to the redemption.

Our obligation to redeem any mShares is limited to the extent that we do not have sufficient funds available to fund 

any such redemption or we are restricted by applicable law from making such redemption.

Optional Redemption by the Company.  We will have the right to redeem any or all mShares beginning on the tenth 

anniversary of the date of original issuance of the mShares to be redeemed.  We will redeem such mShares at a redemption 
price equal to 100% of the Stated Value per mShare, plus any accrued but unpaid dividends.  We have the right, in our sole 
discretion, to pay the redemption price in cash or in equal value of our common stock, based on the volume weighted average 
price per share of our common stock for the 20 trading days prior to the redemption, in exchange for mShares.

We may exercise our redemption right by delivering a written notice thereof to all, but not less than all, of the holders 

of mShares.  A notice of redemption shall be irrevocable.  Each such notice will state the date on which the redemption by us 
shall occur, which date will be 30 days following the notice date.

Liquidation Preference.  Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of our affairs, 

before any distribution or payment shall be made to holders of our common stock or any other class or series of capital stock 
ranking junior to our mShares, the holders of mShares will be entitled to be paid out of our assets legally available for 
distribution to our stockholders, after payment or provision for our debts and other liabilities, a liquidation preference equal to 
the Stated Value per mShare, plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) to and 
including the date of payment.

After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions to which they are entitled, the holders of our mShares 
will have no right or claim to any of our remaining assets.  Our consolidation or merger with or into any other corporation, trust 
or other entity, the consolidation or merger of any other corporation, trust or entity with or into us, the sale or transfer of any or 
all our assets or business, or a statutory share exchange will not be deemed to constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding-
up of our affairs.

In determining whether a distribution (other than upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation), by dividend, redemption 

or other acquisition of shares of our stock or otherwise, is permitted under the Maryland General Corporation Law, or the 

MGCL, amounts that would be needed, if we were to be dissolved at the time of distribution, to satisfy the preferential rights 
upon dissolution of holders of mShares will not be added to our total liabilities.

Voting Rights.  Our mShares have no voting rights.

Exhibit 4.22

Description of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock

The following description of our Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock”) of Preferred 
Apartment Communities, Inc. (the “Company”) summarizes material terms and provisions that apply to our Series A1 Redeemable 
Preferred Stock. The summary may not contain all of the information that is important to you and is subject to and qualified in 
its entirety by reference to our Articles Supplementary for the Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, which is filed as an exhibit 
to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of which this Exhibit is a part. References in this Exhibit to “we,” “us” and “our” refer to 
the Company, unless the context otherwise requires.

Our Board of Directors, including our independent directors, has created out of the authorized and unissued shares of 

our preferred stock, a series of redeemable preferred stock, designated as the Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock. Our 
shares of  Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock are not listed on an exchange and we do not intend to apply to have any such 
shares listed on an exchange in the future.

Rank.  Our Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock ranks with respect to dividend rights and rights upon our 

liquidation, winding-up or dissolution:

•  senior to our common stock and any other class or series of our capital stock, the terms of which expressly 
provide that our Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock ranks senior to such class or series as to dividend 
rights or rights on our liquidation, winding-up and dissolution;

•  on parity with our mShares, Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock, Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock and 
any other class or series of our capital stock, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series 
ranks on parity with our Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights on our 
liquidation, winding up and dissolution;
junior to each class or series of our capital stock, including capital stock issued in the future, the terms of 
which expressly provide that such class or series ranks senior to the Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock as 
to dividend rights or rights on our liquidation, winding up and dissolution; and
junior to all our existing and future debt obligations.

• 

• 

Investors in the Series A1Redeemable Preferred Stock should note that holders of common stock will receive 
additional distributions from the sale of a property (in excess of their capital attributable to the asset sold) before the holders of 
Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock receive a return of their capital.

Stated Value.  Each share of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock will have an initial "Stated Value" of $1,000, 
subject to appropriate adjustment in relation to certain events, such as recapitalizations, stock dividends, stock splits, stock 
combinations, reclassifications or similar events affecting our Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock, as set forth in the Series 
A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock Articles Supplementary.

Dividends.  Subject to the preferential rights of the holders of any class or series of our capital stock ranking senior to 

our Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, if any such class or series is authorized in the future, the holders of Series A 
Redeemable Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when, and as authorized by our Board of Directors and declared by us out 
of legally available funds, cumulative cash dividends on each share of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock at an annual rate 
of six percent (6%) of the Stated Value.  Dividends on each share of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock begin accruing on, 
and are cumulative from, the date of issuance. We expect to pay dividends on the Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock 
monthly, unless our results of operations, our general financing conditions, general economic conditions, applicable provisions 
of Maryland law or other factors make it imprudent to do so.  We also expect to authorize and declare dividends on the shares 
of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock on a monthly basis payable on the 20th day of the month following the month for 
which the dividend was declared (or the next business day if the 20th day is not a business day).  The timing and amount of such 
dividends will be determined by our Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, and may vary from time to time.

Holders of our shares of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock are not entitled to any dividend in excess of full 

cumulative dividends on our shares of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock.  Unless full cumulative dividends on our shares 
of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock for all past dividend periods have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid 
or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for payment, we will not:

•  declare and pay or declare and set apart for payment dividends and we will not declare and make any other 
distribution of cash or other property (other than dividends or distributions paid in shares of stock ranking 

junior to the Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock as to the dividend rights or rights on our liquidation, 
winding-up or dissolution, and options, warrants or rights to purchase such shares), directly or indirectly, on or 
with respect to any shares of our common stock or any class or series of our stock ranking junior to or on 
parity with the Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock as to dividend rights or rights on our liquidation, 
winding-up or dissolution for any period; or

•  except by conversion into or exchange for shares of stock ranking junior to the Series A1 Redeemable 

Preferred Stock as to dividend rights or rights on our liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, or options, 
warrants or rights to purchase such shares, redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire (other than a redemption, 
purchase or other acquisition of common stock made for purposes of an employee incentive or benefit plan) 
for any consideration, or pay or make available any monies for a sinking fund for the redemption, purchase or 
acquisition of, any common stock or any class or series of our stock ranking junior to or on parity with the 
Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock as to dividend rights or rights on our liquidation, winding-up or 
dissolution.

To the extent necessary to preserve our status as a REIT, the foregoing sentence, however, will not prohibit declaring 

or paying or setting apart for payment any dividend or other distribution on the common stock.

Redemption at the Option of a Holder.  During the period beginning on the date of original issuance of the shares of 

our Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock to be redeemed and ending on the date immediately preceding the first anniversary 
of such original issuance, the holder will have the right to require the Company to redeem such shares of Series A1 Redeemable 
Preferred Stock at a redemption price equal to the Stated Value, less a 13% redemption fee, plus an amount equal to any 
accumulated, accrued and unpaid dividends through and including the Redemption Date. 

During the period beginning one year from the date of original issuance of the shares of our Series A1 Redeemable 

Preferred Stock to be redeemed and ending on the day immediately preceding the second anniversary of such original issuance, 
the holder will have the right to require the Company to redeem such shares of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock at a 
redemption price equal to the Stated Value, less a 10% redemption fee, plus an amount equal to any accumulated, accrued and 
unpaid dividends through and including the Redemption Date. 

During the period beginning two years from the date of original issuance of the shares of our Series A1 Redeemable 
Preferred Stock to be redeemed and ending on the day immediately preceding the third anniversary of such original issuance, 
the holder will have the right to require the Company to redeem such shares of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock at a 
redemption price equal to the Stated Value, less a 5% redemption fee, plus an amount equal to any accumulated, accrued and 
unpaid dividends through and including the Redemption Date. 

Beginning three years from the date of original issuance of the shares of our Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock to 

be redeemed, the holder will have the right to require the Company to redeem such shares of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred 
Stock at a redemption price equal to 100% of the Stated Value, plus an amount equal to any accumulated, accrued and unpaid 
dividends through and including the Redemption Date.

If a holder of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock causes the Company to redeem such shares of Series A1 
Redeemable Preferred Stock, we have the right, in our sole discretion, to pay the redemption price in cash or in equal value of 
our common stock, calculated based on the closing price of our common stock for the trading day immediately prior to the 
Redemption Date, in exchange for the Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock through and including the Redemption Date.

Optional Redemption Following Death of a Holder.  Subject to restrictions, beginning on the date of original issuance 

and ending three years thereafter, we will redeem shares of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock held by a natural person 
upon his or her death at the written request of the holder’s estate at a redemption price equal to the Stated Value, plus an amount 
equal to any accumulated, accrued and unpaid dividends thereon through and including the Redemption Date; provided, 
however, that our obligation to redeem any of the shares of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock is limited to the extent that 
we do not have sufficient funds available to fund any such redemption or we are restricted by applicable law from making such 
redemption.  Upon any such redemption request from a holder’s estate, we have the right, in our sole discretion, to pay the 
redemption price in cash or in equal value of our common stock, calculated based on the closing price of our common stock for 
the trading day immediately prior to the Redemption Date, in exchange for the Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock.

Our obligation to redeem any shares of our Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock is limited to the extent that we do 

not have sufficient funds available to fund any such redemption we are restricted by applicable law from making such 
redemption.

Optional Call by the Company.  We will have the right to call any or all shares of our Series A1 Redeemable Preferred 

Stock beginning on the second anniversary of the date of original issuance of the shares of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred 
Stock to be called.  We will call such shares of Series A1Redeemable Preferred Stock at a call price equal to 100% of the Stated 
Value per share of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, plus an amount equal to any accumulated, accrued and unpaid 
dividends through the Call Date.  If fewer than all the outstanding shares of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock that are 
eligible to be called are to be called, we shall select those shares to be called pro rata or in any such manner as our Board of 
Directors may determine. We have the right, in our sole discretion, to pay the call price in cash or in equal value of our common 
stock, calculated based on the closing price of our common stock for the trading day immediately prior to the Call Date, in 
exchange for the Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock.

We may exercise our call right by delivering a written notice thereof to all, but not less than all, of the holders of 

Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock currently eligible to be called.  A call notice shall be irrevocable.  Each such notice will 
state the date on which the call by us shall occur, which date will be 30 days following the notice date.

If full cumulative dividends on all outstanding shares of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock have not been 

declared and paid or declared and set apart for payment for all past dividend periods, no shares of the Series A1 Redeemable 
Preferred Stock may be called, unless all outstanding shares of the Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock eligible to be called 
are simultaneously called, and neither us nor any of our affiliates may purchase or otherwise acquire shares of the Series A1 
Redeemable Preferred Stock otherwise than pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to all holders of 
the Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock.

Liquidation Preference.  Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of our affairs, 

before any distribution or payment shall be made to holders of our common stock or any other class or series of capital stock 
ranking junior to our shares of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred 
Stock will be entitled to be paid out of our assets legally available for distribution to our stockholders, after payment or 
provision for our debts and other liabilities, a liquidation preference equal to the Stated Value per share, plus an amount equal 
to any accrued and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) to and including the date of payment.

After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions to which they are entitled, the holders of our shares of 
Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock will have no right or claim to any of our remaining assets.  Our consolidation or merger 
with or into any other corporation, trust or other entity, the consolidation or merger of any other corporation, trust or entity with 
or into us, the sale or transfer of any or all our assets or business, or a statutory share exchange will not be deemed to constitute 
a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of our affairs.

In determining whether a distribution (other than upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation), by dividend, call, 
redemption or other acquisition of shares of our stock or otherwise, is permitted under the Maryland General Corporation Law, 
or the MGCL, amounts that would be needed, if we were to be dissolved at the time of distribution, to satisfy the preferential 
rights upon dissolution of holders of the Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock will not be added to our total liabilities.

Voting Rights.  Our Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock has no voting rights.

 
Exhibit 4.23

Description of Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock

The following description of our Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock”) of Preferred 
Apartment Communities, Inc. (the “Company”) summarizes material terms and provisions that apply to our Series M1 Redeemable 
Preferred Stock. The summary may not contain all of the information that is important to you and is subject to and qualified in 
its entirety by reference to our Articles Supplementary for the Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, which is filed as an exhibit 
to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of which this Exhibit is a part. References in this Exhibit to “we,” “us” and “our” refer to 
the Company, unless the context otherwise requires.

Our Board of Directors, including our independent directors, has created out of the authorized and unissued shares of 

our preferred stock, a series of redeemable preferred stock, designated as Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock. Our shares of  
Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock are not listed on an exchange and we do not intend to apply to have any such shares 
listed on an exchange in the future.

Rank.  Our Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock ranks with respect to dividend rights and rights upon our 

liquidation, winding-up or dissolution:

•  senior to our common stock and any other class or series of our capital stock, the terms of which expressly 
provide that our Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock ranks senior to such class or series as to dividend 
rights or rights on our liquidation, winding-up and dissolution;

•  on parity with our Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock, mShares, Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock and 
any other class or series of our capital stock, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series 
ranks on parity with our Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights on our 
liquidation, winding up and dissolution;
junior to each class or series of our capital stock, including capital stock issued in the future, the terms of 
which expressly provide that such class or series ranks senior to the Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock as 
to dividend rights or rights on our liquidation, winding up and dissolution; and
junior to all our existing and future debt obligations.

• 

• 

Investors in Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock should note that holders of common stock will receive additional 
distributions from the sale of a property (in excess of their capital attributable to the asset sold) before the holders of Series M1 
Redeemable Preferred Stock receive a return of their capital.

Stated Value.  Each share of Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock will have an initial "Stated Value" of $1,000, 
subject to appropriate adjustment in relation to certain events, such as recapitalizations, stock dividends, stock splits, stock 
combinations, reclassifications or similar events affecting our Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, as set forth in the Series 
M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock Articles Supplementary.

Dividends.   Subject to the preferential rights of the holders of any class or series of our capital stock ranking senior to 

our Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, if any such class or series is authorized in the future, the holders of Series M1 
Redeemable Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when, and as authorized by our Board of Directors and declared by us out 
of legally available funds, cumulative cash dividends on each share of Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock at an annual rate, 
which we refer to as the Dividend Rate.  The Dividend Rate will initially be set at six and one tenth percent (6.10%) of the 
Stated Value. Beginning one year from the date of original issuance of each share of Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, 
and on each one year anniversary thereafter for such shares of Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, the articles 
supplementary for the Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock provides that the Dividend Rate shall increase by 0.10% per 
annum for such shares of Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Dividend Rate for any share of 
Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock shall not exceed seven and one tenth percent (7.10%) per annum.  Dividends on each 
share of Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock will begin accruing on, and are cumulative from, the date of issuance. We 
expect to pay dividends on the Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock monthly, unless our results of operations, our general 
financing conditions, general economic conditions, applicable provisions of Maryland law or other factors make it imprudent to 
do so.  We also expect to authorize and declare dividends on the Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock on a monthly basis 
payable on the 20th day of the month following the month for which the dividend was declared (or the next business day if the 
20th day is not a business day).  The timing and amount of such dividends will be determined by our Board of Directors, in its 
sole discretion, and may vary from time to time.

Holders of our Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock are not entitled to any dividend in excess of full cumulative 
dividends on our Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock.  Unless full cumulative dividends on our Series M1 Redeemable 
Preferred Stock for all past dividend periods have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum 
sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for payment, we will not:

•  declare and pay or declare and set apart for payment dividends and we will not declare and make any other 
distribution of cash or other property (other than dividends or distributions paid in shares of stock ranking 
junior to the Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock as to the dividend rights or rights on our liquidation, 
winding-up or dissolution, and options, warrants or rights to purchase such shares), directly or indirectly, on or 
with respect to any shares of our common stock or any class or series of our stock ranking junior to or on 
parity with the Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock as to dividend rights or rights on our liquidation, 
winding-up or dissolution for any period; or

•  except by conversion into or exchange for shares of stock ranking junior to the Series M1 Redeemable 
Preferred Stock as to dividend rights or rights on our liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, or options, 
warrants or rights to purchase such shares, redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire (other than a redemption, 
purchase or other acquisition of common stock made for purposes of an employee incentive or benefit plan) 
for any consideration, or pay or make available any monies for a sinking fund for the redemption of, any 
common stock or any class or series of our stock ranking junior to or on parity with the mShares as to dividend 
rights or rights on our liquidation, winding-up or dissolution.

To the extent necessary to preserve our status as a REIT, the foregoing sentence, however, will not prohibit declaring 

or paying or setting apart for payment any dividend or other distribution on the common stock.

Redemption at the Option of a Holder.  During the period beginning on the date of original issuance of the Series M1 

Redeemable Preferred Stock to be redeemed and ending on the date immediately preceding the first anniversary of such 
original issuance, the holder will have the right to require the Company to redeem such Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock 
at a redemption price equal to 100% of the Stated Value, plus an amount equal to any accumulated, accrued and unpaid 
dividends through and including the Redemption Date, but less the amount of the dividends previously paid for the most recent 
three record dates, if any; provided however, to the extent the holder has held the Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock for 
less than three record dates, then the reduction amount will be equal to the amount of the dividends previously paid. 

Beginning one year from the date of original issuance of the shares of our Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock to 

be redeemed, the holder will have the right to require the Company to redeem such Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock at a 
redemption price equal to 100% of the Stated Value, plus an amount equal to any accumulated, accrued and unpaid dividends 
through and including the Redemption Date.

If a holder of Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock causes the Company to redeem such Series M1 Redeemable 

Preferred Stock, we have the right, in our sole discretion, to pay the redemption price in cash or in equal value of our common 
stock, calculated based on the closing price of our common stock for the trading day immediately prior to the Redemption 
Date, in exchange for the Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock.

Our obligation to redeem any Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock is limited to the extent that we do not have 

sufficient funds available to fund any such redemption or we are restricted by applicable law from making such redemption.

Optional Call by the Company.  We will have the right to call any or all Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock 
beginning on the second anniversary of the date of original issuance of the Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock to be called.  
We will call such Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock at a call price equal to 100% of the Stated Value per Series M1 
Redeemable Preferred Stock, plus any accrued but unpaid dividends through the Call Date.  If fewer than all the outstanding 
shares of Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock that are eligible to be called are to be called, we shall select those shares to be 
called pro rata or in any such manner as our Board of Directors may determine.  We have the right, in our sole discretion, to 
pay the call price in cash or in equal value of our common stock, calculated based on the closing price of our common stock for 
the trading day immediately prior to the Redemption Date, in exchange for the Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock.

We may exercise our call right by delivering a written notice thereof to all, but not less than all, of the holders of 

Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock currently eligible to be called.  A call notice shall be irrevocable.  Each such notice will 
state the date on which the call by us shall occur, which date will be 30 days following the notice date.

If full cumulative dividends on all outstanding shares of Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock have not been 

declared and paid or declared and set apart for payment for all past dividend periods, no shares of the Series M1 Redeemable 

 
Preferred Stock may be called, unless all outstanding shares of the Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock eligible to be called 
are simultaneously called, and neither us nor any of our affiliates may purchase or otherwise acquire shares of the Series M1 
Redeemable Preferred Stock otherwise than pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to all holders of 
the Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock.

Liquidation Preference.  Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of our affairs, 

before any distribution or payment shall be made to holders of our common stock or any other class or series of capital stock 
ranking junior to our Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock 
will be entitled to be paid out of our assets legally available for distribution to our stockholders, after payment or provision for 
our debts and other liabilities, a liquidation preference equal to the Stated Value per Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, 
plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) to and including the date of payment.

After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions to which they are entitled, the holders of our shares of 
Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock will have no right or claim to any of our remaining assets.  Our consolidation or merger 
with or into any other corporation, trust or other entity, the consolidation or merger of any other corporation, trust or entity with 
or into us, the sale or transfer of any or all our assets or business, or a statutory share exchange will not be deemed to constitute 
a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of our affairs.

In determining whether a distribution (other than upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation), by dividend, call 
redemption or other acquisition of shares of our stock or otherwise, is permitted under the Maryland General Corporation Law, 
or the MGCL, amounts that would be needed, if we were to be dissolved at the time of distribution, to satisfy the preferential 
rights upon dissolution of holders of Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock will not be added to our total liabilities.

Voting Rights.  Our Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock has no voting rights.

CONSULTING AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.20

THIS CONSULTING AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of the Effective Date, as defined in Paragraph 
6 hereof, by and between Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC (the “Company”), Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (“PAC”), 
and Leonard A. Silverstein (“Consultant”).  Together, the Company and Consultant may be referred to hereinafter as the “Parties.”  

WHEREAS, Consultant has been employed by the Company as its President and Chief Operating Officer and has also 
been serving as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of PAC and as PAC’s President and Chief Operating Officer; 
and

WHEREAS, the Consultant desires to resign his employment with the Company and from his service on the Board, and 

the Parties desire to transition Consultant’s relationship with the Company from employee to independent contractor; and

WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain Consultant to provide certain consulting services, and Consultant desires to 

provide such consulting services to the Company, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; 

NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises, the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, 
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, sufficiency and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties 
hereby agree as follows:

1.  Separation of Employment.  

a. 

Resignations.  In order to effect Consultant’s separation from the Company, Consultant hereby resigns 
(i) his position as PAC’s President and Chief Operating Officer effective as of the date Consultant executes this Agreement, 
and (ii) his employment with the Company, as well as his position as a member of the Board, and all other positions 
Consultant holds with the Company, PAC, and any of their affiliates, effective as of May 7, 2020 (the “Separation Date”).  
Following the date Consultant executes this Agreement, Consultant shall not hold himself out as an officer of PAC, the 
Company, or any of their affiliates.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that Consultant signs 
this Agreement but then revokes it pursuant to Paragraph 6 below, Consultant’s resignation of his position as PAC’s 
President and Chief Operating Officer and his position as a member of the Board shall remain effective and shall not be 
undone by such revocation.

b. 

Use of Paid Vacation Time.  Between the date Consultant executes this Agreement and the Separation 
Date, Consultant will continue to receive his full salary and will continue to receive employee benefits in place immediately 
prior to his execution of this Agreement; provided, however, that, during such period, Consultant will use up all of his 
accumulated paid vacation days and will not accrue any additional paid vacation days.  

c. 

Armada Care.  For a period of two (2) years following the Separation Date, Consultant will be permitted 
to continue to participate in the Company’s Armada Care plan to the same extent and on the same terms that the Company 
keeps such plan (or any similar, comparable, or replacement plan) in place for other executives, at Consultant’s sole 
expense,  provided  that  Consultant  timely  elects  COBRA  continuation  coverage  and  otherwise  remains  eligible  to 
participate in such plan pursuant to its terms; provided further, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall require the 
Company to maintain the Armada Care plan for any particular period of time or on any particular terms, and nothing in 
this Agreement shall prohibit the Company from cancelling or modifying terms of such plan in accordance with applicable 
law, other than to take any action or inaction that could or would cause Consultant (but not other executives) to no longer 
be eligible for such plan (or any similar, comparable, or replacement plan).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company 
agrees that it shall not terminate, modify of otherwise change the terms of such Armada Care plan prior to January 1, 
2021.

d. 

Company Car.  Effective as of the Separation Date, Consultant will forfeit use of the leased car currently 
being provided to him by the Company unless, prior to such date, (i) Consultant enters into a written agreement with the 
Company pursuant to which the Company assigns and Consultant assumes the lease, insurance, fuel costs, maintenance 
costs, and all other costs and obligations associated with leasing, using, and maintaining such vehicle, and (ii) the company 
from which the Company is currently leasing the car provides written approval of such lease assignment.

Press Release.  The Company and Consultant will jointly prepare and issue a press release announcing 
Consultant’s retirement from the Company and PAC on a date to be mutually agreed by the parties; provided, however, 

e. 

 
 
 
 
  
that nothing in this Agreement shall limit the Company’s ability or PAC’s ability to make, without Consultant’s input or 
approval, any filings or announcements required by applicable securities law, stock exchange requirements, or similar 
requirements.

f. 

Marketing Materials.  Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, to the extent that 
any Company or PAC marketing materials, press releases, or website content make reference to John Williams as a 
“Founder” or “Co-Founder,” such materials, presentations, or filings will also reference Consultant as a “Co-Founder.”

g. 

PAC  Directors’  Slate.    Consultant  will  not  be  placed  on  the  slate  of  proposed  directors  of  PAC  in 
connection with the election of members of the Board to be conducted during PAC’s 2020 annual meeting of stockholders.

h. 

Acknowledgements.  Consultant agrees and acknowledges that he has been paid all outstanding wages 
through and including the date of Consultant’s most recent paycheck, less customary and applicable payroll deductions.  
Consultant confirms and agrees that he has received all wages, commissions, reimbursements, payments, or other benefits 
to which Consultant is entitled as a result of his employment with the Company, other than those that have not yet become 
due  or have not yet been submitted for reimbursement or payment pursuant to the Company’s normal payroll or payment 
schedule,  which  shall  be  paid  or  reimbursed  in  accordance  with  such  normal  schedule.    Consultant  will  submit  all 
outstanding business expenses for reimbursement in accordance with the Company’s applicable policies and procedures 
within ten (10) business days after the Effective Date.  Other than the payments set forth in this Agreement or not yet 
due to be paid or not yet submitted for payment or reimbursement, the parties agree that neither the Company nor PAC 
owe  any  additional  amounts  to  Consultant  for  wages,  back  pay,  severance  pay,  bonuses,  accrued  vacation,  benefits, 
insurance, sick leave, other leave, or any other reason.  This Agreement is intended to and does settle and resolve all 
claims of any nature that Consultant might have against the Company, PAC, and all of the Releasees (as defined below) 
arising out of Consultant’s employment relationship or the termination of employment. 

i. 

Acknowledgement by PAC and the Company.  As of the date Consultant executes this Agreement, 
neither PAC, the Company, nor any of their respective affiliates have any knowledge of any claim that any of them could 
assert against Consultant personally.

2.  Consideration for Release.  In consideration of Consultant’s promises and the General Release of Claims and Covenant 
Not To  Sue  contained  in  Paragraph  3  of  this Agreement,  the  Company  agrees  to  do  the  following  (collectively,  the 
“Consideration”):

a. 

enter into the consulting arrangement as detailed in this Agreement;

b. 

pay  Consultant  a  gross  total  amount  of  Ten  Thousand  Dollars  and  Zero  cents  ($10,000.00),  less 
customary and applicable payroll deductions, payable in a lump sum within three (3) business days after the Separation 
Date;

c. 

provide  reasonable  assistance  to  Consultant  in  vacating  his  office  at  the  Company,  and  reimburse 
Consultant for moving fees actually incurred by Consultant in vacating his office at the Company, up to a maximum of 
Two-Thousand  Five  Hundred  Dollars  and  Zero  cents  ($2,500.00),  subject  to  Consultant  providing  sufficient 
documentation of such expenses, within three (3) business days following Consultant providing to the Company such 
documentation;

d. 

  allow Consultant to keep his Company-issued computer, keyboard, printer, and other directly related 
peripheral devices following the Separation Date, provided that all confidential information related to the Company and/
or any of the Releasees (as defined below) (excluding contact lists, related data/information, and calendars) must be 
removed from such devices by an authorized representative of the Company on or prior to the Separation Date and stored 
on a separate hard drive or other device (to be maintained in accordance with the Company’s document retention policies 
and practices in effect from time to time) so that such information may be retrieved in the future;

e. 

use  reasonable  efforts,  for  three  (3)  months  following  the  Effective  Date,  to  monitor  Consultant’s 
existing PAC e-mail address (lsilverstein@pacapts.com) and forward or otherwise provide access to Consultant to any 
e-mails received at that e-mail address that are of a completely personal nature for Consultant;

f. 

allow Consultant to keep all furniture and furnishings currently located in his Company office, whether 
such property was purchased by the Company or by Consultant, including the file safe and file cabinets located at the 
Company and historically used by Consultant (but Consultant shall not be permitted to keep the originals or any copies 

of any non-public documents located in such file safe or file cabinets, or otherwise located in his office and that relate 
to the Company or any of the Releasees (as defined below)), and Consultant shall have twenty (20) business days following 
the Effective Date to remove such furniture and furnishings from the Company’s office and shall do so only at a time 
that has been pre-arranged with the Company on a weekend or after normal business hours and when the Company can 
monitor such removal; and

g. 

reimburse Consultant for legal fees actually incurred in negotiating this Agreement, up to a maximum 
of Five-Thousand Dollars and Zero cents ($5,000.00), subject to Consultant providing sufficient documentation of such 
fees.

The Company’s agreement to provide the Consideration is specifically contingent upon Consultant (x) executing this Agreement 
and not revoking this Agreement, as set forth in Paragraph 6 below; and (y) complying with his obligations under this Agreement 
and any other continuing contractual or fiduciary obligations he owes to the Company and/or any of the Releasees (as defined 
below).

3. 

General Release of Claims and Covenant Not To Sue.  

a. 

General Release of Claims.  In consideration of the payments made to Consultant by the Company and the 
promises  contained  in  this  Agreement,  Consultant  on  behalf  of  himself  and  his  agents  and  successors  in  interest,  hereby 
UNCONDITIONALLY RELEASES AND DISCHARGES the Company, PAC, and each of their successors, subsidiaries, parent 
companies,  assigns,  joint  ventures,  and  affiliated  companies,  and  each  such  entity’s  respective  agents,  legal  representatives, 
shareholders, attorneys, employees, members, managers, officers and directors (collectively, the “Releasees”) from ALL CLAIMS, 
LIABILITIES, DEMANDS AND CAUSES OF ACTION which he may by law release, as well as all contractual obligations not 
expressly set forth in this Agreement, whether known or unknown, fixed or contingent, that he may have or claim to have against 
any Releasee for any reason as of the date of execution of this Agreement.  This General Release and Covenant Not To Sue includes, 
but is not limited to, claims arising under federal, state or local laws prohibiting employment discrimination; claims arising under 
severance plans and contracts; and claims growing out of any legal restrictions on the Company’s rights to terminate its employees 
or to take any other employment action, whether statutory, contractual or arising under common law or case law.  Consultant 
specifically acknowledges and agrees that he is releasing any and all rights under federal, state and local employment laws including 
without limitation the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, Title VII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Genetic 
Information Nondiscrimination Act, the anti-retaliation provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Consultant Retirement 
Income Security Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification 
Act, the Consultant Polygraph Protection Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and any and all other local, state, and federal law 
claims arising under statute or common law.  It is agreed that this is a general release and it is to be broadly construed as a release 
of all claims, except as set forth in Paragraph 3(d) below.

b. 

Covenant Not to Sue.  Except as expressly set forth in Paragraph 4 below, Consultant further hereby AGREES 
NOT TO FILE A LAWSUIT or other legal claim or charge to assert against any of the Releasees any claim released by this 
Agreement.  

c. 

Representations and Acknowledgements.  This Agreement is intended to and does settle and resolve all claims 
of any nature that Consultant might have against the Company and the Releasees arising out of Consultant’s employment relationship 
or the termination of employment or relating to any other matter, except as set forth in Paragraph 3(d) below.  By signing this 
Agreement, Consultant acknowledges that he is doing so knowingly and voluntarily, that he understands that he may be releasing 
claims he may not know about, and that he is waiving all rights he may have had under any law that is intended to protect him 
from waiving unknown claims.  This Agreement shall not in any way be construed as an admission by the Company or any of the 
Releasees of wrongdoing or liability or that Consultant has any rights against the Company or any of the Releasees.  Consultant 
represents and agrees that he has not transferred or assigned, to any person or entity, any claim that he is releasing in this Paragraph 
3.

d. 

Exceptions to General Release.  Nothing in this Agreement is intended as, or shall be deemed or operate as, a 
release by Consultant of (i) any rights of Consultant under this Agreement; (ii) any vested benefits under any Company-sponsored 
benefit plans; (iii) any rights under COBRA or similar state law; (iv) any recovery to which Consultant may be entitled pursuant 
to workers’ compensation and unemployment insurance laws; (v) Consultant’s right to challenge the validity of his release of 
claims under the ADEA; (vi) any rights or claims under federal, state, or local law that cannot, as a matter of law, be waived by 
private agreement; and (vii) any claims arising after the date on which Consultant executes this Agreement.

4.  Protected Rights.  Consultant understands that nothing contained in this Agreement limits his ability to file a charge or 
complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the Securities and 
Exchange Commission or any other federal, state or local governmental agency or commission (“Government Agencies”) 
or any self-regulatory organization.  Consultant further understands that this Agreement does not limit Consultant’s ability 
to  communicate  or  share  information  with  any  Government Agencies  or  self-regulatory  organizations  or  otherwise 
participate in any investigation or proceeding that may be conducted by any Government Agencies or self-regulatory 
organizations.  However, based on Consultant’s release of claims set forth in Paragraph 3 of this Agreement, Consultant 
understands that Consultant is releasing all claims and causes of action that Consultant might personally pursue or that 
might be pursued in Consultant’s name and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, Consultant’s right to recover 
monetary damages or obtain injunctive relief that is personal to Consultant in connection with such claims and causes of 
action.

5.  Acknowledgment.  Consultant shall have until the twenty-first (21st) day after he receives this Agreement to execute 
this Agreement.  If he does not execute the Agreement by that date, the offer contained in this Agreement shall be 
revoked by the Company.  The Company hereby advises Consultant to consult with an attorney prior to executing 
this Agreement and Consultant acknowledges and agrees that the Company has advised, and hereby does advise, 
him of his opportunity to consult an attorney or other advisor and has not in any way discouraged him from doing 
so.  Consultant expressly acknowledges and agrees that he has been offered at least twenty-one (21) days to consider 
this Agreement before signing it, that he has read this Agreement and Release carefully, that he has had sufficient 
time and opportunity to consult with an attorney or other advisor of his choosing concerning the execution of this 
Agreement.  Consultant acknowledges and agrees that he fully understands that the Agreement is final and binding, 
that it contains a full release of all claims and potential claims, and that the only promises or representations he 
has relied upon in signing this Agreement are those specifically contained in the Agreement itself.  Consultant 
acknowledges and agrees that he is signing this Agreement voluntarily, with the full intent of releasing the Company 
and the Releasees from all claims covered by Paragraph 3.

6.  Revocation and Effective Date.  The Parties agree Consultant may revoke the Agreement at will within seven (7) days 
after he executes the Agreement by giving written notice of revocation to Company.  Such notice must be delivered to 
Jeff Sprain, PAC’s General Counsel, and must actually be received by such person at or before the above-referenced 
seven-day deadline.  The Agreement may not be revoked after the expiration of the seven-day deadline.  In the event that 
Consultant revokes the Agreement within the revocation period described in this Paragraph, this Agreement shall not be 
effective or enforceable, and all rights and obligations hereunder shall be void and of no effect, except as set forth in 
Paragraph 1(a) above.  Assuming that Consultant does not revoke this Agreement within the revocation period described 
above, the effective date of this Agreement (the “Effective Date”) shall be the eighth (8th) day after the day on which 
Consultant executes this Agreement.

7.  Survival of Confidential Information and Restrictive Covenant Agreement.   The Confidential Information and Restrictive 
Covenant Agreement dated as of February 12, 2015 between Consultant and Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC (the 
“Covenant Agreement”) shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms and nothing in this Agreement 
shall alter the terms of the Covenant Agreement.

8.  Return of Property.  Consultant agrees that within twenty (20) business days after the Effective Date, he will return to 
the Company all non-public documents, materials, equipment, keys, access cards, recordings, confidential client-related 
information, sales information, workforce information, production information, computer data, and other confidential 
materials and information relating to Company or any of the other Releasees, or the business of the Company or any of 
the other Releasees (“Company Property”), and that he will not retain or provide to anyone else any copies, excerpts, 
transcripts, descriptions, portions, abstracts, or other representations of Company Property.  To the extent that Consultant 
has any Company Property in electronic form (including, but not limited to, Company-related e-mail), Consultant agrees 
that, after returning such electronic Company Property as described in this Paragraph, he will permanently delete such 
Company Property from all non-Company-owned computers, mobile devices, electronic media, cloud storage, or other 
media devices, or equipment.  Consultant further represents and warrants that he has not, to his knowledge, provided and 
will not provide any Company Property to any third party (other than to PAC’s or the Company’s or its affiliates’ attorneys, 
accountants, authorized agents, consultants, due diligence providers, broker dealers, registered investment advisors, and 
others in connection with the sale or proposed sale of PAC’s securities and the activities leading up to that certain Stock 
Purchase Agreement dated as of January 31, 2020 by and among PAC, Preferred Apartment Communities Operating 
Partnership,  L.P.,  PAC  Carveout,  LLC,  NELL  Partners,  Inc.,  NMA  Holdings,  Inc.  et  al.),  including  any  documents, 
equipment,  or  other  tangible  property,  but  with  the  exception  of  non-confidential  materials  related  Company.  
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall, with respect to such Company Property or returned (electronic or 

otherwise), retain or otherwise store or archive such Company Property so that such Company Property may be retrieved 
in the future, subject to the Company’s document retention policies and practices in effect from time to time.

9.  Engagement  as  an  Independent  Contractor;  Consulting  Services.    The  Company  hereby  engages  Consultant  as  an 
independent  contractor  effective  as  of  the  Separation  Date,  and  Consultant  hereby  accepts  such  engagement  as  an 
independent contractor, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.  Consultant shall manage, perform, 
and provide professional consulting services and advice (the “Consulting Services”) as the Company’s Chief Executive 
Officer (or his or her designee) may request from time to time, but in no event shall such Consulting Services exceed 
five (5) hours for any week during the Consulting Period (as defined below).  During Consultant’s engagement with the 
Company, and so long as not in violation of applicable law, Consultant shall: (a) perform the Consulting Services in a 
professional, ethical, and competent manner; (b) promote the best interest of the Company and PAC and take no actions 
that Consultant in good faith believes will in any way damage the public image or reputation of the Company, PAC, or 
their affiliates; and (c) abide by the Company’s and PAC’s then-current policies or guidelines while at the Company’s 
facilities or performing the Consulting Services.

10.  Independent Contractor Relationship.  The parties acknowledge and intend that the relationship of Consultant to the 
Company under this Agreement shall be that of an independent contractor.  In performing the Consulting Services under 
this Agreement, Consultant shall undertake the Consulting Services according to Consultant’s own means and methods 
of work, which shall be in the exclusive charge and control of Consultant, and which shall not be subject to the control 
or supervision of the Company, except as to the objectives of those Consulting Services. Consultant shall determine 
Consultant’s own working hours and schedule and shall not be subject to the Company’s personnel policies and procedures 
as to hours and schedule.  Consultant shall be entirely and solely responsible for Consultant’s actions or inactions and 
the  actions  or  inactions  of  any  agents,  employees  or  subcontractors,  if  any,  while  performing  Consulting  Services 
hereunder.  Consultant shall not, in any form or fashion, maintain, hold out, represent, state or imply to any other individual 
or entity that an employer/employee relationship exists between the Company and Consultant, Consultant’s agents or 
employees.  Consultant is not granted, nor shall Consultant represent that Consultant is or has been granted, any right or 
authority to make any representation or warranty or assume or create any obligation or responsibility, express or implied, 
for, on behalf or in the name of the Company, to incur debts for the Company, or to bind the Company in any manner 
whatsoever.

11.  Term of the Agreement and Engagement; Termination.  The term of Consultant’s engagement with the Company under 
this Agreement  shall  begin  on  the  Separation  Date  and  continue  until  the  third  (3rd)  anniversary  of  such  date  (the 
“Consulting  Period”).    Following  the  third  (3rd)  anniversary  of  the  Separation  Date,  either  party  may  terminate  this 
Agreement and Consultant’s engagement hereunder by providing 30 days’ advance written notice to the other party.  In 
addition, the Company may terminate Consultant’s engagement hereunder immediately at any time (whether before or 
after the third anniversary of the Separation Date) with Cause.  For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” means the 
occurrence of any of the following: (a) Consultant’s final, non-appealable conviction of, or entry of a plea of guilty or 
nolo contendere or no contest with respect to: (i) any felony, or any misdemeanor involving dishonesty or moral turpitude 
(including pleading guilty or nolo contendere to a felony or lesser charge which results from plea bargaining), whether 
or not such felony, crime or lesser offense is connected with the business of the Company, or (ii) any crime connected 
with the business of the Company; (b) Consultant’s engaging in any illegal conduct, gross negligence, or gross misconduct 
in connection with the performance of the Consulting Services; (c) Consultant’s commission of or engagement in any 
act of fraud or material misappropriation, dishonesty or embezzlement; or (d) Consultant’s breach of any material duty 
owed  to  the  Company,  or  material  breach  of  this Agreement.    Consultant’s  engagement  hereunder  shall  terminate 
automatically upon Consultant’s death during the term of this Agreement, in which case, the Company shall pay any 
earned but unpaid Consulting Fee (as defined below) to Consultant’s estate and reimburse any outstanding expenses 
incurred in accordance with this Agreement and shall have no further obligations under this Agreement.  Upon proper 
termination of this Agreement, Consultant shall be entitled to payment of any earned but unpaid compensation for the 
Consulting Services as of the termination date, and any unpaid portion of the benefits set forth in Paragraph 2, payable 
in accordance with and subject to the terms of Paragraph 2.  Consultant shall not be entitled to any additional or future 
compensation or any benefits whatsoever.  Consultant acknowledges and agrees that, as an independent contractor, he is 
not entitled to receive unemployment insurance benefits.  Upon the termination of Consultant’s engagement hereunder 
for any reason, he agrees not to file or pursue a claim for unemployment insurance benefits.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, 
in no event shall “Cause” mean, include or relate to, directly or indirectly, any matter, claim, event, allegation or otherwise 
arising out of or relating to any of those matters set forth on Schedule 1 hereto.

12.  Compensation and Expenses.

a. 

Compensation.  During the Consulting Period, the Company will pay Consultant a consulting fee (the 
“Consulting  Fee”)  of  $20,833.34  per  calendar  month,  prorated  for  any  calendar  month(s)  in  which  Consultant  only 
provides Consulting Services hereunder for part of the month.  Payment shall be made by the Company to Consultant 
via ACH or direct deposit within five (5) business days after the end of each calendar month.

b. 

Expenses.  In addition to payment of the Consulting Fee, the Company shall reimburse Consultant for 
all reasonable expenses that are incurred by Consultant in connection with the Consulting Services and approved in 
writing by the Company’s Chief Financial Officer or Chief Executive Officer, which approval shall not be unreasonably 
withheld, including expenses for non-local travel, meals and lodging, rental cars, long distance calls, telecopy charges, 
and copying costs, after Consultant’s presentation of an invoice containing a complete account of such expenditures and 
all reasonable documentation as may be required by the Company in connection therewith. All invoices for expenses 
properly submitted by Consultant hereunder shall be paid by the Company within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof.  
All invoices shall be delivered to the Company’s Chief Financial Officer or Chief Executive Officer for approval.

c. 

Taxes  and  Employee  Benefits.    During  the  Consulting  Period,  Consultant  shall  be  serving  as  an 
independent contractor of the Company, and therefore unless required by law, the Company shall not deduct any federal, 
state or local taxes or other withholdings from any sums paid Consultant hereunder, and Consultant hereby agrees to 
indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each of its affiliates from any liability for any and all federal, state and 
local  taxes  or  assessments  of  any  kind  arising  out  of  any  payment  made  by  the  Company  to  Consultant  hereunder.  
Consultant shall be responsible for all tax reporting, tax payments, withholdings, insurance and other payments, expenses 
and filings required to be made or paid by Consultant or Consultant’s agents or employees.  Further, neither Consultant 
nor any of Consultant’s agents or employees on account of having rendered Consulting Services hereunder shall be 
entitled to any benefits provided by the Company to any of its employees, including, without limitation, any retirement 
plan,  insurance  program,  disability  plan,  medical  benefits  plan  or  any  other  fringe  benefit  program  sponsored  and 
maintained by the Company for its employees.

13.  Protection of Confidential Information; Use of Company Materials.  Consultant agrees that the terms of Section 2 of the 
Covenant Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, and that he will abide by the terms of Section 2 of the Covenant 
Agreement with respect to any Confidential Information (as defined in the Covenant Agreement) he learns in connection 
with providing the Consulting Services under this Agreement.  With respect to any such information, Consultant agrees 
that his obligations under Section 2(a)(i) of the Covenant Agreement shall be in effect during the Consulting Period and 
for two (2) years thereafter.  Consultant acknowledges and agrees that any and all materials provided by the Company 
to Consultant that are to be used in connection with Consultant’s provision of the Consulting Services under this Agreement 
are the property of the Company and may not be used outside of the scope, terms, and conditions of this Agreement or 
in providing services to or on behalf of any person or entity other than the Company.  Consultant agrees that he will 
immediately return all such materials to the Company on or prior to the end of the Consulting Period, or at any other time 
the Company requests such return.

14.  Non-Disparagement. Within one (1) business day after Consultant executes this Agreement, the Company will instruct 
the Named Executive Officers (as defined by applicable securities laws) and Directors of PAC not to make any public 
statement, whether written or oral, that is derogatory or disparaging of Consultant or of his management or services in 
any capacity, commencing on the date Consultant executes this Agreement and for a period ending twenty-four (24) 
months after the Separation Date.  The foregoing obligation shall not be deemed to prohibit the Company, PAC, or any 
individual from testifying truthfully as required by law, nor shall this obligation be deemed to prohibit the Company, 
PAC, or any individual from communicating with any Government Agency or self-regulatory organization.

15.  Final Agreement.    Subject  to  Paragraph  7,  this Agreement  contains  the  entire  agreement  between  the  Company  and 
Consultant with respect to the subject matter hereof. The Parties agree that this Agreement may not be modified except 
by a written document signed by both Parties.  The Parties agree that this Agreement may be executed in one or more 
counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original copy of this Agreement and all of which, when taken together, 
will be deemed to constitute one and the same agreement.

16.  Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Georgia 

without giving effect to its conflict of law principles.

17.  Severability.  With the exception of the release contained in Paragraph 3, the provisions of this Agreement are severable 
and if any part of it is found to be unenforceable the other paragraphs shall remain fully and validly enforceable.  If the 
general release and covenant not to sue set forth in Paragraph 3 of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable, this 
Agreement shall be null and void and Consultant will be required to return to the Company all Consideration already 

paid to Consultant.  The language of all valid parts of this Agreement shall in all cases be construed as a whole, according 
to fair meaning, and not strictly for or against any of the parties.

18.  Waiver.  The failure of either party to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall in no way be construed to be 
a waiver of any such provision.  Any waiver of any provision of this Agreement must be in a writing signed by the party 
making such waiver.  No waiver of any breach of this Agreement shall be held to be a waiver of any other or subsequent 
breach.

19.  No  Reemployment.    Consultant  agrees  that  by  signing  this Agreement,  he  relinquishes  any  right  to  employment  or 
reemployment with the Company or any of the Releasees.  Consultant agrees that he will not seek, apply for, accept, or 
otherwise pursue employment with the Company or any of the Releasees, and acknowledges that if he reapplies for or 
seeks employment with the Company or any of the Releasees, the Company’s or any of the Releasees’ refusal to hire 
Consultant based on this Paragraph 18 shall provide a complete defense to any claims arising from Consultant’s attempt 
to obtain employment.

20.  Internal Revenue Code Section 409A.  This Agreement shall be interpreted and administered in a manner so that any 
amount or benefit payable hereunder shall be paid or provided in a manner that is either exempt from or compliant with 
the requirements Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and applicable Internal Revenue 
Service guidance and Treasury Regulations issued thereunder.  If Consultant is entitled to be paid or reimbursed for any 
taxable expenses under this Agreement, and such payments or reimbursements are includible in Consultant’s federal gross 
taxable  income,  the  amount  of  such  expenses  reimbursable  in  any  one  calendar  year  shall  not  affect  the  amount 
reimbursable  in  any  other  calendar  year,  and  the  reimbursement  of  an  eligible  expense  must  be  made  no  later  than 
December 31 of the year after the year in which the expense was incurred.  No right of Consultant to reimbursement of 
expenses under this Agreement shall be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.  Notwithstanding anything 
in this Agreement to the contrary, the expenses subject to reimbursement pursuant to Section 2(c) and (f) hereof shall be 
incurred by Consultant and reimbursed by the Company in calendar year 2020.

21.  Attorneys’ Fees.  If the Parties become involved in legal action regarding the enforcement of this Agreement, the prevailing 
Party in such action will be entitled, in addition to any other remedy, to recover from the non-prevailing Party its or his 
reasonable costs and attorneys’ fees incurred in such action.

22.  Continuation of Directors and Officers Liability Insurance. The Company shall maintain in full force and effect the 
Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage in effect immediately prior to the date of execution of 
this Agreement, which covers Consultant to the same extent as all other current and former executive officers and directors 
of the Company and any Releasees. In the event the Company chooses to renew, modify or replace the directors’ and 
officers’ liability insurance coverage (including, without limitation, acquiring tail insurance coverage) currently in effect, 
then the Company represents, warrants and covenants that such renewed, modified or replaced policy shall continue to 
cover Consultant as a former director and officer of the Company and its affiliates to the same extent as such policy shall 
cover then existing and former directors and officers of the Company and its affiliates.  The Company shall be solely 
responsible for any premiums for such coverage.

The Parties hereby signify their agreement to these terms by their signatures below.

Leonard A. Silverstein 

/s/ Leonard A. Silverstein

Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC

By: /s/ Joel T. Murphy
Joel T. Murphy, Chief Executive Officer

Date: March 3, 2020

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.

By: /s/ Joel T. Murphy
Joel T. Murphy, Chief Executive Officer

Date: March 3, 2020

Date: March 3, 2020

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Exhibit 21

Subsidiaries of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.

Name

360 Forsyth Lending, LLC

360 Ft. Myers Lending, LLC

360 Ft Myers Capital Lending, LLC

525 Avalon Park, LLC

Altman Pasco Capital Lending, LLC

Altman Pasco Lending, LLC

Barclay Crossing, LLC

Berryessa Lending, LLC

Bristol Birmingham Lending, LLC

CDP Duval Lending, LLC

Claiborne Crossing, LLC

Deltona Landing, LLC

Haven Campus Communities Kennesaw Member, LLC

Haven Campus Communities Kennesaw, LLC

Haven Campus Communities - Charlotte, LLC

Haven Charlotte Lending, LLC

Main Street Apartment Homes, LLC

Main Street Baldwin, LLC

Main Street Stone Creek, LLC

Manassas Mezzanine Lending, LLC

Mulberry Alexandria Lending, LLC

Mulberry Alexandria Capital Lending, LLC

New Market - Anderson, LLC

New Market - Berry, LLC

New Market Brawley GP, LLC

New Market - Brawley, L.P.
New Market - Castleberry, LLC

New Market - Champions, LLC

New Market - Cherokee, LLC

New Market - Conway, LLC

New Market - Crossroads, LLC

New Market - Cumming, LLC

New Market - Disston, LLC

New Market - East Gate, LLC

New Market - Fairfield, LLC
New Market - Fairview, LLC

New Market - Free State, LLC

New Market - Furys Ferry, LLC

New Market - Gallatin, LLC

New Market - Gayton, LLC

Jurisdiction of Formation

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Georgia

Delaware

Georgia

Delaware

Maryland

Delaware

Delaware

Georgia

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware
Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware
Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

New Market - Governors, LLC

New Market Hanover GP, LLC

New Market - Hanover, L.P.

New Market Heritage GP, LLC

New Market - Heritage, L.P.

New Market - Hollymead, LLC

New Market - Irmo, LLC

New Market Maynard GP, LLC

New Market - Maynard, L.P.

New Market - Midway, LLC

New Market - Neapolitan, LLC

New Market - Oak Park, LLC

New Market - Overlook, LLC

New Market - Parkland, LLC

New Market - Parkland Outparcel, LLC

New Market - Plano, LLC
New Market - Polo Grounds, LLC

New Market Properties, LLC

New Market - Rockbridge, LLC

New Market - Rosewood, LLC

New Market - Royal Lakes, LLC

New Market -RW, LLC

New Market - Sandy Plains, LLC

New Market - Southgate, LLC

New Market - Summit Point, LLC

New Market - Thompson Bridge, LLC

New Market - University Palms, LLC

New Market - Victory Village, LLC

New Market - Wade Green, LLC

New Market Wakefield GP, LLC

New Market - Wakefield, L.P.

New Market - West Town, LLC

New Market - Woodmont, LLC

Newport Morosgo Lending, LLC

Newport Morosgo Capital Lending, LLC

NMP Kingwood Glen, LLC

Oxford Brentwood Lending, LLC

Oxford Brentwood Capital Lending, LLC

Oxford City Vista Development, LLC

Oxford City Vista Apartments, LLC

Oxford Gateway Lending, LLC

Oxford Gateway Capital Lending, LLC
Oxford Kingson Lending, LLC

Oxford Kingson Capital Lending, LLC

PAC 5 Oaks, LLC

PAC Adara, LLC

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware
Delaware

Maryland

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Georgia

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware
Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

PAC Aldridge at Town Village, LLC

PAC Artisan at Viera, LLC

PAC Brookwood Center, LLC

PAC Carveout, LLC

PAC Chestnut Farm Lending, LLC

PAC Citilakes, LLC

PAC Citrus Village, LLC

PAC Citypark View, LLC

PAC City Park View II, LP

PAC City Vista Apartments, LLC

PAC Creekside, LLC

PAC Crosstown Walk, LLC

PAC Cypress, LLC

PAC Dawson Lending, LLC

PAC Finance, LLC

PAC Founders Village, LLC
PAC Galleria 75, LLC

PAC Galleria 75 II, LLC

PAC Green Park, LLC

PAC Hidden River, LLC

PAC Hidden River Lending II, LLC

PAC Hidden River Capital Lending II, LLC

PAC Lending, LLC

PAC Lenox, LLC

PAC Lenox Regent, LLC

PAC Lenox Retreat, LLC

PAC Lenox Village, LLC

PAC Luxe, LLC

PAC MBS, LLC

PAC Midlothian, LLC

PAC Naples, LLC

PAC NC GP, LLC

PAC Newport Kennesaw Lending, LLC

PAC Overlook at Crosstown Walk, LLC

PAC Overton Rise, LLC

PAC Northpointe, LLC

PAC Palisades, LLC

PAC POGF Investor, LLC

PAC Reserve at Summit Crossing, LLC

PAC Retreat at Greystone, LLC

PAC Sarasota, LLC

PAC Sorrel, LLC
PAC Sorrel II, LLC

PAC Summit Crossing, LLC

PAC Summit Crossing II, LLC

PAC Vestavia, LLC

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Maryland

Delaware
Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware
Delaware

Georgia

Delaware

Delaware

PAC Vineyards, LLC

PAC Vintage Destin Lending, LLC

PAC Vintage Horizon Lending, LLC

PACOP Special Member, Inc.

Parkway Centre, LLC

Parkway Town Centre, LLC

PCC College Station, LLC

PCC Lubbock, LLC

PCC Orlando, LLC

PCC Stadium Village, LLC

PCC Tallahassee, LLC

PCC Tempe, LLC

PCC Waco, LLC

POP 150 Fayetteville, LP

POP 150 GP, LLC

POP 251 Armour Yards, LLC
POP 3 Ravinia, LLC

POP 4208 Six Forks Road, L.P.

POP 8 West Mezzanine Lending, LLC

POP Armour Yards, LLC

POP CapTrust GP, LLC

POP Capitol Towers, LP

POP Carveout, LLC

POP Morrocroft GP, LLC

POP Morrocroft, L.P.

POP NC GP, LLC

POP Westridge, LLC

Powder Springs-Macland Retail, LLC

Preferred Apartment Advisors, LLC

Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P.

Preferred Campus Communities, LLC

Preferred Office Fund Manager, LLC

Preferred Office Properties, LLC

Salem Cove, LLC

SE Grocery LLC

Spring Hill Plaza, LLC

Starkville Mezzanine Lending, LLC

Stone Rise Apartments, LLC

Sunbelt Retail, LLC

Sweetgrass Corner, LLC

TP Kennesaw Lending, LLC

TP Kennesaw II Lending, LLC
TP Kennesaw Capital Lending, LLC

Woodstock Crossing Center, LLC

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

Delaware

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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form S-3 (No. 333-230457, No. 
333-233576) and Form S-8 (No. 333-181165, No. 333-191418, No. 333-210281, No. 333-231394) of Preferred Apartment 
Communities, Inc. of our report dated March 3, 2020 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedules and the 
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in this Form 10-K. 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Atlanta, GA 
March 3, 2020

I, Joel T. Murphy, certify that: 

CERTIFICATIONS 

EXHIBIT 31.1 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.; 

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a 
material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements 
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; 

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly 
present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, 
and for, the periods presented in this report; 

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls 
and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial 
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: 

(a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be 
designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its 
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the 
period in which this report is being prepared; 

(b)  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial 

reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of 
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with 
generally accepted accounting principles; 

(c)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this 

report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the 
period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and 

(d)  Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred 
during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an 
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s 
internal control over financial reporting; and 

5. 

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal 
control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of 
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): 

(a)  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over 

financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, 
summarize and report financial information; and 

(b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant 

role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. 

Date: March 3, 2020

/s/ Joel T. Murphy

Joel T. Murphy
Chief Executive Officer

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I, John A. Isakson, certify that: 

CERTIFICATIONS 

EXHIBIT 31.2 

1. 

I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.; 

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material 

2. 
fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not 
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; 

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly 

3. 
present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the 
periods presented in this report; 

4. 
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls 
and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as 
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: 

(a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed 
under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is 
made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; 

(b)  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be 
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the 
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; 

(c)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our 
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this 
report based on such evaluation; and 

(d)  Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the 
registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially 
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and 

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control 

5. 
over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons 
performing the equivalent functions): 

(a)  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial 
reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report 
financial information; and 

(b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the 
registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. 

Date: March 3, 2020

/s/ John A. Isakson

John A. Isakson
Chief Financial Officer

 
Exhibit 32.1 

Furnished (but not filed) as an exhibit to the periodic report identified in the Certification. 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, 
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO 
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 

In connection with the Annual Report of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the 
period ended December 31, 2019 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Report"), I, Joel T. Murphy, Chief 
Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge: 

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; 

and 

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of 

operations of the Company. 

Date: March 3, 2020

/s/ Joel T. Murphy
Joel T. Murphy
Chief Executive Officer

 
Exhibit 32.2 

Furnished (but not filed) as an exhibit to the periodic report identified in the Certification. 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, 
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO 
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 

In connection with the Annual Report of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the 
period ended December 31, 2019 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Report"), I, John A. Isakson, Chief 
Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge: 

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; 

and 

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of 

operations of the Company. 

Date: March 3, 2020

/s/ John A. Isakson

John A. Isakson
Chief Financial Officer

 
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PREFERRED APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
3284 NORTHSIDE PARKWAY NW, SUITE 150, ATLANTA, GA 30327

B OA R D   O F   D I R E C T O R S

DANIEL M. DUPREE
Executive Chairman

HOWARD A. MCLURE
Lead Independent Director

STEVE BARTKOWSKI 
Independent Director

GARY B. COURSEY
Founder, Gary B. Coursey & 
Associates Architects

SARA J. FINLEY 
Principal, Threshold 
Corporate Consulting, LLC

WILLIAM J. GRESHAM, JR. 
Consultant, Gresham 
Real Estate Advisors, Inc.

JOEL T. MURPHY 
President and Chief Executive Officer

TIMOTHY A. PETERSON 
COO & CIO, 
Altman Development Corporation

LEONARD A. SILVERSTEIN
Vice Chairman 

JOHN M. WIENS
Independent Director

E X E C U T I V E   M A N AG E M E N T   &   L E A D E R S H I P   T E A M

JOEL T. MURPHY 
President and Chief Executive Officer

PAUL CULLEN
EVP, Investor Relations 

MICHAEL AIDE
President – Retail 

JEFFREY D. SHERMAN
President – Multifamily

STEPHANIE HART
EVP, Chief Operating Officer – Retail 

KIMBERLY HODGE
EVP, Chief Property Management 
Officer – Multifamily

RANDY FORTH
EVP, Chief Asset Management 
Officer – Multifamily 

AUDITOR
PRICEWATERHOUSE
COOPERS LLP
Atlanta, GA

TAX ADVISORS
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Atlanta, GA

BOONE DUPREE
President – Office

CARL Y. DICKSON
EVP, Asset Management – Office

JASON FROST
EVP, Development – Office

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Canton, MA

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JOHN ISAKSON 
Chief Financial Officer 

MICHAEL J. CRONIN
EVP, Chief Accounting Officer 
and Treasurer

JEFFREY R. SPRAIN
EVP, General Counsel & Secretary

LEGAL COUNSEL
JEFFREY R. SPRAIN
EVP, General Counsel & Secretary –
Preferred Apartment Communities

JARED A. SEFF
Assistant General Counsel –
Preferred Apartment Communities 

PROSKAUER ROSE LLP
New York, NY

SAFE HARBOR NOTICE

This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E 
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Our actual results could differ materially from those set forth in each forward-looking statement. 
Certain factors that might cause such a difference are discussed in this Annual Report, including in the section entitled “Forward-Looking Statements” 
included elsewhere in this Annual Report. You should also review the section of this Annual Report entitled “Risk Factors” for a discussion of various 
risks that could adversely affect us.

On  September  27,  2019,  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  (the  “SEC”)  declared  effective  our  registration  statement  on  Form  S-3  (Registration  No.  333-233576,  the  “Series  A1/M1 
Registration Statement”) for our offering of up to 1,000,000 shares of Series A1 Redeemable Preferred Stock, Series M1 Redeemable Preferred Stock or a combination of both (the “Series A1/M1 
Offering”), which is offered by the dealer manager on a “reasonable best efforts” basis. This Annual Report shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities offered 
by the Company pursuant to the Series A1/M1 Registration Statement , nor shall there be any offer or sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful 
prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus which is part of the Series A1/M1 Registration Statement.

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