RECEIVABLES - PAYABLES - RELATED PARTIES	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
RECEIVABLES - PAYABLES - RELATED PARTIES
RECEIVABLES - PAYABLES - RELATED PARTIES	NOTE C – RECEIVABLES – PAYABLES – RELATED PARTIES Prime Income Asset Management, Inc. Prime Income Asset Management, Inc (“PIAMI”) is a real estate management company that also invests in real estate for its own account. Pillar Income Asset Management, Inc. (“Pillar”) is a real estate management company. Both PIAMI and Pillar are indirectly owned by a private trust. URC Energy, Inc. (“URC”) has been until October 2016 a significant investor in the Company. URC is indirectly owned by a private trust. While the trusts for PIAMI and Pillar and URC are separate they have similar trustees and beneficiaries and therefore the Company has noted PIAMI and Pillar as related parties. Beginning in 2006 the Company made loans to PIAMI and an affiliate at interest rates higher than the Company believes it could have gotten elsewhere. By the fourth quarter of 2011 the notes were consolidated into a balance due from PIAMI including accrued interest of $10 million. The Company determined that the financial condition of PIAMI had deteriorated and there could be no assurance that the amount owed would or could be collected. The company, in December 2011, recorded a reserve of $10 million (the full balance) for the combined note. Beginning in 2011 the Company conducted business with Pillar whereby Pillar provided the Company with services including processing payroll, acquiring insurance and other administrative matters (rent). The Company believes that by purchasing these services through certain large entities it can get lower costs and better service. Pillar does not charge the Company a fee for providing these services. While separate companies, both PIAMI and Pillar are both owned by Realty Advisors, Inc. (“RAI”). During 2011 and 2012, the Company incurred obligations to Pillar totaling approximately $2.1 million. In a joint agreement among Pillar, PIAMI and the Company, Pillar, in 2012, agreed to relieve the Company of its obligation to pay $2.1 million and the Company agreed to reduce the amount owed by PIAMI by a like amount. In 2013 in a similar agreement the Company recorded a $1.6 million recovery on the transaction reduction in the PIAMI obligation. During 2015, the Company incurred obligations to Pillar including the cost of payroll, insurance and other operating expenses. In a joint agreement among Pillar, PIAMI and the Company, Pillar agreed, in lieu of being reimbursed for such expenses, to relieve the Company of its obligation to pay $1.4 million and the Company agreed to reduce the amount owed by PIAMI by a like amount. Coastland Operations, LLC During 2012, the Company and several other defendants settled a lawsuit for $225,000. The Company paid the entire amount and had a note receivable from one of the other defendants, Coastland Operations, LLC (a subsidiary of Arcadian Energy, Inc) for $112,500 representing its share of the settlement Arcadian for a portion of his services. Arcadian, through its subsidiary URC is a significant shareholder of the Company and is therefore considered a related party. In March 2015 the $112,500 plus all accrued interest thereon was paid to the Company.

RECEIVABLES - PAYABLES - RELATED PARTIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

RECEIVABLES - PAYABLES - RELATED PARTIES

RECEIVABLES - PAYABLES - RELATED PARTIES

NOTE C – RECEIVABLES – PAYABLES – RELATED PARTIES

Prime Income Asset Management, Inc.

Prime Income Asset Management, Inc (“PIAMI”) is a real estate management company that also invests in real estate for its own account. Pillar Income Asset Management, Inc. (“Pillar”) is a real estate management company. Both PIAMI and Pillar are indirectly owned by a private trust. URC Energy, Inc. (“URC”) has been until October 2016 a significant investor in the Company. URC is indirectly owned by a private trust. While the trusts for PIAMI and Pillar and URC are separate they have similar trustees and beneficiaries and therefore the Company has noted PIAMI and Pillar as related parties.

Beginning in 2006 the Company made loans to PIAMI and an affiliate at interest rates higher than the Company believes it could have gotten elsewhere. By the fourth quarter of 2011 the notes were consolidated into a balance due from PIAMI including accrued interest of $10 million. The Company determined that the financial condition of PIAMI had deteriorated and there could be no assurance that the amount owed would or could be collected. The company, in December 2011, recorded a reserve of $10 million (the full balance) for the combined note.

Beginning in 2011 the Company conducted business with Pillar whereby Pillar provided the Company with services including processing payroll, acquiring insurance and other administrative matters (rent). The Company believes that by purchasing these services through certain large entities it can get lower costs and better service. Pillar does not charge the Company a fee for providing these services.

While separate companies, both PIAMI and Pillar are both owned by Realty Advisors, Inc. (“RAI”). During 2011 and 2012, the Company incurred obligations to Pillar totaling approximately $2.1 million. In a joint agreement among Pillar, PIAMI and the Company, Pillar, in 2012, agreed to relieve the Company of its obligation to pay $2.1 million and the Company agreed to reduce the amount owed by PIAMI by a like amount. In 2013 in a similar agreement the Company recorded a $1.6 million recovery on the transaction reduction in the PIAMI obligation.

During 2015, the Company incurred obligations to Pillar including the cost of payroll, insurance and other operating expenses. In a joint agreement among Pillar, PIAMI and the Company, Pillar agreed, in lieu of being reimbursed for such expenses, to relieve the Company of its obligation to pay $1.4 million and the Company agreed to reduce the amount owed by PIAMI by a like amount.

Coastland Operations, LLC

During 2012, the Company and several other defendants settled a lawsuit for $225,000. The Company paid the entire amount and had a note receivable from one of the other defendants, Coastland Operations, LLC (a subsidiary of Arcadian Energy, Inc) for $112,500 representing its share of the settlement Arcadian for a portion of his services. Arcadian, through its subsidiary URC is a significant shareholder of the Company and is therefore considered a related party. In March 2015 the $112,500 plus all accrued interest thereon was paid to the Company.