Other Expenses

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Other Expenses

12. OTHER EXPENSES

Our other expenses consist of the management and incentive fees we pay to our Manager and our general and administrative expenses.

Management and Incentive Fees

Pursuant to a management agreement between our Manager and us, or our Management Agreement, our Manager earns a base management fee in an amount equal to 1.50% per annum multiplied by our outstanding equity balance, as defined in the Management Agreement. In addition, our Manager is entitled to an incentive fee in an amount equal to the product of (i) 20% and (ii) the excess of (a) our Core Earnings (as defined in our Management Agreement) for the previous 12-month period over (b) an amount equal to 7.00% per annum multiplied by our outstanding Equity, provided that our Core Earnings over the prior three-year period is greater than zero. Core Earnings, as defined in our Management Agreement, is generally equal to our GAAP net income (loss), including realized gains and losses not otherwise recognized in current period GAAP net income (loss), and excluding (i) non-cash equity compensation expense, (ii) depreciation and amortization, (iii) unrealized gains (losses), (iv) certain non-cash items, and (v) incentive management fees.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, we incurred $15.6 million and $14.5 million, respectively, of management fees payable to our Manager. In addition, during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, we incurred $3.6 million and $4.8 million, respectively, of incentive fees payable to our Manager.

As of both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 we had accrued management and incentive fees payable to our Manager of $19.2 million.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses consisted of the following ($ in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021		2020
Professional services(1)	$	1,819	$	1,662
Operating and other costs(1)		693		1,451
Subtotal		2,512		3,113
Non-cash compensation expenses
Restricted class A common stock earned		7,960		8,553
Director stock-based compensation		125		125
Subtotal		8,085		8,678
Total general and administrative expenses	$	10,597	$	11,791

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(1)   During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, we recognized an aggregate $235,000 and $376,000, respectively, of expenses related to our Multifamily Joint Venture.