Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Adoption of Accounting Standards Updates and New Accounting Pronouncements

The following paragraph describes the impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements from the adoption of Accounting Standards Updates ("ASUs") on January 1, 2020.    The Company adopted ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments ("ASU 2016-13"), as amended, on January 1, 2020 using the modified retrospective approach method. Under the modified retrospective approach, the Company recorded a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings by increasing its allowance for loan losses and recording an initial allowance for losses on net investment in leases. Periods presented that are prior to the adoption date of January 1, 2020 will not be adjusted. ASU 2016-13 replaced the incurred loss impairment methodology with a methodology that reflects a current expected credit loss ("Expected Loss"). ASU 2016-13 impacted all of the Company’s investments held at amortized cost, which included its loans (including unfunded loan commitments), financing receivables, net investment in leases and held-to-maturity debt securities. Upon adoption of ASU 2016-13 on January 1, 2020, the Company recorded an increase to its allowance for loan losses of $3.3 million and an initial allowance for losses on net investment in leases of $9.1 million, both of which were recorded as a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings. Subsequent increases or decreases in the allowance for loan losses or the allowance for losses on net investment in leases will be charged to "Provision for (recovery of) loan losses" and "Provision for (recovery of) losses on net investment in leases," respectively, in the Company's consolidated statements of operations. Refer to "Significant Accounting Policies" below for more information on how the Company determines its allowance for loan losses and its allowance for losses on net investment in leases.New Accounting Pronouncements—In August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued ASU 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40) ("ASU 2020-06"). ASU 2020-06 was issued to reduce the complexity associated with applying current accounting guidance for certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity. ASU 2020-06 removes certain separation models under ASC 470-20 so that a convertible debt instrument will be accounted for as a single liability measured at its amortized cost and a convertible preferred stock will be accounted for as a single equity instrument measured at its historical cost, as long as no other features require bifurcation and recognition as derivatives. In addition, ASU 2020-06 requires that the if-converted method be used for all convertibles and that the treasury stock method no longer be used. ASU 2020-06 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2021. Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Management is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2020-06 on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform ("ASU 2020-04"). ASU 2020-04 contains practical expedients for reference rate reform related activities that impact debt, leases, derivatives and other contracts. The guidance in ASU 2020-04 is optional and may be elected over time as reference rate reform activities occur. In March 2020, the Company elected to apply the hedge accounting expedients related to probability and the assessments of effectiveness for future LIBOR-indexed cash flows to assume that the index upon which future hedged transactions will be based matches the index on the corresponding derivatives. Application of these expedients preserves the presentation of derivatives consistent with past presentation. The Company continues to evaluate the impact of the guidance and may apply other elections as applicable as additional changes in the market occur.

Allowance for Loan Losses and Net Investment in Leases

Allowance for Loan Losses and Net Investment in Leases— The Company performs quarterly a comprehensive analysis of its loan and sales-type lease portfolios and assigns risk ratings that incorporate management's current judgments about credit quality based on all known and relevant internal and external factors that may affect collectability. The Company considers, among other things, payment status, lien position, borrower or tenant financial resources and investment collateral, collateral type, project economics and geographical location as well as national and regional economic factors. This methodology results in loans and sales-type leases being risk rated, with ratings ranging from "1" to "5" with "1" representing the lowest risk of loss and "5" representing the highest risk of loss. The Company estimates loss rates based on historical realized losses experienced within its portfolio taking into account current economic conditions affecting the commercial real estate market when establishing appropriate time frames to evaluate loss experience.

Upon adoption of ASU 2016-13 on January 1, 2020, the Company estimates its Expected Loss on its loans (including unfunded loan commitments), held-to-maturity debt securities and net investment in leases based on relevant information including historical realized loss rates, current market conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of its investments. The estimate of the Company's Expected Loss requires significant judgment and the Company analyzes its loan portfolio based upon its different categories of financial assets, which includes (i) loans and held-to-maturity debt securities; (ii) construction loans; and (iii) net investment in leases and financings that resulted from the acquisition of properties that did not qualify as a sale leaseback transaction and, as such, are accounted for as financing receivables (refer to Note 5).

For the Company's loans and held-to-maturity debt securities, the Company utilized a loan loss model developed by Trepp LLC ("Trepp") to estimate its Expected Loss. The model is a loss forecasting tool that utilizes loan level data including each loans position in the capital structure, interest rates, maturity dates, unfunded commitments, debt service coverage ratios, etc. and also utilizes forward looking macroeconomic variables and pool-level mean loss rates to produce an Expected Loss over the life each loan. The Company utilized the model to estimate its Expected Loss for this category of loans after inputting its individual loan level data for this category of loans into the model.

For the Company's construction loans, the Company analyzed its historical realized loss experience on its construction loan portfolio to estimate its Expected Loss. The Company also utilized third-party market data that included historical loss rates on commercial real estate loans and forecasted economic trends, including interest and unemployment rates. The Company utilized the third-party market data to support the Expected Loss the Company calculated using its own historical realized loss experience.

For the Company's net investment in leases and financings that resulted from the acquisition of properties that did not qualify as sale leaseback transactions, the Company analyzed historical loss rates for lessors from tenants with a credit rating similar to the Company's tenant at these properties. The Company also utilized third-party market information as well as market data from Trepp which forecasted economic trends, including interest and unemployment rates, to assist in developing a probability of default and loss given default to calculate the Company's Expected Loss. The Company utilized the third-party market information to support the Expected Loss the Company calculated by analyzing the historical loss rates for lessors from tenants with a credit rating similar to the Company's tenant.

The Company considers a loan or sales-type lease to be non-performing and places it on non-accrual status at such time as: (1) interest payments become 90 days delinquent; (2) it has a maturity default; or (3) management determines it is probable that it will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan or sales-type lease. Non-accrual loans or sales-type leases are returned to accrual status when they have become contractually current and management believes all amounts contractually owed will be received. The Company will record a specific allowance on a non-performing loan or sales-type lease if the Company determines that the collateral fair value less costs to sell is less than the carrying value of the collateral-dependent asset. The specific allowance is increased (decreased) through "Provision for (recovery of) loan losses" or "Provision for losses on net investment in leases" in the Company's consolidated statements of operations and is decreased by charge-offs. During delinquency and the foreclosure process, there are typically numerous points of negotiation with the borrower or tenant as the Company works toward a settlement or other alternative resolution, which can impact the potential for repayment or receipt of collateral. The Company's policy is to charge off a loan when it determines, based on a variety of factors, that all commercially reasonable means of recovering the loan balance have been exhausted. This may occur at different times, including when the Company receives cash or other assets in a pre-foreclosure sale or takes control of the underlying collateral in full satisfaction of the loan upon foreclosure or deed-in-lieu, or when the Company has otherwise ceased significant

collection efforts. The Company considers circumstances such as the foregoing to be indicators that the final steps in the loan collection process have occurred and that a loan is uncollectible. At this point, a loss is confirmed and the loan and related allowance will be charged off. The Company made the accounting policy election to record accrued interest on its loan portfolio separate from its loans receivable and other lending investments and to exclude accrued interest from its amortized cost basis disclosures (refer to Note 7). As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, accrued interest was $3.6 million and $4.2 million, respectively, and is recorded in "Accrued interest and operating lease income receivable, net" on the Company's consolidated balance sheets. The Company places loans on non-accrual status once the loan becomes 90 days delinquent and reverses any accrued interest as a reduction to interest income or recognizes a credit loss expense at such time. As such, the Company elected the practical expedient to not record an allowance against accrued interest receivable.