UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549 

FORM 10-Q 

(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2020

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _________to ___________

Commission file number 000-55778

MOODY NATIONAL REIT II, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Maryland	47-1436295
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
6363 Woodway Drive, Suite 110 Houston, Texas	77057
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(713) 977-7500
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
None
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 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. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. 

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer		☐
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company		☒
(Do not check if a 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 Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).			Yes ☐  No ☒

As of October 5, 2020, there were 13,630,429 shares of the registrant’s common stock issued and outstanding, consisting of 12,990,645 shares of Class A common stock, 159,092 shares of Class I common stock, and 480,692 shares of Class T common stock.

MOODY NATIONAL REIT II, INC. 
INDEX

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION		Page
Item 1.	Financial Statements (Unaudited)	3
	Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019	3
	Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019	4
	Consolidated Statement of Equity (unaudited) for the nine months ended September 30, 2020	5
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019	6
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	7
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	24
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	37
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	38
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION		40
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	40
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	40
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	43
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	44
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	44
Item 5.	Other Information	44
Item 6.	Exhibits	45

PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.        FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MOODY NATIONAL REIT II, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands)
(unaudited)

	September 30, 2020			December 31, 2019
ASSETS
Investments in hotel properties, net	$	431,633		$	441,025
Cash and cash equivalents		3,377			7,303
Restricted cash		5,285			8,645
Investment in marketable securities		2,272			5,936
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $35 at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019		768			766
Prepaid expenses and other assets		3,482			3,141
Deferred franchise costs, net of accumulated amortization of $279 and $217 at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively		788			850
Total Assets	$	447,605		$	467,666
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Liabilities:
Notes payable, net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $2,784 and $3,293 as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively	$	237,594		$	238,603
Note payable to related party		—			2,894
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		14,249			10,106
Due to related parties, net		6,116			861
Dividends payable		70			2,038
Operating partnership distributions payable		—			47
Total Liabilities		258,029			254,549
Special Limited Partnership Interests		1			1
Commitments and Contingencies
Equity:
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share; 100,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding		—			—
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share; 1,000,000 shares authorized, 13,630 and 13,251 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively		136			133
Additional paid-in capital		305,428			296,928
Accumulated deficit		(119,571	)		(88,258	)
Total stockholders’ equity		185,993			208,803
Noncontrolling interests in Operating Partnership		3,582			4,313
Total Equity		189,575			213,116
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$	447,605		$	467,666

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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MOODY NATIONAL REIT II, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(unaudited)

	Three months ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Revenue
Room revenue	$	8,581		$	21,436		$	28,810		$	60,546
Other hotel revenue		595			1,317			2,075			3,737
Total hotel revenue		9,176			22,753			30,885			64,283
Interest and dividend income		3			101			10			554
Total revenue		9,179			22,854			30,895			64,837
Expenses
Hotel operating expenses		7,871			14,837			25,588			41,366
Property taxes, insurance and other		1,623			1,873			5,158			4,889
Depreciation and amortization		3,852			3,698			11,539			10,368
Acquisition expenses		—			—			—			2,212
Corporate general and administrative		1,662			1,503			4,951			4,633
Total expenses		15,008			21,911			47,236			63,468
Operating income (loss)		(5,829	)		943			(16,341	)		1,369
Other expenses (income)
Interest expense and amortization of debt issuance costs		3,011			3,413			9,049			9,732
Loss (gain) on sale of marketable securities		—			—			440			(9	)
Unrealized loss on change in fair value of investment in marketable securities		205			24			2,231			57
Total other expenses		3,216			3,437			11,720			9,780
Loss before income taxes		(9,045	)		(2,494	)		(28,061	)		(8,411	)
Income tax expense		28			60			65			156
Net loss		(9,073	)		(2,554	)		(28,126	)		(8,567	)
Loss attributable to noncontrolling interests in Operating Partnership		206			63			641			225
Net loss attributable to common stockholders	$	(8,867	)	$	(2,491	)	$	(27,485	)	$	(8,342	)
Per-share information – basic and diluted:
Net loss attributable to common stockholders	$	(0.65	)	$	(0.20	)	$	(2.03	)	$	(0.71	)
Dividends declared	$	0.00		$	0.44		$	0.28		$	1.31
Weighted average common shares outstanding		13,630			12,347			13,563			11,680

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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MOODY NATIONAL REIT II, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY
Nine months ended September 30, 2020
(in thousands)
(unaudited)

	Preferred Stock				Common Stock												Noncontrolling Interests in Operating Partnership
	Number of Shares		Par Value		Number of Shares			Par Value			Additional Paid-In Capital			Accumulated Deficit			Number of Units		Value			Total Equity
Balance at December 31, 2019		—	$	—		13,251		$	133		$	296,928		$	(88,258	)		316	$	4,313		$	213,116
Issuance of common stock, net of offering costs		—		—		440			4			9,726			—			—		—			9,730
Redemption of common stock		—		—		(120	)		(1	)		(2,747	)		—			—		—			(2,748	)
Issuance of common stock pursuant to dividend reinvestment plan		—		—		59			—			1,392			—			—		—			1,392
Stock-based compensation		—		—		—			—			129			—			—		—			129
Net loss		—		—		—			—			—			(27,485	)		—		(641	)		(28,126	)
Dividends and distributions declared		—		—		—			—			—			(3,828	)		—		(90	)		(3,918	)
Balance at September 30, 2020		—	$	—		13,630		$	136		$	305,428		$	(119,571	)		316	$	3,582		$	189,575

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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MOODY NATIONAL REIT II, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
(unaudited)

	Nine months ended September 30,
	2020			2019
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss	$	(28,126	)	$	(8,567	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		11,539			10,368
Amortization of debt issuance costs		509			854
Loss (gain) on sale of marketable securities		440			(9	)
Unrealized loss on change in fair value of investment in marketable securities		2,231			57
Stock-based compensation		129			171
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
Accounts receivable		(1	)		(489	)
Prepaid expenses and other assets		(341	)		(285	)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		4,141			1,566
Due from related parties		4,828			1,159
Due to related parties		—			838
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities		(4,651	)		5,663
Cash flows from investing activities
Repayment of note receivable from related party		—			6,750
Investment in marketable securities		(961	)		(9,389	)
Proceeds from the sale of marketable securities		1,954			4,160
Improvements and additions to hotel properties		(2,084	)		(7,323	)
Acquisition of hotel property		—			(350	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(1,091	)		(6,152	)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from issuance of common stock		10,259			47,635
Redemptions of common stock		(2,748	)		(4,498	)
Offering costs paid		(102	)		(925	)
Dividends paid		(4,404	)		(11,472	)
Operating partnership distributions paid		(138	)		(416	)
Proceeds of notes payable		—			25,000
Repayment of notes payable		(1,517	)		(41,747	)
Repayment of notes payable to related party		(2,894	)		(15,703	)
Payment of debt issuance costs		—			(856	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(1,544	)		(2,982	)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash		(7,286	)		(3,471	)
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period		15,948			19,194
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$	8,662		$	15,723
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Activity
Interest paid	$	4,387		$	9,066
Income tax paid	$	2		$	229
Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities
Increase in accrued offering costs due to related party	$	427		$	70
Issuance of common stock from dividend reinvestment plan	$	1,392		$	3,651
Assumption of note payable in connection with acquisition of hotel property	$	—		$	29,100
Note payable to related party issued in connection with acquisition of hotel property	$	—		$	22,550
Dividends payable	$	70		$	1,888
Operating partnership distributions payable	$	—		$	46

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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MOODY NATIONAL REIT II, INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2020
(unaudited)

1. Organization

As discussed in Note 6, “Equity,” Moody National REIT II, Inc. (the “Company”) was initially capitalized by Moody National REIT Sponsor, LLC (the “Sponsor”). The Company’s fiscal year end is December 31.

As of September 30, 2020, the Company owned (1) interests in fifteen hotel properties located in six states comprising a total of 2,123 rooms and (2) investment in marketable securities valued at $2.3 million. For more information on the Company’s real estate investments, see Note 3, “Investment in Hotel Properties.”

On January 20, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) declared the Company’s registration statement on Form S-11 effective, and the Company commenced its initial public offering of up to $1.1 billion in shares of common stock consisting of up to $1.0 billion in shares of the Company’s common stock offered to the public, and up to $100.0 million in shares offered to the Company’s stockholders pursuant to its distribution reinvestment plan (the “DRP”).

On June 26, 2017, the SEC declared effective the Company’s post-effective amendment to its registration statement for the Company’s initial public offering, which reallocated the Company’s shares of common stock as Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Class A Shares”), Class D common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Class D Shares”), Class I common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Class I Shares”), and Class T common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Class T Shares” and, together with the Class A Shares, the Class D Shares and the Class I Shares, the “Shares”) to be sold on a “best efforts” basis. On January 16, 2018, the Advisor (as defined below) assumed responsibility for the payment of all selling commissions, dealer manager fees and stockholder servicing fees paid in connection with the Company’s public offering; provided, however that the Advisor intends to recoup the selling commissions, dealer manager fees and stockholder servicing fees that it funds through an increased acquisition fee, or “Contingent Advisor Payment,” as described in Note 7, “Related Party Arrangements.”

On January 18, 2018, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 333-222610) registering $990.0 million in any combination of the Shares to be sold on a “best efforts” basis in the Company’s follow-on public offering. The SEC declared the registration statement effective on July 19, 2018. The registration statement provided for the Company to continue to offer Shares in the follow-on offering on a continuous basis until July 19, 2021, subject to extension for an additional year by the Company’s board of directors (“Board”).

On March 24, 2020, the Board approved the indefinite suspension of the sale of shares of the Company’s common stock in the Company’s follow-on offering due to the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having and is expected to continue to have in the Company’s hotel properties. As of September 30, 2020, the Company had accepted investors’ subscriptions for and issued an aggregate of 10.2 million shares in the Company’s initial public offering and follow-on offering, excluding shares issued in connection with the Company’s merger with Moody National REIT I, Inc. and including 567,000 shares pursuant to the DRP, resulting in gross offering proceeds of $234.6 million. As of September 30, 2020, the Company had accepted investors’ subscriptions for and issued 4.1 million shares in the follow-on offering, including 352,000 shares pursuant to the DRP, resulting in gross offering proceeds of $87.2 million for the follow-on offering.

The Company’s advisor is Moody National Advisor II, LLC (the “Advisor”), a Delaware limited liability company and an affiliate of the Sponsor. Pursuant to an advisory agreement among the Company, the OP (defined below) and the Advisor (the “Advisory Agreement”), and subject to certain restrictions and limitations therein, the Advisor is responsible for managing the Company’s affairs on a day-to-day basis and for identifying and making acquisitions and investments on behalf of the Company.

Substantially all of the Company’s business is conducted through Moody National Operating Partnership II, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “OP”). The Company is the sole general partner of the OP. The initial limited partners of the OP were Moody OP Holdings II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Moody Holdings II”), and Moody National LPOP II, LLC (“Moody LPOP II”), an affiliate of the Advisor. Moody Holdings II initially invested $1,000 in the OP in exchange for limited partnership interests, and Moody LPOP II invested $1,000 in the OP in exchange for a separate class of limited partnership interests (the “Special Limited Partnership Interests”). As the Company accepts subscriptions for shares of common stock, it transfers substantially all of the net proceeds from such sales to the OP as a capital contribution. The limited partnership agreement of the OP provides that the OP will be operated in a manner that will enable the Company to (1) satisfy the requirements for being classified as a REIT for tax purposes, (2) avoid any federal income or excise tax liability and (3) ensure that the OP will not be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” for purposes of Section 7704 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), which classification could result in the OP being taxed as a corporation, rather than as a partnership. In addition to the administrative and operating costs and expenses incurred by the OP in acquiring and operating real properties, the OP pays all of the Company’s administrative costs and expenses, and such expenses are treated as expenses of the OP.

On March 24, 2020, the Board determined an estimated net asset value (“NAV”) per share of each class of the Company’s common stock as of December 31, 2019 of $23.50.

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COVID-19 Pandemic

The ongoing global pandemic of the novel coronavirus that causes the disease known as coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) has had, and is expected to continue to have, a significant adverse effect on the operating results of the Company’s hotel properties, which depend primarily upon revenues driven by business and leisure travel. A number of measures taken by governmental entities and employers intended to slow the transmission of COVID-19 have dramatically reduced business and leisure travel, and a result the demand for rooms at the Company’s hotel properties, including (i) restrictions on travel and public gatherings, quarantines and shelter-at-home orders, (ii) the postponement or cancellation of conventions, festivals, sporting events and other public events, (iii) the closure of amusement parks, museums, retail centers and other tourist attractions, and (iv) the closure of colleges and universities. These measures may be in place for a considerable period of time, and additional, more restrictive measures may be implemented in the future.

As of the date of this Quarterly Report, the Company had not ceased operations at any of its hotel properties. However, during the quarter ended September 30, 2020, the Company’s hotel properties experienced a significant decline in bookings and occupancy, resulting in a significant decrease in aggregate revenues generated by the properties as compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2019. The Company expects that the reduction in travel in response to the pandemic will continue to result in reduced bookings and occupancy at its hotel properties at least for the near term, as compared to pre-pandemic levels. The decline in demand for rooms at the Company’s hotel properties may ultimately require the Company to close, or allow the Company’s lenders to foreclose on, one or more hotel properties. If operations at any of the Company’s hotel properties are suspended, the Company cannot give any assurance as to when operations at such hotel properties will resume at a full or reduced level. Each of the Company’s hotel properties is subject to a mortgage loan secured by the Company’s ownership interest in the property. If the Company is unable to service the mortgage loan secured by a hotel property due to decreased revenues generated by such property, the lender with respect to such mortgage loan may initiate foreclosure procedures with respect to the property or initiate other available remedies. As of September 30, 2020, Company was not current with respect to the payments due under the mortgage loans secured by the Company’s hotel properties and was engaged in discussions regarding modification of the terms of such mortgage loans with the lenders. As discussed in Note 5, “Debt,” certain of the Company’s lenders have agreed to limited loan modifications, including temporary deferrals of interest and principal payments. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, no lenders have accelerated the maturity of any loans or initiated foreclosure procedures with respect to any of the Company’s properties.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a continually evolving situation that presents significant uncertainty and risk with respect to the Company’s financial condition and results of operations. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial condition, and such adverse impact may continue well beyond the effective containment or mitigation of the pandemic, including beyond the development and distribution of vaccines and additional therapeutic treatments. The full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the Company’s financial condition and results of operations will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain, including the continued severity and duration of the pandemic, the cities and geographic regions most severely impacted by the pandemic, the extent and effectiveness of the measures taken on an international, national and local level to mitigate the pandemic’s impact,  and the response of the overall economy as the effects of the pandemic abate. As a result, the Company cannot estimate with reasonable certainty the impact of the pandemic on its near- or longer-term financial or operational results, or when, if ever, the Company will be able to resume pre-pandemic levels of operations.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

The Company’s consolidated financial statements include its accounts and the accounts of its subsidiaries over which it has control. All intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Organization and Offering Costs

Organization and offering costs of the Company are paid directly by the Company or incurred by the Advisor on behalf of the Company. Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement between the Company and the Advisor, the Company is obligated to reimburse the Advisor or its affiliates, as applicable, for organization and offering costs incurred by the Advisor associated with each of the Company’s public offerings, provided that within 60 days of the last day of the month in which a public offering ends, the Advisor is obligated to reimburse the Company to the extent aggregate organization and offering costs incurred by the Company in connection with the completed public offering exceed 15.0% of the gross offering proceeds from the sale of the Company’s shares of common stock in the completed public offering. Such organization and offering costs include selling commissions and dealer manager fees paid to a dealer manager, legal, accounting, printing and other offering expenses, including marketing, salaries and direct expenses of the Advisor’s employees and employees of the Advisor’s affiliates and others. Any reimbursement of the Advisor or its affiliates for organization and offering costs will not exceed actual expenses incurred by the Advisor. The Company’s organization and offering costs incurred in connection with the Company’s initial public offering did not exceed 15% of the gross offering proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock in such offering.

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All offering costs, including selling commissions and dealer manager fees, are recorded as an offset to additional paid-in-capital, and all organization costs are recorded as an expense when the Company has an obligation to reimburse the Advisor.

As of September 30, 2020, total offering costs for the initial public offering and the follow-on offering were $21.1 million, comprised of $12.3 million of offering costs incurred directly by the Company and $8.8 million in offering costs incurred by and reimbursable to the Advisor. Total offering costs for the initial public offering were $18.4 million, comprised of $12.3 million of offering costs incurred directly by the Company and $6.1 million in offering costs incurred by and reimbursable to the Advisor. As of September 30, 2020, total offering costs for the follow-on offering were $2.7 million, comprised of $0 of offering costs incurred directly by the Company and $2.7 million in offering costs incurred by and reimbursable to the Advisor. As of September 30, 2020, the Company had $141,000 due to the Advisor for reimbursable offering costs.

Income Taxes

The Company elected to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2016. The Company did not meet all of the qualifications to be a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, including not having 100 shareholders for a sufficient number of days in 2015. Prior to qualifying to be taxed as a REIT, the Company was subject to normal federal and state corporation income taxes.

Provided that the Company continues to qualify as a REIT, it generally will not be subject to federal corporate income tax to the extent it distributes its REIT taxable income to its stockholders, so long as it distributes at least 90% of its REIT taxable income (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) and satisfies the other organizational and operational requirements for qualification as a REIT. Even if the Company qualifies for taxation as a REIT, it may be subject to certain state and local taxes on its income and property, and federal income and excise taxes on its undistributed income. The Company leases the hotels it acquires to a wholly-owned taxable REIT subsidiary (“TRS”) that is subject to federal, state and local income taxes.

The Company accounts for income taxes of its TRS using the asset and liability method under which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities from a change in tax rates is recognized in earnings in the period prior to when the new rates become effective. The Company records a valuation allowance for net deferred tax assets that are not expected to be realized.

The Company has reviewed tax positions under GAAP guidance that clarify the relevant criteria and approach for the recognition and measurement of uncertain tax positions. The guidance prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition of a tax position taken, or expected to be taken, in a tax return. A tax position may only be recognized in the consolidated financial statements if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained upon examination. The Company had no material uncertain tax positions as of September 30, 2020.

The preparation of the Company’s various tax returns requires the use of estimates for federal and state income tax purposes. These estimates may be subjected to review by the respective taxing authorities. A revision to an estimate may result in an assessment of additional taxes, penalties and interest. At this time, a range in which the Company’s estimates may change is not expected to be material. The Company will account for interest and penalties relating to uncertain tax positions in the current period results of operations, if necessary. The Company has tax years 2014 through 2018 remaining subject to examination by various federal and state tax jurisdictions. For more information, see Note 11, “Income Taxes.”

Fair Value Measurement

Fair value measures are classified into a three-tiered fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

Level 1: Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets.

Level 2: Directly or indirectly observable inputs, other than quoted prices in active markets.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require a reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value are based on one or more of the following valuation techniques:

Market approach: Prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities.

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Cost approach: Amount required to replace the service capacity of an asset (replacement cost).

Income approach: Techniques used to convert future income amounts to a single amount based on market expectations (including present-value, option-pricing, and excess-earnings models).

The Company’s estimates of fair value were determined using available market information and appropriate valuation methods. Considerable judgment is necessary to interpret market data and develop estimated fair value. The use of different market assumptions or estimation methods may have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts. The Company classifies assets and liabilities in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

The Company has elected the fair value option in recording its investment in marketable securities whereby unrealized holding gains and losses on available-for-sale securities are included in earnings. With the exception of the Company’s fixed-rate notes receivable from related parties and notes payable, the carrying amounts of other financial instruments, which include cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, notes receivable, notes payable, and accounts payable and accrued expenses, approximate their fair values due to their short-term nature. For the fair value of the Company’s note receivable from related parties and notes payable, see Note 4, “Notes Receivable from Related Parties,” and Note 5, “Debt.”

Concentration of Risk

As of September 30, 2020, the Company had cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash deposited in certain financial institutions in excess of federally insured levels. The Company diversifies its cash and cash equivalents with several banking institutions in an attempt to minimize exposure to any one of these institutions. The Company regularly monitors the financial stability of these financial institutions and believes that it is not exposed to any significant credit risk in cash and cash equivalents or restricted cash.

The Company is exposed to geographic risk in that nine of its fifteen hotel properties are located in one state, Texas.

Valuation and Allocation of Hotel Properties — Acquisition

Upon acquisition, the purchase price of hotel properties is allocated to the tangible assets acquired, consisting of land, buildings and furniture, fixtures and equipment, any assumed debt, identified intangible assets and asset retirement obligations, if any, based on their fair values. Acquisition costs are charged to expense as incurred. Initial valuations are subject to change during the measurement period, but the measurement period ends as soon as the information is available. The measurement period shall not exceed one year from the acquisition date.

Land values are derived from appraisals and building values are calculated as replacement cost less depreciation or estimates of the relative fair value of these assets using discounted cash flow analyses or similar methods. The value of furniture, fixtures and equipment is based on their fair value using replacement costs less depreciation. Any difference between the fair value of the hotel property acquired and the purchase price of the hotel property is recorded as goodwill or gain on acquisition of hotel property.

The Company determines the fair value of any assumed debt by calculating the net present value of the scheduled mortgage payments using interest rates for debt with similar terms and remaining maturities that the Company believes it could obtain at the date of acquisition. Any difference between the fair value and stated value of the assumed debt is recorded as a discount or premium and amortized over the remaining life of the loan as interest expense.

In allocating the purchase price of each of the Company’s properties, the Company makes assumptions and uses various estimates, including, but not limited to, the estimated useful lives of the assets, the cost of replacing certain assets and discount rates used to determine present values. The Company uses Level 3 inputs to value acquired properties. Many of these estimates are obtained from independent third party appraisals. However, the Company is responsible for the source and use of these estimates. These estimates require judgment and are subject to being imprecise; accordingly, if different estimates and assumptions were derived, the valuation of the various categories of the Company’s hotel properties or related intangibles could in turn result in a difference in the depreciation or amortization expense recorded in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. These variances could be material to the Company’s results of operations and financial condition.

Valuation and Allocation of Hotel Properties — Ownership

Investment in hotel properties is recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation. Major improvements that extend the life of an asset are capitalized and depreciated over a period equal to the shorter of the life of the improvement or the remaining useful life of the asset. The costs of ordinary repairs and maintenance are charged to expense when incurred.

Depreciation expense is computed using the straight-line method based upon the following estimated useful lives: 

	Estimated Useful Lives (years)
Buildings and improvements		39-40
Exterior improvements		10-20
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		5-10

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Impairments

The Company monitors events and changes in circumstances indicating that the carrying amount of a hotel property may not be recoverable. When such events or changes in circumstances are present, the Company assesses potential impairment by comparing estimated future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated over the life of the asset from operating activities and from its eventual disposition, to the carrying amount of the asset. In the event that the carrying amount exceeds the estimated future undiscounted cash flows, the Company recognizes an impairment loss to adjust the carrying amount of the asset to estimated fair value for assets held for use and fair value less costs to sell for assets held for sale. There were no such impairment losses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.

In evaluating a hotel property for impairment, the Company makes several estimates and assumptions, including, but not limited to, the projected date of disposition of the property, the estimated future cash flows of the property during the Company’s ownership and the projected sales price of the property. A change in these estimates and assumptions could result in a change in the estimated undiscounted cash flows or fair value of the Company’s hotel property which could then result in different conclusions regarding impairment and material changes to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Revenue Recognition

Hotel revenues, including room, food, beverage and other ancillary revenues, are recognized as the related services are delivered. Revenue is recorded net of any sales and other taxes collected from customers. Interest income is recognized when earned. Amounts received prior to guest arrival are recorded as advances from the customer and are recognized at the time of occupancy.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents represent cash on hand or held in banks and short-term investments with an initial maturity of years or less at the date of purchase.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash includes reserves for property taxes, as well as reserves for property improvements, replacement of furniture, fixtures, and equipment and debt service, as required by certain management or mortgage and term debt agreements restrictions and provisions.

Investment in Marketable Securities

Investment in marketable securities of $2.3 million and $5.9 million at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, consists primarily of common stock investments in other REITs and which are classified as available-for-sale securities and recorded at fair value. The Company has elected the fair value option whereby unrealized holding gains and losses on available-for-sale securities are included in earnings. For the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, unrealized loss on change in fair value of investment in marketable securities was $205,000 and $24,000, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, unrealized loss on change in fair value of investment in marketable securities was $2.2 million and $57,000, respectively. For the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, realized (loss) gain on sale of marketable securities was $0. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, realized (loss) gain on sale of marketable securities was $(440,000) and $9,000, respectively.

Dividend income is recognized when earned. For the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, dividend income of $3,000 and $101,000, respectively, was recognized and is included in interest and dividend income on the consolidated statements of operations. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, dividend income of $9,000 and $288,000, respectively, was recognized and is included in interest and dividend income on the consolidated statements of operations.

Accounts Receivable

The Company takes into consideration certain factors that require judgments to be made as to the collectability of receivables. Collectability factors taken into consideration are the amounts outstanding, payment history and financial strength of the customer, which, taken as a whole, determines the valuation. Ongoing credit evaluations are performed and an allowance for potential credit losses is provided against the portion of accounts receivable that is estimated to be uncollectible.

Impairment of Notes Receivable from Related Parties

The Company reviews the notes receivable from related parties for impairment in each reporting period pursuant to the applicable authoritative accounting guidance. A loan is impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts recorded as assets on the consolidated balance sheets. The Company applies normal loan review and underwriting procedures (as may be implemented or modified from time to time) in making that judgment. When a loan is impaired, the Company measures impairment based on the present value of expected cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate against the value of the asset recorded on the consolidated balance sheets. The Company may also measure impairment based on a loan’s observable market price or the fair value of collateral, if the loan is collateral dependent. If a loan is deemed to be impaired, the Company records a valuation allowance through a charge to earnings for any shortfall. The Company’s assessment of impairment is based on considerable judgment and estimates. The Company did not record a valuation allowance as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

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Deferred Franchise Costs

Deferred franchise costs are recorded at cost and amortized over the term of the respective franchise contract on a straight-line basis. Accumulated amortization of deferred franchise costs was $279,000 and $217,000 as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

Expected future amortization of deferred franchise costs as of September 30, 2020 is as follows (in thousands):

Years Ending December 31,
2020	$	21
2021		83
2022		82
2023		80
2024		77
Thereafter		445
Total	$	788

Debt Issuance Costs

Debt issuance costs are presented as a direct deduction from the carrying value of the notes payable on the consolidated balance sheets. Debt issuance costs are amortized as a component of interest expense over the term of the related debt using the straight-line method, which approximates the interest method. Accumulated amortization of debt issuance costs was $4.5 million and $4.0 million as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. Expected future amortization of debt issuance costs as of September 30, 2020 is as follows (in thousands):

Years Ending December 31,
2020	$	170
2021		677
2022		677
2023		632
2024		440
Thereafter		188
Total	$	2,784

Earnings (Loss) per Share

Earnings (loss) per share (“EPS”) is calculated based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during each period. Basic and diluted EPS are the same for all periods presented. Non-vested shares of restricted common stock totaling 0 and 7,500 shares as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, held by the Company’s independent directors are included in the calculation of basic EPS because such shares have been issued and participate in dividends.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases,” which changes lessee accounting to reflect the financial liability and right-of-use assets that are inherent to leasing an asset on the balance sheet. The standard requires a modified retrospective approach, with restatement of the prior periods presented in the year of adoption, subject to any FASB modifications. This standard will be effective for the first annual reporting period beginning after December 15, 2018. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2019. The impact was minimal to the Company’s ongoing consolidated financial statements.

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-12, “Derivatives and Hedging: Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities,” which improves the financial reporting of hedging relationships to better portray the economic results of an entity’s risk management activities in its financial statements and simplifies the application of hedge accounting. This standard is effective for the first annual period beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those periods. Early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2018 and aside from minor presentation changes in its disclosure on derivative and hedging activities, it will not have a material effect on the Company’s ongoing consolidated financial statements.

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3. Investment in Hotel Properties

The following table sets forth summary information regarding the Company’s investment in hotel properties as of September 30, 2020 (all $ amounts in thousands): 

Property Name	Date Acquired	Location	Ownership Interest		Original Purchase Price(1)		Rooms		Mortgage Debt Outstanding(2)
Residence Inn Austin	October 15, 2015	Austin, Texas	100	%	$	27,500		112	$	16,234
Springhill Suites Seattle	May 24, 2016	Seattle, Washington	100	%		74,100		234		43,856
Homewood Suites Woodlands	September 27, 2017(5)	The Woodlands, Texas	100	%		17,356		91		8,799
Hyatt Place Germantown	September 27, 2017(5)	Germantown, Tennessee	100	%		16,074		127		6,783
Hyatt Place North Charleston	September 27, 2017(5)	North Charleston, South Carolina	100	%		13,806		113		6,922
Hampton Inn Austin	September 27, 2017(5)	Austin, Texas	100	%		19,328		123		10,392
Residence Inn Grapevine	September 27, 2017(5)	Grapevine, Texas	100	%		25,245		133		12,017
Marriott Courtyard Lyndhurst	September 27, 2017(5)	Lyndhurst, New Jersey	(3)			39,547		227		18,833
Hilton Garden Inn Austin	September 27, 2017(5)	Austin, Texas	100	%		29,288		138		17,997
Hampton Inn Great Valley	September 27, 2017(5)	Frazer, Pennsylvania	100	%		15,285		125		7,804
Embassy Suites Nashville	September 27, 2017(5)	Nashville, Tennessee	100	%		82,207		208		41,057
Homewood Suites Austin	September 27, 2017(5)	Austin, Texas	100	%		18,835		96		10,541
Townplace Suites Fort Worth	September 27, 2017(5)	Fort Worth, Texas	(4)			11,242		95		5,947
Hampton Inn Houston	September 27, 2017(5)	Houston, Texas	100	%		9,958		119		4,342
Residence Inn Houston Medical Center	April 29, 2019(6)	Houston, Texas	100	%		52,000		182		28,854
Totals					$	451,771		2,123	$	240,378

(1) Excludes closing costs and includes gain on acquisition.

(2) As of September 30, 2020.

(3) The Marriott Courtyard Lyndhurst is owned by MN Lyndhurst Venture, LLC, of which the OP is a member and holds 100% of the Class B membership interests therein. See Note 5, “Debt.”

(4) The Townplace Suites Fort Worth is owned by MN Fort Worth Venture, LLC, of which the OP is a member and holds 100% of the Class B membership interests therein. See Note 5, “Debt.”

(5) Property acquired on September 27, 2017 as a result of the merger of Moody National REIT I, Inc. (“Moody I”) with and into the Company (the “Merger”) and the merger of Moody National Operating Partnership I, L.P., the operating partnership of Moody I (“Moody I OP”), with and into the OP (the “Partnership Merger,” and together with the Merger, the “Mergers”).

Investment in hotel properties consisted of the following at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (all amounts in thousands): 

	September 30, 2020			December 31, 2019
Land	$	76,936		$	76,936
Buildings and improvements		338,729			338,729
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		60,156			58,072
Total cost		475,821			473,737
Accumulated depreciation		(44,188	)		(32,712	)
Investment in hotel properties, net	$	431,633		$	441,025

Acquisition of Residence Inn Houston Medical Center

On April 29, 2019 (“Closing Date”), Moody National Kirby-Houston Holding, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the OP (“Houston Holding”), acquired fee simple title to the Residence Inn Houston Medical Center (“Residence Inn Houston”) located in Houston, Texas from a related party for an aggregate purchase price, excluding acquisition costs, of $52.0 million, inclusive of (i) Houston Holding’s assumption as of the Closing Date of an existing mortgage loan from an institutional lender (“Lender”), secured by the Residence Inn Houston, with an outstanding balance as of the Closing Date of $28,180,000 (“Existing Loan”), and (ii) financing from the Seller in the amount of $22,550,000 (“Note Payable to Related Party”). See below for an additional discussion of the Existing Loan and the Note Payable to Related Party. In connection with the acquisition of the Residence Inn Houston, Advisor earned an aggregate acquisition fee of $2,002,000 (inclusive of a $1,222,000 contingent acquisition fee paid to reimburse Advisor for upfront selling commissions and dealer manager fees paid by Advisor) and a financing coordination fee of $290,000.

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The Residence Inn Houston is a 16-story select-service hotel consisting of 182 guest rooms located in Houston, Texas. The Residence Inn Houston is located in the Texas Medical Center, the world’s largest medical center, and is located adjacent to NRG Park area. The Residence Inn Houston includes a four and a half story parking garage.

Houston Holding leases the Residence Inn Houston to Moody National Kirby-Houston MT, LLC (“Master Tenant”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the OP, pursuant to a Hotel Lease Agreement between Houston Holding and the Master Tenant (“Hotel Lease”). Moody National Hospitality Management, LLC, a related party (“Property Manager”), manages the Residence Inn Houston pursuant to a Hotel Management Agreement between the Property Manager and the Master Tenant (“Management Agreement”), which Management Agreement was assigned to Master Tenant by Seller on the Closing Date.

Existing Loan

On the Closing Date, pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, Houston Holding assumed all of the Seller’s rights, duties and obligations under and with respect to the Existing Loan and all loan documents associated therewith, including, without limitation, (i) a Promissory Note, dated September 13, 2017, in the original principal amount of $29.1 million, evidencing the Existing Loan and payable to the Lender (the “Note”), (ii) the Construction Loan Agreement, dated September 13, 2017, between the Seller and the Lender (“Loan Agreement”), and (iii) the Deed of Trust, Security Agreement and Financing Statement, dated September 13, 2017, for the benefit of Lender, securing payment of the Note (“ Deed of Trust.”)

The Existing Loan bears interest at a rate of 5% per annum. Payments of interest only were due on the Existing Loan on a monthly basis through October 1, 2019, and thereafter equal monthly payments of principal and interest in the amount of $170,000 will be due. Upon and during any event of default by Houston Holdings under the Note, the Loan Agreement or any other loan document relating to the Existing Loan, the Existing Loan will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the lesser of the maximum rate permitted by applicable law and 17%. The entire outstanding principal balance of the Existing Loan and all accrued interest thereon and all other amounts payable under the Note is due and payable in full on October 1, 2024. Houston Holding may not prepay the Existing Loan, in whole or in part, prior to November 1, 2021. Thereafter, upon at least 30 but not more than 90 days prior written notice to the Lender, Houston Holding may prepay the outstanding principle balance, plus all accrued interest and other amounts due, in full (but not in part), provided that such prepayment will be subject to certain additional prepayment fees as set forth in the Note.

The Note provides for customary events of default, including failure by Houston Holding to pay when due and payable any amounts payable under the terms of the Note. Upon any event of default by Houston Holding, Lender may accelerate the maturity date of the Loan and declare the entire unpaid principal balance of the Loan and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon due and payable in full immediately, and exercise any other rights available to it under law or equity.

The performance of the obligations of Houston Holding under the Existing Loan is secured by, among other things, a security interest in the Residence Inn Houston and other collateral granted to the Lender pursuant to the Deed of Trust. Pursuant to payment and completion guaranties in favor of the Lender, Brett C. Moody has agreed to irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee the prompt and unconditional payment to the Lender and its successors and assigns of all obligations and liabilities of Houston Holding for which Houston Holding may be personally liable with respect to the Existing Loan.

Note Payable to Related Party

On the Closing Date, the OP issued a promissory note payable to Seller in the original principal amount of approximately $22.6 million, evidencing the note payable to related party (the “Note Payable to Related Party”). The Note Payable to Related Party bore interest at a rate per annum equal to the lesser of the maximum rate permitted by applicable law and 3%. On the Closing Date, the OP made a principal payment of $7.8 million, and beginning on May 15, 2019 and ending on October 15, 2019, the OP made monthly principal and interest payments of $2.0 million. The entire outstanding principal balance of the Note Payable to Related Party, together with all accrued interest thereon and all other amounts payable under the Note Payable to Related Party, was due and payable in full on December 15, 2019. The maturity date of the note payable to related party was extended to June 15, 2020, with all other terms and conditions remaining unchanged. The balance of the Note Payable to Related Party was paid in full during the quarter ended June 30, 2020.

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The following table presents a summary of assets acquired and the purchase price consideration in the acquisition of the Residence Inn Houston (in thousands):

Assets acquired at fair value:
Land	$	6,480
Building		40,920
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		4,600
Net assets acquired at fair value	$	52,000
Purchase price consideration:
Cash	$	350
Existing Loan		29,100
Note payable to related party		22,550
Purchase price consideration	$	52,000

The results of operations of the Residence Inn Houston have been included in the consolidated statement of operations as of the date of acquisition of April 29, 2019. The following unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 is presented as if the Company acquired the Residence Inn Houston on January 1, 2019. This information is not necessarily indicative of what the actual results of operations would have been had the Company completed the acquisition of the Residence Inn Houston on January 1, 2019, nor does it purport to represent the Company’s future operations (in thousands, except per common share amounts):

	Nine months ended September 30, 2019
Revenue	$	67,970
Net loss		(5,811	)
Net loss attributable to common shareholders		(5,585	)
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted	$	(0.71	)

4. Notes Receivable from Related Parties

As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the amount of the note receivable from related party was $0.

On August 21, 2015, Moody I originated an unsecured loan in the aggregate principal amount of $9,000,000 (the “Related Party Note”) to Moody National DST Sponsor, LLC, a Texas limited liability company and an affiliate of Sponsor (“DST Sponsor”). Proceeds from the Related Party Note were used by DST Sponsor solely to acquire a commercial real property located in Katy, Texas. The Company acquired the Related Party Note in connection with the Mergers.

On August 15, 2016, the maturity date of the Related Party Note was extended from August 21, 2016 to August 21, 2017 and the origination fee in the amount of $90,000 and an extension fee in the amount of $45,000 were paid to Moody I by DST Sponsor. On September 24, 2017, the maturity date was extended to August 21, 2018. On August 30, 2018, the maturity date was extended to April 30, 2019. The Related Party Note was paid in full on April 29, 2019.

Interest income from notes receivable from related parties was $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $0 and $264,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Interest receivable on notes receivable from related parties was $0 as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

5. Debt

The Company’s aggregate borrowings are reviewed by the Board at least quarterly. Under the Company’s Articles of Amendment and Restatement (as amended, the “Charter”), the Company is prohibited from borrowing in excess of 300% of the value of the Company’s net assets. “Net assets” for purposes of this calculation is defined to be the Company’s total assets (other than intangibles), valued at cost prior to deducting depreciation, reserves for bad debts and other non-cash reserves, less total liabilities. However, the Company may temporarily borrow in excess of 300% of the value of the Company’s net assets if such excess is approved by a majority of the Company’s independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in the Company’s next quarterly report, along with an explanation for such excess. As of September 30, 2020, the Company’s debt levels did not exceed 300% of the value of the Company’s net assets, as defined above.

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As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company’s mortgage notes payable secured by the respective assets, consisted of the following ($ amounts in thousands):

Loan	Principal as of September 30, 2020			Principal as of December 31, 2019			Interest Rate at September 30, 2020			Maturity Date	Loan Modifications
Residence Inn Austin(1)	$	16,234		$	16,300			4.580	%	November 1, 2025
Springhill Suites Seattle(1)		43,856			44,165			4.380	%	October 1, 2026	Three months deferral of interest and principal payments from June to August, 2020. Four months interest only payments from September to December, 2020.
Homewood Suites Woodlands(1)		8,799			8,915			4.690	%	April 11, 2025
Hyatt Place Germantown(1)		6,783			6,865			4.300	%	May 6, 2023
Hyatt Place North Charleston(1)		6,922			7,019			5.193	%	August 1, 2023	Payment of $100,000 cash deposit and may make interest and principal payments from restricted cash for six months from April to September, 2020.
Hampton Inn Austin(1)		10,392			10,493			5.426	%	January 6, 2024	Four-month deferral of principal and interest payments for August to November, 2020.
Residence Inn Grapevine(1)		12,017			12,114			5.250	%	April 6, 2024
Marriott Courtyard Lyndhurst(1)		18,833			18,934			4.700	%	September 27, 2024	April 2020 payment was interest only.  Six-month deferral of principal payments for April to September, 2020.Six months payment of interest only from April to September, 2020.
Hilton Garden Inn Austin(1)		17,997			18,080			4.530	%	December 11, 2024
Hampton Inn Great Valley(1)		7,804			7,861			4.700	%	April 11, 2025
Embassy Suites Nashville(1)		41,057			41,250			4.2123	%	July 11, 2025
Homewood Suites Austin(1)		10,541			10,602			4.650	%	August 11, 2025
Townplace Suites Fort Worth(1)		5,947			5,979			4.700	%	September 27, 2024	April 2020 payment was interest only. Six-month deferral of principal from April to September 2020. Two months deferral of interest payments for May and June, 2020.Three months interest only payments from July to September, 2020.
Hampton Inn Houston(1)		4,342			4,366			5.250	%	April 28, 2023	Seven-month deferral of principal and interest payments for payments due March 28, 2020 through September 28, 2020. Six months interest only for payments due October 28, 2020 through March 28, 2021.
Residence Inn Houston Medical Center(2)		28,854			28,953			5.000	%	October 1, 2024	Deferral of principal and interest payments for six months from April to September, 2020. Interest only payments for an additional twelve months form October 2020 to September 2021.
Total notes payable		240,378			241,896
Less unamortized debt issuance costs		(2,784	)		(3,293	)
Total notes payable, net of unamortized debt issuance costs	$	237,594		$	238,603

(1) Monthly payments of principal and interest are due and payable until the maturity date.

(2) Monthly payments of interest were due and payable until October 2019. Monthly payments of principal and interest are due and payable beginning in November 2019 until the maturity date.

Hotel properties secure their respective loans.

Scheduled maturities of the Company’s notes payable as of September 30, 2020 are as follows (all amounts in thousands):

Years ending December 31,
2020	$	1,183
2021		4,845
2022		5,079
2023		21,515
2024		90,054
Thereafter		117,702
Total	$	240,378

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Term Loan Agreement

On September 27, 2017, the OP, as borrower, the Company and certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, as guarantors, and KeyBank National Association (“KeyBank,” and together with any other lender institutions that may become parties thereto, the “Lenders”), as agent and lender, entered into a term loan agreement (as amended, the “Term Loan Agreement”). Pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement, the Lenders made a term loan to the OP in the principal amount of $70.0 million (the “Term Loan”). The Company used proceeds from the Term Loan to pay the cash consideration in connection with the Mergers, other costs and expenses related to the Mergers and for other corporate purposes. The Company began making principal payments of $1.5 million per month in November 2017.

The Term Loan originally matured on September 27, 2018. The maturity date of the Term Loan was originally extended to October 26, 2018 and on October 24, 2018, the maturity date of the Term Loan was extended again to September 27, 2019 in connection with the partial refinancing of the Term Loan. The outstanding balance of $26.5 million as of October 24, 2018, together with any and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and all other obligations under the Term Loan, was repaid in full on September 27, 2019. The Term Loan originally provided for monthly interest payments, for mandatory prepayments of principal from the proceeds of certain capital events, and for monthly payments of principal in an amount equal to the greater of (i) 50% of the OP’s Consolidated Net Cash Flow or (ii) $1.5 million. In connection with the extension of the Term Loan on October 24, 2018, monthly payments of principal were $100,000 per month, and the margins over the base rate or LIBOR rate were 2.75% and 3.75%, respectively.

Short-Term Loan

On October 24, 2018, the Company and the OP issued a promissory note in favor of Green Bank, N.A. in the original principal amount of $16.0 million (the “Short-Term Loan”). The proceeds of the Short-Term Loan were used to retire a portion of the Term Loan, resulting in a balance of $26.5 million for the Term Loan as of October 24, 2018. The Short-Term Loan bore interest at an annual rate equal to the one-month LIBOR plus 2.5% and the Company and the OP were collectively required to make a monthly payment on the outstanding principal and interest of the promissory note equal to the greater of $1.5 million and 50% of the Company’s consolidated net cash flow. The entire outstanding principle amount of the Short-Term Loan and all accrued interest thereon were repaid in full on April 24, 2019, the maturity date of the Short-Term Loan.

The estimated fair value of the Company’s notes payable as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, was $240.5 million and $241.9 million, respectively. The fair value of the notes payable was estimated based on discounted cash flow analyses using the current incremental borrowing rates for similar types of borrowing arrangements as of the respective reporting dates. The discounted cash flow method of assessing fair value results in a general approximation of value, and such value may never actually be realized.

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6. Equity

Capitalization

Under its Charter, the Company has the authority to issue 1.0 billion shares of common stock and 100.0 million shares of preferred stock. All shares of such stock have a par value of $0.01 per share. On August 15, 2014, the Company sold 8,000 shares of common stock to the Sponsor at a purchase price of $25.00 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $200,000, which was paid in cash. As of September 30, 2020, there were a total of 13.6 million shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding, including 10.2 million shares, net of redemptions, issued in the Company’s public offerings, 3.3 million shares, net of redemptions, issued in connection with the Mergers, the 8,000 shares sold to Sponsor and 55,000 shares of restricted stock issued to the Company’s directors (as discussed in Note 8, “Incentive Award Plan”) as follows (in thousands):

Class	Shares Outstanding as of September 30, 2020
Class A Shares		12,990
Class T Shares		481
Class I Shares		159
Total		13,630

The Board is authorized to amend the Charter without the approval of the stockholders to increase the aggregate number of authorized shares of capital stock or the number of shares of any class or series that the Company has authority to issue.

Distributions 

The Board previously authorized and declared a distribution to its stockholders for that would be (1) calculated daily and reduced for class-specific expenses; (2) payable in cumulative amounts on or before the 15th day of each calendar month to stockholders of record as of the last day of the previous month; and (3) calculated at a rate of $1.7528 per share of the Company’s common stock per year, or approximately $0.00480 per share per day, before any class-specific expenses. The Company first paid distributions on September 15, 2015.

On March 24, 2020, the Board unanimously approved the suspension of (i) the payment of distributions to the Company’s stockholders, effective immediately, and (ii) the operation of the DRP, effective as of April 6, 2020, due to the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having and is expected to continue to have in the Company’s hotel properties. The payment of distributions and the operation of the DRP will remain suspended until such time as the Board approves their resumption.

The following table summarizes distributions paid in cash and pursuant to the DRP for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

Period	Cash Distribution		Distribution Paid Pursuant to DRP(1)		Total Amount of Distribution
First Quarter 2020	$	4,404	$	1,392	$	5,796
Second Quarter 2020		—		—		—
Third Quarter 2020		—		—		—
Total	$	4,404	$	1,392	$	5,796
First Quarter 2019	$	3,517	$	1,121	$	4,638
Second Quarter 2019		3,858		1,228		5,086
Third Quarter 2019		4,097		1,302		5,399
Total	$	11,472	$	3,651	$	15,123

(1) Amount of distributions paid in shares of common stock pursuant to the DRP.

Noncontrolling Interest in Operating Partnership

Noncontrolling interest in the OP at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was $3.6 million and $4.3 million, respectively, which represented 316,037 common units in the OP issued in connection with the acquisition of the Springhill Suites Seattle and the Partnership Merger, and is reported in equity in the consolidated balance sheets. Loss from the OP attributable to these noncontrolling interests was $206,000 and $63,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and was $641,000 and $225,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

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7. Related Party Arrangements

Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor and certain affiliates of Advisor receive fees and compensation in connection with the Company’s public offering and the acquisition, management and sale of the Company’s real estate investments. In addition, in exchange for $1,000 and in consideration of services to be provided by the Advisor, the OP issued an affiliate of the Advisor, Moody LPOP II, a separate, special limited partnership interest, in the form of Special Limited Partnership Interests. For further detail, please see Note 9, “Subordinated Participation Interest.”

Sales Commissions and Dealer Manager Fees

From January 1, 2017 through June 12, 2017, the Company paid Moody Securities an up-front selling commission of up to 7.0% of the gross proceeds of what are now the Class A Shares sold in the primary offering and a dealer manager fee of up to 3.0% of the gross proceeds of what are now the Class A Shares sold in the primary offering. Beginning on June 12, 2017, the Company reallocated its common shares into four separate share classes, Class A Shares, Class T Shares, Class I Shares and Class D Shares, with the differing fees for each class of shares.

Beginning January 16, 2018, the Advisor assumed responsibility for the payment of all selling commissions, dealer manager fees and stockholder servicing fees paid in connection with the Company’s public offering; provided, however, that the Advisor intends to recoup the funding of such amounts through the Contingent Advisor Payment (described below). In connection with the implementation of the Contingent Advisor Payment, the Company reduced the up-front selling commission paid with respect to the Class A Shares from up to 7.0% to up to 6.0% of the gross proceeds of the Class A Shares sold in the primary offering and reduced the dealer manager fee paid with respect to the Class A Shares from up to 3.0% to up to 2.5%. of the gross proceeds of the Class A Shares sold in the primary offering. As of September 30, 2020, Advisor had paid Moody Securities $9.7 million in selling commissions, trailing stockholder servicing fees, and dealer manager fees related to the Company’s public offering, of which $8.5 million could potentially be recouped by the Advisor at a later date through the Contingent Advisor Payment.

Organization and Offering Expenses

The Advisor will receive reimbursement for organizational and offering expenses incurred on the Company’s behalf, but only to the extent that such reimbursements do not exceed actual expenses incurred by Advisor and do not cause the cumulative selling commissions, dealer manager fees, stockholder servicing fees and other organization and offering expenses borne by the Company to exceed 15.0% of gross offering proceeds from the sale of shares in the Company’s follow-on offering as of the date of reimbursement.

As of September 30, 2020, total offering costs for the initial public offering and the follow-on offering were $21.1 million, comprised of $12.3 million of offering costs incurred directly by the Company and $8.8 million in offering costs incurred by and reimbursable to the Advisor. As of September 30, 2020, total offering costs for the initial public offering were $18.4 million, comprised of $12.3 million of offering costs incurred directly by the Company and $6.1 million in offering costs incurred by and reimbursable to the Advisor. As of September 30, 2020, total offering costs for the follow-on offering were $2.7 million, comprised of $0 of offering costs incurred directly by the Company and $2.7 million in offering costs incurred by and reimbursable to the Advisor. As of September 30, 2020, the Company had $141,000 due to the Advisor for reimbursable offering costs.

Acquisition Fees

As of January 16, 2018, the Advisor assumed responsibility for the payment of all selling commissions, dealer manager fees and stockholder servicing fees in connection with the Company’s public offering. In connection therewith, as of January 16, 2018, the acquisition fee payable to the Advisor was increased from 1.5% to up to a maximum of 3.85% of (1) the cost of all investments the Company acquires (including the Company’s pro rata share of any indebtedness assumed or incurred in respect of the investment and exclusive of acquisition and financing coordination fees), (2) the Company’s allocable cost of investments acquired in a joint venture (including the Company’s pro rata share of the purchase price and the Company’s pro rata share of any indebtedness assumed or incurred in respect of that investment and exclusive of acquisition fees and financing coordination fees) or (3) the amount funded by the Company to acquire or originate a loan or other investment, including mortgage, mezzanine or bridge loans (including any third-party expenses related to such investment and exclusive of acquisition fees and financing coordination fees). The up to 3.85% acquisition fee consists of (i) a 1.5% base acquisition fee and (ii) up to an additional 2.35% contingent acquisition fee (the “Contingent Advisor Payment”). The 1.5% base acquisition fee will always be payable upon the acquisition of an investment by the Company, unless the receipt thereof is waived by the Advisor. The amount of the Contingent Advisor Payment to be paid in connection with the closing of an acquisition will be reviewed on an acquisition-by-acquisition basis and such payment shall not exceed the then-outstanding amounts paid by the Advisor for dealer manager fees, selling commissions or stockholder servicing fees at the time of such closing. For purposes of determining the amount of Contingent Advisor Payment payable, the amounts paid by the Advisor for dealer manager fees, selling commissions or stockholder servicing fees and considered “outstanding” will be reduced by the amount of the Contingent Advisor Payment previously paid and taking into account the amount of the Contingent Advisor Holdback. The Advisor may waive or defer all or a portion of the acquisition fee at any time and from time to time, in the Advisor’s sole discretion. For the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company incurred acquisition fees of $0. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company incurred acquisition fees of $0 and $2.2 million, respectively.

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Reimbursement of Acquisition Expenses

The Advisor may also be reimbursed by the Company for actual expenses related to the evaluation, selection and acquisition of real estate investments, regardless of whether the Company actually acquires the related assets. The Company did not reimburse the Advisor for any acquisition expenses during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.

Financing Coordination Fee

The Advisor also receives financing coordination fees of 1% of the amount available under any loan or line of credit made available to the Company and 0.75% of the amount available or outstanding under any refinanced loan or line of credit. The Advisor will pay some or all of these fees to third parties with whom it subcontracts to coordinate financing for the Company. The Company did not incur any financing coordination fees payable to the Advisor during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.

Property Management Fee

The Company pays Moody National Hospitality Management, LLC (“Property Manager”) a monthly hotel management fee equal to 4.0% of the monthly gross operating revenues from the properties managed by Property Manager for services it provides in connection with operating and managing properties. The hotel management agreements between the Company and the Property Manager generally have initial terms of ten years. Property Manager may pay some or all of the compensation it receives from the Company to a third-party property manager for management or leasing services. In the event that the Company contracts directly with a non-affiliated third-party property manager, the Company will pay Property Manager a market-based oversight fee. The Company will reimburse the costs and expenses incurred by Property Manager on the Company’s behalf, including legal, travel and other out-of-pocket expenses that are directly related to the management of specific properties, but the Company will not reimburse Property Manager for general overhead costs or personnel costs other than employees or subcontractors who are engaged in the on-site operation, management, maintenance or access control of the properties. For the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company paid the Property Manager property management fees of $943,000 and $910,000, respectively, and accounting fees of $112,000 and $112,000, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company paid the Property Manager property management fees of $2.4 million and $2.6 million, respectively, and accounting fees of $337,000 and $325,000, respectively, which are included in hotel operating expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

The Company pays an annual incentive fee to Property Manager. Such annual incentive fee is equal to 15% of the amount by which the operating profit from the properties managed by Property Manager for such fiscal year (or partial fiscal year) exceeds 8.5% of the total investment of such properties. Property Manager may pay some or all of this annual incentive fee to third-party sub-property managers for management services. For purposes of this annual incentive fee, “total investment” means the sum of (i) the price paid to acquire a property, including closing costs, conversion costs, and transaction costs; (ii) additional invested capital and (iii) any other costs paid in connection with the acquisition of the property, whether incurred pre- or post-acquisition. As of September 30, 2020, the Company had not paid any annual incentive fees to Property Manager.

Asset Management Fee

The Company pays the Advisor a monthly asset management fee of one-twelfth of 1.0% of the cost of investment of all real estate investments the Company acquires. For the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company incurred asset management fees of $1.2 million payable to Advisor, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company incurred asset management fees of $3.6 million and $3.4 million, respectively, payable to Advisor, which are recorded in corporate general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Disposition Fee

The Company also pays the Advisor or its affiliates a disposition fee in an amount of up to one-half of the brokerage commission paid on the sale of an asset, but in no event greater than 3% of the contract sales price of each property or other investment sold; provided, however, in no event may the aggregate disposition fees paid to the Advisor and any real estate commissions paid to unaffiliated third parties exceed 6% of the contract sales price. As of September 30, 2020, the Company had not incurred any disposition fees payable to the Advisor.

Operating Expense Reimbursement

The Company will reimburse the Advisor for all expenses paid or incurred by the Advisor in connection with the services provided to the Company, subject to the limitation that the Company will not reimburse the Advisor for any amount by which the Company’s aggregate operating expenses (including the asset management fee payable to the Advisor) at the end of the four preceding fiscal quarters exceeds the greater of: (1) 2% of the Company’s average invested assets, or (2) 25% of the Company’s net income determined without reduction for any additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of the Company’s assets for that period (the “2%/25% Limitation”). Notwithstanding the above, the Company may reimburse the Advisor for expenses in excess of the 2%/25% Limitation if a majority of the Company’s independent directors determines that such excess expenses are justified based on unusual and non-recurring factors. For the four fiscal quarters ended September 30, 2020, total operating expenses of the Company were $6.7 million, which included $5.3 million in operating expenses incurred directly by the Company and $1.4 million incurred by the Advisor on behalf of the Company. Of the $6.7 million in total operating expenses incurred during the four fiscal quarters ended September 30, 2020, $0 exceeded the 2%/25% Limitation. The Company reimbursed the Advisor $1.2 million during the four fiscal quarters ended September 30, 2020. As of September 30, 2020, the Company had $494,000 due to the Advisor for operating expense reimbursement.

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8. Incentive Award Plan

The Company has adopted an incentive plan (the “Incentive Award Plan”) that provides for the grant of equity awards to its employees, directors and consultants and those of the Company’s affiliates. The Incentive Award Plan authorizes the grant of non-qualified and incentive stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, dividend equivalents and other stock-based awards or cash-based awards. Shares of common stock will be authorized and reserved for issuance under the Incentive Award Plan. The Company has also adopted an independent directors compensation plan (the “Independent Directors Compensation Plan”) pursuant to which each of the Company’s independent directors was entitled, subject to the Independent Directors Compensation Plan’s conditions and restrictions, to receive an initial grant of 5,000 shares of restricted stock when the Company raised the minimum offering amount of $2,000,000 in the Company’s initial public offering. Each new independent director who subsequently joins the Board will receive a grant of 5,000 shares of restricted stock upon his or her election to the Board. In addition, on the date of each of the first four annual meetings of the Company’s stockholders at which an independent director is re-elected to the Board, he or she will receive an additional grant of 2,500 shares of restricted stock. Subject to certain conditions, the non-vested shares of restricted stock granted pursuant to the Independent Directors Compensation Plan will vest and become non-forfeitable in four equal quarterly installments beginning on the first day of the first quarter following the date of grant; provided, however, that the restricted stock will become fully vested on the earlier to occur of (1) the termination of the independent director’s service as a director due to his or her death or disability or (2) a change in control of the Company. As of September 30, 2020, there were 1,945,000 common shares remaining available for future issuance under the Incentive Award Plan and the Independent Directors Compensation Plan.

The Company recorded compensation expense related to such shares of restricted stock of $1,000 and $41,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $129,000 and $171,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. As of September 30, 2020, there were no non-vested shares of restricted common stock granted pursuant to the Independent Directors Compensation Plan and no remaining unrecognized compensation expense associated with non-vested shares.

The following is a summary of activity under the Independent Directors Compensation Plan for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and year ended December 31, 2019:

	Number of Shares			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Balance of non-vested shares as of December 31, 2018		7,500		$	23.19
Shares granted on August 5, 2019		10,000		$	23.32
Shares vested		(10,000	)	$	23.22
Balance of non-vested shares as of December 31, 2019		7,500		$	23.32
Shares vested		(7,500	)	$	23.32
Balance of non-vested shares as of September 30, 2020		0		$	0.00

9. Subordinated Participation Interest

Pursuant to the limited partnership agreement for the OP, Moody LPOP II, the holder of the Special Limited Partnership Interests, is entitled to receive distributions equal to 15.0% of the OP’s net cash flows, whether from continuing operations, the repayment of loans, the disposition of assets or otherwise, but only after the Company’s stockholders (and current and future limited partnership interest holders of the OP other than the former limited partners of Moody I OP) have received, in the aggregate, cumulative distributions equal to their total invested capital plus a 6.0% cumulative, non-compounded annual pre-tax return on such aggregated invested capital. Former limited partners of Moody I OP must have received a cumulative annual return of 8.0%, which is equal to the same return to which such holders were entitled before distributions to the special limited partner of Moody I OP could have been paid under the limited partnership agreement of Moody I OP. In addition, Moody LPOP II is entitled to a separate payment if it redeems its Special Limited Partnership Interests. The Special Limited Partnership Interests may be redeemed upon: (1) the listing of the Company’s common stock on a national securities exchange or (2) the occurrence of certain events that result in the termination or non-renewal of the Advisory Agreement, in each case for an amount that Moody LPOP II would have been entitled to receive had the OP disposed of all of its assets at the enterprise valuation as of the date of the event triggering the redemption.

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10. Commitments and Contingencies

Restricted Cash

Under certain management and debt agreements existing at September 30, 2020, the Company escrows payments required for property improvement plans, real estate taxes, replacement of hotel furniture and fixtures, debt service and rent holdback. The composition of the Company’s restricted cash as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 are as follows (in thousands):

	September 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Property improvement plan	$	158	$	190
Real estate taxes		1,674		3,040
Insurance		121		235
Hotel furniture and fixtures		1,927		3,283
Debt service		1,073		939
Seasonality		317		888
Rent holdback		15		15
Immediate repairs		—		55
Total restricted cash	$	5,285	$	8,645

Franchise Agreements

As of September 30, 2020, all of the Company’s hotel properties, including those acquired as part of the Moody I Portfolio, are operated under franchise agreements with initial terms ranging from 10 to 20 years. The franchise agreements allow the properties to operate under the franchisor’s brand. Pursuant to the franchise agreements, the Company pays a royalty fee generally between 2.5% and 6.0% of room revenue, plus additional fees for marketing, central reservation systems and other franchisor costs that amount to between 1.5% and 4.3% of room revenue. The Company incurred franchise fee expense of approximately $804,000 and $2.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $2.7 million and $5.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, which amounts are included in hotel operating expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

11. Income Taxes

The Company has formed a TRS that is treated as a C-corporation for federal income tax purposes and uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Tax return positions are recognized in the consolidated financial statements when they are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained upon examination by the taxing authority. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities result from temporary differences. Temporary differences are differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements that will result in taxable or deductible amounts in future periods. A valuation allowance may be placed on deferred income tax assets, if it is determined that it is more likely than not that a deferred tax asset may not be realized.

As of September 30, 2020, the Company had operating loss carry-forwards of $6.0 million.

The Company had deferred tax assets of $2.3 million as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, net of a valuation allowance of $8.2 million and $3.3 million as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, related to net operating loss carry forwards of the TRS which are included in prepaid expenses and other assets on the consolidated balance sheets. As of September 30, 2020, the TRS had a net operating loss carry-forward of $26.8 million, of which $7.3 million was transferred from Moody I’s taxable REIT subsidiaries when they were merged into the Company’s TRS on the date of the closing of the Mergers.

The income tax expense (benefit) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Three months ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Current expense	$	28		$	60		$	65		$	156
Deferred benefit		(1,747	)		(488	)		(4,851	)		(1,314	)
Valuation provision for deferred benefit		1,747			488			4,851			1,314
Total expense	$	28		$	60		$	65		$	156
Federal	$	(1,747	)	$	(488	)	$	(4,851	)	$	(1,314	)
Valuation provision for federal taxes		1,747			488			4,851			1,314
State		28			60			65			156
Total tax expense	$	28		$	60		$	65		$	156

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On September 30, 2020, the Company had net deferred tax assets of $2.3 million primarily due to past years’ federal and state tax operating losses of the TRS. These loss carryforwards will generally expire in 2033 through 2038 if not utilized by then. The Company analyzes state loss carryforwards on a state by state basis and records a valuation allowance when management deems it more likely than not that future results will not generate sufficient taxable income in the respective state to realize the deferred tax asset prior to the expiration of the loss carryforwards. Management believes that it is more likely than not that the results of future operations of the TRS will generate sufficient taxable income to realize the deferred tax assets, in excess of the valuation allowance, related to federal and state loss carryforwards prior to the expiration of the loss carryforwards and has determined that no valuation allowance is necessary. From time to time, the Company may be subjected to federal, state or local tax audits in the normal course of business.

12. Subsequent Events

The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and is expected to continue to have, a significant adverse effect on the operating results of the Company’s hotel properties and overall financial condition. See Note 1, “Organization.” 

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ITEM 2.         MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Moody National REIT II, Inc. and the notes thereto. As used herein, the terms “we,” “our,” “us” and “our company” refer to Moody National REIT II, Inc. and, as required by context, Moody National Operating Partnership II, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, which we refer to as our “operating partnership,” and to their respective subsidiaries. References to “shares” and “our common stock” refer to the shares of our common stock.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements included in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, or this Quarterly Report, that are not historical facts (including any statements concerning investment objectives, other plans and objectives of management for future operations or economic performance, or assumptions or forecasts related thereto) are 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. These statements are only predictions. We caution that forward-looking statements are not guarantees. Actual events or our investments and results of operations could differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by the use of terms such as “may,” “should,” “expect,” “could,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “continue,” “predict,” “potential” or the negative of such terms and other comparable terms.

The forward-looking statements included herein are based upon our current expectations, plans, estimates, assumptions and beliefs, which involve numerous risks and uncertainties. Assumptions relating to the foregoing involve judgments with respect to, among other things, future economic, competitive and market conditions and future business decisions, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of which are beyond our control. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, our actual results and performance could differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could have a material adverse effect on our operations and future prospects include, but are not limited to:

● whether we will be able to resume raising capital pursuant to public or private offerings of our securities;

● the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the hospitality industry and our hotel properties, including but not limited to reduced business and leisure travel due to travel-related health concerns and measures taken to contain the pandemic or mitigate its impact;

● our ability to effectively deploy the remaining proceeds previously raised in our suspended public offering;

● our ability to obtain financing on acceptable terms, satisfy our existing debt service obligations and negotiate modifications to the terms of our existing financing arrangements to the extent necessary;

● our ability to identify and acquire real estate and real estate-related assets on terms that are favorable to us;

● risks inherent in the real estate business, including the lack of liquidity for real estate and real estate-related assets on terms that are favorable to us;

● our ability to compete in the hotel industry;

● adverse developments affecting our sponsor and its affiliates;

● the availability of cash flow from operating activities for distributions;

● changes in economic conditions generally and the real estate and debt markets specifically;

● conflicts of interest arising out of our relationship with our advisor and its affiliates;

● legislative or regulatory changes, including changes to the laws governing the taxation of real estate investment trusts;

● the availability of capital; and

● changes in interest rates.

Any of the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements included herein could be inaccurate, and undue reliance should not be placed upon any forward-looking statements included herein. All forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this Quarterly Report and the risk that actual results will differ materially from the expectations expressed herein will increase with the passage of time. Except as otherwise required by the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements made after the date of this Quarterly Report, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or any other reason. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included in this Quarterly Report, including, without limitation, the risks described under “Risk Factors,” the inclusion of such forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that the objectives and plans set forth in this Quarterly Report will be achieved.

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Overview

We are a Maryland corporation formed on July 25, 2014 to invest in a portfolio of select-service hospitality properties with premier brands including, but not limited to, Marriott, Hilton and Hyatt. We have elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Internal Revenue Code, beginning with our taxable year ended December 31, 2016. We own, and in the future intend to own, substantially all of our assets and conduct our operations through Moody National Operating Partnership II, LP, or our operating partnership. We are the sole general partner of our operating partnership, and the initial limited partners of our operating partnership were our subsidiary, Moody OP Holdings II, LLC, or Moody Holdings II, and Moody National LPOP II, LLC, or Moody LPOP II, an affiliate of our advisor (as defined below). Moody Holdings II invested $1,000 in our operating partnership in exchange for limited partnership interests in our operating partnership, and Moody LPOP II invested $1,000 in our operating partnership in exchange for special limited partnership interests in our operating partnership. As we accept subscriptions for sales of shares of our common stock, we transfer substantially all of the net proceeds from such sales to our operating partnership in exchange for limited partnership interests and our percentage ownership in our operating partnership increases proportionally.

We are externally managed by Moody National Advisor II, LLC, a related party, which we refer to as our advisor, pursuant to an advisory agreement among us, our operating partnership and our advisor, or the advisory agreement. Our advisor was formed in July 2014. Moody National REIT Sponsor, LLC, which we refer to as our sponsor, is owned and managed by Brett C. Moody, who also serves as our Chief Executive Officer and President and the Chief Executive Officer and President of our advisor.

On January 20, 2015, we commenced our initial public offering of up to $1.1 billion in shares of common stock, consisting of up to $1.0 billion in shares of our common stock offered to the public and up to $100 million in shares offered to our stockholders pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan, or the DRP. On June 26, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, declared effective a post-effective amendment to our registration statement which reallocated the shares of our common stock being sold in our initial public offering as Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share, or the Class A Shares, Class I common stock, $0.01 par value per share, or the Class I Shares, and Class T common stock, $0.01 par value per share, or the Class T Shares. We collectively refer to the Class A Shares, Class I Shares and Class T Shares as our “shares.” Effective July 19, 2018, the SEC declared effective our registration statement (Registration No. 333-222610) and we commenced our follow-on public offering of up to $990 million in any combination of the three classes of our shares, consisting of up to $895 million in shares of our common stock offered to the public, which we refer to as the “primary offering,” and up to $95 million in shares of our common stock offered to our stockholders pursuant to the DRP.

Effective January 16, 2018, our advisor assumed responsibility for the payment of all selling commissions, dealer manager fees and stockholder servicing fees paid in connection with our public offering; provided, however, that our advisor intends to recoup the selling commissions, dealer manager fees and stockholder servicing fees that it funded through receipt of an increased acquisition fee (as discussed in Note 7, “Related Party Agreements-Acquisition Fees,” in the accompanying consolidated financial statements).

On March 24, 2020, our board of directors determined an estimated net asset value, or NAV, per share of all classes of our common stock as of December 31, 2019 of $23.50.

As discussed below, on March 24, 2020, our board of directors approved the indefinite suspension of the sale of shares of our common stock in our public offering, effective as of March 25, 2020. As of September 30, 2020, we had accepted investors’ subscriptions for and issued an aggregate of 10.2 million shares in our initial public offering and our follow-on offering, excluding shares issued in connection with the Mergers (as defined below) and including 567,000 shares pursuant to the DRP, resulting in aggregate gross offering proceeds of $234.6 million. As of September 30, 2020, we had accepted investors’ subscriptions for and issued 4.1 million shares in the follow-on offering, including 352,000 shares pursuant to the DRP, resulting in gross offering proceeds of $87.2 million for the follow-on offering. As of September 30, 2020, $894.7 million in shares of our stock remained registered and unsold in our public offering. We cannot predict if, or when, we will be able to resume the sale of our common stock in a public offering.

Moody Securities, LLC, an affiliate of our advisor, which we refer to as the “dealer manager” or “Moody Securities,” served as our dealer manager for our public offerings and was responsible for the distribution of our common stock in our public offerings.

As of September 30, 2020, our portfolio consisted of (1) ownership interests in fifteen hotel properties located in six states, comprising a total of 2,123 rooms and (2) a portfolio of marketable securities valued at $2.3 million.

Our principal executive offices are located at 6363 Woodway Drive, Suite 110, Houston, Texas 77057, and our main telephone number is (713) 977-7500.

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COVID-19 Pandemic

The global pandemic of a novel strain of coronavirus which causes the disease known as COVID-19 has had, and is expected to continue to have, a significant adverse effect on our financial condition and operating results.

Since its discovery in December 2019, COVID-19 has spread from China to almost every other country, including the United States. The spread of COVID-19 has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization and in the United States the Health and Human Services Secretary has declared a public health emergency and the President has declared a national emergency in response to the pandemic. The pandemic has triggered a period of global economic slowdown and is expected to continue to have an adverse impact on economic and market conditions.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and is expected to continue to have, a significant adverse effect on the operating results of our hotel properties, which depend primarily upon revenues driven by business and leisure travel. A number of measures taken by governmental entities and employers intended to slow the transmission of COVID-19 have dramatically reduced business and leisure travel, and a result the demand for rooms at our hotel properties, including (i) restrictions on travel and public gatherings, quarantines and shelter-at-home orders, (ii) the postponement or cancellation of conventions, festivals, sporting events and other public events, (iii) the closure of amusement parks, museums, retail centers and other tourist attractions, and (iv) the closure of colleges and universities. These measures may be in place for a considerable period of time, and additional, more restrictive measures may be implemented in the future. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, we had not ceased operations at any of our hotel properties. However, during the quarter ended September 30, 2020, our hotel properties experienced a significant decline in bookings and occupancy, resulting in a significant decrease in revenues as compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2019. We expect that the reduction in travel in response to the pandemic will continue to result in reduced bookings and occupancy at our hotel properties at least for the near term, as compared to pre-pandemic levels. The decline in demand for rooms at our hotel properties may ultimately require us to close, or allow our lenders to foreclose on, one or more hotel properties. If operations at any of our hotel properties are suspended, we cannot give any assurance as to when operations at such hotel properties will resume at a full or reduced level.

Each of our hotel properties is subject to a mortgage loan secured by our ownership interest in the property. If we are unable to service the mortgage loan secured by a hotel property due to decreased revenues generated by such property, the lender with respect to such mortgage loan may initiate foreclosure procedures with respect to the property or initiate other available remedies. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, we are not current with respect to the payments due under the mortgage loans secured by our hotel properties and are engaged in discussions regarding modification of the terms of such mortgage loans with the lenders. As discussed in Note 5, “Debt,” to the consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report, certain of our lenders have already agreed to limited loan modifications, including temporary deferrals of interest and principal payments. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, no lenders have accelerated the maturity of any of the loans secured by our properties or initiated foreclosure procedures with respect to any of our properties.

In accordance with local government recommendations and guidance, many of the employees of our advisor have been working remotely since March 2020. Although our advisor has implemented protocols for remote work and is leveraging technology to ensure that its employees remain connected and productive, there can be no guarantee that such work conditions will not have an adverse impact on the ability of our advisor to effectively perform its duties.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a continually evolving situation that presents significant uncertainty and risk with respect to our financial condition and results of operations. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a material adverse impact on our financial condition, and such adverse impact may continue well beyond the effective containment or mitigation of the pandemic, including beyond the development and distribution of vaccines and additional therapeutic treatments. The full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts our financial condition and results of operations will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain, including the continued severity and duration of the pandemic, the cities and geographic regions most severely impacted by the pandemic, the extent and effectiveness of the measures taken on an international, national and local level to mitigate the pandemic’s impact, and the response of the overall economy as the effects of the pandemic abate. As a result, we cannot estimate with reasonable certainty the impact of the pandemic on our near- or longer-term financial or operational results, or when, if ever, we will be able to resume pre-pandemic levels of operations.

On March 24, 2020, in response to the pandemic, our board of directors approved the indefinite suspension of (i) the sale of shares of our common stock in our continuous public offering, effective as of March 25, 2020, (ii) the payment of all distributions to our stockholders, effective immediately, (iii) the operation of our DRP, effective as of April 6, 2020, and (iv) the operation of our share repurchase program, effective as of April 6, 2020. Our board of directors based its determination to suspend the sale of shares of our common stock in our public offering, the payment of distributions and the operation of our DRP and share repurchase program on (1) the diminished demand for rooms across the hotel sector, which is expected to continue to adversely affect bookings and occupancy levels at our hotel properties, stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) our current and anticipated financial condition and capital needs. Our board of directors and our management continue to evaluate our financial condition and the overall economic environment to determine if and when we will seek to resume raising capital, resume the payment of distributions and reinstate our DRP and share repurchase program. However, it is impossible to predict if or when we will be able to take any or all of such actions or return to normal operations.

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Merger with Moody National REIT I, Inc.

On September 27, 2017, the merger of Moody National REIT I, Inc., or Moody I, with and into our company, or the Merger, and the merger of Moody National Operating Partnership I, L.P., the operating partnership of Moody I, or Moody I OP, with and into our operating partnership, or the Partnership Merger, were completed. We refer to the Merger and the Partnership Merger herein as the “Mergers.” For additional discussion of the Mergers, see Part I., Item 1. “Business—Merger with Moody National REIT I, Inc.” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2020, and the notes to the consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report.

Factors Which May Influence Results of Operations

Economic Conditions Affecting Our Target Portfolio

Adverse economic conditions affecting the hospitality sector, the geographic regions in which we plan to invest or the real estate market generally may have a material impact on our capital resources and the revenue or income to be derived from the operation of our hospitality investments. As discussed above, the COVID-19 pandemic has had, and is expected to continue to have, a significant adverse effect on the operating results of our hotel properties.

Offering Proceeds

Our ability to make investments depends upon the net proceeds raised in our public offerings and our ability to finance the acquisition of our investments. As discussed above, on March 24, 2020 our board of directors approved the indefinite suspension of the sale of shares of our common stock in our public offering, effective as of March 25, 2020. Our ability to continue to acquire target assets, satisfy our debt service obligations and pay other operating expenses will be adversely impacted until such time as we resume raising capital. If we are not able to resume raising capital, we will make fewer investments resulting in relatively less portfolio diversification and sources of income, and the likelihood of our profitability being affected by the performance of any one of our investments will increase. In addition, if we are unable to resume raising capital, our fixed operating expenses as a percentage of gross income will be relatively higher than if we do not resume raising capital, which could affect our net income and results of operations. We cannot predict if or when we will be able to resume raising capital in a public offering or that we will identify other means of raising significant additional capital.

Results of Operations

We were formed on July 25, 2014. As of September 30, 2020, we owned (1) interests in fifteen hotel properties located in nine states, comprising a total of 2,123 rooms and (2) investments in marketable securities valued at $2.3 million. As of September 30, 2019, we owned (1) interests in fifteen hotel properties located in nine states, comprising a total of 2,123 rooms and (2) investments in marketable securities valued at $3.2 million. In general, we expect that our income and expenses related to our investment portfolio will increase in future periods as a result of recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Comparison of the three months ended September 30, 2020 versus the three months ended September 30, 2019

Revenue 

Total revenue decreased to $9.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 from $22.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019. Hotel revenue decreased to $9.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 from $22.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019 due to decreased hotel occupancies primarily resulting from a reduction in travel in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Interest and dividend income decreased to $3,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 from $101,000 for three months ended September 30, 2019 due to the repayment of the note receivable from related party during the second quarter of 2019.

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A comparison of hotel revenues for the hotels owned continuously for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 follows (all amounts in thousands):

	Three months ended September 30,				Increase
	2020		2019		(Decrease)
Residence Inn Austin	$	727	$	1,244	$	(517	)
Springhill Suites Seattle		819		3,857		(3,038	)
Homewood Suites Woodlands		412		765		(353	)
Hyatt Place Germantown		706		1,032		(326	)
Hyatt Place North Charleston		347		883		(536	)
Hampton Inn Austin		235		984		(749	)
Residence Inn Grapevine		629		1,715		(1,086	)
Marriott Courtyard Lyndhurst		581		2,399		(1,818	)
Hilton Garden Inn Austin		300		1,206		(906	)
Hampton Inn Great Valley		375		977		(602	)
Embassy Suites Nashville		799		3,462		(2,663	)
Homewood Suites Austin		700		1,073		(373	)
Townplace Suites Fort Worth		602		794		(192	)
Hampton Inn Houston		235		542		(307	)
Residence Inn Houston Medical Center		1,709		1,820		(111	)
	$	9,176	$	22,753	$	(13,577	)

Revenues for all hotel properties decreased for the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019 primarily due to decreased hotel occupancies primarily resulting from a reduction in travel in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hotel Operating Expenses

Hotel operating expenses decreased to $7.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 from $14.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019. Such decrease was primarily due to decreased occupancies for the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019 primarily resulting from a reduction in travel in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Property Taxes, Insurance and Other

Property taxes, insurance and other expenses decreased to $1.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 from $1.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019. The decrease in property taxes, insurance and other expenses was primarily due to the fact was due to reductions in certain state and local property taxes.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization increased to $3.9 million, for the three months ended September 30, 2020 from $3.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019. The increase in depreciation and amortization was primarily due to depreciation of improvements and additions to hotel properties made during the year ended September 30, 2020.

Acquisition Expenses

Acquisition expenses were $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.

Corporate General and Administrative Expenses

Corporate general and administrative expenses were $1.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and $1.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019. These general and administrative expenses consisted primarily of asset management fees, professional fees, restricted stock compensation and directors’ fees.

Interest Expense and Amortization of Debt issuance Costs

Interest expense and amortization of debt issuance costs decreased to $3.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 from $3.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019. In future periods our interest expense will vary based on the amount of our borrowings, which will depend on the availability and cost of borrowings and our ability to identify and acquire real estate and real estate-related assets that meet our investment objectives.

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Gain (loss) on Sale of Marketable Securities

Gain or loss on sale of marketable securities was $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.

Unrealized Loss on Change in Fair Value of Investment in Marketable Securities

Unrealized loss on change in fair value of investment in marketable securities increased to $205,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 from $24,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2019. Such unrealized loss was due to a decrease in the value of our marketable securities.

Income Tax Expense

Our income tax expense decreased to $28,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 from $60,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2019 due to a decrease in taxable income of the TRS for the three months ended September 30, 2020 from the three months ended September 30, 2019.

Comparison of the nine months ended September 30, 2020 versus the nine months ended September 30, 2019

Revenue

Total revenue decreased to $30.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 from $64.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Hotel revenue decreased to $30.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 from $64.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 due to decreased hotel occupancies primarily resulting from a reduction in travel in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Interest and dividend income decreased to $10,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 from $554,000 for nine months ended September 30, 2019 due to the repayment of the note receivable from related party during the second quarter of 2019.

The table below sets forth a comparison of hotel revenues for the hotels we owned continuously for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (all amounts in thousands):

	Nine months ended September 30,				Increase
	2020		2019		(Decrease)
Residence Inn Austin	$	2,060	$	3,879	$	(1,819	)
Springhill Suites Seattle		2,654		9,031		(6,377	)
Homewood Suites Woodlands		1,288		2,304		(1,016	)
Hyatt Place Germantown		1,799		2,872		(1,073	)
Hyatt Place North Charleston		1,148		2,734		(1,586	)
Hampton Inn Austin		1,302		3,435		(2,133	)
Residence Inn Grapevine		2,649		5,184		(2,535	)
Marriott Courtyard Lyndhurst		2,266		6,767		(4,501	)
Hilton Garden Inn Austin		1,580		4,151		(2,571	)
Hampton Inn Great Valley		1,258		2,826		(1,568	)
Embassy Suites Nashville		3,697		10,639		(6,942	)
Homewood Suites Austin		2,117		3,350		(1,233	)
Townplace Suites Fort Worth		1,765		2,331		(566	)
Hampton Inn Houston		927		1,704		(777	)
	$	26,510	$	61,207	$	(34,697	)

Revenues for all hotel properties decreased for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019 primarily due to decreased hotel occupancies primarily resulting from a reduction in travel in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hotel Operating Expenses

Hotel operating expenses decreased to $25.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 from $41.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Such decrease was primarily due to decreased occupancies for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019 primarily resulting from a reduction in travel in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Property Taxes, Insurance and Other

Property taxes, insurance and other expenses increased to $5.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 from $4.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The increase in property taxes, insurance and other expenses was primarily due to the fact that we owned fifteen hotel properties for the entire nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to owning fewer than fifteen hotel properties for the entire nine months ended September 30, 2019.

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Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization increased to $11.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 from $10.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The increase in depreciation and amortization was primarily due to the fact that we owned fifteen hotel properties for the entire nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to owning fewer than fifteen hotel properties for the entire nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Acquisition Expenses

Acquisition expenses decreased to $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 from $2.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 due to the fact that we acquired no properties during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the acquisition of the Residence Inn Houston Medical Center during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Corporate General and Administrative Expenses

Corporate general and administrative expenses were $5.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and $4.6 million for the nine ended September 30, 2019. These general and administrative expenses consisted primarily of asset management fees, professional fees, restricted stock compensation and directors’ fees.

Interest Expense and Amortization of Debt issuance Costs

Interest expense and amortization of debt issuance costs decreased to $9.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 from $9.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. In future periods our interest expense will vary based on the amount of our borrowings, which will depend on the availability and cost of borrowings and our ability to identify and acquire real estate and real estate-related assets that meet our investment objectives.

Gain (Loss) on Sale of Marketable Securities

Loss on sale of marketable securities was $440,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to a gain of $9,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Unrealized Loss on Change in Fair Value of Investment in Marketable Securities

Unrealized loss on change in fair value of investment in marketable securities increased to $2.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 from $57,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Such unrealized loss was due to a decrease in the value of our marketable securities.

Income Tax Expense

Our income tax expense decreased to $65,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 from $156,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 due to a decrease in taxable income of our TRS for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 from the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our principal demand for funds is for the acquisition of real estate assets, the payment of operating expenses, principal and interest payments on our outstanding indebtedness and the payment of distributions to our stockholders. To the extent that our operating results continue to be adversely impacted by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, our liquidity and capital resources will be adversely impacted. Proceeds from our public offering have historically supplied a significant portion of our available cash. However, our public offering has been indefinitely suspended effective as of March 25, 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our hotel properties and we cannot predict if or when we will be able to resume raising capital pursuant to a public offering of our securities. Our board of directors has also indefinitely suspended the payment of all distributions and the operation of our share repurchase program.

If we are able to resume raising capital pursuant to an offering of our securities, there may be a delay between the sale of our securities and our purchase of assets, which could result in a delay in the benefits to our stockholders, if any, of returns generated from our investment operations. Our advisor, subject to the oversight of our board, will evaluate potential acquisitions and will engage in negotiations with sellers and lenders on our behalf. If necessary, we may use financings or other sources of capital in the event of unforeseen significant capital expenditures.

We may, but are not required to, establish working capital reserves out of cash flow generated by our real estate assets or out of proceeds from the sale of our real estate assets. We do not anticipate establishing a general working capital reserve; however, we may establish working capital reserves with respect to particular investments. We also may, but are not required to, establish reserves out of cash flow generated by our real estate assets or out of net sale proceeds in non-liquidating sale transactions. Working capital reserves are typically used to fund tenant improvements, leasing commissions and major capital expenditures. We also escrow funds for property improvements. Our lenders also may require working capital reserves. Financing agreements that we enter into may also contain various customary covenants, including but not limited to financial covenants, covenants requiring monthly deposits in respect of certain property costs, covenants imposing restrictions on indebtedness and liens, and restrictions on investments and participation in other asset disposition, merger or business combination or dissolution transactions.

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To the extent that any working capital reserve we establish is insufficient to satisfy our cash requirements, additional funds may be provided from cash generated from operations, short-term borrowing, equity capital from joint venture partners, or the proceeds of public or private offerings of our shares or interests in our operating partnership. In addition, subject to certain limitations, we may incur indebtedness in connection with the acquisition of any real estate assets, refinance the debt thereon, arrange for the leveraging of any previously unfinanced property or reinvest the proceeds of financing or refinancing in additional properties. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain such capital or financing on favorable terms, if at all.

Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Operating Activities

As of September 30, 2020, we owned interests in fifteen hotel properties and an investment in marketable securities of approximately $2.3 million. As of September 30, 2019, we owned interests in fifteen hotel properties and an investment in marketable securities of approximately $3.2 million. Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $(4.7) million and $5.7 million respectively. The decrease in cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was primarily due to the fact we had a net operating loss of $28.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to a net operating loss of $8.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Net Cash Used in Investing Activities

Our cash used in investing activities will vary based on how quickly we invest the remaining net offering proceeds from our public offering. Net cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $1.1 million and $6.2 million, respectively. The decrease in cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was due to reductions in investment in marketable securities, proceeds from the sale of marketable securities and improvements and additions to hotel properties for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Net Cash Used in Financing Activities

For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, our cash flows from financing activities consisted primarily of proceeds from our public offering (prior to its indefinite suspension in March 2020), net of offering costs, distributions paid to our stockholders, and repayment of debt. Net cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $1.5 million and $3.0 million, respectively. The decrease in cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was primarily due to the fact that we raised gross offering proceeds of $10.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to $47.6 million in gross offering proceeds for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, and the fact that repayment of notes payable was $1.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to $41.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

As of September 30, 2020, we had cash on hand, cash equivalents and restricted cash of $8.7 million.

Debt

We use, and intend to use in the future, secured and unsecured debt as a means of providing additional funds for the acquisition of real property, and potentially for the acquisition of real estate-related securities. By operating on a leveraged basis, we expect that we will have more funds available for investments and will be able to make more investments than would otherwise be possible, which will potentially result in enhanced investment returns and a more diversified portfolio. However, our use of leverage increases the risk of default on loan payments and the resulting foreclosure on a particular asset. In addition, lenders may have recourse to assets other than those specifically securing the repayment of the indebtedness. When debt financing is unattractive due to high interest rates or other reasons, or when financing is otherwise unavailable on a timely basis, we may purchase certain assets for cash with the intention of obtaining debt financing at a later time.

Each of our hotel properties is subject to a mortgage loan secured by our ownership interest in the property. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a significant decline in the revenues generated by our hotel properties. If we are unable to service the mortgage loan secured by a hotel property due to such decreased revenues, the lender may initiate foreclosure procedures with respect to the property or initiate other available remedies. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, we were not current with respect to the payments due under the mortgage loans secured by our hotel properties and are engaged in discussions regarding modification of the terms of such mortgage loans with the lenders. As discussed in Note 5, “Debt,” to the consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report, certain of our lenders have already agreed to limited loan modifications, including temporary deferrals of interest and principal payments. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, no lenders have accelerated the maturity of any of the loans secured by our properties or initiated foreclosure procedures with respect to any of our properties.

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Note Payable to Related Party

On April 29, 2019, the acquisition date of the Residence Inn Houston Medical Center, our operating partnership issued a promissory note payable to the seller of the Residence Inn Houston Medical Center property in the original principal amount of $22.6 million, or the note payable to related party. The note payable to related party bore interest at a rate per annum equal to the lesser of the maximum rate permitted by applicable law and 3%. The maturity date of the note payable to related party was September 15, 2020. The entire outstanding principal balance of the note payable to related party, together with all accrued interest thereon and all other amounts payable under the note payable to related party, was paid in full during the six months ended June 30, 2020.

Aggregate Indebtedness

As of September 30, 2020, our outstanding indebtedness totaled $240.5 million, which amount includes the mortgage loans secured by each of our hotel properties (including debt associated with properties acquired in the Mergers). Our aggregate borrowings are reviewed by our board of directors at least quarterly. Under our charter, we are prohibited from borrowing in excess of 300% of the value of our net assets. “Net assets” for purposes of this calculation is defined to be our total assets (other than intangibles), valued at cost prior to deducting depreciation, reserves for bad debts and other non-cash reserves, less total liabilities. The preceding calculation is generally expected to approximate 75% of the aggregate cost of our assets before non-cash reserves and depreciation. However, we may temporarily borrow in excess of 300% of the value of our net assets if such excess is approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to our stockholders in our next quarterly report, along with an explanation for such excess. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, our debt levels did not exceed 300% of the value of our net assets.

For more information on our outstanding indebtedness, see Note 5, “Debt” to the consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report.

Contractual Commitments and Contingencies

The following is a summary of our contractual obligations as of September 30, 2020 (in thousands):

	Payments Due By Period
Contractual Obligations	Total		2020		2021-2022		2023-2024		Thereafter
Long-term debt obligations(1)	$	240,378	$	1,183	$	9,924	$	111,569	$	117,702
Interest payments on outstanding debt obligations(2)		48,823		2,817		22,074		18,615		5,317
Total	$	289,201	$	4,000	$	31,998	$	130,184	$	123,019

(1) Amounts include principal payments only.

(2) Projected interest payments are based on the outstanding principal amounts and weighted-average interest rates at September 30, 2020.

Organization and Offering Costs

Our organization and offering expenses may be incurred directly by us or may be incurred by our advisor on our behalf. Pursuant to the advisory agreement, we will reimburse our advisor for organizational and offering expenses associated with our public offerings incurred by our advisor on our behalf, provided that within 60 days of the last day of the month in which any public offering ends, our advisor is obligated to reimburse us to the extent that organization and offering costs we have incurred in connection with such public offering exceed 15% of the gross offering proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock in such offering. As of January 16, 2018, our advisor assumed responsibility for the payment of all selling commissions, dealer manager fees and stockholder servicing fees paid in connection with our public offering. We will not reimburse our advisor for the selling commissions and fees it paid on our behalf, however our advisor intends to recoup all or a portion of such amounts over time through receipt of the contingent advisor payment, as discussed in Note 7, “Related Party Arrangements” to the consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report.

As of September 30, 2020, total organization and offering expenses for our initial public offering and follow-on offering were $21.1 million, comprised of $12.3 million of expenses incurred directly by us and $8.8 million in expenses incurred by and reimbursable to our advisor (excluding the selling commissions, dealer manager fees and stockholder servicing fees paid on our behalf by our advisor effective as of January 16, 2018). Total organization and offering expenses for the initial public offering were $18.4 million, comprised of $12.3 million of expenses incurred directly by us and $6.1 million in expenses incurred by and reimbursable to our advisor (excluding the selling commissions, dealer manager fees and stockholder servicing fees paid on our behalf by our advisor). As of September 30, 2020, total organization and offering expenses for the follow-on offering were $2.7 million, comprised of $0 of expenses incurred directly by us and $2.7 million in expenses incurred by and reimbursable to our advisor (excluding the selling commissions, dealer manager fees and stockholder servicing fees paid on our behalf by our advisor). As of September 30, 2020, we had $141,000 due to our advisor for reimbursable offering costs.

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All offering costs, including selling commissions and dealer manager fees, are recorded as an offset to additional paid-in-capital, and all organization costs are recorded as an expense when we have an obligation to reimburse our advisor.

Operating Expenses

We will reimburse our advisor for all expenses paid or incurred by our advisor in connection with the services it provides to us, subject to the limitation that we will not reimburse our advisor for any amount by which our operating expenses (including the asset management fee we pay to our advisor) at the end of the four preceding fiscal quarters exceeds the greater of: (1) 2% of our average invested assets, or (2) 25% of our net income determined without reduction for any additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of our assets for that period, which we refer to as the “2%/25% Limitation.”  Notwithstanding the above, we may reimburse our advisor for expenses in excess of the 2%/25% Limitation if a majority of our independent directors determine that such excess expenses are justified based on unusual and non-recurring factors. For the four fiscal quarters ended September 30, 2020, our total operating expenses were $6.7 million, which included $5.3 million in operating expenses incurred directly by us and $1.4 million in operating expenses incurred by our advisor on our behalf. Of that $6.7 million in total operating expenses incurred during four fiscal quarters ended September 30, 2020, $0 exceeded the 2%/25% Limitation. We reimbursed our advisor for $1.4 million in operating expenses during four fiscal quarters ended September 30, 2020. As of September 30, 2020, we had $494,000 due to our advisor for operating expense reimbursements.

Critical Accounting Policies

General

We consider the accounting policies described below to be critical because they involve significant judgments and assumptions, require 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 disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. If management’s judgment or interpretation of the facts and circumstances relating to various transactions is different, it is possible that different accounting policies will be applied or different amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses will be recorded, resulting in a different presentation of the consolidated financial statements or different amounts reported in the consolidated 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.

Income Taxes

We elected to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2016. We did not meet all of the qualifications to be a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code for the year ended December 31, 2015 and for the period from July 25, 2014 (inception) to December 31, 2014, including not having the requisite number of shareholders for a sufficient number of days in those periods. Prior to qualifying to be taxed as a REIT we were subject to normal federal and state corporation income taxes.

Provided that we continue to qualify as a REIT, we generally will not be subject to federal corporate income tax to the extent we distribute our REIT taxable income to our stockholders, so long as we distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (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) and satisfy the other organizational and operational requirements for REIT qualification. Even if we qualify for taxation as a REIT, we may be subject to certain state and local taxes on our income and property, and federal income and excise taxes on our undistributed income.

We lease the hotels that we acquire to a wholly owned TRS that is subject to federal, state and local income taxes.

We account for income taxes of our TRS using the asset and liability method under which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. We record a valuation allowance for net deferred tax assets that are not expected to be realized.

We have reviewed tax positions under GAAP guidance that clarify the relevant criteria and approach for the recognition and measurement of uncertain tax positions. The guidance prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition of a tax position taken, or expected to be taken, in a tax return. A tax position may only be recognized in the consolidated financial statements if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained upon examination. We had no material uncertain tax positions as of September 30, 2020.

The preparation of our various tax returns requires the use of estimates for federal and state income tax purposes. These estimates may be subjected to review by the respective taxing authorities. A revision to an estimate may result in an assessment of additional taxes, penalties and interest. At this time, a range in which our estimates may change is not expected to be material. We will account for interest and penalties relating to uncertain tax provisions in the current period’s results of operations, if necessary. We have tax years 2014 through 2018 remaining subject to examination by various federal and state tax jurisdictions.

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Valuation and Allocation of Hotel Properties — Acquisitions

Upon acquisition, the purchase price of hotel properties are allocated to the tangible assets acquired, consisting of land, buildings and furniture, fixtures and equipment, any assumed debt, identified intangible assets and asset retirement obligations, if any, based on their fair values. Acquisition costs are charged to expense as incurred. Initial valuations are subject to change during the measurement period, but the measurement period ends as soon as the information is available. The measurement period shall not exceed one year from the acquisition date.

Land fair values are derived from appraisals, and building fair values are calculated as replacement cost less depreciation or our estimates of the relative fair value of these assets using discounted cash flow analyses or similar methods. The fair value of furniture, fixtures and equipment is based on their fair value using replacement costs less depreciation.

We determine the fair value of any assumed debt by calculating the net present value of the scheduled mortgage payments using interest rates for debt with similar terms and remaining maturities that we believe we could obtain at the date of acquisition. Any difference between the fair value and stated value of the assumed debt is recorded as a discount or premium and amortized over the remaining life of the loan as interest expense.

In allocating the purchase price of each of our properties, we make assumptions and use various estimates, including, but not limited to, the estimated useful lives of the assets, the cost of replacing certain assets and discount rates used to determine present values. Many of these estimates are obtained from independent third party appraisals. However, we are responsible for the source and use of these estimates. These estimates are based on judgment and subject to being imprecise; accordingly, if different estimates and assumptions were derived, the valuation of the various categories of our hotel properties or related intangibles could, in turn, result in a difference in the depreciation or amortization expense recorded in our consolidated financial statements. These variances could be material to our results of operations and financial condition.

Valuation and Allocation of Hotel Properties — Ownership

Depreciation expense is computed using the straight-line method based upon the following estimated useful lives:

	Estimated Useful Lives (years)
Buildings and improvements	39-40
Exterior improvements	10-20
Furniture, fixtures and equipment	5-10

Impairment

We monitor events and changes in circumstances indicating that the carrying amounts of our hotel properties may not be recoverable. When such events or changes in circumstances are present, we assess potential impairment by comparing estimated future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated over the life of the asset from operating activities and from its eventual disposition, to the carrying amount of the asset. In the event that the carrying amount exceeds the estimated future undiscounted cash flows, we recognize an impairment loss to adjust the carrying amount of the asset to estimated fair value for assets held for use and fair value less costs to sell for assets held for sale. There were no such impairment losses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.

In evaluating our hotel properties for impairment, we make several estimates and assumptions, including, but not limited to, the projected date of disposition of the properties, the estimated future cash flows of the properties during our ownership and the projected sales price of each of the properties. A change in these estimates and assumptions could result in a change in the estimated undiscounted cash flows or fair value of our hotel properties which could then result in different conclusions regarding impairment and material changes to our consolidated financial statements.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases,” which changes lessee accounting to reflect the financial liability and right-of-use assets that are inherent to leasing an asset on the balance sheet. The standard requires a modified retrospective approach, with restatement of the prior periods presented in the year of adoption, subject to any FASB modifications. This standard will be effective for the first annual reporting period beginning after December 15, 2018. We adopted this standard on January 1, 2019. In evaluating the effect that ASU No. 2016-02 will have on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures, we believe the impact will be minimal to our ongoing consolidated financial statements.

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In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-12, “Derivatives and Hedging: Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities,” which improves the financial reporting of hedging relationships to better portray the economic results of an entity’s risk management activities in its financial statements and simplifies the application of hedge accounting. This standard will be effective for the first annual period beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those periods. Early adoption is permitted. We adopted this standard on January 1, 2018 and aside from minor presentation changes in its disclosure on derivative and hedging activities, it will not have a material effect on our ongoing consolidated financial statements.

Inflation

As of September 30, 2020, our investments consisted of ownership interests in fifteen hotel properties and investments in marketable securities valued at $2.3 million. Operators of hotels, in general, possess the ability to adjust room rates daily to reflect the effects of inflation. Competitive pressures may, however, limit the operators’ ability to raise room rates. As of September 30, 2020, we were not experiencing any material impact from inflation.

REIT Compliance

We elected to be taxed as a REIT commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2016. To qualify as a REIT for tax purposes, we are required to distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (determined for this purpose without regard to the dividends-paid deduction and excluding net capital gain) to our stockholders. We must also meet certain asset and income tests, as well as other requirements. We will monitor the business and transactions that may potentially impact our REIT status. If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year following the taxable year in which we initially elect to be taxed as a REIT, we will be subject to federal income tax (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) on our taxable income at regular corporate rates 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 our REIT qualification is lost unless the Internal Revenue Service grants us relief under certain statutory provisions. Such an event could materially adversely affect our net income and net cash available for distribution to our stockholders. We did not meet all of the qualifications to be a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code for the year ended December 31, 2015 and the period from July 25, 2014 (inception) to December 31, 2014.

Distributions

Our board of directors previously authorized and declared a distribution to our stockholders that would be (1) calculated daily and reduced for class-specific expenses; (2) payable in cumulative amounts on or before the 15th day of each calendar month to stockholders of record as of the last day of the previous month; and (3) calculated at a rate of $1.7528 per share of our common stock per year, or approximately $0.00480 per share per day, before any class-specific expenses.

On March 24, 2020, our board unanimously approved the suspension of the payment of distributions to our stockholders, effective immediately, and the operation of the DRP, effective as of April 6, 2020. The payment of distributions and the DRP will each remain suspended until such time as our board of directors approves their resumption.

The following table summarizes distributions paid in cash and pursuant to the DRP for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

Period	Cash Distribution		Distribution Paid Pursuant to DRP(1)		Total Amount of Distribution
First Quarter 2020	$	4,404	$	1,392	$	5,796
Second Quarter 2020		—		—		—
Third Quarter 2020		—		—		—
Total	$	4,404	$	1,392	$	5,796
First Quarter 2019	$	3,517	$	1,121	$	4,638
Second Quarter 2019		3,858		1,228		5,086
Third Quarter 2019		4,097		1,302		5,399
Total	$	11,472	$	3,651	$	15,123

(1) Amount of distributions paid in shares of common stock pursuant to the DRP.

Funds from Operations and Modified Funds from Operations

One of our objectives is to provide cash distributions to our stockholders from cash generated by our operations. Cash generated from operations is not equivalent to net income as determined under GAAP. Due to certain unique operating characteristics of real estate companies, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, an industry trade group, has promulgated a standard known as Funds from Operations, or FFO, which it believes more accurately reflects the operating performance of a REIT. As defined by NAREIT, FFO means net income computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains (or losses) from sales of property, plus depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures in which the REIT holds an interest. We have adopted the NAREIT definition for computing FFO because, in our view, FFO is a meaningful supplemental performance measure in conjunction with net income.

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Changes in the accounting and reporting rules under GAAP that have been put into effect since the establishment of NAREIT’s definition of FFO have prompted a significant increase in the magnitude of non-cash and non-operating items included in FFO, as defined. As a result, in addition to FFO, we also calculate modified funds from operations, or MFFO, a non-GAAP supplemental financial performance measure that our management uses in evaluating our operating performance. Similar to FFO, MFFO excludes items such as depreciation and amortization. However, MFFO excludes non-cash and non-operating items included in FFO, such as amortization of certain in-place lease intangible assets and liabilities and the amortization of certain tenant incentives. Our calculation of MFFO will exclude these items, as well as the effects of straight-line rent revenue recognition, fair value adjustments to derivative instruments that do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment, non-cash impairment charges and certain other items, when applicable. Our calculation of MFFO will also include, when applicable, items such as master lease rental receipts, which are excluded from net income (loss) and FFO, but which we consider in the evaluation of the operating performance of our real estate investments.

We believe that MFFO reflects the overall impact on the performance of our real estate investments of occupancy rates, rental rates, property operating costs and development activities, as well as general and administrative expenses and interest costs, which is not immediately apparent from net income (loss). As such, we believe MFFO, in addition to net income (loss) as defined by GAAP, is a meaningful supplemental performance measure which is used by our management to evaluate our operating performance and determine our operating, financing and dividend policies.

Please see the limitations listed below associated with the use of MFFO as compared to net income (loss):

● Our calculation of MFFO will exclude any gains (losses) related to changes in estimated values of derivative instruments related to any interest rate swaps which we hold. Although we expect to hold these instruments to maturity, if we were to settle these instruments prior to maturity, it would have an impact on our operations. We do not currently hold any such derivate instruments and thus our calculation of MFFO set forth in the table below does not reflect any such exclusion.

● Our calculation of MFFO will exclude any impairment charges related to long-lived assets that have been written down to current market valuations. Although these losses will be included in the calculation of net income (loss), we will exclude them from MFFO because we believe doing so will more appropriately present the operating performance of our real estate investments on a comparative basis. We have not recognized any such impairment charges and thus our calculation of MFFO set forth in the table below does not reflect any such exclusion.

● Our calculation of MFFO will exclude organizational and offering expenses and acquisition expenses. Although organizational and acquisition expenses reduce net income, we fund such costs with proceeds from our offering and acquisition-related indebtedness, and do not consider these expenses in the evaluation of our operating performance and determining MFFO. Offering expenses do not affect net income. Our calculation of MFFO set forth in the table below reflects the exclusion of acquisition expenses.

We believe MFFO is useful to investors in evaluating how our portfolio might perform after our offering and acquisition stage has been completed and, as a result, may provide an indication of the sustainability of our distributions in the future. However, as described in greater detail below, MFFO should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) or as an indication of our liquidity. Many of the adjustments to MFFO are similar to adjustments required by SEC rules for the presentation of pro forma business combination disclosures, particularly acquisition expenses, gains or losses recognized in business combinations and other activity not representative of future activities. MFFO is also more comparable in evaluating our performance over time and as compared to other real estate companies, which may not be as involved in acquisition activities or as affected by impairments and other non-operating charges.

MFFO is useful in assisting management and investors in assessing the sustainability of operating performance in future operating periods, and in particular, after the offering and acquisition stages are complete and net asset value is disclosed. However, MFFO is not a useful measure in evaluating net asset value because impairments are taken into account in determining net asset value but not in determining MFFO. Investors are cautioned that, due to the fact that impairments are based on estimated future undiscounted cash flows and, given the relatively limited term of our operations, it could be difficult to recover any impairment charges.

The calculation of FFO and MFFO may vary from entity to entity because capitalization and expense policies tend to vary from entity to entity. Consequently, our presentation of FFO and MFFO may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures presented by other REITs. In addition, FFO and MFFO should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) or to cash flows from operating activities and are not intended to be used as a liquidity measure indicative of cash flow available to fund our cash needs. In particular, as we are currently in the acquisition phase of our life cycle, acquisition costs and other adjustments which are increases to MFFO are, and may continue to be, a significant use of cash. MFFO also excludes impairment charges, rental revenue adjustments and unrealized gains and losses related to certain other fair value adjustments. Accordingly, both FFO and MFFO should be reviewed in connection with other GAAP measurements.

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The table below summarizes our calculation of FFO and MFFO for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 and a reconciliation of such non-GAAP financial performance measures to our net income (in thousands).

	Three months ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Net loss	$	(9,073	)	$	(2,554	)	$	(28,126	)	$	(8,567	)
Adjustments:
Depreciation of real estate		3,852			3,698			11,539			10,368
Loss (gain) on sale of marketable securities		—			—			440			(9	)
Funds from Operations		(5,221	)		1,144			(16,147	)		1,792
Adjustments:
Acquisition expenses		—			—			—			2,212
Unrealized loss (gain) on change in fair value of investment in marketable securities		205			24			2,231			57
Amortization of debt issuance costs		170			254			509			854
Modified Funds from Operations	$	(4,846	)	$	1,422		$	(13,407	)	$	4,915

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

Related Party Transactions and Agreements

We have entered into agreements with our advisor and its affiliates whereby we have paid, and may continue to pay, certain fees to, and reimburse certain expenses of, our advisor or its affiliates in connection with the services our advisor and its affiliates provide to us. See Note 7, “Related Party Arrangements,” to the consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report for a discussion of our related-party transactions, agreements and fees.

Subsequent Events

COVID-19 Pandemic

As discussed elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, the COVID-19 pandemic has had, and is expected to continue to have, a significant adverse effect on the operating results of our hotel properties and overall financial condition.

ITEM 3.       QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

Market Risk

Market risk is the adverse effect on the value of a financial instrument that results from a change in interest rates. We may be exposed to interest rate changes primarily as a result of long-term debt used to maintain liquidity, fund capital expenditures and expand our real estate investment portfolio and operations. Market fluctuations in real estate financing may affect the availability and cost of funds needed to expand our investment portfolio. In addition, restrictions upon the availability of real estate financing or high interest rates for real estate loans could adversely affect our ability to dispose of real estate in the future. We will seek to limit the impact of interest rate changes on earnings and cash flows and to lower our overall borrowing costs. We may use derivative financial instruments to hedge exposures to changes in interest rates on loans secured by our assets. The market risk associated with interest-rate contracts is managed by establishing and monitoring parameters that limit the types and degree of market risk that may be undertaken.

With regard to variable rate financing, our advisor will assess our interest rate cash flow risk by continually identifying and monitoring changes in interest rate exposures that may adversely impact expected future cash flows and by evaluating hedging opportunities. Our advisor maintains risk management control systems to monitor interest rate cash flow risk attributable to both our outstanding and forecasted debt obligations as well as our potential offsetting hedge positions. While this hedging strategy will be designed to minimize the impact on our net income and funds from operations from changes in interest rates, the overall returns on your investment may be reduced.

As of September 30, 2020, our indebtedness, as described below, was comprised of notes secured by our hotel properties. All such notes, except the Term Loan, accrue interest at a fixed rate and, therefore, an increase or decrease in interest rates would have no effect on our interest expense with respect such notes. Interest rate changes will affect the fair value of any fixed rate instruments that we hold. As we expect to hold our fixed rate instruments to maturity and the amounts due under such instruments would be limited to the outstanding principal balance and any accrued and unpaid interest, we do not expect that fluctuations in interest rates, and the resulting change in fair value of our fixed rate instruments, would have a significant impact on our operations.

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As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, our notes payable consisted of the following ($ amounts in thousands):

Loan	Principal as of September 30, 2020			Principal as of December 31, 2019			Interest Rate at September 30, 2020			Maturity Date	Loan Modifications
Residence Inn Austin(1)	$	16,234		$	16,300			4.580	%	November 1, 2025
Springhill Suites Seattle(1)		43,856			44,165			4.380	%	October 1, 2026	Three months deferral of interest and principal payments from June to August, 2020. Four months interest only payments from September to December, 2020.
Homewood Suites Woodlands(1)		8,799			8,915			4.690	%	April 11, 2025
Hyatt Place Germantown(1)		6,783			6,865			4.300	%	May 6, 2023
Hyatt Place North Charleston(1)		6,922			7,019			5.193	%	August 1, 2023	Payment of $100,000 cash deposit and may make interest and principal payments from restricted cash for six months from April to September, 2020.
Hampton Inn Austin(1)		10,392			10,493			5.426	%	January 6, 2024	Four-month deferral of principal and interest payments for August to November, 2020.
Residence Inn Grapevine(1)		12,017			12,114			5.250	%	April 6, 2024
Marriott Courtyard Lyndhurst(1)		18,833			18,934			4.700	%	September 27, 2024	April 2020 payment was interest only.  Six-month deferral of principal payments for April to September, 2020.Six months payment of interest only from April to September, 2020.
Hilton Garden Inn Austin(1)		17,997			18,080			4.530	%	December 11, 2024
Hampton Inn Great Valley(1)		7,804			7,861			4.700	%	April 11, 2025
Embassy Suites Nashville(1)		41,057			41,250			4.2123	%	July 11, 2025
Homewood Suites Austin(1)		10,541			10,602			4.650	%	August 11, 2025
Townplace Suites Fort Worth(1)		5,947			5,979			4.700	%	September 27, 2024	April 2020 payment was interest only. Six-month deferral of principal from April to September 2020. Two months deferral of interest payments for May and June, 2020.Three months interest only payments from July to September, 2020.
Hampton Inn Houston(1)		4,342			4,366			5.250	%	April 28, 2023	Seven-month deferral of principal and interest payments for payments due March 28, 2020 through September 28, 2020. Six months interest only for payments due October 28, 2020 through March 28, 2021.
Residence Inn Houston Medical Center(2)		28,854			28,953			5.000	%	October 1, 2024	Deferral of principal and interest payments for six months from April to September, 2020. Interest only payments for an additional twelve months form October 2020 to September 2021.
Total notes payable		240,378			241,896
Less unamortized debt issuance costs		(2,784	)		(3,293	)
Total notes payable, net of unamortized debt issuance costs	$	237,594		$	238,603

(1) Monthly payments of principal and interest are due and payable until the maturity date.

(2) Monthly payments of interest were due and payable until October 2019. Monthly payments of principal and interest are due and payable beginning in November 2019 until the maturity date.

Hotel properties secure their respective loans.

Credit Risk

We are also exposed to credit risk. Credit risk in our investments in debt and securities relates to each individual borrower’s ability to make required interest and principal payments on scheduled due dates. We seek to manage credit risk through our advisor’s comprehensive credit analysis prior to making an investment, actively monitoring our asset portfolio and the underlying credit quality of our holdings and subordination and diversification of our portfolio. Our analysis is based on a broad range of real estate, financial, economic and borrower-related factors which we believe are critical to the evaluation of credit risk inherent in a transaction.

ITEM 4.       CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report, management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act). Based upon, and as of the date of, the evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file and submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file and submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

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Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2020 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. We are monitoring and assessing the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on our internal controls to minimize the impact to their design and operating effectiveness.

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

From time to time, we may be party to legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of our business. Management is not aware of any legal proceedings of which the outcome is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition, nor are we aware of any such legal proceedings contemplated by government agencies.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

Except as set forth below, there have been no material changes to the risk factors contained in Part I, Item 1A set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the SEC on March 30, 2020.

The global pandemic of a novel strain of coronavirus which causes the disease known as COVID-19 has, and is expected to continue to, adversely affect our financial condition and operating results.

Since its discovery in December 2019, COVID-19 has spread from China to almost every other country, including the United States. The spread of COVID-19 has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization and in the United States the Health and Human Services Secretary has declared a public health emergency and the President has declared a national emergency in response to the pandemic. The pandemic has triggered a period of global economic slowdown and is expected to continue to have an adverse impact on economic and market conditions.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and is expected to continue to have, a significant adverse effect on the operating results of our hotel properties, which depend primarily upon revenues driven by business and leisure travel. A number of measures taken by governmental entities and employers intended to slow the transmission of COVID-19 have dramatically reduced business and leisure travel, and a result the demand for rooms at our hotel properties, including (i) restrictions on travel and public gatherings, quarantines and shelter-at-home orders, (ii) the postponement or cancellation of conventions, festivals, sporting events and other public events, (iii) the closure of amusement parks, museums, retail centers and other tourist attractions, and (iv) the closure of colleges and universities. These measures may be in place for a considerable period of time, and additional, more restrictive measures may be implemented in the future. All of our hotel properties are currently operating at significantly reduced occupancy levels and we have reduced certain services and amenities at our hotel properties. If the decline in demand for rooms at our hotel properties continues, we may ultimately be required to close, or allow our lenders to foreclose upon, one or more hotel properties. If operations at any of our hotel properties are suspended, we cannot give any assurance as to when operations at such hotel properties will resume at a full or reduced level. Each of our hotel properties is subject to a mortgage loan secured by our ownership interest in the property. If we are unable to service the mortgage loan secured by a hotel property due to decreased revenues generated by such property, the lender with respect to such mortgage loan may initiate foreclosure procedures with respect to the property or initiate other available remedies.

In addition to reducing demand for rooms at our hotel properties, the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures implemented in response thereto may increase the cost of operation of our hotel properties and negatively impact the ability of our hotel properties to obtain necessary goods and services and provide adequate staffing. The pandemic may also cause delays in planned improvements, renovations or maintenance at our properties due to constraints on work force availability or difficulties in sourcing and transporting necessary materials.

In accordance with local government recommendations and guidance, many of the employees of our advisor have been working remotely since March 2020. Although our advisor has implemented protocols for remote work and is leveraging technology to ensure that its employees remain connected and productive, there can be no guarantee that such work conditions will not have an adverse impact on the ability of our advisor to effectively perform its duties.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a continually evolving situation that presents significant uncertainty and risk with respect to our financial condition and results of operations. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a material adverse impact on our financial condition, and such adverse impact may continue well beyond the effective containment or mitigation of the pandemic, including beyond the development and distribution of vaccines and additional therapeutic treatments. The full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts our financial condition and results of operations will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain, including the continued severity and duration of the pandemic, the cities and geographic regions most severely impacted by the pandemic, the extent and effectiveness of the measures taken on an international, national and local level to mitigate the pandemic’s impact, and the response of the overall economy as the effects of the pandemic abate. As a result, we cannot estimate with reasonable certainty the impact of the pandemic on our near- or longer-term financial or operational results, or when, if ever, we will be able to resume pre-pandemic levels of operations.

On March 24, 2020, in response to the pandemic’s adverse effect on our financial condition and operating results, our board of directors approved the indefinite suspension of the sale of shares of our common stock in our public offering, the payment of distributions to our stockholders, and the operation of our DRP and share repurchase program. Our board of directors and our management continue to evaluate our financial condition and the overall economic environment to determine if and when we will seek to resume raising capital, resume the payment of distributions and reinstate our DRP and share repurchase program. However, it is impossible to predict if or when we will be able to take any or all of such actions or return to normal operations.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe disruptions in the U.S. and global economy and financial markets and could potentially create widespread business continuity issues of an as yet unknown magnitude and duration.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused, and is likely to continue to cause, severe economic, market and other disruptions worldwide. We cannot predict whether and to what extent conditions in the lending, capital and other financial markets will continue to deteriorate as a result of the pandemic, or whether our access to capital and other sources of funding will become further constrained, which could adversely affect the availability and terms of future borrowings, renewals or refinancings.

Additionally, a prolonged economic recession, including lower GDP growth, corporate earnings, consumer confidence, employment rates, income levels and personal wealth, could result in significantly below-average lodging demand by both group and transient travelers that continues beyond the lifting of travel and other government restrictions and after the COVID-19 pandemic has been effectively contained. There can also be no guarantee that the demand for lodging, and consumer confidence in travel generally, will recover as quickly as other industries. All of the foregoing factors could materially negatively impact our financial condition and results of operations. 

We have paid, and may continue to pay, distributions from the proceeds of our offering. To the extent that we pay distributions from sources other than our cash flow from operations, we will have reduced funds available for investment and the overall return to our stockholders may be reduced.

Our organizational documents permit us to pay distributions from any source, including net proceeds from our public offerings, borrowings, advances from our sponsor or advisor and the deferral of fees and expense reimbursements by our advisor, in its sole discretion. Since our inception, our cash flow from operations has not been sufficient to fund all of our distributions. Of the $54.5 million in total distributions we paid during the period from our inception through September 30, 2020, including shares issued pursuant to our DRP, $0, or 0%, were paid from cash provided by operating activities and $54.5 million, or 100%, were paid from offering proceeds. Until we make substantial investments, we may continue to fund distributions from the net proceeds from our offering or sources other than cash flow from operations. We have not established a limit on the amount of offering proceeds, or other sources other than cash flow from operations, which we may use to fund distributions.

If we are unable to consistently fund distributions to our stockholders entirely from our cash flow from operations, the value of the shares of our common stock may be reduced, including upon a listing of our common stock, the sale of our assets or any other liquidity event should such event occur. To the extent that we fund distributions from sources other than our cash flow from operations, our funds available for investment will be reduced relative to the funds available for investment if our distributions were funded solely from cash flow from operations, our ability to achieve our investment objectives will be negatively impacted and the overall return to our stockholders may be reduced. In addition, if we make a distribution in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits, the distribution will be treated first as a tax-free return of capital, which will reduce the stockholder’s tax basis in its shares of common stock. The amount, if any, of each distribution in excess of a stockholder’s tax basis in its shares of common stock will be taxable as gain realized from the sale or exchange of property.

On March 24, 2020, our board of directors unanimously approved the suspension of the payment of distributions to our stockholders, effective immediately, due to the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having and is expected to continue to have on our hotel properties. There can be no assurance when the payment of distributions will resume, if at all. The ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic may materially delay or prevent our ability to resume the payment of distributions.

Our cash distributions have been indefinitely suspended. To the extent paid in the future, our distributions will not be guaranteed, may fluctuate and may constitute a return of capital or taxable gain from the sale or exchange of property.

On March 24, 2020, our board of directors approved the suspension of the payment of distributions to our stockholders, effective immediately, due to the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having and is expected to continue to have on our hotel properties. The ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic may materially delay our ability to resume the payment of distributions and there can be no assurance when the payment of distributions will resume, if at all. To the extent the payment of distributions is resumed, the amount and timing of distributions will be determined by our board of directors and will typically depend upon the amount of funds available for distribution, which will depend on items such as current and projected cash requirements and tax considerations. As a result, our distribution rate and payment frequency may vary from time to time. Our long-term strategy is to fund the payment of monthly distributions to our stockholders entirely from our funds from operations. However, we may need to borrow funds, request that our advisor in its discretion, defer its receipt of fees and reimbursements of expenses or, to the extent necessary, utilize offering proceeds in order to make cash distributions. Accordingly, the amount of distributions paid at any given time may not reflect current cash flow from operations. Distributions payable to stockholders may also include a return of capital, rather than a return on capital.

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There is no public trading market for shares of our common stock and we are not required to effectuate a liquidity event by a certain date. As a result, it will be difficult for you to sell your shares of our common stock and, if you are able to sell your shares, you are likely to sell them at a substantial discount.

There is no current public market for the shares of our common stock and our charter does not require that we list our shares on any public securities market or consummate any other transaction to provide liquidity to stockholders on any date certain or at all. It will therefore be difficult for you to sell your shares of our common stock promptly or at all. Even if you are able to sell your shares of our common stock, the absence of a public market may cause the price received for any shares of our common stock sold to be less than what you paid or less than your proportionate value of the assets we own. We have adopted a share repurchase program but it is limited in terms of the amount of shares that a stockholder may sell back to us each quarter. Our board of directors may amend, suspend or terminate our share repurchase program upon 10 days’ prior notice to our stockholders. On March 24, 2020, our board of directors approved the suspension of our share repurchase program, effective as of April 6, 2020, due to the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having and is expected to continue to have on our hotel properties. The ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic may materially delay or prevent our ability to resume the operation of our share repurchase program.

You are limited in your ability to sell your shares of common stock pursuant to our share repurchase program. You may not be able to sell any of your shares of our common stock back to us, and if you do sell your shares, you may not receive the price you paid.

Our share repurchase program, when operational, may provide you with a limited opportunity to have your shares of common stock repurchased by us at a price equal to or at a discount from the purchase price of the shares of our common stock being repurchased. Unless the shares are being repurchased in connection with a stockholder’s death or qualifying disability, shares may not be repurchased under our share repurchase program until after the first anniversary of the date of purchase of such shares. We anticipate that shares of our common stock may be repurchased on a quarterly basis. However, our share repurchase program contains certain restrictions and limitations, including those relating to the number of shares of our common stock that we can repurchase at any given time and limiting the repurchase price. Specifically, we presently limit the number of shares to be repurchased to no more than the lesser of (1) 5.0% of the weighted-average number of shares of our common stock outstanding during the prior calendar year and (2) the number of shares of our common stock that could be purchased with the net proceeds from the sale of shares under our distribution reinvestment plan in the prior calendar year plus such additional funds as may be reserved for share repurchase by our board of directors.

In addition, our board of directors reserves the right to amend, suspend or terminate our share repurchase program at any time upon 10 days’ prior written notice to our stockholders, which notice may be provided by including such information (i) in a current report on Form 8-K or in our annual or quarterly reports, as publicly filed or furnished with the SEC, or (ii) in a separate mailing to our stockholders. Therefore, you may not have the opportunity to make a repurchase request prior to an amendment, termination or suspension of our share repurchase program and you may not be able to sell any of your shares of common stock back to us pursuant to our share repurchase program. Moreover, if you do sell your shares of common stock back to us pursuant to our share repurchase program you may not receive the same price you paid for any shares of our common stock being repurchased.

We temporarily suspended our share repurchase program from March 24, 2017 to September 27, 2017 in connection with the mergers, and from January 1, 2018 to January 16, 2018, in connection with amending our registration statement to provide that our advisor will pay all underwriting compensation with respect to the sale of shares of our common stock. On March 24, 2020, our board of directors again approved the suspension of our share repurchase program, effective as of April 6, 2020, due to the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having and is expected to continue to have on our hotel properties. The ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic may materially delay or prevent our ability to resume the operation of our share repurchase program.

Legislative, regulatory or administrative changes could adversely affect us or our stockholders.

Legislative, regulatory or administrative changes could be enacted or promulgated at any time, either prospectively or with retroactive effect, and may adversely affect us and/or our stockholders.

On December 22, 2017, tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed into law. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made significant changes to the U.S. federal income tax rules for taxation of individuals and corporations. Most of the changes applicable to individuals are temporary and apply only to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017 and before January 1, 2026. The Internal Revenue Service has issued significant guidance under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, but guidance on additional issues, finalization of proposed guidance and technical corrections legislation may adversely affect us or our stockholders. Federal legislation intended to ameliorate the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act“), has been enacted that makes technical corrections to, or modifies on a temporary basis, certain of the provisions of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, and it is possible that additional such legislation may be enacted in the future. In addition, further changes to the tax laws, unrelated to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, are possible.

We urge you to consult with your own tax advisor with respect to the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, legislation enacted to address the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and any other legislative, regulatory or administrative developments and proposals and their potential effect on an investment in shares of our common stock.

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We will incur mortgage indebtedness and other borrowings, which may increase our business risks, could hinder our ability to make distributions and could decrease the value of your investment.

We generally finance a portion of the purchase price of our investments by borrowing funds. We also incurred debt in connection with the mergers. Under our charter, we are prohibited from borrowing in excess of 300% of the value of our net assets. “Net assets“ for purposes of this calculation is defined to be our total assets (other than intangibles), valued at cost prior to deducting depreciation, reserves for bad debts or other non-cash reserves, less total liabilities. Generally speaking, the preceding calculation is expected to approximate 75% of the aggregate cost of our real estate assets before non-cash reserves and depreciation. We may temporarily borrow in excess of these amounts if such excess is approved by a majority of the independent directors and is disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report, along with justification for such excess. In addition, we may incur mortgage debt and pledge some or all of our real estate assets as security for that debt to obtain funds to acquire additional real estate assets or for working capital. We may also borrow funds as necessary or advisable to ensure we maintain our REIT tax qualification, including the requirement that we distribute at least 90% of our annual REIT taxable income to our stockholders (computed without regard to the distribution paid deduction and excluding net capital gains). However, there is no assurance that we will be able to obtain such borrowings on satisfactory terms.

High debt levels will cause us to incur higher interest charges, which would result in higher debt service payments and could be accompanied by restrictive covenants. If there is a shortfall between the cash flow from a property and the cash flow needed to service mortgage debt on that property, then the amount available for distributions to stockholders may be reduced. In addition, incurring mortgage debt increases the risk of loss since defaults on indebtedness secured by a property may result in lenders initiating foreclosure actions. In that case, we could lose the property securing the loan that is in default, thus reducing the value of your investment. For tax purposes, a foreclosure on any of our properties will 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 will recognize taxable income on foreclosure, but we would not receive any cash proceeds. If any mortgage contains cross collateralization or cross default provisions, a default on a single property could affect multiple properties. If any of our properties are foreclosed upon due to a default, our ability to pay cash distributions to our stockholders will be adversely affected.

Widespread outbreaks of contagious disease, such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, can have a significant adverse effect on the hospitality industry. Such outbreaks increase the risk that we will be unable to satisfy our debt service obligations and the risk of the loss of properties due to foreclosure actions initiated by lenders. Due to the significant adverse effect that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the operating results of our hotel properties, as of the date of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q we are not current with respect to the payments due under the mortgage loans secured by our hotel properties. We are engaged in discussions regarding modification of the terms of such mortgage loans with the lenders, however there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain such modifications on attractive terms, or at all.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

On January 20, 2015, our Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-198305) registering our offering of up to $1.1 billion in shares of our common stock was declared effective and we commenced our initial public offering. In our initial public offering we offered up to $1.0 billion in shares of any class of our common stock to the public in our primary offering and up to $100.0 million of shares of any class of our common stock pursuant to the DRP. The initial offering price of our common stock in our initial public offering was $25.00 per share, and thereafter was adjusted based upon our annually determined estimated NAV per share.

On January 18, 2018, we filed a Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 333-222610) with the SEC registering $990,000,000 in any combination of our shares to be sold on a “best efforts“ basis in our follow-on offering. Effective July 19, 2018, the SEC declared the registration statement for our follow-on offering effective, we commenced our follow-on offering and we ceased selling shares pursuant to the registration statement for our initial public offering. On March 24, 2020, our board of directors approved the suspension of the sale of shares of our common stock in our public offering, effective as of March 25, 2020. Prior to the suspension of our public offering, each class of our shares of common stock was being offered (i) to the public in the primary offering at a purchase price of $23.32 per share, equal to the NAV per share of such class as of December 31, 2018, and (ii) to our stockholders pursuant to the DRP at a purchase price of $23.32 per share, equal to the NAV per share of such class as of December 31, 2018.

As of September 30, 2020, we had accepted investors’ subscriptions for and issued an aggregate of 10.2 million shares in our initial public offering and our follow-on offering, excluding shares issued in connection with the Mergers and including 567,000 shares pursuant to the DRP, resulting in aggregate gross offering proceeds of $234.6 million. We accepted investors’ subscriptions for and issued 6.1 million shares in the initial public offering, excluding shares issued in connection with the Mergers and including 215,000 shares pursuant to the DRP, resulting in gross offering proceeds of $147.4 million for the initial public offering. As of September 30, 2020, we had accepted investors’ subscriptions for and issued 4.1 million shares in the follow-on offering, including 352,000 shares pursuant to the DRP, resulting in gross offering proceeds of $87.2 million for the follow-on offering.

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We incurred selling commissions, dealer manager fees and other organization and offering costs in our initial public offering in the amounts set forth in the table below (in thousands). Our dealer manager reallowed all of the selling commissions and a portion of the dealer manager fees to participating broker-dealers. 

Type of Expense	Amount		Estimated/ Actual
Selling commissions, stockholder servicing fees and dealer manager fees	$	11,522		Actual
Finders’ fees		—		—
Expenses paid to or for underwriters		—		—
Other organization and offering costs		6,843		Actual
Total expenses	$	18,365

As of September 30, 2020, we had incurred selling commissions, dealer manager fees, stockholder servicing fees and other organization and offering costs in our follow-on offering in the amounts set forth in the table below (in thousands). Effective January 16, 2018, our advisor assumed responsibility for the payment of all selling commissions, dealer manager fees and stockholder servicing fees paid in connection with our ongoing public offering. 

Type of Expense	Amount		Estimated/ Actual
Selling commissions, dealer manager fees and stockholder servicing fees	$	—		Actual
Finders’ fees		—		—
Expenses paid to or for underwriters		—		—
Other organization and offering costs		2,720		Actual
Total expenses	$	2,720

The net offering proceeds to us from our initial public offering, after deducting the total expenses incurred as described above, were $129.1 million, excluding $5.2 million in offering proceeds from shares of our common stock issued pursuant to the DRP.

As of September 30, 2020, the net offering proceeds to us from our follow-on offering, after deducting the total expenses incurred as described above, were $84.5 million, excluding $8.2 million in offering proceeds from shares of our common stock issued pursuant to the DRP.

We intend to use the remaining proceeds from our initial public offering and our follow-on offering to acquire additional hotel properties located in the East Coast, the West Coast and the Sunbelt regions of the United States. To a lesser extent, we may also invest in other hospitality properties located within other markets and regions as well as real estate securities and debt-related investments related to the hospitality sector.

As of September 30, 2020, we used $166.4 million of the net proceeds from our initial public offering and follow-on offering to acquire the Residence Inn Austin, the Springhill Suites Seattle, the Moody I portfolio (pursuant to the Mergers), and the Residence Inn Houston Medical Center, to reduce the debt on Springhill Suites Seattle, to originate notes, and to reduce our borrowings. As of September 30, 2020, we had paid a cumulative amount of $16.9 million of acquisition expenses, including $13.0 million related to the Mergers.

Our share redemption program was indefinitely suspended effective as of April 6, 2020. Accordingly, during the three months ended September 30, 2020, we fulfilled no redemption requests and redeemed no shares of our common stock pursuant to our share redemption program.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

None.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFTEY DISCLOSURES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.

None.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.

3.1 Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Moody National REIT II, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11 (No. 333-198305) filed January 12, 2015)

3.2 Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Moody National REIT II, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 12, 2017)

3.3 Articles Supplementary to the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Moody National REIT II, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 12, 2017)

3.4 Bylaws of Moody National REIT II, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11 (No. 333-198305))

31.1* Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2* Certification of Principal Financial and Accounting Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.1* Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.2* Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

101.INS XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

* Filed herewith

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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. 

	MOODY NATIONAL REIT II, INC.
Date: November 12, 2020	By:	/s/ Brett C. Moody
		Brett C. Moody
		Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President
		(Principal Executive Officer)
Date: November 12, 2020	By:	/s/ Robert W. Engel
		Robert W. Engel
		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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EXHIBIT INDEX

3.1 Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Moody National REIT II, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11 (No. 333-198305) filed January 12, 2015)

3.2 Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Moody National REIT II, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 12, 2017)

3.3 Articles Supplementary to the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Moody National REIT II, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 12, 2017)

3.4 Bylaws of Moody National REIT II, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11 (No. 333-198305))

31.1* Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2* Certification of Principal Financial and Accounting Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.1* Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.2* Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

101.INS XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

* Filed herewith

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