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NOTES PAYABLE

Notes payable consist of the following (in thousands):

	October 31,		April 30,
	2016		2016
Credit facilities:
Real estate operations - due to related party	$	3,655	$	12,384
Real estate operations - other		-		555
	$	3,655	$	18,090

Real Estate Related Party Loan

AMREP Southwest has a loan from a company owned by Nicholas G. Karabots, a significant shareholder of the Company and in which another director of the Company has a 20% participation. The loan had an outstanding principal amount of $3,655,000 at October 31, 2016, is scheduled to mature on December 1, 2017, bears interest payable monthly at 8.5% per annum and is secured by a mortgage on all real property of AMREP Southwest in Rio Rancho, New Mexico and by a pledge of the stock of its subsidiary, Outer Rim Investments, Inc. The total book value of the real property collateralizing the loan was approximately $55,430,000 as of October 31, 2016. The loan may be prepaid at any time without premium or penalty except if the prepayment is in connection with the disposition of AMREP Southwest or substantially all of its assets. No payments of principal are required until maturity, except that the following amounts are required to be applied to the payment of the loan: (a) 25% of the net cash proceeds from any sales of real property by AMREP Southwest and (b) 25% of any royalty payments received by AMREP Southwest under the oil and gas lease described in Note 8.

Other Notes Payable

A subsidiary of AMREP Southwest had a loan agreement with U.S. Bank National Association for the construction of a 2,200 square foot, single tenant retail building in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The loan was scheduled to mature on October 31, 2016, bore interest payable monthly on the outstanding principal amount at 0.5% plus the prime rate, was secured by a mortgage on the real property of approximately one acre where construction of the building had occurred, contained customary events of default, representations, warranties and covenants for a loan of this nature and was guaranteed by AMREP Southwest. As of April 30, 2016, the outstanding principal balance of the loan was $555,000. In the first quarter of 2017, this property was sold and the outstanding loan balance was satisfied with proceeds from the sale.