Commitments, Contingencies, Concentrations and Related parties

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Commitments, Contingencies, Concentrations and Related parties [Abstract]

Commitments, Contingencies, Concentrations and Related parties

6. Commitments, Contingencies, Concentrations and Related parties

A) Related Parties

1) Executive Employment Agreements

Nickolas W. Jekogian III –Mr. Jekogian is employed by the Company as the Chief Executive Officer on a month-to-month basis until such time as otherwise determined by the Company in its sole discretion. Mr. Jekogian has not received any salary for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, and we do not anticipate paying him any salary during the remainder of 2023.

Alexander Ludwig - Mr. Ludwig, is employed by the Company as the President, Chief Operating Officer and Principal Financial Officer. Mr. Ludwig has not received any salary for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, and we do not anticipate paying him any salary during the remainder of 2023.

2) Property Management Agreement

On November 8, 2011, the Company and Signature Community Management LLC (“Signature”), (an entity owned by our CEO) entered into a Property Management Agreement pursuant to which the Company retained Signature as the exclusive, managing and leasing agent for the Company’s Mapletree Property. Signature receives compensation of 5% of monthly rental income actually received from tenants at the Mapletree Property. The Property Management Agreement renewed for a one-year term on November 8, 2023 and will automatically renew for one-year terms until it is terminated by either party upon written notice. The Company incurred management fees of $11,938 and $12,836, and $37,493 and $35,486 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

The balance unpaid to Signature at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, for management fees was $142,751 and $114,799, respectively and is recorded in accounts payable and accrued liabilities.

3) Asset Management Agreement

On November 8, 2011, the Company entered into an Asset Management Agreement with Signature Community Investment Group LLC (“SCIG”), (an entity owned by our CEO) pursuant to which the Company engaged SCIG to oversee the Mapletree Property. SCIG receives an asset management fee of 1.5% of the monthly gross rental revenues collected for the Mapletree Property. The Asset Management Agreement renewed for a one-year term on November 8, 2023 and will automatically renew for one-year terms until it is terminated by either party upon written notice. The Company incurred asset management fees of $3,581 and $3,851 and $11,248 and $10,716 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

The balance unpaid to SCIG at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, for asset management fees was $63,577 and $52,329, respectively, and is recorded in account payable and accrued liabilities.

B) Legal Proceedings

In the ordinary course of business, we may be subject to litigation from time to time. Except as discussed below, there is no current, pending or, to our knowledge, threatened litigation or administrative action to which we are a party or of which our property is the subject (including litigation or actions involving our officers, directors, affiliates, or other key personnel, or holders of record or beneficially of more than 5% of any class of our voting securities, or any associate of such party) which in our opinion has, or is expected to have, a material adverse effect upon our business, prospects, financial condition or operations.

There is pending in the Supreme Court of the state of New York county of New York (Index No. 656191/2017) an action entitled MLF3 NWJ LLC filed in October of 2017, against Nickolas W. Jekogian, III, Presidential Realty Corporation, Presidential Realty Operating Partnership LP, First Capital Real Estate Trust Incorporated, First Capital Real Estate Operating Partnership, Nickolas W. Jekogian, JR. as trustee of The BBJ Family Irrevocable Trust, Alexander Ludwig, Signature Group Advisors LLC, Richard Brandt, Marjorie Feder as Executrix of the Estate of Robert Feder, Jeffrey F. Joseph, Jeffrey Rogers.

The litigation is related to actions taken by Mr. Jekogian individually on a real estate project and personal guarantee that predated his involvement with the Company.  The Plaintiff had received a judgment against Mr. Jekogian for approximately $1,500,000, in addition to attorneys’ fees, and had filed a lien on assets owned individually by Mr. Jekogian including certain options and warrants to purchase stock in the Company. When the Company entered into the Contribution Agreement with FC REIT in January of 2017, Mr. Jekogian surrendered these options and warrants to purchase stock in the Company as part of the transaction. The Plaintiff is arguing that they had a lien on Mr. Jekogian’s options and warrants in the Company and that the actions taken by the Company, its Officers and Directors, in entering into the Contribution Agreement with FC REIT fraudulently conveyed their interests in the options and warrants owned by Mr. Jekogian and damaged their position.    The Company, its Officers and Directors, named in this action had no involvement in this personal matter relating to Mr. Jekogian and answered the complaint in February of 2018 stating that it had no merit.   Since that time, the Company has received no additional notification that the action against the Company, its Officers and Directors is moving forward.   The Company believes that as to the Company, Officers and Directors, the claims have no merit.

C) Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments, which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk.

Three tenants accounted for 11.1%, 14% and 16.4% of the Company’s accounts receivable as of September 30, 2023.

Four tenants accounted for 20%, 15%, 14% and 12% of the Company’s accounts receivable as of December 31, 2022.

The Company generally maintains its cash in money market funds with financial institutions. Although the Company may maintain balances at these institutions in excess of the FDIC insurance limit, the Company does not anticipate and has not experienced any losses.