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Note 3 - Sale of Ownership Interests in Albuquerque Subsidiary
12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Notes to Financial Statements  
Sale of Membership Interest Disclosure [Text Block]
3.   SALE OF OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN ALBUQUERQUE SUBSIDIARY
 
On July 22, 2010, the Board of Trustees unanimously approved, with Mr. Wirth abstaining, for the Partnership to enter into an agreement with Rare Earth, an affiliate of Mr. Wirth, to sell units in Albuquerque Suite Hospitality, LLC (the “Albuquerque entity”), which owns and operates the Albuquerque, New Mexico hotel property.  Under the agreement, Rare Earth agreed to either purchase or bring in other investors to purchase at least 49% of the membership interests in the Albuquerque entity and the parties agreed to restructure the operating agreement of the Albuquerque entity.  A total of 400 units were available for sale for $10,000 per unit, with a two-unit minimum subscription.  On September 24, 2010, the parties revised the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement to name Rare Earth as the administrative member of the Albuquerque entity in charge of the day-to-day management.
 
On December 9, 2013, the Trust entered into an updated restructuring agreement with Rare Earth to allow for the sale of additional interest units in the Albuquerque entity for $10,000 per unit. Under the updated restructuring agreement, Rare Earth agreed to either purchase or bring in other investors to purchase up to 150 (and potentially up to 190 if the overallotment is exercised) units. Under the terms of the updated restructuring agreement, the Trust agreed to hold at least 50.1% of the outstanding units in the Albuquerque entity, on a post-transaction basis and intends to maintain this minimum ownership percentage through the purchase of units under this offering. The Board of Trustees approved this restructuring on December 9, 2013. The units in the Albuquerque entity are allocated to three classes with differing cumulative discretionary priority distribution rights through December 31, 2015. Class A units are owned by unrelated third parties and have first priority for distributions. Class B units are owned by the Trust and have second priority for distributions. Class C units are owned by Rare Earth or other affiliates of Mr. Wirth and have the lowest priority for distributions from the Albuquerque entity. Priority distributions of $700 per unit per year are cumulative until December 31, 2015; however, after December 31, 2015 Class A unit holders continue to hold a preference on distributions over Class B and Class C unit holders. For the six months ended January 31, 2015, the Trust paid an additional $43.75 per $10,000 investment per calendar quarter, which is considered a return of capital per the operating agreement.
 
If certain triggering events related to the Albuquerque entity occur prior to the payment of all accumulated distributions to its members, such accumulated distributions will be paid out of any proceeds of the event before general distribution of the proceeds to the members.  In the event that funds generated from a triggering event are insufficient to pay the total amount of all such accumulated distributions owed to the members, all Class A members will participate pro rata in the funds available for distribution to them until paid in full, then Class B, and then Class C. After all investors have received their initial capital plus a 7% per annum simple return, any additional profits will be allocated 50% to Rare Earth, with the remaining 50% allocated proportionately to all unit classes. Rare Earth received a restructuring fee of $128,000, conditioned upon and arising from the sale of the first 100 units in the Albuquerque entity following the December 9, 2013 restructuring. The Albuquerque entity plans to use its best efforts to pay the discretionary priority distributions. The Trust does not guarantee and is not otherwise obligated to pay the cumulative discretionary priority distributions. InnSuites Hotels will continue to provide management, licensing and reservation services to the Albuquerque, New Mexico property.
 
During the twelve months ended January 31, 2015, there were 45.5 Class A units of the Albuquerque entity sold, 55.5 Class B units sold and 8.5 Class C units sold at $10,000 per unit. As of January 31, 2015, the Trust held a 50.82% ownership interest, or 279 Class B units, in the Albuquerque entity, Mr. Wirth and his affiliates held a 1.64% interest, or 9 Class C units, and other parties held a 47.54% interest, or 261 Class A units. During the twelve months ended January 31, 2014, there were 18.5 Class A units of the Albuquerque entity sold and a net of 21.0 Class B units sold at $10,000 per unit. As of January 31, 2014, the Trust held a 50.86 ownership interest, or 223.5 Class B units, in the Albuquerque entity, Mr. Wirth and his affiliates held a 0.11% interest, or 0.5 Class C unit, and other parties held a 49.03% interest, or 215.5 Class A units. As of January 31, 2015, the Albuquerque entity has discretionary Priority Return payments to unrelated unit holders of approximately $183,000, to the Trust of approximately $195,000, and to Rare Earth of approximately $6,000 per year payable quarterly for calendar year 2015.