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	Oct. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013 unit	Sep. 30, 2013 item property unit	Sep. 30, 2012 bed property	Oct. 31, 2013 Owned Properties Subsequent event	Sep. 30, 2013 Minimum Owned Properties	Sep. 30, 2013 Maximum	Sep. 30, 2013 Maximum Owned Properties	Oct. 31, 2013 Pipeline agreement Subsequent event item	Oct. 31, 2013 Pipeline agreement Minimum Subsequent event	Oct. 31, 2013 Pipeline agreement Maximum Subsequent event	Sep. 30, 2013 SNF Beds Owned Properties bed	Sep. 30, 2013 ALF Units Owned Properties unit	Sep. 30, 2013 Assisted Living Owned Properties property unit	Sep. 30, 2013 Assisted Living ALF Units Owned Properties unit	Sep. 30, 2013 Skilled Nursing Owned Properties bed	Sep. 30, 2013 Skilled Nursing Owned Properties bed property	Sep. 30, 2012 Skilled Nursing Owned Properties bed property	Sep. 30, 2013 Skilled Nursing SNF Beds Owned Properties bed	Sep. 30, 2012 140-bed skilled nursing property Texas bed	Sep. 30, 2012 144-bed skilled nursing property Ohio property bed	Sep. 30, 2013 120-bed skilled nursing property Florida Owned Properties item property unit	Nov. 30, 2013 120-bed skilled nursing property Florida Owned Properties Subsequent event bed	Sep. 30, 2013 120-bed skilled nursing property Florida Owned Properties Subsequent event	Sep. 30, 2012 234-bed skilled nursing property Texas property bed	Sep. 30, 2012 Land	Sep. 30, 2012 Land Colorado	Sep. 30, 2013 Land Colorado Development commitments property	Oct. 31, 2013 Land Michigan Owned Properties Subsequent event item	Sep. 30, 2012 Existing properties, skilled nursing property and a memory care property	Sep. 30, 2012 Existing property property	Sep. 30, 2013 Assisted living and Memory care property property unit	Sep. 30, 2013 Memory care property property unit	Sep. 30, 2013 Memory care property Owned Properties unit	Sep. 30, 2013 Memory care property Colorado Development commitments property	Sep. 30, 2013 Memory care property 60-units memory care properties bed	Sep. 30, 2013 Memory care property 60-units memory care properties Colorado Owned Properties unit	Sep. 30, 2013 Memory care property 60-units memory care properties Colorado Development commitments unit	Sep. 30, 2012 Memory care property 60-units memory care properties Colorado Development commitments unit	Sep. 30, 2013 Memory care property 48-units memory care properties Colorado Development commitments unit	Sep. 30, 2013 Range of Care SNF Beds Owned Properties bed	Sep. 30, 2013 Range of Care ALF Units Owned Properties unit
Investment commitment up to $5,000,000 per year through December 2014
Commitments							$ 5,000,000
Number of properties agreed to be funded for expansion			37
Estimated yield (as a percent)			9.50%
Maturity period of US Treasury note			10 years
Variable rate basis used to compute estimated yield			10-year treasury note rate
Number of days prior to funding			5 days
Basis points added/deducted from the base rate (as a percent)			(4.20%)
Funds requested		0	0
Investment commitments
Investment Commitment		80,188,000	80,188,000											50,538,000		29,650,000	29,650,000																19,553,000		19,553,000		9,925,000		9,925,000
2013 Funding	3,054,000		14,116,000		3,054,000									9,904,000			4,212,000																				4,373,000
Commitment Funded			22,293,000											12,545,000			9,748,000
Remaining Commitment		57,895,000	57,895,000		54,841,000									37,993,000		19,902,000	19,902,000
Number of Properties			12														6															2	2		2
Number of Beds/Units		1,042	1,042											402		640	640
Number of beds/units														136			640															158	108	108				60	60	48
Number of properties under expansion														2																	6
Amount invested for expansion and renovation of properties														14,600,000																		16,385,000
Additional capital improvement funding			260,000														5,066,000																			4,373,000
Amount under commitment as marketing expense			6,000
Number of completed projects with no remaining commitments			3
Remaining commitments on completed capital projects			0
Purchase Price				80,982,000														79,100,000			54,000,000		14,402,000		25,100,000	1,882,000	1,882,000		1,163,000
Transaction Costs				366,000														246,000								120,000
Total Acquisition Costs				81,348,000														79,346,000								2,002,000
Number of properties				4														4			2				2			2
Number of Beds/Units				522																			120
Amount invested for expansion, renovation and construction of properties																														2,612,000
Number of beds/units acquired																		522			144				234											60
GAAP yield (as a percent)																					10.10%	10.70%			10.70%
Acquired land																												2,050,000					2,050,000
Initial annual rate of lease (as a percent)										9.00%	10.50%																								9.25%
Percentage of compounded carried interest rate calculated on land purchase price and each amount funded under the commitment																																			9.00%
Number of development projects that the operator may have under construction at any time									5
Period of extension of remaining lease term									10 years
Annual escalations rate (as a percent)						2.00%		3.00%	2.50%													2.20%
Number of Parcels of Land																													4
Number of Beds/Units												8,822	4,836		4,562				8,188																		60				634	274
Incremental initial cash yield at which property will be added to a master lease (as a percent)																								8.75%
Number of properties leased by operator before new master lease agreement																						4
Number of beds/units in properties leased before new master lease agreement																						596
Number of properties under new master lease																						5
Number of beds/units in properties under new master lease																						716
Initial lease term																						10 years
Number of renewal options																						2
Term of renewal options																						5 years
Real estate property sold
Number of beds or units in property sold																230	230			140
Sale price of property																	11,000,000			1,248,000
Gain (loss) on sale of property, net of selling expenses		$ 2,619,000	$ 1,605,000	$ 16,000												$ 2,619,000				$ 16,000