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Real Estate Investments
Gross Investments			$ 41,079,000														$ 26,251,000				$ 12,158,000		$ 2,670,000
Percentage of Investments			100.00%														63.90%				29.60%		6.50%
Number of Loans			19														15				3		1
Number of properties			26														17				8		1
Number of properties securing loan													15
Number of Beds/Units										1,960	285		2,092						1,861	106		211		99	74
Investment per Bed/Unit																	14,110				57,620		15,430
Number of states			8
Number of operators			11
Purchase price of replacement facility																				13,500,000
Term of right to purchase replacement facility																				18 months
Interest rate for mortgage loans, low end of range (as a percent)			7.00%
Interest rate for mortgage loans, high end of range (as a percent)			13.60%
General amortization schedule of mortgage loans						20 years	25 years
Specified basis points for annual increase in interest rate (as a percent)						0.10%	0.25%
Mortgage loan secured by first mortgage															124,387,000
Mortgage and construction loan									10,600,000
Funded loan commitments									2,816,000
Remaining loan commitments		2,360,000							5,165,000
Mortgage loans
Scheduled principal payments received			1,429,000	2,010,000
Amount received related to payoff of loan, including accrued interest				2,846,000
Number of loans paid off				3
Number of properties securing mortgage loans paid off																		3
Interest rate for first five years															9.53%
Period during which capital improvement commitments bear the initial specified interest rate															12 months
Period during which loan bears the initial specified interest rate															5 years
Annual increase in rate of interest (as a percent)															2.25%
Term of loan															30 years
Period of interest-only payments														3 years
Annual principal payments															1,000,000
Forward commitments for capital improvements					12,000,000										12,000,000
Interest rate for first twelve months (as a percent)															9.41%
Interest rate for beginning in the thirteenth month, option one (as a percent)															7.25%
Period during which subsequent interest rate calculation becomes effective															13 months
Number of days prior to funding	5 days														20 days
Interest rate subject to escalation beginning in the thirteenth month, option two (as a percent)															9.00%
Interest rate related to additional loan, option one (as a percent)															7.25%
Number of days prior to funding related to additional loan															20 days
Interest rate related to additional loan, option two (as a percent)															9.00%
Annual increase in rate of interest related to additional loan (as a percent)															2.25%
Additional loan proceeds								40,000,000
Additional loan proceeds made annually																$ 10,000,000
Period at beginning of loan term that certain operating metrics and valuation thresholds must be achieved and sustained to receive additional loan proceeds					12 years
Period additional loan proceeds are limited to $10M																12 months
Number of asset pools of properties collateralized												2
Percentage of loan balance outstanding between the third and twelfth years that may be prepaid without penalty																50.00%