Discontinued Operations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 4 – Discontinued Operations

The Company has accounted for the Real Estate Division as discontinued operations and, accordingly, has restated all prior period information.

On February 26, 2013, the Company completed a short sale of its real estate rental property located in Santa Fe, New Mexico for a purchase price of $1.6 million since it did not relate to the core business of the Company.  As of December 31, 2012, the assets had a book value of $734,000 and the Company had a $1.7 million mortgage on the property at a variable rate of interest of Prime, with a floor of 6.75%, which was the interest rate in effect at December 31, 2012, payable in monthly installments, which matured December 12, 2012.  As a result of the sale, the mortgage was satisfied and a gain on the sale of assets of $1.1 million was recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

On April 4, 2012, the Company sold its land located in Silver City, New Mexico for a purchase price of $725,000.  An asset impairment charge of $224,000 was recorded in 2011 and an additional loss on the sale of assets of $7,000 was recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

The assets and liabilities associated with these disposals and the related results of operations have been reclassified in the condensed consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations.

The following table presents the financial results of the discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012:

	Three months ended September 30					Nine months ended September 30
In thousands, except per share data		2013		2012		2013		2012
Revenues	$	-	$	5	$	3	$	36
Cost of revenues		2		16		14		47
Gross profit		(2)		(11)		(11)		(11)
General and administrative expenses		2		(2)		-		(29)
Operating loss		-		(13)		(11)		(40)
Interest expense, net		-		(30)		(18)		(123)
Gain (loss) on sale of assets		-		-		1,052		(7)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations		-		(43)		1,023		(170)
Income (loss) per share discontinued operations – basic and diluted	$	0.00	$	0.00	$	0.04	$	(0.01)

There are no remaining assets or liabilities to be reported as discontinued operations as of September 30, 2013.  The following is a detail of the assets and liabilities reported as discontinued operations and classified as assets and liabilities associated with discontinued operations in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2012:

In thousands		December 31, 2012
Prepaids and other assets	$	-
Property and equipment, net		734
Other assets		1
Total assets associated with discontinued operations	$	735
Current liabilities	$	1,764
Long-term liabilities		3
Total liabilities associated with discontinued operations	$	1,767