10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

The Company is obligated under certain tenant leases to fund tenant improvements and the expansion of the underlying leased properties. As of December 31, 2025, approximately $1.2 million is estimated for such capital expenditures on existing properties, net of any construction financing, during the rest of the year. Below is a 5-year minimum base rent schedule for our commercial properties, excluding any variable payments:
 

Future minimum base rent for the Years Ended December 31,

 

Commercial Properties

  

Model Homes

  

Total

 
             

2026

 $9,346,275  $2,097,845  $11,444,120 

2027

  6,844,085   298,038   7,142,123 

2028

  5,136,062      5,136,062 

2029

  3,745,388      3,745,388 

2030

  2,859,924      2,859,924 
             

Total

 $27,931,734  $2,395,883  $30,327,617 

 

Litigation. From time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits or legal proceedings which arise in the ordinary course of business. Neither the Company nor any of the Company's properties are presently subject to any material litigation nor, to the Company's knowledge, is there any material threatened litigation.

 

Environmental matters. The Company monitors its properties for the presence of hazardous or toxic substances. While there can be no assurance that a material environmental liability does not exist, the Company is not currently aware of any environmental liability with respect to the properties that would have a material effect on the Company's financial condition, results of operations and cash flow. Further, the Company is not aware of any environmental liability or any unasserted claim or assessment with respect to an environmental liability that the Company believes would require additional disclosure or recording of a loss contingency.

 

Financial Markets. The Company monitors concerns over economic recession, interest rate increases, policy priorities of the U.S. presidential administration, trade wars, labor shortages, and inflation, any of which  may contribute to increased volatility and diminished expectations for the economy and markets. Additionally, the economic and geopolitical ramifications of the military conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, including sanctions, retaliatory sanctions, nationalism, supply chain disruptions and other consequences, could impact commercial real estate fundamentals and result in lower occupancy, lower rental rates, and declining values in our real estate portfolio and in the collateral securing our loan investments. We have not currently experienced a direct material impact to our Company or operations; however, we will continue to monitor the financial markets for events that could impact our commercial real estate properties.

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Mar 27, 2026Showing above
2024Mar 31, 2025
2023Apr 16, 2024
2022Mar 28, 2023
2021Mar 30, 2022
2020Mar 30, 2021
2019Mar 13, 2020
2018Mar 25, 2019
2017Mar 20, 2018
2016Mar 17, 2017
2015Mar 18, 2016

About Commitments Disclosures

Commitments and contingencies disclosures catalog a company's off-balance-sheet obligations and legal exposures — purchase commitments, guarantee arrangements, pending litigation, and regulatory proceedings. These items represent potential future cash outflows that may not appear as liabilities on the balance sheet until they become probable and estimable.

Key signals: litigation reserves and disclosed loss ranges quantify management's estimate of legal exposure, but unquantified "reasonably possible" losses often represent the larger risk. Watch for changes in language around pending cases — shifts from "remote" to "reasonably possible" or increases in estimated loss ranges signal deteriorating outcomes. Unconditional purchase obligations and take-or-pay contracts create fixed cost structures that reduce operational flexibility. Guarantee arrangements for subsidiaries or joint ventures can create cascading obligations. Compare the total commitment schedule against projected free cash flow to assess whether the company can meet its obligations without additional financing.