UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K

[X] ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934
For the transition period from _____ to ________

AMERICAN HOUSING INCOME TRUST, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)

Maryland		333-150548		75-3265854
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)		(COMMISSION FILE NO.)		(IRS EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)

 

34225 N. 27^th Drive, Building 5, Phoenix, Arizona 85085

(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

 

(623) 551-5808

(ISSUER TELEPHONE NUMBER)

 

Securities to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act: None.

Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: Common Stock (Form S-1 effective May 12, 2008).

Name of each exchange on which registered: OTC:QB

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ( ) No  (X)

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

Yes ( ) No  (X)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes (X) No ( )     

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). 

Yes (X) No ( )

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K, or

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

(Check one)

 

Large accelerated filer	[  ]	Accelerated filer	[  ]
Non-accelerated filer	[  ]	Smaller reporting company	[X]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes ( )   No  (X)

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of April 17, 2017: 19,739,929.

 

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

The Company incorporates by reference its registration statement on Form S-11/A and its

Post-Effective Amendment No. 3, effective September 19, 2016.

 

 

AMERICAN HOUSING INCOME TRUST 

ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016

 

		TABLE OF CONTENTS			PAGE
		PART I
ITEM 1.		BUSINESS			4
ITEM 2.		PROPERTIES			10
ITEM 3.		LEGAL PROCEEDINGS			10
ITEM 4.		MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES			11
		PART II
ITEM 5.		MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES			12
ITEM 6.		SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA			13
ITEM 7.		MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS			13
ITEM 7.A		QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK			22
ITEM 8.		FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA			22
ITEM 9.		CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE			22
ITEM 9.A		CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES			22
ITEM 9.B		OTHER INFORMATION			24
		PART III
ITEM 10.		DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE			25
ITEM 11.		EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION			37
ITEM 12.		SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS			37
ITEM 13.		CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE			38
ITEM 14.		PRINCIPAL  ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES			39
		PART IV
ITEM 15.		EXHIBITS			40
		SIGNATURES			41

  

Explanatory Note

 

This amended annual report on Form 10-K is filed to correct minor clerical errors in Item 10, including the names and ages of certain employees of American Housing Income Trust, Inc. (the “Company”).  The remainder of the annual report is unchanged. 

 

This amendment does not include the Company’s audited financials.  For information regarding the Company’s financials, please see the Company’s original filing on Form 10-K, dated April 10, 2017

 

PART I

 

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

 

All statements contained in this Form 10K, other than statements of historical facts, which address future activities, events or developments, are forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements containing the words "believe," "anticipate," "expect" and words of similar import. These statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by us in light of our experience and our assessment of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments as well as other factors we believe are appropriate under the circumstances. However, whether actual results will conform to the expectations and predictions of management is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially.

 

Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this Form 10K are qualified by these cautionary statements and there can be no assurance that the actual results anticipated by management will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to or effects on our business operations. As used in this Form 10K, unless the context requires otherwise, "we" or “us" or “our” means American Housing Income Trust, Inc.

 

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

Our audited financial statements should be read in conjunction with the notes thereto. In the opinion of management, the unaudited financial statements presented herein reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for fair presentation.  Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the entire year. We prepare our financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principals, which require that management make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts.  Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

ITEM 1.   BUSINESS

 

General Discussion

 

American Housing Income Trust, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “AHIT”) acquires, renovates, rehabilitates and, in turn, rents single family residences. We intend on complying with the dividend policy set forth in our prior filings, and more specifically, our registration statement on Form S-11/A. We currently operate through related-party/affiliate entities in holding title to those single family residences in our portfolio – American Realty Partners, LLC (“American Realty”), ARP Borrower, LLC (“ARP Borrower”), ARP Borrower II, LLC (“ARP Borrower II”), AHIT Valfre, LLP, a Maryland limited liability partnership (“AHIT Valfre”), and AHIT Northern NM Properties, LLP, a Maryland limited liability partnership (“AHIT Northern”). Both AHIT Valfre and AHIT Northern are commonly referred to as an UPREIT, or operating umbrella partnership.

 

 

The Company will continue to acquire, renovate, lease, and manage primarily single-family residential properties, and engage in such other activities as are reasonably incidental to the foregoing. More specifically, the Company intends on engaging in the business of purchasing real estate for the purpose of making cosmetic changes, repairs, and other enhancements in order to increase the value of the properties, and then rent such property to tenants. The Company does not intend to acquire commercial properties. We intend to conduct our operations so that neither we nor any of our subsidiaries are required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the 1940 Act.

 

The Company recently acquired IX Biotechnology, Inc. (“IXB”). IXB aims to be the largest producer of certified organic cannabidiol (“CBD”) oil in the United States. IXB was developed as a joint venture combining several strategic partners, including the Shoshone, Battle Mountain and Washoe Indian tribes, as well as combing various concepts and industry-specific knowledge in commercial hemp and cannabis research and sales. These relationships enable IXB access to tribal lands for farming commercial hemp and cannabis, and will allow IXB to sell hemp and cannabis products in retail outlets on tribal lands. IXB will be a full integrated seed to shelf certified organic biotechnology company. As a result of the acquisition, the Company will continue to manage its real estate assets, while diversifying its portfolio to include the expansion and development of IXB’s CBD technologies.

 

Any person or entity may read and copy our reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 100 F Street N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Room by calling the SEC toll free at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an Internet site at http://www.sec.gov where reports, proxies and informational statements on public companies may be viewed by the public.

 

Business Developments in Fiscal Year 2016

 

The Company has expanded its real estate portfolio though several acquisitions of real property and the formation of a new UPREIT agreement in fiscal year 2016. Additionally, the Company initiated a direct public offering to raise capital for additional acquisitions and renovations to its real estate holdings.

 

 

(1) Manley Purchase Agreements

 

The Company entered into a Real Property Purchase Agreement with Benny J. Manley and Patricia A. Manley (collectively “Manley”), referred to in the Company’s filings as the “Manley Purchase Agreement.” Pursuant to the Manley Purchase Agreement, the Company acquired a residential property from Manley in exchange for the issuance of 722,883 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock. Additionally, the Company took title to the property subject to the property indebtedness in the agreed amount of $563,755 (the “Property Indebtedness”). The Property Indebtedness includes a Promissory Note between the Company and Marcus E. Cox and Dolores A. Cox, trustees of the Marcus E. Cox and Dolores A. Cox November 1995 Living Trust (the “Cox Trust”), in the amount of $314,831 (the “Cox Note”) and the assumption of the mortgage note in the amount of $248,924. The acquisition closed on April 11, 2016.

 

The Cox Note releases Manley’s preexisting loan obligations and deed of trust with the Cox Trust, as the Company agreed to assume the debt. The Cox Note and a new deed of trust was filed by the Cox Trust after closing of the Manley Purchase Agreement. Manley acknowledged that it remains a party to any and all agreements associated with the Property Indebtedness; however, the Company agreed to indemnify and hold Manley harmless from any and all future obligations owed on the Property Indebtedness after Closing.

 

(2) AHIT Valfre Restructuring

 

On April 18, 2016, AHIT Valfre closed its internal restructuring and financing with FirstKey Mortgage, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“FirstKey Mortgage”). The Company was the General Partner of AHIT Valfre prior to the closing of the financing with FirstKey Mortgage. In order to accommodate the underwriting requirements of FirstKey Mortgage, the Company, as General Partner, and Valfre Holdings, LLC, James Valfre and Pamela Valfre, as Limited Partners, agreed to the First Amended Limited Liability Partnership Agreement dated March 25, 2016 (“AHIT Valfre First Amended Partnership Agreement”). The AHIT Valfre First Amended Partnership Agreement was not effective until the closing of the financing with FirstKey Mortgage (“AHIT Valfre First Amended Partnership Agreement”).

 

The partners in AHIT Valfre agreed to restructure their respective interests in the partnership resulting in AHIT Valfre GP, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company (“AHIT Valfre GP”) and AHIT Valfre Limiteds, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company (“AHIT Valfre Limiteds”) serving as General Partner and Limited Partner, respectively, of AHIT Valfre. AHIT Valfre filed its Amended Certificate of Limited Liability Partnership with the State of Maryland on April 20, 2016 setting forth the restructuring.

 

The Company is the sole member of AHIT Valfre GP. American Realty is defined as the “Springing Member” under the Operating Agreement for AHIT Valfre GP and AHIT Valfre Limiteds. As Springing Member, American Realty agreed to certain duties and responsibilities in the event of an occurrence of any event causing the last remaining member of AHIT Valfre GP or AHIT Valfre Limiteds to cease to be a member of the particular company, other than (i) an assignment by the last remaining members of all of its membership interest in the company and the admission of a new member pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Operating Agreement, or (ii) the resignation of the member and the admission of an additional member of the Company pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Operating Agreement.

 

 

As the Springing Member, American Realty agreed that it shall, without any action of any person and simultaneously with the member ceasing to be a member of the Company, automatically be admitted to AHIT Valfre GP or AHIT Valfre Limiteds, as the case may be, as a “Special Member,” and shall continue the company without dissolution. As the Special Member, American Realty would have no interest in the profits, losses and/or capital of the company and no right to receive any distributions of company’s assets. In addition, American Realty would not have the right to any conversion options under Section 721 of the Internal Revenue Code. Other than its wholly-owned subsidiary having the “Springing Member” interest in AHIT Valfre Limiteds, the Company has no interest in AHIT Valfre Limiteds.

 

The previously disclosed substantive rights, duties and obligations of the General Partner and the Limited Partner under the AHIT Valfre Limited Liability Partnership Agreement dated August 1, 2015, remain, for the most part, consistent with the AHIT Valfre First Amended Partnership Agreement. However, the partners under the AHIT Valfre First Amended Partnership Agreement have agreed that, rather than the limited partnership interests being held in the name of the individual limited partners, AHIT Valfre Limiteds would be issued 300,026 limited partnership interests, which are subsequently broken down into the number of membership units held by Valfre Holdings, LLC (69,555), James Valfre (192,050) and Pamela Valfre (38,421) in AHIT Valfre Limiteds under its special purpose entity Operating Agreement. Furthermore, in order to meet the underwriting requirements of FirstKey, for purposes of identification of equity interests in AHIT Valfre, the partners agreed that AHIT Valfre GP, as the General Partner, would retain a 1% equity ownership in AHIT Valfre and AHIT Valfre Limiteds, as Limited Partner, would retain a 99% equity ownership in the Partnership, subject to the balance of the provisions of the AHIT Valfre First Amended Agreement.

 

The Company holds title to ten properties through AHIT Valfre. In addition to the nine properties previously titled to AHIT Valfre, American Realty conveyed the property located at 920 West Joy Ranch Road in Phoenix, Arizona to AHIT Valfre in order to accommodate the financing with FirstKey Mortgage, and in turn, the Company, American Realty, AHIT Valfre GP and AHIT Valfre Limiteds agreed to indemnify and hold FirstKey Mortgage harmless from any and all claims, actions or other losses related to the conveyance. As a result, AHIT Valfre holds title to ten properties financed through FirstKey Mortgage. All profits and income from these properties are allocated to the Company under the First Amended Limited Liability Partnership Agreement. 

 

The debt that had been assumed by AHIT Valfre has been paid off through the Loan Cooperation Agreement between (a) FirstKey Mortgage, as Lender, (b) AHIT Valfre, as Borrower, (c) AHIT Valfre GP and AHIT Valfre Limiteds, as Pledgors, and (d) our Chairman of the Board and Chief Financial Officer, and beneficial owner, Sean Zarinegar, as Sponsor. The principal amount of the Balloon Note under the Loan Cooperation Agreement is $1,203,600 with interest accruing at 6.070% with a monthly payment of $7,270.45. The Balloon Note matures on May 1, 2021, absent any events of default thereunder. In addition to granting one or more mortgages or deeds of trust to FirstKey as collateral, the Company has guaranteed the obligations of AHIT Valfre, and AHIT Valfre GP and AHIT Valfre Limiteds have provided guaranties and have pledged their interests in their respective entities to FirstKey Mortgage.

 

 

(3) AHIT Northern NM Properties, LLP

 

On July 13, 2016, the Company and Northern New Mexico Properties, LLC, a New Mexico limited liability company (“NM”) entered into a Master UPREIT Formation Agreement (the “UPREIT Agreement”). Pursuant to the UPREIT Agreement, the Company and NM agreed to organize and operate an umbrella limited liability partnership organized in Maryland called “AHIT Northern NM Properties, LLP" (“AHIT Northern”). In anticipation of the Master UPREIT Agreement, the Company organized AHIT Northern in Maryland on June 22, 2016. NM’s member, Les Gutierrez, was appointed director on the Company’s Board of Directors.

The Company is the General Partner of AHIT Northern pursuant to the UPREIT Agreement, Contribution Agreements and all related documents, including but not limited to the UPREIT Partnership Agreement (collectively, the “AHIT Northern Agreements.”). Pursuant to the AHIT Northern Agreements, in consideration for the conveyance of the seven single family residences, with an agreed upon net asset valuation of $1,333,000, to AHIT Northern, which were acquired by AHIT Northern “subject to” existing mortgages, AHIT Northern issued limited partnership interests (collectively, the “Limited Partnership Interests” or singularly a “Limited Partnership Interest”) to NM (500,614) and the Company (5,006).

The Company and NM entered into the AHIT Northern Agreements contemplating, amongst other things that AHIT Northern would be operated to reduce risk and increase diversification of real estate holdings, and to seize an opportunity for AHIT Northern NM Properties, LLC for estate and tax planning purposes through an exchange under Section 721 of the Internal Revenue Code (defined in the AHIT Northern Agreements as the “Intended Tax Treatment”). More specifically, commencing on July 13, 2017, the Limited Partnership Interests held by NM shall be convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, at any time and from time to time, and without the payment of additional consideration by the holder thereof, into the number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock in the Company on a 1:1 basis. AHIT Northern may require any holder of a Limited Partnership Interest to convert each of his, her or its Limited Partnership Interest into the number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock in the Company after July 13, 2017. The Company consented to waiving similar conversion rights.

The AHIT Northern transaction closed on August 10, 2016.

 

(4) The Company Engages Tobin & Company

On August 18, 2016, the Company executed an Engagement Letter (the “Agreement”) with Tobin & Company Securities, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company (“Tobin”). Tobin provides a variety of financial services, including identifying, evaluating, negotiating, and securing financing sources for its clients. Pursuant to the Agreement, Tobin and its exclusive client representative Justin Floyd (“Floyd”) are providing the following services to the Company: (i) identify and/or locate prospective capital sources for the Company, (ii) develop and furnish material(s) describing the Company’s business to such prospective capital sources, (iii) introduce such prospective capital sources to the Company, (iv) and assist in the negations with prospective capital sources.

 

 

In exchange for Tobin’s services, the Company provided a non-refundable retainer fee of $20,000. Upon the Company’s securing of investment through capital sources introduced to the Company by Tobin or Floyd, Tobin will receive an additional fee equal to five percent (5%) of the total debt or equity proceeds received by the Company from the capital source(s), known as a “Success Fee.” The term of the Agreement is (6) months, beginning on July 15, 2016 (the “Initial Term”). After the Initial Term, the Agreement automatically renews on a month-to-month basis, unless terminated by either party with fifteen (15) days’ notice.

 

(5) Restructuring of Performance Realty Management

 

On July 28, 2016, Performance Realty was issued 439,401 shares of common stock in the Company pursuant to a Designation and Acceptance of Rights (the “Designation”) entered into between Performance Realty, the Company, and the “Designor” under the Designation - Sean Zarinegar, who at the time served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Financial Officer for the Company.

 

The Designation was unanimously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors with Mr. Zarinegar abstaining from vote. This issuance resulted in Performance Realty owning 1,439,401 shares of issued and outstanding common stock in the Company, of which 1,000,000 shares issued on September 28, 2015 were registered with the Company’s registration statement on Form S-11 with an effective date of June 22, 2016. This issuance did not adjust Mr. Zarinegar’s beneficial ownership in the Company; however, it did increase Performance Realty’s beneficial ownership to 1,439,401, or 16%.

 

On August 15, 2016, as part of a restructuring of related parties, Performance Realty and the Company closed on a Stock Exchange and Restructuring Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”). Pursuant to the Articles of Amendment to Articles of Organization of Performance Realty dated April 1, 2016, the Class A Units have preference over the common units in Performance Realty, on, amongst other things, “…any future reorganization or stock exchange on a pro rata basis, as determined by [Mr. Zarinegar, as Manager].” Furthermore, pursuant to the disclosures in the Private Offering for Performance Realty under Rule 506(b) of Regulation D, which resulted in the issuance of 144 (rounded up) Class A Units to forty-eight holders, and Section 3.3(t) of the Operating Agreement for Performance Realty, which had been attached as an exhibit to the Private Offering, Mr. Zarinegar, as Manager, was granted limited power of attorney by each Class A Unit holder to vote their respective proxy on any future exchange, such as the one agreed to in the Exchange Agreement. As a result of the closing of the Exchange Agreement, those prior members of Performance Realty at Exhibit A of the Exchange Agreement were issued shares of common stock in the Company, which was subsequently modified through the Consent of the Board of Directors regarding the issuance, and which will be forth in the updated Selling Shareholder chart in the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11.

 

Prior to the Exchange Agreement, Performance Realty had represented that its business model and intent was to expand on its property management services for other real estate investment trusts, or other property holding and operating companies, similar to the services rendered as manager of American Realty Partners, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. However, Mr. Zarinegar, as authorized under the Operating Agreement for Performance Realty, determined, exercising his sound business judgment and discretion, that the Class A Unit holders would benefit from an issuance of shares in the Company considering the trajectory of the Company’s acquisitions, and the fact that the Company is publicly reporting with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and trades on the OTCQB marketplace.

 

 

The Company determined that the exchange of units for stock between related parties under the Exchange Agreement was beneficial to its overall capital structure. For United States federal income tax purposes, the transactions contemplated in the Exchange Agreement were intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization under Section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (together with all rules and regulations issued thereunder (the “Code”)) and the Exchange Agreement was intended to be adopted as a plan of reorganization for purposes of Section 368 of the Code. Notwithstanding this intention, Performance Realty and the Company have advised the Class A Unit members of Performance Realty that it was not passing on whether the exchange actually qualifies for a tax-free event under the Code; rather, the parties advised the Performance Realty members of the intended treatment set forth herein.

 

(6) Other Business Developments

 

On March 13, 2017, the Company entered into a Stock Exchange Agreement with IX Biotechnology, Inc. (“IXB”). The Stock Exchange Agreement resulted in a change in control of the Company, a restructuring of the Board of Directors, and the acquisition of cannabidiol oil assets and technologies. This acquisition may have a material effect on the Company’s business and operations moving forward. For more information, the Company incorporates by reference its Periodic Report on Form 8-K dated March 16, 2017.

 

ITEM 2. – PROPERTIES

 

As of December 31, 2016, the Company held title to fifty-four (54) residential properties in Arizona, Nevada and Texas through related entities that operate as wholly-owned or wholly-controlled subsidiaries of the Company, up from forty-six (46) in fiscal year 2015. The entity’s structure has been dictated, in large part, by lending requirements of the Company's primary lender - FirstKey Lending, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company operating out of New York, New York ("Firstkey"). The Company considers its relationship with Firstkey essential in furthering its business goals and objectives. The registration statement on Form S-11/A, which has been incorporated herein by reference, sets forth the summary chart regarding properties titled to the Company's subsidiaries and operating umbrella limited partnerships. The Company further incorporates by reference the property portfolio from the registration statement on Form S-11/A in the section titled “Single Family Residence Portfolio.” Furthermore, the Company incorporates by reference its disclosures regarding its policies with respect to investments or interests in real estate, real estate mortgages or securities of, or interests in, persons primarily engaged in real estate activities.

 

ITEM 3. - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

Other than as set forth below, there are not presently any material pending legal proceedings to which the Company is a party or as to which any of its property is subject, and no such material proceedings are known to the Company to be threatened or contemplated against it.

 

 

The Company was a named defendant in a civil matter pending in the United States District Court in the Eastern District of California bearing case number 39-2015-00330114CU-BC-STK. American Realty, Performance Realty, and Sean Zarinegar were also named in the action. The lawsuit was brought by a current shareholder of the Company, Ronald Trinchitella and Billie Jean Trinchitella TTEE Trinchitella Family Trust DTD 7/15/1999.  The plaintiff was a member in American Realty prior to the Share Exchange Agreement with the Company was effectuated, as discussed above.  The plaintiff is seeking rescission damages against American Realty, i.e. a return of the $150,000 investment, on the premise that Performance Realty was required to honor his demand for redemption of his units when, according to American Realty, honoring the redemption was at the sole discretion of Performance Realty. The Company and Mr. Zarinegar are defendants by virtue of their relationship with American Realty and Performance Realty.  The Company denied all allegations in the case and was dismissed from the action on July 27, 2016. The remainder of the case was stayed, pending arbitration between American Realty and the plaintiff.

 

The Company is a defendant in a civil matter pending in Maricopa county, Arizona brought by a current shareholders Raymond and Winne Yule. The plaintiffs were members of American Realty prior to the Share Exchange Agreement with the Company was effectuated. The plaintiffs allege that American Realty promised a particular real estate investment strategy and were assured a certain rate of return. The plaintiff alleges that American Realty failed in these matters and seeks an unspecified claim for damages. The Company has denied all allegations and is defending the case.

 

ITEM 4. – MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

Not Applicable.

 

 

PART II

 

ITEM 5. – MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND SMALL BUSINESS ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

The Company’s stock is quoted on the OTCQB Marketplace, operated by the OTC Markets Group using the symbol "AHIT." There can be no assurance that the Company will continue to qualify for quotation of its securities on the OTC Bulletin Board. We cannot predict the extent to which investor interest will lead to the development of an active trading market on the OTC Bulletin Board or otherwise or how liquid that market might become. An active public market for our common stock may not develop or be sustained after the offering. If an active public market does not develop or is not sustained, it may be difficult for our current shareholders to sell their shares of common stock at a price that is attractive to them, or at all. Once our shares begin trading, the market price for our common stock is likely to be volatile, in part because our shares have not been actively traded publicly. As of December 31, 2016 (end of our fiscal year), there were approximately 632 record holders of 9,681,929 shares of the Company's common stock.

 

Dividend Policy

 

For the Company’s dividend policy in fiscal year 2016, the Company incorporates by reference the dividend policy set forth in its registration statement on Form S-11/A. The Company sought to make distributions that would enable us to meet the distribution requirements applicable to REITs and to eliminate or minimize our obligation to pay income and excise taxes. However, we did not operate as a REIT in fiscal year 2016, though the majority of our operations involved revenue from real estate holdings. The Company’s recent acquisition of IXB may change its dividend policy.

 

We have not paid any dividends on our common stock and do not presently intend to pay cash dividends prior to the consummation of a business combination. The payment of cash dividends in the future, if any, will be contingent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition subsequent to consummation of a business combination, if any. The payment of any dividends subsequent to a business combination, if any, will be within the discretion of our then existing board of directors. It is the present intention of our board of directors to retain all earnings, if any, for use in our business operations and, accordingly, the board of directors does not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. 

 

 

Equity Compensation Plans

 

In 2016, the Company entered into agreements with six (6) executives, directors, employees and/or contractors that resulted in stock-based compensation. Those details of those agreements are as follows:

Name	Position	Date of Employment Agreement	Stock Issuance
Sean Zarinegar	Chief Financial Officer; Chairman of Board of Directors	February 25, 2016	439,401 shares of restricted common stock
Dan Sheriff	Employee	April 15, 2016	100,000 shares of restricted common stock
Michael Warren	Employee	April 15, 2016	100,000 shares of restricted common stock
Jack Combs	Vice President	July 15, 2016	25,000 shares of restricted common stock
Les Gutierrez	Director	July 15, 2016	10,000 shares of restricted common stock
James Stevens	Director	July 21, 2016	10,000 shares of restricted common stock

 

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

 

None.

 

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

The Company incorporates by reference its discussion of Performance Realty’s restructuring from Item 1.

 

Transfer Agents

 

Our transfer agents are VStock Transfer, LLC, with a mailing address of 18 Lafayette Place in Woodmere, New York 11598.

 

ITEM 6. – SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

 

Not required for a smaller reporting company.

 

ITEM 7. – MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

You should read the following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations together with the audited financial statements and the notes to the audited financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements.

 

 

The Company is a Maryland corporation in the business of acquiring and operating residential properties. The Company invests in high quality apartments, condos, and single family residence, primarily located in the western United States (including without limitation Phoenix, Las Vegas, Tucson, and California). Revenue is primarily generated from leasing and sale of residential properties. The Company’s operating focus is on balancing occupancy and rental rates to maximize the Company’s revenue while exercising tight cost control to generate the highest possible return to the shareholders. Revenue is maximized by attracting qualified prospects to our properties, cost-effectively converting these prospects into new residents and keeping our residents satisfied so they will renew their leases upon expiration. We believe our resident-centric approach has tangible long-term economic benefits as it generally translates to early lease renewals, higher renewal rents, lower turnover, and qualified referrals.

 

We will continue focusing on our established market in 2017, which should further enhance operational efficiencies as we add to our critical mass in this region. Additionally, the Company is expanding its businesses into other sectors, including cannabidiol (CBD) oil production.

 

The Company faces competition from different sources in acquiring properties and renting our properties. Our primary competitors in acquiring portfolios are private equity investors, REITs, and sizeable institutional investors. We believe that our vertically integrated real estate acquisition and management platform, local presence, and market knowledge in markets that meet our selection criteria provide us with competitive advantages.

 

Acquisition of properties are financed from various sources of capital, including retained cash flow, issuance of additional equity and debt, and sales of properties. Debt financing and other capital required by the Company may not be available or may only be available on adverse terms. While the Company intends to actively acquire and rehab properties for rental operations, the Company may be unable to lease up the properties on schedule, resulting in decrease in expected rental revenues. Labor and materials required for maintenance, repair, and capital expenditures may be more expensive than anticipated. Occupancy levels and market rents may be adversely affected by national and local economic and market conditions.

We believe that our expansion into CBD oil technologies and production provides the Company with diversification of assets. The CBD industry is new and growing rapidly. We face competition from a variety of competitors. We believe our experience in management and real estate acquisition, coupled with the experience and technologies acquired from IXB, may create a competitive advantage in this new, developing industry. However, as with any investment, there is no guarantee that we will be successful.

We qualify as an "emerging growth company" under the JOBS Act. As a result, we are permitted to, and intend to, rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements. For so long as we are an emerging growth company, we will not be required to (a) have an auditor report on our internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; (b) comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor's report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (i.e., an auditor discussion and analysis); (c) submit certain executive compensation matters to shareholder advisory votes, such as "say-on-pay" and "say-on-frequency;" and (d) disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the CEO's compensation to median employee compensation.

 

 

In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period. Our financial statements may therefore not be comparable to those of companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards.

 

We will remain an "emerging growth company" for up to five years, or until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our total annual gross revenues exceed $1 billion, (ii) the date that we become a "large accelerated filer" as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which would occur if the market value of our ordinary shares that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter or (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three year period.

 

As an emerging growth company, we are exempt from Section 14A and B of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 which require the shareholder approval of executive compensation and golden parachutes. The Company is an Emerging Growth Company under the JOBS Act of 2012, but the Company has irrevocably opted out of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards pursuant to Section 107(B) of the JOBS Act. We plan to raise capital following our recent change in status to an operating entity through the offering of shares of common stock or preferred stock to investors. We anticipate we will need to pursue capital to fund our operations over the next twenty-four months. We believe we will be able to raise the necessary capital to carry out our business plan, but there is no assurance that we will be able to do so.

 

General Discussion

 

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this annual statement on Form 10-K. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those forward-looking statements below. Factors that could cause or contribute to those differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below.

 

Results of Operations 

 

The following table sets forth the summary income statement for the year ended December 31, 2016 and 2015:

 

		Year Ended
		December 31, 2016				December 31, 2015
Revenue		$	693,621			$	482,426
Operating Expense		$	5,045,895			$	3,320,143
Other (Loss) Income		$	(77,418	)		$	71,293
Net Loss		$	(4,429,692	)		$	(2,766,424	)

 

 

For the year ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, we reported a net loss of $4,429,692 and $2,766,424, respectively. The change in net loss between the year ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 was primarily attributable to the increase of $1,767,170 in general and administrative expense, increase of $51,114 in depreciation expense, increase of $119,056 in interest expense, a loss of $77,418 on sale of properties, an impairment of $121,500 of real estate properties recognized during the year ended December 31, 2016 and offset by a gain of $8,088 on forgiveness of debt. The increase in operating expense is a result of acquisition and disposal of rental properties, issuance of shares of common stock to management as compensation, and professional and consulting fees incurred in relation to our reporting requirements as a public company and preparing the registration statement. The net increase of $1,767,170 in general and administrative expense is mainly related to the increase of $623,943 in marketing and advertising, $867,977 in management and consulting fees, $224,079 in professional fees, $103,375 in overhead expenses, $66,904 in rental property expenses, and offset by a decrease of $49,695 in closing costs and decrease of $42,461 in refinancing fees. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company issued 749,401 shares of common stock with a fair value of $2,150,703 to the management, directors and consultants of the Company, which is included in general and administrative expense. The Company also recognized $30,000 of stock based compensation during the year ended December 31, 2016 for shares issuable to a director of the Company.

 

Revenue - Net sales for the year ended December 31, 2016, were $693,621, compared to $482,426 for the year ended December 31, 2015. This resulted in an increase of approximately $211,195 or 44% from the comparable period. The increase in revenue is primarily a result of additional rental properties.

Operating Expenses - Operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2016, was $5,045,895 as compared to $3,320,143 for the year ended December 31, 2015. The $1,725,752 increase is primarily attributable to the increase of $1,767,170 in general and administrative expense for the year ended December 31, 2016. The net increase of $1,767,170 in general and administrative expense is mainly related to the increase of $623,943 in marketing and advertising, $867,977 in management and consulting fees, $224,079 in professional fees, $103,375 in overhead expenses, $66,904 in rental property expenses, and offset by a decrease of $49,695 in closing costs and decrease of $42,461 in refinancing fees.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Liquidity is a measure of our ability to meet potential cash requirements, maintain our assets, fund our operations and other general business needs. Our liquidity, to a certain extent, is subject to general economic, financial, competitive and other factors that are beyond our control. Our near-term liquidity requirements consist primarily of purchasing our target assets, restoring and leasing properties and funding our operations.

 

Our long-term liquidity needs primarily of funds necessary to pay for the acquisition and maintenance of properties; non-recurring capital expenditures; interest and principal payments on our indebtedness; and general and administrative expenses. We seek to satisfy our long-term liquidity needs through cash flow from operations, long-term secured and unsecured indebtedness, the issuance of debt and equity securities, and property dispositions. We have financed our operations and acquisitions to date through the funding by members of our subsidiaries and third party loans, including the debt service identified above.

 

 

We believe our current available cash along with anticipated revenues may be insufficient to meet our cash needs for the near future if we do not receive additional funding. Our assets are illiquid by their nature. Thus, a timely liquidation of assets might not be a viable source of short-terms liquidity should a cash flow shortfall arise that cause a need for additional liquidity. It could be necessary to source liquidity from other financing alternatives should any such scenario arise. There can be no assurance that financing will be available in amounts or terms acceptable to us, if at all. In that event, we would be required to change our growth strategy and seek funding on that basis, if at all.

 

Cash Flow Information 

 

Net cash used for operating activities for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 was $1,848,751 and $2,506,884, respectively. The decrease in cash used in operating activities was primarily related to an increase in non-cash charges of $2,016,990 and an increase of net cash inflows from changes of operating assets and liabilities of $304,591, offset by an increase of net losses of $1,653,268. The increase in non-cash charges was mostly due to increases of shares issued for services and other stock-based compensation, impairment of real estate properties and loss on sale of assets. The increase in net cash inflows from changes in operating assets and liabilities were mostly due to an increase of amounts owing to vendors and related parties, a reduction of prepaid expenses and was offset by receiving less prepaid rent.

 

Net cash provided by investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2016 was $69,188 as compared to $818,295 of net cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2015. The increase in cash provided in investing activities was primarily related to increase of $26,411 in proceeds from sale of real estate properties and a decrease of $986,188 in properties purchases and improvements during the year ended December 31, 2016. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company did not collect any proceeds from the collection of promissory note receivables, compared to $120,000 collected from promissory note receivable for the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

Net cash obtained through all financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2016, of $1,5,81,964, as compared of $3,220,378 for the year ended December 31, 2015. The change was due to a $2,424,805 drop in proceeds from sale of common. The Company collected $635,700 in proceeds from the sale of common stock in the year end December 31, 2016, as compared to $3,060,505 in the previous year. Additionally, proceeds from issuance of notes payable decreased from $1,088,000 in the year ended December 31, 2015 to $445,364 in the fiscal year end December 31, 2016, offset by the repayment of notes payable of $928,127 in the year ended December 31, 2015 as compared to $71,354 in the year ended December 31, 2016. The Company also received net advances from related parties of $572,254.

 

Our estimated working capital requirement for the next 12 months is $360,000 with an estimated burn rate of $30,000 per month. As reflected in the accompanying financial statements, we had cash of $2,151 at December 31, 2016. 

 

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

We have not utilized any derivative financial instruments such as futures contracts, options and swaps, forward foreign exchange contracts or interest rate swaps and futures. We believe that adequate controls are in place to monitor any hedging activities. We do not have any borrowings (however, our wholly-owned subsidiary does service debt related to the properties owned by the subsidiary), and, consequently, we are not affected by changes in market interest rates. We do not currently have any sales or own assets and operate facilities in countries outside the United States and, consequently, we are not affected by foreign currency fluctuations or exchange rate changes. Overall, we believe that our exposure to interest rate risk and foreign currency exchange rate changes is not material to our financial condition or results of operations.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We have not entered into any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Our financial statements and related financial information are based on the application of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"). GAAP requires the use of estimates; assumptions, judgments and subjective interpretations of accounting principles that have an impact on the assets, liabilities, revenues and expense amounts reported. These estimates can also affect supplemental information contained in our external disclosures including information regarding contingencies, risk and financial condition. We believe our use of estimates and underlying accounting assumptions adhere to GAAP and are consistently and conservatively applied. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We continue to monitor significant estimates made during the preparation of our financial statements. Our significant accounting policies are summarized in Note 2 of our financial statements. While all these significant accounting policies impact our financial condition and results of operations, we view certain of these policies as critical. Policies determined to be critical are those policies that have the most significant impact on our financial statements and require management to use a greater degree of judgment and estimates. Actual results may differ from those estimates. Our management believes that given current facts and circumstances, it is unlikely that applying any other reasonable judgments or estimate methodologies would cause effect on our consolidated results of operations, financial position or liquidity for the periods presented in this report. We believe the following critical accounting policies and procedures, among others, affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

 

 

Investment in Real Estate

 

We allocate the purchase price to tangible assets of an acquired property (which includes land and building) based on the estimated fair values of those tangible assets. Fair value for land and building is based on the purchase price for these properties. Property/SFRs acquired not subject to an existing lease are accounted for as an asset acquisition, with the property recorded at the purchase price, including acquisition costs. We incur costs to prepare our acquired properties to be rented. These costs are capitalized and allocated to building costs. Costs related to the restoration or improvement of our properties that improve and extend their useful lives are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Expenditures for ordinary repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred. Depreciation is computed on a straight-line basis over the useful lives of the properties (building and improvements - 27 years).

 

Revenue Recognition

 

Rental income for property leases is recorded when due from residents and is recognized monthly as it is earned. We lease single-family residences that we own and manage directly to tenants who occupy the properties under operating leases, generally, with terms of one year. We perform credit investigations on prospective tenants and obtain security deposits. Sales and the associated gains or losses of real estate assets are recognized in accordance with the provisions of ASC Topic 360-20, Property, Plant and Equipment - Real Estate Sale. The specific timing of a sale is measured against various criteria in ASC 360-20 related to the terms of the transaction and any continuing involvement in the form of management or financial assistance associated with the properties. If the sales criteria for the full accrual method are not met, we defer some or all of the gain recognition and accounts for continued operations of the property by applying the finance, leasing, deposit, installment or cost recovery methods, as appropriate, until the sales criteria are met.

 

Related Party

 

A party is considered to be related to us if the party directly or indirectly or through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with ourselves. Related parties also include principal owners of the Company, its management, members of the immediate families of principal owners of the Company and its management and other parties with which the Company may deal if one party controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests. A party which can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the transacting parties or if it has an ownership interest in one of the transacting parties and can significantly influence the other to an extent that one or more of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests is also a related party.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

The Company does not expect the adoption of recently issued accounting pronouncements to have a significant impact on the Company's results of operations, financial position, or cash flow.

 

Properties

 

We currently lease an office through our wholly-owned subsidiary – American Realty, at the address set forth above. We believe that this space will be sufficient for our initial needs, although as funding and revenues become available, and the Company's operations grow, we anticipate finding other office space as needed.

 

Plan of Operation and Cash Requirements

 

The Company anticipates that its expenses over the next twelve months will be approximately $1,333,800. These estimates may change significantly depending on the nature of our business activities and our ability to raise capital from our shareholders or other sources. Our other administrative expenses for the year will consist primarily of transfer agent fees, bank and interest charges and general office expenses. The professional fees are related to our regulatory filings throughout the year and include legal, accounting and auditing fees.

 

 

Based on our planned expenditures, we will require approximately $1,333,800 to proceed with our business plan over the next twelve months. If we secure less than the full amount of financing that we require, we will not be able to carry out our complete business plan and we will be forced to proceed with a scaled back business plan based on our available financial resources.

 

We intend to raise the balance of our cash requirements for the next twenty-four months from private placements, shareholder loans or possibly a registered public offering (either self-underwritten or through a broker-dealer). If we are unsuccessful in raising enough money through such efforts, we may review other financing possibilities such as bank loans. At this time we do not have a commitment from any third-party to provide us with financing. There is no assurance that any financing will be available to us or if available, on terms that will be acceptable to us.

 

Even though we plan to raise capital through equity or debt financing, we believe that the latter may not be a viable alternative for funding our operations, as we do not have sufficient tangible assets to secure any such financing. We anticipate that any additional funding will be in the form of equity financing from the sale of our common stock. However, we do not have any financing arranged and we cannot provide any assurance that we will be able to raise sufficient funds from the sale of our common stock to finance our operations. In the absence of such financing, we may be forced to abandon our business plan.

  

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

The Company does not expect the adoption of recently issued accounting pronouncements to have a significant impact on the Company's results of operations, financial position, or cash flow.

Contractual Obligations

 

As a "smaller reporting company" as defined by Item 10 of Regulation S-K, the Company is not required to provide this information.

Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

We intend to have our common stock be quoted on the NASDAQ Capital Market or other US trading exchange. If our securities are not quoted on the NASDAQ Capital Market or other US trading exchange, a security holder may find it more difficult to dispose of, or to obtain accurate quotations as to the market value of our securities. The NASDAQ Capital Market differs from national and regional stock exchanges in that it: (1) is not situated in a single location but operates through communication of bids, offers and confirmations between broker-dealers, and (2) securities admitted to quotation are offered by one or more Broker-dealers rather than the "specialist" common to stock exchanges.

To qualify for quotation on the NASDAQ Capital Market, an equity security must have three registered broker-dealers, known as the market makers, willing to list bid or sale quotations and to sponsor The Company' listing. We do not yet have an agreement with a registered broker-dealer, as the market maker, willing to list bid or sale quotations and to sponsor the Company' listing. If the Company meets the qualifications for trading securities on the NASDAQ Capital Market our securities will trade on the NASDAQ Capital Market until a future time, if at all, that we apply and qualify for admission to quotation on the NASDAQ Capital Market. We may not now and it may never qualify for quotation on the NASDAQ Capital Market or be accepted for listing of our securities on the NASDAQ Capital Market.

 

The Company has never paid cash dividends on any of its securities. Payment of dividends on any of its securities is within the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Company and will depend upon the Company's earnings, its capital requirements and financial condition and other relevant factors. It is the Company's intention to retain earnings, if any, to finance the operation and expansion of its business and, therefore, it does not expect to pay any cash dividends on any of its securities in the near future.

There is no established public trading market for our securities and a regular trading market may not develop, or if developed, may not be sustained. A stockholder in all likelihood, therefore, will not be able to resell his or her securities should he or she desire to do so when eligible for public resale. Furthermore, it is unlikely that a lending institution will accept our securities as pledged collateral for loans unless a regular trading market develops. We have no plans, proposals, arrangements, or understandings with any person with regard to the development of a trading market in any of our securities.

Our shares likely will be "penny stocks" as that term is generally defined in the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder to mean equity securities with a price of less than $5.00. Our shares thus will be subject to rules that impose sales practice and disclosure requirements on broker-dealers who engage in certain transactions involving a penny stock. Under Rule 15g-9 of the penny stock regulations, a broker-dealer selling a penny stock to anyone other than an established customer or accredited investor must make a special suitability determination regarding the purchaser and must receive the purchaser's written consent to the transaction prior to the sale. Generally, an individual with a net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or annual income exceeding $200,000 individually or $300,000 together with his or her spouse is considered an accredited investor. In addition, under the penny stock regulations the broker-dealer is required to: (a) Deliver, prior to any transaction involving a penny stock, a disclosure schedule prepared by the SEC relating to the penny stock market, unless the broker-dealer or the transaction is otherwise exempt; (b) Disclose commissions payable to the broker-dealer and our registered representatives and current bid and offer quotations for the securities; (c) Send monthly statements disclosing recent price information pertaining to the penny stock held in a customer's account, the account's value and information regarding the limited market in penny stocks; and (d) Make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser's written agreement to the transaction, prior to conducting any penny stock transaction in the customer's account.

Because of the penny stock regulations, broker-dealers may encounter difficulties in their attempt to sell shares of our common stock, which may affect the ability of Selling Stockholders or other holders to sell their shares in the secondary market and have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the secondary market. These additional sales practice and disclosure requirements could impede the sale of our securities, if our securities become publicly traded. In addition, the liquidity for our securities may be decreased, with a corresponding decrease in the price of our securities. Our shares in all probability will be subject to such penny stock rules and our stockholders will, in all likelihood, find it difficult to sell their securities.

As of the date of this annual report, we have 599 holders of record of our common stock. For purposes of calculations throughout this registration statement, the Company is disclosing the current issued and outstanding as set forth in the first sentence of this paragraph. We have not declared any cash dividends on our common stock since our inception. Any decisions as to future payments of dividends will depend on our earnings and financial position and such other facts, as the Board of Directors deems relevant.

 

Legal Proceedings

Other than the litigation identified herein, the Company is not aware of any pending legal proceedings to which the Company is a party or in which any director, officer or affiliate of the Company, any owner of record or beneficially of more than 5% of any class of voting securities of the Company.

ITEM 7A. – QUANTITIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Not required for a smaller reporting company.

 

ITEM 8. – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA 

 

The Company incorporates by reference the audited financial statements beginning on page F-1 of the Company’s original 10-K filing on April 10, 2017. 

 

ITEM 9. – CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

There are not and have not been any disagreements between the Company and our accountants on any matter of accounting principles, practices or financial statement disclosure.

 

ITEM 9. A – CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

The Company's Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures for the Company. During the reporting period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer was Sean Zarinegar. As of March 13, 2017, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Offer is Michael Ogburn.

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

For purposes of this Item 9A., the term disclosure controls and procedures means controls and other procedures of the Company (i) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq. and hereinafter the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), and (ii) include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our disclosure controls and procedures do not yet comply with the requirements in (i) and (ii) above.

 

 

On December 31, 2016, Management reviewed the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report and has concluded that (i) the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are not effective to ensure that material information relating to the Company is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Commission due to material weaknesses identified, and that (ii) the Company’s controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The material weaknesses identified relates to the lack of proper segregation of duties, lack of formal, documented internal control system and control policies and a lack of a system involving multiple levels of review over the Company’s financial reporting process that provide for multiple levels of supervision and reviews. The Company believes that the lack of proper segregation of duties is due to the Company’s limited resources.

 

Report of Management on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting for the Company. Internal control over financial reporting is a process to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Internal control over financial reporting includes maintaining records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect our transactions; providing reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary for preparation of our financial statements; providing reasonable assurance that receipts and expenditures of Company assets are made in accordance with management authorization; and providing reasonable assurance that unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of Company assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements would be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Because of its inherent limitations, our internal control over financial reporting does not provide assurance that a misstatement of our financial statements would be prevented or detected and is not effective.

  

On December 31, 2016, management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and found it to be not effective subsequent to filing our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, on April 7, 2017 with the Commission. Management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Management has concluded that the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting are not effective because as noted in the Annual Report, we do have not proper segregation of duties due to our limited resources available, we lack formal, documented internal control system and control policies and we lack of a system involving multiple levels of review over the Company’s financial reporting process. As we obtain additional funding and employ additional personnel, we will implement programs recommended by the Treadway Commission to ensure the proper segregation of duties and reporting channels.

 

Our independent public accountant, MaloneBailey, LLP has not conducted an audit of our controls and procedures regarding internal control over financial reporting. Consequently, MaloneBailey, LLP expresses no opinion with regards to the effectiveness or implementation of our controls and procedures with regards to internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with our evaluation of these controls for the quarter ended December 31, 2016 as covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

  

Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls

 

The Company's management does not expect that its disclosure controls or its internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system's objectives will be met. The design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Further, because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Controls can also be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Projections of any evaluation of controls effectiveness to future periods are subject to risks. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures.

 

ITEM 9B. – OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

 

PART III

 

ITEM 10. – DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

The following table provides information regarding our executive officers, other executive management and directors as of December 31, 2016:

Name (Age)		Current Position(s)		Position(s) Held in Fiscal Year 2016
Sean Zarinegar (45)		Director, Member of Real Estate Committee		Director; Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer (2/25/2016 – 3/13/2017); Chief Executive Officer and President (11/29/2016 – 3/13/2017).
Jeff Howard (53)		N/A		Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (1/1/2016 – 10/25/2016)
James Stevens (57)		N/A		Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (10/25-2016 – 11/29/2016)
Kenneth Hedrick (47)		Director, Member of Real Estate Committee		Director
Les Gutierrez (64)		Director, Member of Real Estate Committee		Director
Michael Ogburn (43)		Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer/President, Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer		N/A
Joaquin Flores (40)		Director		N/A
Brian Werner (55)		Director		N/A
Jack Combs (73)		Vice President		Vice President
Christ Andersen (35)		Secretary		Secretary

 

Biographical Information for Michael Ogburn, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer

Ogburn graduated from California State University with a B.S. in Agriculture Business. He then started Epic Wood Floors, Inc. (“EWF”), a company that manufacturing high end wood floors. EWF was sold in 2006. Ogburn then started Lightwave Capital, LLC (“Lightwave”), which facilitated mergers and acquisitions as well as funding on a short and long term basis. Lightwave worked closely with companies throughout a variety of transition to insure accurate financial information was being reported. In December 2015, Ogburn was appointed Chief Executive Officer of iBrands Corporation Inc. (“iBrands”), a publicly reporting company currently traded OTC. Obgurn will resign from his position at iBrands upon his acceptance of his appointments with the Company.

 

Biographical Information for Brian Werner, Director

Brian Werner (“Werner”) was appointed to the Board of Directors by the aforementioned Board Consent on March 7, 2017, subject to the closing of the Stock Exchange Agreement. Prior to his appointment to the Board of Directors, Werner served as a Senior Mortgage Write for Omni Fund Inc. He resides in Fresno, California.

Biographical Information for Joaquin Flores, Director

Joaquin Flores (“Flores”) was the third director appointed to the Board of Directors as a result of the aforementioned Board Consent and closing of the Stock Exchange Agreement. Flores has significant experience in business development. Prior to his appointment on the Board of Directors, Flores served as a Business Development Executive for the Winnemucca Indian Colony of Nevada for nine years.

Biographical Information for Sean Zarinegar, Director and Member of the Real Estate Committee

 

Mr. Zarinegar brings more than twenty years of experience in operations, evaluation, investment and management of real estate assets and is responsible for new asset origination, evaluation, analysis and due diligence, as well as overall executive direction. Mr. Zarinegar brings investment experience to the company as well as experience having formed successful business partnerships and has acquired a talented team of experts necessary to support ongoing and future projects and opportunities. Mr. Zarinegar has been an active real estate investor in Arizona, Texas, and Nevada as well as Colorado and Southern California, and has been tasked by the Corporation in leading efforts to convert the Corporation to a Real Estate Investment Trust consistent with 26 USC § 856.

 

Mr. Zarinegar is focused on maximizing the tremendous opportunity in the Phoenix, Arizona real estate market. With the decades of experience behind him, along with a severely depressed real estate market, the opportunities are abundant. For the past five years, Mr. Zarinegar has served as the Managing Partner for Core Performance Realty, and related parties, Performance Realty and American Realty. Mr. Zarinegar incorporates by reference the prior disclosure regarding the cease and desist orders issued by the Kansas Securities Commission and Alabama Securities Commission.

 

Mr. Zarinegar initially worked for the Company on an independent contractor basis. On February 25, 2016, Jeff Howard executed, with approval from the Board of Directors, the Employment Agreement with Mr. Zarinegar on behalf of the Company (the “Employment Agreement”). As a result, Mr. Zarinegar became a full-time employee of the Company. Mr. Zarinegar has agreed to continue to serve on the Board of Directors at no cost (unless subsequently adjusted by the Board of Directors with Mr. Zarinegar abstaining). In exchange for his employment, the Company agrees to pay Mr. Zarinegar an annual salary equal to $120,000 on the dates consistent with the Company’s payroll schedule, or 1% of the Company’s assets as reported on its year-end balance sheet, whichever is greater, unless, an opinion of counsel or the Company’s auditors conclude that the asset-based compensation limits or impairs the Company’s intent of becoming a real estate investment trust or impairs the Company’s status as a publicly reporting company in good standing under the rules promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Company recognizes that Mr. Zarinegar is a significant employee to the Company, and has incurred and continues to incur risk and exposure in guaranteeing the First Key debt service of the Company and the debt of its subsidiaries, which ultimately benefits the Company and its shareholders. Recognizing that the consideration above does not completely compensate Mr. Zarinegar, the Company initially agreed to issue Mr. Zarinegar or his designee a total of 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock on the first, second and third anniversary. The Employment Agreement was subsequently amended on or about December 30, 2016. Pursuant to the amended Employment Agreement, Mr. Zarinegar agreed to waive his rights to this issuance in favor of a reduced issuance of 616,180 shares of the Company’s common stock for the period of February 25, 2016 through October 7, 2016. At the time of the amendment, Mr. Zarinegar had already received 439,401 shares of common stock on August 1, 2016. Mr. Zarinegar agreed to waive his rights to the issuance of the remaining 176,779 shares.

 

 

 

Mr. Zarinegar is subject to a cease and desist order issued by the Alabama Securities Commission and a consent cease and desist order issued by the Kansas Securities Commission. The final consent order issued by the Kansas Securities Commission dated July 21, 2008 prohibits Mr. Zarinegar from offering or selling unregistered securities in the State of Kansas, absent reliance on an exemption, or acting as a broker-dealer, or agent thereof, in the sale of securities, and to not violate the Kansas Uniform Securities Act. The Alabama Securities Commission has represented that a Final Order was entered on May 5, 2011, but no final order has been produced. Regardless, according to the FINRA disclosure made under U-6, the final order does not constitute a final order based on any laws or regulations that prohibit fraudulent, manipulative or deceptive conduct. Mr. Zarinegar filed a Statement of Claim for Expungement with FINRA pursuant to Rule 2080 (the “Statement of Claim”), but the Statement of Claim was deemed not eligible for arbitration presumably due to the fact that FINRA could not obtain jurisdiction over Malory, a defunct entity. In response, Mr. Zarinegar filed separate correspondence with the Kansas Securities Commission and the Alabama Securities Commission requesting that the subject orders be set aside. These requests are still pending.

These orders are not related to the Company. Zarinegar was a registered representative with FINRA between approximately 1992 and 2005. During the period of time in which he was registered with FINRA, Zarinegar held Series 6, 7, 22, 24, 27, 39 and 63 designations. He had been registered with six securities firms during this time period with the last being Malory Investments, LLC ("Malory") between August 2001 and April 2005. Zarinegar has two disclosure events set forth in his CRD, both of which revolve around alleged activity during his tenure at Malory. These disclosures are not customer complaints; rather, they revolve around cease and desist orders issued by the State of Kansas and the State of Alabama in 2007 as part of their respective investigations into Malory and six other primary respondents. The allegations against Mr. Zarinegar were that he failed to properly supervise the sale of private offerings in Kansas and Alabama. Mr. Zarinegar has been in compliance with the Orders since issuance. The Orders are not related in any manner with respect to the Company or its related parties. The Orders do not restrict Mr. Zarinegar from engaging in an offering in the State of Kansas or State of Alabama provided he complies with the appropriate disclosures and laws. The Company is not aware of any similar orders in any other jurisdiction.  

Biographical Information for Kenneth Hedrick, Director and Member of Real Estate Committee

 

Mr. Hedrick brings over 21 years of residential mortgage and banking experience to the board of American Housing Income Trust. He currently serves as Vice President of foreclosure, bankruptcy, and loss recovery for TCF National Bank in Michigan, a subsidiary of TCF Financial Corporation, a $19 billion Minnesota-based national bank holding company. He began his career with TCF Bank right out of college, handling production, underwriting, and approval of residential and consumer loans. As he entered production management, his roles included customer financial analysis, compliance, and audit oversight. Since 2009, as an employee of TCF Bank, Mr. Hedrick has gained expertise through portfolio management in the areas of foreclosure, bankruptcy, loss recovery, collections, loss mitigation, REO, as well as oversight of legal matters as they relate to residential customers. In the world of increased regulatory oversight, Mr. Hedrick also brings a wealth of knowledge when it comes to interacting with, and responding to, regulators and auditors for issues ranging from operational practices to policy development and disaster recovery plans.

 

Mr. Hedrick is currently elected to his 2nd term on the Board of Education for the Avondale School District in Auburn Hills, Michigan. He has sat on this board since 2006, holding officer positions of Secretary and Treasurer, and currently serves as Board President. Mr. Hedrick holds a bachelor degree in business administration from Hope College, and currently resides in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

 

 

Biographical Information for Lez Gutierrez – Director and Member of the Real Estate Committee

Mr. Gutierrez brings over 28 years’ experience in real estate and telecom projects with a wide range of experience in systems, operations, accounting, budgeting, marketing and finance. With respect to his real estate background, Mr. Gutierrez has experience in site acquisition, property acquisitions and zoning. Mr. Gutierrez is currently a Senior Site Acquisition Manager with a top 20 Engineering and Design Firm in the US, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mr. Gutierrez is a member of NM Properties, LLC, a New Mexico limited liability company and limited partner in AHIT Northern NM Properties, LLP, a Maryland limited liability partnership and umbrella partnership real estate investment trust of the Company.

Biographical Information for Jack Combs, Vice President

 

Mr. Combs has been active in the Scottsdale, Arizona real estate market since 1992 from sales and marketing, to property management. Mr. Combs is a United States Air Force veteran serving between 1962 and 1966. He is a graduate of California State University-Fullerton with a Bachelors of Arts in 1971. He received his Masters in Business Administration from the University of Southern California in 1976.

 

Biographical Information for Christ Anderson, Secretary

 

Ms. Andersen has over fifteen years’ experience in real estate administration. She started her career in 1997 with a small internet service provider as the office and accounts manager in Albany, Oregon. She moved to Arizona in 1999 where she worked in property management for several years. In 2010, Ms. Andersen joined Performance Realty Management, LLC as the Executive Secretary, and oversaw the day-to-day functions of the office for two years. She elected to further purse her interests in real estate and served as a Listing/Transaction Coordinator for Long Realty until 2016, when she joined the Company.

 

Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance

 

It is the intention of the Company to establish nominating committees, audit committees, compensation committees and protocols and procedures associated with annual and special meetings of shareholders (to the extent not addressed in the enclosed Bylaws). The Company currently does not have an Employee Stock Option Plan.

 

Since we do not have an audit or compensation committee comprised of independent directors, the functions that would have been performed by such committees are performed by our director. The Board of Directors has not established an audit committee and does not have an audit committee financial expert, nor has the Board established a nominating committee. Thus, there is a potential conflict of interest in that our director and officer has the authority to determine issues concerning management compensation, nominations, and audit issues that may affect management decisions.

 

Our Board of Directors intends on adopting a code of ethics applying to all employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. Among other matters, our code of ethics will be designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest, and full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosures in simple English" in our reports filed with the Commission and other public communications. The Company believes it has done so to date. Any waiver of the code of ethics for our executive officers, directors or employees would be made only by our Board of Directors or a committee of our Board of Directors and would be promptly disclosed as required by law or stock exchange regulations.

 

 

Limitations on Liabilities and Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

For information concerning limitations of liability and indemnification applicable to our directors, executive officers and, in certain circumstances, employees, see the discussion above regarding Maryland law, our Charter and our Bylaws. Although it is our intent in the near future, we have not yet obtained directors' and officers' liability insurance insuring our directors and officers against liability for acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers. We have entered into indemnification agreements with key officers and directors, and such persons shall also have indemnification rights under applicable laws, and our Charter and Bylaws.

 

Interests in Our Investments

 

We are permitted to make or acquire investments in which our directors, officers or stockholders or any of our or their respective affiliates have direct or indirect pecuniary interests. However, any such transaction in which our directors or any of their respective affiliates has any interest would be subject to review and approval by the Board of Directors with the interested director or officer (to the extent they are the one involved in the transaction at issue) abstaining from vote on the particular transaction. For example, as set forth herein, Mr. Zarinegar and American Realty hold the property located at 4201 Martin Road in Las Vegas, Nevada as tenants-in-common. The note associated with the loan on this property is held by Citibank, which holds a deed in trust as collateral for Mr. Zarinegar's obligations. Mr. Zarinegar is the sole borrower on the note. A conflict of interest might arise to the extent Mr. Zarinegar defaults under the note or deed in trust; more specifically, to the extent Citibank exercises its rights under the deed-in-trust, American Realty could lose title to the property, which in turn would impact the value of the Company's stock, and if additional capital is needed in order to meet the note obligations, so American Realty does not lose its interest in the property, there would be dilution of all shares. Performance Realty authorized this tenancy in common as being in the best interests of American Realty. 

 

Summary Compensation Table – 2015 - 2016

 

This narrative addresses summary compensation of Mr. Zarinegar in his role as manager of Performance Realty, which is the manager of American Realty, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, for the fiscal year ending in 2015 and 2016. In 2014, Mr. Zarinegar was the sole principal executive officer for Performance Realty, which was the manager of American Realty. For all intents and purposes, Mr. Zarinegar managed and operated American Realty through Performance Realty. Mr. Zarinegar does not have a written employment agreement with Performance Realty or American Realty. He was, and still is, an at-will employee of American Realty receiving W2 compensation. He also received member distributions as a member of Performance Realty.

 

On May 15, 2015, Mr. Zarinegar executed an Advisory Board Consulting and Compensation Agreement. The Company agreed to pay Mr. Zarinegar an annual fee equal to $120,000 or 1% of the Company's assets as reported on its year-end balance sheet, whichever is greater, unless, an opinion of counsel or the Company's auditors conclude that the asset-based compensation limits or impairs the Company's intent of becoming a real estate investment trust or impairs the Company's status as a publicly reporting company in good standing under the rules promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

On February 25, 2016, the Company and Mr. Zarinegar executed a formal Employment Agreement and the First Amended Advisory Board Consulting and Compensation Agreement (the “2016 Agreements”). The 2016 Agreements formally appointed Mr. Zarinegar as the Chief Financial Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Employment Agreement was amended on December 30, 2016 to include duties associated with the Chief Executive Officer and President. The compensation outlined in the 2016 Agreements mirrored the terms set out in the original Advisory Board Consulting and Compensation Agreement. Mr. Zarinegar has been paid $74,955 in 2016 in relation to his Employment Contract. In addition, the Company recognized $1,848,540 of stock based compensation for 616,180 shares issuable to Mr. Zarinegar for services provided to the Company during the period from Feb 25, 2016 to October 7, 2016. On August 1, 2016, Mr. Zarinegar was issued 439,401 shares of common stock. Mr. Zarinegar agreed to waive his rights to the issuance of the remaining 176,779 shares and therefore the Company has reversed stock based compensation of $530,337 previously recognized during the year ended December 31, 2016.

 

On October 12, 2015, the Company hired Jeff Howard to serve as Chief Executive Officer and President. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Mr. Howard is to be compensated an annual salary of $64,800 between October 12, 2015 and October 12, 2016 (the “Initial Term”). In 2016, Mr. Howard was paid $44,861 in connection with his role as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Howard resigned from the Company on October 25, 2016 and forgave $8,088 of accrued management fees owed to him.

 

Mr. Stevens was appointed to the Board of Directors on July 21, 2016. In consideration for his services to the Board of Directors, Mr. Stevens was issued 10,000 shares of restricted common stock in the Company. He resigned from the Board on November 29, 2016, but remains employed by the Company.

 

Les Gutierrez was appointed to the Board of Directors on July 15, 2016. In connection with his appointment to the Board of Directors, Mr. Gutierrez entered into a Board Director Agreement, which provided that Mr. Gutierrez may be compensated by an issuance of 10,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock. As of December 31, 2016, those shares have not been issued to Mr. Gutierrez.

 

Mr. Hedrick did not receive any compensation under his board advisory agreement in 2015 and 2016. He has no future stock options or grants. Although Mr. Hedrick has been treated as an independent contractor, Mr. Hedrick and the Company agree that Mr. Hedrick owes duties to the Company as provided for under Maryland law, and our Charter and Bylaws, where applicable.

 

The Company has not approved and implemented an employee stock option plan, pension plan or other type of incentive plans related to its common stock or preferred stock.

   

 

 

Summary Compensation Table - 2016
Name and principal position			Year				Salary ($)				Bonus ($)				Stock awards ($)				Option awards ($)				Nonequity incentive plan compensation ($)				Nonqualified deferred compensation earnings ($)				All other compensation ($)				Total($)
Sean Zarinegar (1)			2016			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—
Sean Zarinegar (2)			2016			$	93,231			$	—			$	1,318,203			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	1,411,434
Jeff Howard			2016			$	44,861			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	44,861
Ken Hedrick			2016			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—
James Stevens			2016			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—
Les Gutierrez			2016			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—

 

(1) This row represents the amount of compensation paid to Sean Zarinegar by American Realty.

   

(2) This row represents the amount of compensation paid to Sean Zarinegar by the Company pursuant to his Advisory Board Consulting and Compensation Agreement and Employment Agreement dated February 25, 2016 and amended December 30, 2016. As provided for in the amended agreement, Mr. Zarinegar is entitled to receive 616,180 shares of common stock as payment for the services provided under the agreement and amended agreement. On August 1, 2016, Mr. Zarinegar was issued 439,401 shares of common stock pursuant to the amended agreement. Mr. Zarinegar agreed to waive his rights to the issuance of the remaining 176,779 shares.

 

Summary Outstanding Equity Awards Table - 2015 and 2016

 

Pursuant to Item 402(q) of Regulation S-K, American Realty, Performance Realty and the Company are required to provide the material terms of each plan that provides for the payment of retirement benefits, or benefits that will be paid primarily following retirement, including but not limited to tax-qualified defined benefit plans, supplemental executive retirement plans, tax-qualified defined contribution plans and nonqualified defined contribution plans. The Company has no disclosures in this respect.

 

The Company is also required to provide the material terms of each contract, agreement, plan or arrangement, whether written or unwritten, that provides for payment(s) to a named executive officer at, following, or in connection with the resignation, retirement or other termination of a named executive officer, or a change in control of the smaller reporting company or a change in the named executive officer's responsibilities following a change in control, with respect to each named executive officer.

 

 

Mr. Zarinegar initially worked for the Company on an independent contractor basis. On February 25, 2016, Jeff Howard executed, with approval from the Board of Directors, the Employment Agreement with Mr. Zarinegar on behalf of the Company (the “Employment Agreement”). As a result, Mr. Zarinegar became a full-time employee of the Company. Mr. Zarinegar has agreed to continue to serve on the Board of Directors at no cost (unless subsequently adjusted by the Board of Directors with Mr. Zarinegar abstaining). In exchange for his employment, the Company agrees to pay Mr. Zarinegar an annual salary equal to $120,000 on the dates consistent with the Company’s payroll schedule, or 1% of the Company’s assets as reported on its year-end balance sheet, whichever is greater, unless, an opinion of counsel or the Company’s auditors conclude that the asset-based compensation limits or impairs the Company’s intent of becoming a real estate investment trust or impairs the Company’s status as a publicly reporting company in good standing under the rules promulgated by the Commission. The Employment Agreement was amended on December 30, 2016. Pursuant to the December 30, 2016 amendment, Mr. Zarinegar agreed to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer at no cost.

 

The Company recognizes that Mr. Zarinegar is a significant employee to the Company, and has incurred and continues to incur risk and exposure in guaranteeing the First Key debt service of the Company and the debt of its subsidiaries, which ultimately benefits the Company and its shareholders. Recognizing that the consideration above does not completely compensate Mr. Zarinegar, the Company initially agreed to issue Mr. Zarinegar or his designee a total of 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock on the first, second and third anniversary of the Employment Agreement. The Employment Agreement was subsequently amended on or about December 30, 2016. Pursuant to the amended Employment Agreement, Mr. Zarinegar agreed to waive his rights to this issuance in favor of a reduced issuance of 616,180 shares of the Company’s common stock for the period of February 25, 2016 through October 7, 2016. At the time of the amendment, Mr. Zarinegar had already received 439,401 shares of common stock on August 1, 2016. Mr. Zarinegar agreed to waive his rights to the issuance of the remaining 176,779 shares and therefore the Company has reversed stock based compensation of $530,337 previously recognized during the year ended December 31, 2016.

 

 

 

  

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2016
Name	Option awards				Stock awards
	Number of securities underlying unexercised options (#) exercisable	Number of securities underlying unexercised options (#) unexercisable	Equity incentive plan awards: Number of securities underlying unexercised unearned options (#)	Option exercise price ($)	Option expiration date	Number of shares or units of stock that have not vested (#)	Market value of shares of units of stock that have not vested ($)	Equity incentive plan awards: Number of unearned shares, units or other rights that have not vested (#)	Equity incentive plan awards: Market or payout value of unearned shares, units or other rights that have not vested ($)
Sean Zarinegar (1)	-	-	-	$ -	-	-	$ -	-	$ -
Sean Zarinegar (2)	-	-	-	$ -	-	-	$ -	-	$ -
Jeff Howard	-	-	-	$ -	-	-	$ -	-	$ -
Kenneth Hedrick	-	-	-	$ -	-	-	$ -	-	$ -
James Stevens	-	-	-	$ -	-	-	$ -	-	$ -
Les Gutierrez	-	-	-	$ -	-	-	$ -	-	$ -

 

 

(1) This row represents the amount of outstanding equity awards to Sean Zarinegar by American Realty.

 

(2) This row represents the amount of outstanding equity awards to Sean Zarinegar by the Company.

 

 

 

2016 Director Compensation Table

 

Name		Fees Earned				Stock Awards				Option Awards				Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation				Deferred Compensation Earnings				All Other Compensation				Total
Sean Zarinegar		$	0			$	0				—				—				—				—			$	0
Jeff Howard		$	0			$	0				—				—				—				—			$	0
Kenneth Hedrick		$	0			$					—				—				—				—			$	0
James Stevens		$	0			$	30,000				—				—				—				—			$	30,000
Les Gutierrez		$	0			$	30,000				—				—				—				—			$	30,000

 

The dollar amounts in the Stock Awards column reflect the values of equity awards as of the grant date, in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation, and, therefore, do not necessarily reflect actual benefits received by the individuals. 

 

Employment Agreement - Sean Zarinegar

Mr. Zarinegar initially worked for the Company on an independent contractor basis. On February 25, 2016, Jeff Howard executed, with approval from the Board of Directors, the Employment Agreement with Mr. Zarinegar on behalf of the Company (the “Employment Agreement”). As a result, Mr. Zarinegar became the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Zarinegar has agreed to continue to serve on the Board of Directors at no cost (unless subsequently adjusted by the Board of Directors with Mr. Zarinegar abstaining). In exchange for his employment, the Company agrees to pay Mr. Zarinegar an annual salary equal to $120,000 on the dates consistent with the Company’s payroll schedule, or 1% of the Company’s assets as reported on its year-end balance sheet, whichever is greater, unless, an opinion of counsel or the Company’s auditors conclude that the asset-based compensation limits or impairs the Company’s intent of becoming a real estate investment trust or impairs the Company’s status as a publicly reporting company in good standing under the rules promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. On October 7, 2016, the Company amended the employment agreement and Mr. Zarinegar agreed to serve as the CFO of the Company at no cost.

The Company recognizes that Mr. Zarinegar is a significant employee to the Company, and has incurred and continues to incur risk and exposure in guaranteeing the First Key debt service of the Company and the debt of its subsidiaries, which ultimately benefits the Company and its shareholders. Recognizing that the consideration above does not completely compensate Mr. Zarinegar, the Company initially agreed to issue Mr. Zarinegar or his designee a total of 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock on the first, second and third anniversary of the Employment Agreement. The Employment Agreement was subsequently amended on or about December 30, 2016. Pursuant to the amended Employment Agreement, Mr. Zarinegar agreed to waive his rights to this issuance in favor of a reduced issuance of 616,180 shares of the Company’s common stock for the period of February 25, 2016 through October 7, 2016. At the time of the amendment, Mr. Zarinegar had already received 439,401 shares of common stock on August 1, 2016. Mr. Zarinegar agreed to waive his rights to the issuance of the remaining 176,779 shares.

 

 

Executive Agreement - Jeff Howard

On October 12, 2015, the Company hired Jeff Howard, currently a Director on the Board of Directors, to fill the vacancy left by Mr. Zarinegar's resignation as Chief Executive Officer and President. There were no disputes between Mr. Zarinegar and the Company prior to his resignation. Pursuant to the terms of the Executive Agreement between the Company and Mr. Howard, Mr. Howard is to be compensated an annual salary of $64,800 between October 12, 2015 and October 12, 2016 (the "Initial Term"), unless his employment is terminated as set forth in the Executive Agreement. The Executive Agreement has successive one-year renewal periods (a "Renewal Term").

In addition to the compensation identified above, the Company and Mr. Howard agreed to the following escalators either during the Initial Term or Renewal Term, if applicable: (a) The Company agrees to increase Executive's compensation by an additional Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) per annum and shall issue an additional issuance of Twenty-Five Thousand (25,000.00) shares of common stock in the Company to the Executive when the Company achieves the milestone of a gross revenue of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per annum; (b) The Company agrees to increase Executive's compensation by an additional Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) per annum when the Company has achieved the milestone of a gross revenue of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00) per annum; and (c) The Company agrees to increase Executive's compensation by an additional Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) per annum, and issue an additional issuance of Twenty-Five Thousand (25,000.00) Shares of Common stock in the Company to the Executive when the Company has achieved the milestone of a gross revenue of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) per annum. Mr. Howard resigned from the Company on October 25, 2016.

 Advisory Board Consulting and Compensation Agreement - Kenneth Hedrick (Director)

Pursuant to the Resolutions, the Board of Directors ratified and approved the Board Director Agreement for Director Kenneth Hedrick effective May 15, 2015. In consideration of Director's services, the Company issued 25,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock to Mr. Hedrick. He did not receive any compensation in fiscal year 2016 for his service as Director.

 

Board Director Agreement – James Stevens

 

Mr. Stevens was appointed to the Board of Directors on July 21, 2016. Pursuant to the Board Director Agreement, the Company compensated Mr. Stevens for his services by issuing Mr. Stevens 10,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock. Mr. Stevens served as the Chief Executive Officer and President for approximately one month after the resignation of Mr. Howard. Mr. Stevens resigned from the Board of Directors on November 29, 2016.

 

Board Director Agreement – Lez Gutierrez

 

Les Gutierrez was appointed to the Board of Directors on July 15, 2016. In connection with his appointment to the Board of Directors, Mr. Gutierrez entered into a Board Director Agreement, which provided that Mr. Gutierrez may be compensated by an issuance of 10,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock. As of December 31, 2016, those shares have not been issued to Mr. Gutierrez.

  

 

The Company has not yet adopted retirement, pension, or profit sharing programs for the benefit of directors, officers or other employees, but our officers and directors may recommend adoption of one or more such programs in the future. There are no family relationships among our officers or directors. Other than as identified above regarding Mr. Zarinegar, during the past five years no director or executive officer of the company (i) has been involved as a general partner or executive officer of any business which has filed a bankruptcy petition; (ii) has been convicted in any criminal proceeding nor is subject to any pending criminal proceeding; (iii) has been subjected to any order, judgment or decree of any court permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities; and (iv) has been found by a court, the Commission or the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law.

 

The Company has 2 employees. Because of our limited resources, our Board does not currently have an established audit committee or executive committee. The current members of the Board perform the functions of an audit committee, governance/nominating committee, and any other committee on an as needed basis. If and when the Company grows its business and/or becomes profitable, the Board intends to establish such committees. 

 

We do not have an Audit Committee or Nominating Committee.  Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer perform some of the same functions of an Audit Committee, such as: recommending a firm of independent certified public accountants to audit the annual financial statements; reviewing the independent auditor’s independence, the financial statements and their audit report; and reviewing management's administration of the system of internal accounting controls.  We do not currently have a written audit committee charter or similar document. We have no financial expert.  We believe the cost related to retaining a financial expert at this time is prohibitive.  Further, because we have no business operations, management believes the services of a financial expert are not warranted.

 

A code of ethics relates to written standards that are reasonably designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote:

 

1.

Honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;

 

2.

Full, fair,  accurate,  timely  and  understandable  disclosure  in reports and  documents  that are filed with,  or  submitted  to, the Commission and in other public communications made by an issuer;

 

3.

Compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations;

 

4.

The prompt internal reporting  of  violations  of the  code to an appropriate person or persons    identified in the code; and

 

5.

Accountability for adherence to the code.

 

We have not adopted a corporate code of ethics that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions

 

 

Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

 

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers and directors, and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of our equity securities (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”), to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC. Reporting Persons are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all forms they file pursuant to Section 16(a).  We are of the opinion that our officers and directors have complied with their reporting requirements to reflect ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC.

 

Director Independence

 

Our securities are quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board which does not have any director independence requirements.  Once we engage further directors and officers, we plan to develop a definition of independence and scrutinize our Board of Directors with regard to this definition.

 

ITEM 11. – EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

We incorporate by reference the discussion above regarding executive compensation. No retirement, pension, profit sharing, stock option or insurance programs or other similar programs have been adopted by us for the benefit of our employees.

 

ITEM 12. – SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

 

The table set forth in this subsection lists, as of March 16, 2017, the number of shares of common stock of our Company that are beneficially owned by (i) each person or entity known to our company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding common stock; (ii) each officer and director of our company; and (iii) all officers and directors as a group.

Information relating to beneficial ownership of common stock by our principal shareholders and management is based upon information furnished by each person using "beneficial ownership" concepts under the rules of the SEC. Under these rules, a person is deemed to be a beneficial owner of a security if that person has or shares voting power, which includes the power to vote or direct the voting of the security, or investment power, which includes the power to vote or direct the voting of the security. The person is also deemed to be a beneficial owner of any security of which that person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership within sixty days. Under the SEC rules, more than one person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the same securities, and a person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of securities as to which he or she may not have any pecuniary beneficial interest. Except as noted below, each person has sole voting and investment power.

The percentages below are calculated based on 19,739,929 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding as of the date of the filing of this Form 10-K. Other than the stock grant issued to Mr. Zarinegar, and the stock options to Mr. Howard, as set forth above, we do not have any outstanding warrant, options or other securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of our common stock.

 

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner	Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership	Percent of Class
Sean Zarinegar (1)	994,000	5.05%
Kenneth Hedrick (1)	25,000	<1.0%
Lez Gutierrez (1)	0	0%
William Bill	1,500,000	7.63%
Joaquin Flores, Jr. (1)	1,000,000	5.08%
Alfred Dimora	1,500,000	7.63%
Michael Ogburn (1)	1,000,000	5.08%
Brian Werner (1)	50,000	<1.0%

 

(1) Denotes officers, executives, and directors of the Company.

ITEM 13. – CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR

INDEPENDENCE

 

As set forth above, the Company has engaged in, and anticipates that it will continue to engage in, related party transactions with American Realty, Performance Realty, ARP Borrower, ARP Borrower II, AHIT Valfre, and AHIT Northern. The Company believes that maintaining a relationship with these related parties will enhance its prospects of success and facilitate additional benefits for its shareholders. Further pursuant to ASC 850-10-50-6, the Company lists and provides details for all material Related Party transactions so that readers of the financial statements can better assess and predict the possible impact on performance.

 

Regarding transactions with related entities in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, the Company incorporates by reference its discussion of AHIT Northern and the Performance Realty Restructuring in Item 1.  

 

 

ITEM 14. – PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES

 

Aggregate fees billed by the Company's principal accountants, MaloneBailey, LLP, for audit services and aggregate fees billed by Eskew & Associates, CPAs and REDW LLC, for tax preparation in the most recent two fiscal years, were as follows:

 

	FISCAL 2016	FISCAL 2015
Audit Fees (1)	$125,000	$132,500
Tax Fees (2) (Eskew & Associates)	$6,995	$10,327
(REDW LLC)	$11,475	$3,300
Other Fees	$0	$0

 

(1) Comprised of the audit of the Company's annual financial statements and reviews of the Company's quarterly financial statements, as well as consents related to and reviews of other documents filed with the Commission.

 

(2) Comprised of preparation of all federal and state corporate income tax returns for the Company and its subsidiaries. Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, all audit and non-audit services performed by the Company's independent accountants must now be approved in advance by the Audit Committee to assure that such services do not impair the accountants' independence from the Company. The Company does not have an Audit Committee, therefore, the Board of Directors reviews and approves audit and permissible non-audit services performed by MaloneBailey, LLP, as well as the fees charged by MaloneBailey, LLP for such services. We do not currently have a standing audit committee. The services described above were approved by our Board of Directors. 

  

 

 PART IV

  

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit	Exhibit Description	Filed herewith	Form	Period Ending	Exhibit	Filing Date
10.1	Mutual Release and Agreement to Terminate Stock Issuance		8-K		10.1	01/19/2016
10.2	Purchase and Sale Agreement with Empire Residential Opportunity Fund III, LLC dated February 16 2016		8-K		10.1	02/25/2016
10.3	Purchase and Sale Agreement with Empire Residential Opportunity Fund V, LLC dated February 16, 2016		8-K		10.2	02/25/2016
10.4	First Amended Advisory Board Consulting and Compensation Agreement		8-K		1.0	02/26/2016
10.5	Employment Agreement		8-K		2.0	02/26/2016
10.6	Resolution of the Board of Directors (February 25, 2016)		8-K		3.0	02/26/2016
10.7	Board of Directors Resolution		8-K		10.1	04/06/2016
10.8	Closing Documents (Manley Purchase Agreement)		8-K		10.1	04/14/2016
10.9	Loan Cooperation Agreement (FirstKey Mortgage and AHIT Valfre)		8-K		10.1	04/21/2016
10.10	Balloon Note (AHIT Valfre)		8-K		10.2	04/21/2016
10.11	Guaranty and Pledge Agreement (AHIT Valfre GP)		8-K		10.3	04/21/2016
10.12	Guaranty Agreement (AHIT)		8-K		10.4	04/21/2016
10.13	Certificate of Amendment of Limited Liability Partnership (AHIT Valfre)		8-K		10.5	04/21/2016
10.14	First Amended Limited Liability Partnership Agreement (AHIT Valfre)		8-K		10.6	04/21/2016
10.15	Articles of Organization (AHIT Valfre GP)		8-K		10.7	04/21/2016
10.16	Operating Agreement (AHIT Valfre GP)		8-K		10.8	04/21/2016
10.17	Master UPREIT Formation Agreement dated July 13, 2016		8-K		10.1	07/27/2016
10.18	Contribution Agreement dated July 13, 2016		8-K		10.2	07/27/2016
10.19	Board of Director Agreement (Les F. Gutierrez)		8-K		10.3	07/27/2016
10.20	Board of Director Agreement (James Stevens)		8-K		10.4	07/27/2016
10.21	Employment Agreement (Jack Combs)		8-K		10.5	07/27/2016
10.22	Tobin & Company Agreement (dated August 18, 2016)		8-K		10.1	08/22/2016
10.23	Designation of Rights		8-K		10.1	08/24/2016
10.24	Stock Exchange Agreement		8-K		10.2	08/24/2016
10.25	Board Consent Regarding Issuance		8-K		10.3	08/24/2016
10.26	Board Director Agreement (Stevens)		8-K		31.1	10/28/2016
10.27	Employment Agreement (Mr. Zarinegar)		8-K		31.1	12/30/2016
10.28	First Amended Advisory Board Consulting and Compensation Agreement		8-K		31.2	12/30/2016
10.29	Employment Agreement (Stevens)		8-K		31.3	12/30/2016
10.30	First Amended Employment Agreement (Zarinegar)		8-K		31.4	12/30/2016
31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities and Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.	X
31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities and Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.	X
32.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities and Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.	X
32.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities and Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.	X

 

*Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, these interactive date files are deemed not filed or part of the registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Section 18 of the Securities Act of 1934 and otherwise are not subject to liability. 

 

 

 SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

AMERICAN HOUSING INCOME TRUST, INC.

 

Date: April 17, 2017	By: /s/ Michael Ogburn Michael Ogburn Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President and Director (Principal Executive Officer and Principle Financial Officer)

 

 

/s/Micheal Ogburn

Michael Ogburn 

Chairman of the Board

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Chief Accounting Officer

 

/s/Brian Werner

Brian Werner 

Director

  

/s/Joaquin Flores

Joaquin Flores 

Director

 

/s/Sean Zarinegar

Sean Zarinegar

Director

Real Estate Committee

 

/s/Kenneth Hedrick

Kennety Hedrick 

Director

Real Estate Committee