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| As Wendy mentioned earlier, by substantially reducing our leverage, LTC is better positioned for growth in 2024 and in the future |
| 2023 was a year of solid execution |
| We're entering 2024 with a stronger, more diversified portfolio and a stronger balance sheet, better positioning LTC for future growth |
| From an industry perspective, demand for seniors housing is strong |
| We think there's more upside in occupancy and performance |
| The bottom line for LTC is that we believe we are in a good position to grow and further diversify our portfolio |
| I mean we're very bullish on the investment outlook for the year |
| After some major accomplishments in 2023 and strengthening our portfolio and balance sheet, we believe LTC is well positioned to capture current opportunities |
| It's basically a pretty good visible path from this point going forward |
| We believe LTC's creativity and flexibility makes it easier for us to act quickly by providing customized financing solutions based on an operator's needs |
| So I think that is a positive aspect of where we are at in our focuses |
| From an operational perspective, we successfully transitioned the Brookdale portfolio resulting in anticipated revenue of $0.5 million more than we generated from the original lease |
| And when do you think that you kind of get away from security deposit draws? Clint Malin We've given them effectively a 2.5-year runway to improve operations, occupancy, improve margins |
| While we are not in the prediction game, we are encouraged by what we're seeing |
| But again, two collectively are cash flow positive |
| They are cash flow positive |
| So that's really where we see the potential for growth is occupancy gains |
| So I think that gives us optionality |
| Occupancy has increased for 10 consecutive quarters |
| We do believe there is upside in this portfolio |
| Austin Wurschmidt Even if you sell those 2 assets, can the remaining -- Clint Malin Well, these 2 assets, whether we sell a retenant, they are currently collectively positive cash flow |
| We believe our structured finance platform offers interesting solutions to complement triple net acquisitions and joint ventures |
| Occupancy in this portfolio grew from 73% in September to 75% in January |
| So there's no downside in 2024 from this then, right? If you get anything from those three, it's positive? Clint Malin As I emphasize on the call, non-revenue generating |
| So those are all positives |
| And also in the transition portfolio, we're seeing upward movement in recovering rental income |
| So as the buildings perform better, we contribute |
| Occupancy has been fairly flat, but they've improved |
| So cash flow has improved but occupancy has been a little bit flat |
| Compares repeating that through these successful transactions, we have more than replaced the income that was generated from the original Brookdale portfolio through a combination of new leases and pre-investing sales proceeds |
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| Clint will further discuss this shortly, and importantly, we significantly reduced our leverage ahead of street expectations |
| It's primarily coming from a decrease in revenue from properties sold and then the dilution from the ATM issuance |
| Labor agency utilization has gone down |
| The decrease in FFO, excluding non-recurring items, was due to higher interest expense, lower rental income and additional shares outstanding from sales under our ATM program, partially offset by higher interest income from new investments |
| Total rental revenue decreased by $2.2 million, principally related to portfolio transition, Anthem Street payment in 2022 of a temporary rent reduction and property sales |
| Additionally, we recorded an impairment loss of $3.3 million related to 7 of the Texas properties covered under this lease |
| The decrease between FFO and FFO, excluding non-recurring items, is due to the repayment of rent related to a property sale in January |
| But yes, we would look to overequitize investments as well |
| To reiterate, the portfolio was non-revenue generating |
| Can you quickly go over what you're seeing in the watch list? It seems like ALG was a unique situation given COVID |
| So it's not that they are a negative drain to HMG, it's maybe more geographic based |
| So nothing beyond that right now |
| It seems like the speaker line dropped, just one moment while we reconnect |
| Importantly, we repaid $60 million under our unsecured revolving line of credit, reducing our debt to annualized adjusted EBITDA for real estate from 6x for the 2023 third quarter to 5.5x for the 2023 fourth quarter |
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