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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 20172019

 

SITESTAR CORPORATIONENTERPRISE DIVERSIFIED, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Commission file number000-27763

 

Nevada

88-0397234

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1518 Willow Lawn Drive, Richmond, VA

23230

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(434) 382-7366336-7737

(Issuer’sRegistrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered underpursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act: 

Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
NoneNot applicableNot applicable

Securities registered underpursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:

Common Stock, $0.001$0.125 par value

(Title of class)

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

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the pastpreceding 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     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     No

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405) 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.  

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

 

Large accelerated filer

 

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes    No

The aggregate market value of the voting common equity held by non-affiliates as of June 30, 2017,28, 2019, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was approximately $13,773,282$7,937,500 based on the price at which the common stock last sold on such day. This price reflects inter-dealer prices without retail mark up, mark down, or commissions, and may not represent actual transactions.

The number of shares outstanding of Common Stock, $0.001$0.125 par value, as of March 30, 201827, 2020 is 297,905,346.2,602,240.


DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the 20182020 Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled to be held on May 19, 2018,28, 2020, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.

 

 


 


Table of Contents

 

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

PART I

Item 1.

Business

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Item 1A.

Risk Factors

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Item 1B.

Unresolved Staff Comments

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Item 2.

Properties

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Item 3.

Legal Proceedings

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Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

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PART II

Item 5.

Market for Company’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases
of Equity Securities

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Item 6.

Selected Financial Data

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Item 7.

Management’s DiscussionsDiscussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

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Item 7A.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

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Item 8.

Financial Statements

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Item 9.

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosures

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Item 9A.

Controls and Procedures

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Item 9B.

Other Information

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PART III

Item 10.

Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance

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Item 11.

Executive Compensation

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Item 12.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholders Matters

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Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

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Item 14.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

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PART IV

Item 15.

Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

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Item 16.

Form 10-K Summary

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Signatures

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ReportReports of Independent Registered Public Accounting FirmFirms

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Consolidated Financial Statements…………………………………………………………………………………………

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDINGREGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 10-K, including, without limitation, Part I, Item 1, “Business” and Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” herein, contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “plan”“plan,” and similar expressions and variations thereof identify certain of such forward-looking statements which speak only as of the dates on which they were made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties which may affect the Company'sCompany’s business and prospects, including changes in economic and market conditions, acceptance of the Company’s products and services, maintenance of strategic alliances, and other factors discussed elsewhere in this Form 10-K, and that actual results may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors.

 

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PART I

ITEM 1.

BUSINESS

Overview

Sitestar Corporation

Enterprise Diversified, Inc. (formerly White Dove Systems, Inc., and then Interfoods Consolidated, Inc.), and then Sitestar Corporation) was incorporated in Nevada on December 17, 1992. On July 26, 1999,June 1, 2018, the Company restatedamended its Articles of Incorporation to change the name of the Company to “Sitestar Corporation.“Enterprise Diversified, Inc.” Unless the context otherwise requires, and when used in this Report, the “Company,” “Sitestar,“ENDI,” “we,” “our”“our,” or “us” refers to Sitestar CorporationEnterprise Diversified, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

The

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company operatesoperated through five reportable segments: Corporate,

Asset Management Operations - this segment includes revenue and expenses derived from our various joint ventures, service offerings, and initiatives undertaken in the asset management industry;

Real Estate Operations - this segment includes revenue and expenses related to the management of properties held for investment and held for resale through Mt Melrose (prior to the sale of 65% of our equity in Mt Melrose on June 27, 2019) located in Lexington, Kentucky, and revenue and expenses related to the management of legacy properties held for investment and held for resale through EDI Real Estate located in Roanoke, Virginia;

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Internet Operations - this segment includes revenue and expenses related to our sale of internet access, hosting, storage, and other ancillary services;

Home Services Operations - this segment includes discontinued revenue and expenses derived from our former operation of HVAC and plumbing companies in Arizona; and

Other Operations - this segment includes any revenue and expenses from nonrecurring or one-time strategic funding or similar opportunities previously undertaken, and any revenue or expenses derived from corporate office operations, as well as expenses related to public company reporting, the oversight of subsidiaries, and other items that affect the overall Company.

As of the year ended December 31, 2019, and for all prior periods presented, Home Services Operations HVAC Operations, Real Estate Operations, and Asset Management Operations.are reported as discontinued operations. The management of the Company also continually reviews various investmentbusiness opportunities for the Company, including those in other lines of business.

Corporate

In previous periods, the Company reported under the following six business segments: Asset Management, Mt Melrose, HVAC, Internet, Real Estate, and Corporate. In an effort to highlight the direction of the Company and increase segment transparency, these historical segments were reorganized during the quarter ended June 30, 2018. Additional reorganizations were made as of January 1, 2019, in order to appropriately reflect the similarities in the Company’s real estate operations. As a result, the “Mt Melrose” and legacy “Real Estate” segments are referred to collectively as “Real Estate,” with the “HVAC” segment being referred to as “Home Services.” “Corporate” and other additional investments are combined under “Other Operations.” The “Asset Management” and “Internet” segments remain unchanged. See below for additional information on the activity included in each respective segment report.

Note that as of May 24, 2019, as per the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 28, 2019, the Company completed a divestiture of its Home Services Operations, via its subsidiary, Specialty Contracting Group, LLC (formerly known as HVAC Value Fund, LLC), to an unaffiliated third-party purchaser, Rooter Hero Plumbing, Inc. (“Rooter Hero”). In the transaction, the Company sold and conveyed all of the subsidiary’s personal property and customer lists and records, excluding stock inventory and other current assets. As part of the transaction, Rooter Hero assumed the subsidiary’s obligations under lease and/or loan agreements for all outstanding vehicles and equipment, as well as the obligations to service all of the subsidiary’s remaining customer accounts going forward. No cash consideration was exchanged in the transaction. As consideration for the transaction, Rooter Hero will pay monthly royalties for the sixty (60) months following the closing, calculated on the basis of any revenue received from the customer accounts transferred. Under such royalty arrangements, the Company will receive 7.5% of any monthly revenue generated from qualified sales during the first year, and 5% of any monthly revenue during years two through five. Royalties received will be reduced by pre-approved warranty-related costs for select customers.

Additionally, on June 27, 2019, as per the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 3, 2019, the Company sold 65% of its membership interest in Mt Melrose, LLC to an unaffiliated third-party purchaser, Woodmont Lexington, LLC (“Woodmont”). As consideration for the transaction, Woodmont paid the Company $100,000 and agreed to assume full responsibility for the management and operation of Mt Melrose and its real estate portfolio.

Asset Management Operations

ENDI created a wholly-owned subsidiary on October 10, 2016, named Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC (“Willow Oak”). Willow Oak is an asset management operational platform oriented to the value-investing community. Value investing and knowledge of the global value-investing community are core competencies of Willow Oak’s management. Willow Oak intends to apply its core competencies to become a hub for the value-investing community, offering various forms of affiliations with respected value investment managers. Such affiliations to date include fund seeding and reinvestments, fund launching, investor relations, and fund management administrative support. The Company intends to actively expand its Willow Oak platform with additional affiliations and services that enhance the value of the Willow Oak platform to all affiliated funds. 

Willow Oak began offering its fund management services (“FMS”) to external funds on November 1, 2018, when it signed a consulting services agreement with Arquitos Capital, a domestic and offshore private investment fund controlled by Steven Kiel, a Company director and our principal executive officer. Willow Oak also provides FMS to the Bonhoeffer Fund. FMS consists of services not typically provided by traditional third-party providers to the hedge fund industry, including: access to the Willow Oak network, investor relations and marketing, administration and compliance, interface to traditional service providers, standard tools and best practices repository, and access to Willow-Oak-vetted third-party service providers.

Willow Oak expanded its affiliations on October 1, 2019, forming a new joint venture with Focused Compounding Capital Management, LLC (“Focused Compounding Capital Management”) through a wholly-owned Company subsidiary, Willow Oak Capital Management, LLC (“Willow Oak Capital Management”). Willow Oak Capital Management was made a 10% owner of Focused Compounding Capital Management and is entitled to receive 10% of any and all gross fees (including management fees and incentive fees), before expenses, generated from any and all separately managed accounts and funds that are managed or advised, directly or indirectly, by Focused Compounding Capital Management, including a new private investment fund, Focused Compounding Fund, LP, that was launched by Focused Compounding Capital Management on January 1, 2020. Under the terms of the joint venture, Focused Compounding Capital Management’s principals, Geoff Gannon and Andrew Kuhn, agreed to bear sole responsibility for any and all investment advisory matters associated with the conduct of Focused Compounding Capital Management’s business, while Willow Oak Capital Management agreed to bear the organizational expenses of the fund launch and also to provide Willow Oak’s FMS to Focused Compounding Capital Management on an ongoing basis. 

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Real Estate Operations

The Company operates its real estate operations through EDI Real Estate, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary, and, indirectly, through Mt Melrose, LLC, a formerly consolidated subsidiary. Mt Melrose, LLC owns and operates a portfolio of residential and other income-producing real estate in Lexington, Kentucky, which was acquired pursuant to a certain Master Real Estate Asset Purchase Agreement entered into on December 10, 2017, with a like-named seller, Mt. Melrose, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company (“Old Mt. Melrose”). On January 10, 2018, Mt Melrose, LLC (“New Mt Melrose”) completed its first acquisition of 44 real properties under the agreement, and on June 29, 2018, it completed its second acquisition of 69 additional real properties under the agreement. However, during the quarterly period ended December 31, 2018, the parties mutually agreed to terminate the Master Real Estate Asset Purchase Agreement and no further acquisitions were consummated. A third-party property manager was engaged during this quarterly period ended December 31, 2018, to manage certain of the real properties previously acquired. Management also determined that it was necessary to right-size New Mt Melrose’s operations to reduce its level of high-interest debt. In an effort to expedite the optimization of the Mt Melrose portfolio, management further determined that a dedicated operator was necessary to manage the subsidiary. Accordingly, on June 27, 2019, the Company sold 65% of its membership interest in New Mt Melrose, LLC to Woodmont, who agreed to assume full responsibility for the management and operation of New Mt Melrose and its real estate portfolio. The general terms and conditions governing the arrangement between the Company and Woodmont are set forth in an Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Mt Melrose, LLC.

Our other real estate operations include activity from a legacy real estate investment portfolio held through EDI Real Estate, LLC. The portfolio, primarily located in the Roanoke area of Virginia, includes residential properties and vacant land. The portfolio includes single-family homes that are currently rented and managed through a third-party property manager, as well as other properties currently listed for sale.

Internet Operations

The Company operates its internet operations through Sitestar.net, a wholly-owned subsidiary that offers consumer and business-grade internet access, wholesale managed modem services, web hosting, third-party software as a reseller, and various ancillary services. Sitestar.net provides services and support to customers in the United States and Canada.

Discontinued Operations - Home Services Operations

The Company operated its home services operations through Specialty Contracting Group, LLC (formerly known as HVAC Value Fund, LLC), formerly a wholly-owned subsidiary focused on the management of HVAC and plumbing companies in Arizona. As of December 31, 2017, the subsidiary had closed on six acquisitions for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $2.02 million, which included earn-outs of approximately $325,000. For all six acquisitions, all earn-outs had been paid in full as of December 31, 2018. On May 24, 2019, the Company completed its divestiture of the home services operations to Rooter Hero. As of the year ended December 31, 2019, and for all prior periods presented, all revenue and expenses related to home services operations have been reported as discontinued operations on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Other Operations

Other operations include corporate segmentactivity and nonrecurring or one-time strategic funding or similar activity, previously undertaken, that is not considered to be one of the Company’s primary lines of business.This activity includes opportunities such as the Company’s investment in Huckleberry Real Estate Fund II, LLC and its financing arrangement with Triad Guaranty, Inc.

This also includes any revenue or expenses derived from corporate office operations, as well as expenses related to public company reporting, the oversight of subsidiaries, and other items that affect the overall Company.

Internet

Products and Services

Asset Management Operations

The Company operates its internetasset management operations business through Sitestar.net, a wholly owned subsidiary that offers consumer and business-grade internet access, wholesale managed modem services, web hosting, and various ancillary services. Sitestar.net provides services to customers in the United States and Canada.Willow Oak.

HVAC Operations

The Company operates its HVAC segment through HVAC Value Fund, LLC. HVAC Value Fund is focused on the acquisition and management of HVAC and plumbing companies in Arizona and throughout the Southwest United States. As previously reported in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 14,In 2016, the Company alongmade a strategic determination to fund a seed investment totaling $10 million through Willow Oak to assist in the launch of Alluvial Fund, LP, a private investment partnership that was launched on January 1, 2017 by unaffiliated sponsor and general partner, Alluvial Capital Management, LLC. The Company had determined that Willow Oak’s support of Alluvial Capital Management, LLC and its direct investment in Alluvial Fund were both beneficial and necessary undertakings in conjunction with JNJ Investments, LLC,establishing an unaffiliated third partyasset management operations business and membergaining credibility within that industry. Under a side letter agreement with Alluvial Fund’s general partner, Willow Oak agreed not to fully withdraw its capital account prior to a date five years after the effective date of HVAC Value Fund, LLC, organized and launched this subsidiarythe side letter agreement. However, on June 13, 2016. Sitestar has a 100% voting interest in HVAC Value Fund and JNJ Investments hasDecember 31, 2017, pursuant to an amendment to the ability to earn profit interests. Under the operatingside letter agreement dated December 15, 2017, the Company has first claimcaused $3.0 million to a portionbe withdrawn from Alluvial Fund in order to partially fund the Company’s acquisitions of net income, with the remainder being allocated between the Company and JNJ Investments. JNJ Investments shall also be subject to a Loss Carryforward limitationreal estate in the event of a net loss.

2018 Mt Melrose transactions. As of December 31, 2019, Willow Oak continues to hold its remaining direct investment in Alluvial Fund. Investment gains and losses are reported as revenue on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

In furtherance of establishing the asset management operations business, Willow Oak signed a fee share agreement on June 13, 2017, HVAC Valuewith Coolidge Capital Management, LLC (“Coolidge”), whose sole member is Keith D. Smith, who is also an ENDI director. Willow Oak is the sole member of Bonhoeffer Capital Management, LLC, the general partner to Bonhoeffer Fund, had closed on six acquisitionsLP, a private investment partnership. Under their agreement, Willow Oak paid all start-up expenses and pays agreed-upon operating expenses that are not partnership expenses, and Willow Oak receives 50% of all performance and management fees earned by the general partner.

On August 1, 2018, Willow Oak, through a wholly-owned Company subsidiary, Willow Oak Capital Management, LLC (“Willow Oak Capital Management”), launched a newly organized private investment partnership, Willow Oak Select Fund, LP (“Select Fund”). Willow Oak Capital Management served as the general partner of Select Fund. Select Fund ultimately dissolved in June 2019 so that other joint ventures and partnerships could be pursued.

On November 1, 2018, Willow Oak also entered into a fund management services agreement with Arquitos Investment Manager, LP, which is managed by our chairman and principal executive officer, Steven L. Kiel, to provide Arquitos with Willow Oak’s Fund Management Services (“FMS”) consisting of the following services: investor relations, marketing, administration, legal, accounting and bookkeeping, annual audit coordination, and liaison to third-party service providers. As consideration for an aggregate purchase pricethe services, Arquitos pays Willow Oak a fixed fee and a performance-based fee.

On October 1, 2019, Willow Oak partnered with Geoff Gannon and Andrew Kuhn to form Focused Compounding Capital Management, LLC (“Focused Compounding”). This new joint venture, of $2.02 million which includes estimated earn-outsWillow Oak Capital Management, LLC is a 10% owner, manages capital through separately managed accounts and a private partnership launched January 1, 2020. As a member of approximately $350,000. As previously reportedthe general partner, Willow Oak provides ongoing FMS and operational support in our Current Report on Form 8-K filedaddition to covering all one-time expenses associated with the SEC on June 14, 2016,launch of Focused Compounding Fund, LP. As consideration for the arrangement, Willow Oak is entitled to 10% of gross management and further described above,performance fees earned by Focused Compounding. In addition to hosting a popular investing podcast, the purposeindividual principals of HVAC Value Fund is to acquire HVACFocused Compounding share investment news and plumbing businesses. Accordingly, these six acquisitions were made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the customs and practices (including with respect to nature, scope, magnitude, quantity, frequency, and contemplated purpose) of HVAC Value Fund, and, in turn, the Company.advice through a subscription-based service. 

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Real Estate Operations

Sitestar

ENDI created a wholly owned real estate subsidiary on July 10, 2017 named EDI Real Estate, LLC to hold Sitestar’s legacy portfolio of real estate. Through EDI Real Estate, LLC, Sitestar owns a real estate investment portfolio that includes ten residential properties, vacant land, and one commercial property. Our real estate portfolio under EDI Real Estate, LLC is primarily focused in the Roanoke and Lynchburg areas of Virginia. The portfolio includes single family homes that are currently rented and managed through a third-party property manager, as well as vacant properties being prepared or currently listed for sale.

As previously reported in our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 11, 2017 and January 17, 2018, respectively, Sitestar created a wholly ownedwholly-owned subsidiary named Mt Melrose, LLC, which currently is engaged in an acquisition ofa Delaware limited liability company (“New Mt Melrose”), on December 14, 2017, to acquire a portfolio of residential and other income-producing real estate in Lexington, Kentucky, pursuant to a certain Master Real Estate Asset Purchase Agreement entered into on December 10, 2017, with a like-named seller, Mt. Melrose, LLC (“Old Mt. Melrose”), a Kentucky limited liability company owned by Jeff Moore, alsothen an ENDI director. On January 10, 2018, New Mt Melrose, consistent with the terms of the purchase agreement, completed a Sitestar director. Unlikefirst acquisition from Old Mt. Melrose of 44 residential and other income-producing real properties located in Lexington, Kentucky. On June 29, 2018, New Mt Melrose, consistent with the terms of the purchase agreement, completed a second acquisition from Old Mt. Melrose of an additional 69 residential and other income-producing real properties located in Lexington, Kentucky. The Company accounted for the first and second purchases of properties as an asset acquisition (consisting of a concentrated group of similar identifiable assets, including land, buildings, improvements, and in-place leases). As has been reported, on June 27, 2019 the Company sold 65% of its membership interest in New Mt Melrose, LLC to Woodmont. The Company deconsolidated the operations of New Mt Melrose, LLC on June 27, 2019, as a result of no longer having a controlling financial interest.

ENDI created a wholly-owned real estate subsidiary on July 10, 2017, named EDI Real Estate, LLC, which isto hold ENDI’s legacy portfolio of real estate. As of December 31, 2019, through EDI Real Estate, LLC, ENDI owns a legacy businessreal estate investment portfolio that weincludes eight residential properties and vacant land. Our real estate portfolio under EDI Real Estate, LLC is primarily focused in the Roanoke area of Virginia. The portfolio includes single-family homes, both rented and vacant, that are managed by a third-party property management company. The leases in effect as of December 31, 2019, are based on annual time periods and include month-to-month provisions after the completion of the initial term.

State and municipal laws and regulations govern the real estate industry and do not intend

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vary significantly from one community to grow, Mt Melrose is aanother. State laws, including the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, in addition to local ordinances, govern rental properties and also do not vary significantly throughout our real estate business that the Company expects will grow significantly over time. Mt Melrose has its own management team, led by our Chairman, Jeffrey Moore. Mr. Moore has extensive experience acquiring and operating real estate in the Lexington, KY region where Mt Melrose is focused. The Mt Melrose management team will be responsible for growing this business.holding areas.

Asset Management Operations

Sitestar created a wholly owned asset management subsidiary on October 10, 2016, named Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC (“Willow Oak”). The asset management segment did not produce revenue in 2016. Any expenses incurred in 2016 were allocated to the corporate segment. Starting January 1, 2017, all revenue earned and expenses incurred by this segment were allocated as such.

As previously reported in our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 19, 2016, and December 30, 2016, respectively, the Company agreed to make a seed investment totaling $10 million through Willow Oak in Alluvial Fund, LP, a private investment partnership that was launched on January 1, 2017. Under a side letter agreement between Willow Oak, Alluvial Fund and the fund’s general partner, Willow Oak may not make a full withdrawal from its capital account prior to a date five years after the effective date of the side letter agreement. The Alluvial Fund focuses on investing in deeply mis-priced securities in the United States and abroad. Alluvial Fund focuses on small companies, thinly-traded issues and special situations, seeking to identify value that the market has yet to recognize.

As previously reported in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 30, 2017, the Company, through Willow Oak, also committed to make a capital contribution to Huckleberry Real Estate Fund II, LLC, a private investment fund, in the aggregate amount of $750,000. Under the operating agreement included in the Form 8-K, the fund’s managing member shall have sole discretion regarding the amounts and timing of any distributions to the members of the fund.

Willow Oak signed a fee share agreement on May 11, 2017, with Lizard Head, LLC, the general partner of Bridge Reid Fund I, LP, a private investment partnership (also doing business as “Ironwood Capital Allocation Partners” or “Ironwood Fund”). Under the agreement, Willow Oak became a special limited partner to Bridge Reid, providing fund advisory services to Bridge Reid in exchange for payments equal to 33% of the management fees accrued quarterly by the general partner and 33% of the incentive fees accrued annually, on investors who become limited partners after May 11, 2017. The Ironwood Fund utilizes a value investing methodology focused on: companies it believes will compound at a superior rate over the long term, special situations and companies it believes are valued by the market significantly below its estimate of their intrinsic value.

Willow Oak signed a fee share agreement on June 13, 2017, with Coolidge Capital Management, LLC (“Coolidge”), whose sole member is Keith D. Smith, also a Sitestar director. Under the agreement, Willow Oak and Coolidge are the sole members of Bonhoeffer Capital Management LLC, the general partner to Bonhoeffer Fund, LP, a private investment partnership. Under their agreement, Willow Oak pays all start-up and operating expenses that are not partnership expenses under the limited partnership agreement. Willow Oak receives 50% of all performance and management fees earned by the general partner. The Bonhoeffer Fund utilizes a value-oriented approach to invest in undervalued businesses worldwide that are in a state of distress and/or transition, but also exhibit recurring revenue.

Products and Services

Internet Operations

Sitestar

Sitestar.net is an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that offers consumer and business-grade internet access, wholesale managed modem services for downstream ISPs, web hosting, and various ancillary services. We provide services to customers in the United States and Canada.

This segment markets and sells narrow-band (dial-up and ISDN) and broadband services (DSL fiber-optic and wireless)fiber-optic). Additionally, we market and sell web hosting and related services to consumers and businesses. We also offer broadband services within our regional and national footprint.

Our primary competitors include regional and national cable and telecommunications companies that have substantially greater market presence, brand-name recognition, and financial resources compared to Sitestar.Sitestar.net. Secondary competitors include local and regional ISPs.

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The residential broadband internet access market is dominated by cable and telecommunications companies. These companies offer internet connectivity through the use of cable modems, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) programs, and fiber. These competitors have extensive scale and significantly more resources than Sitestar.Sitestar.net. Competitors often offer incentives for customers to purchase internet access by offering discounts for bundled service offerings (i.e., phone, television, Internet). While we are a reseller of broadband services including DSL and fiber services, our profit margin is heavily influenced by these competitive forces.

There are currently laws and regulations directly applicable to access or commerce on the internet, covering issues such as user privacy, freedom of expression, pricing, characteristics and quality of products and services, taxation, advertising, intellectual property rights, information security, and the convergence of traditional telecommunications services with Internet communications. We may be positively or negatively affected by the repeal, modification, or adoption of various laws and regulations. These changes may occur at the international, federal, state, and local levels, and may cover a wide range of issues.

HVAC

As of December 31, 2019, the focus of our internet segment is to generate cash flow, work to make our costs variable, and reinvest in our operations when an acceptable return is available. We did not make significant reinvestments into the internet segment during 2019.

Management is currently identifying the market value for domain names owned by the Company in order to assess potential income opportunities. Management evaluates these domain names for third-party sales potential, as well as for other marketing opportunities that could generate new revenue from current customers who utilize the domains.

Discontinued Operations - Home Services Operations

Prior to May 24, 2019, the Company operated its home services segment through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Specialty Contracting Group, LLC (formerly known as HVAC Value Fund, LLC). The Company, along with JNJ Investments, LLC, is an Arizona-based HVACunaffiliated third party, organized and plumbing companylaunched Specialty Contracting Group, LLC on June 13, 2016. On May 18, 2018, the Company terminated its operating agreement with JNJ Investments, LLC, dated June 13, 2016. Specialty Contracting Group was focused on repairs, replacements, and equipment maintenance. Our customer base consiststhe management of apartment communities, single family homes, condos, and property management companies, with a small portion of our work falling into the commercial category. We are focused on growing both organically and through acquisitions. Since inception of this subsidiary, we have acquired small to mid-sized HVAC and plumbing companies wherein Arizona.

As has been reported, on May 24, 2019, the owners needed an exit strategyCompany completed its divestiture of the home services operations to Rooter Hero. See Note 3 for more information.

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Other Operations

Other operations include nonrecurring or one-time strategic funding or similar activity and where we expectedother corporate operations that are not considered to retainbe one of the existing customer and employee base.Company’s primary lines of business. Below are the main activities that comprise other operations.

The Arizona and Southwest HVAC and plumbing services markets are highly fragmented, with the majority of companies run by technicians. HVAC Value Fund is both systems and customer-oriented with a goal of optimizing processes and maximizing margins.

Huckleberry Real Estate OperationsFund

Sitestar owns

On January 30, 2017, the Company, through Willow Oak, committed to make a real estatecapital contribution to Huckleberry Real Estate Fund II, LLC, a private investment portfolio that includes residential properties, vacant land, and one commercial property. Our real estate portfolio is primarily focusedfund, in the Roanoke and Lynchburg areasaggregate amount of Virginia.  

The portfolio includes single family homes that are currently rented and managed through a third-party property manager, as well as vacant properties being prepared or currently listed for sale. We have examined each property on an individual basis$750,000. On May 14, 2018, Willow Oak transferred the Huckleberry investment to determine a strategy to maximize the net sale price. Where appropriate, we have and will reinvest resources into a property to increase its marketability and sale price. We have listed and sold properties both directly and through real estate agents. In 2016, we engaged a property manager to manage the rental properties that we own in Roanoke, Virginia.  

State and municipal laws and regulations govern the real estate industry and do not vary significantly from one community to another. State laws, including the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, in addition to local ordinances, govern rental properties and also do not vary significantly throughout our real estate holding areas.

As previously reported in our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 11, 2017 and January 17, 2018, respectively, Sitestar created a wholly owned subsidiary named Mt Melrose, LLC, which currently is engaged in an acquisition of a portfolio of residential and other income-producing real estate in Lexington, Kentucky pursuant to a certain Master Real Estate Asset Purchase Agreement entered into on December 10, 2017 with a like-named seller, Mt. Melrose, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company owned by Jeff Moore, also a Sitestar director. Unlike EDI Real Estate, LLC, which isanother wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Under the fund’s operating agreement, the fund’s managing member has sole discretion regarding the amounts and timing of any distributions to the members of the fund. As of December 31, 2019, a legacy business that we do not intend to grow, Mt Melrose is a real estate business thatfull redemption has been made, with the related gain included on the consolidated statements of operations under the other operations segment.

Triad DIP Investors

On August 24, 2017, the Company expects will grow significantly over time. Mt Melrose has its own management team, led by our Chairman, Jeffrey Moore. Mr. Moore has extensive experience acquiringentered into an agreement with several independent third parties to provide debtor-in-possession financing to an unaffiliated third party, Triad Guaranty, Inc., through Triad DIP Investors, LLC. The Company initially contributed $100,000. Triad Guaranty, Inc. exited bankruptcy on April 27, 2018, and operating real estatethe Company subsequently entered into an amended and restated promissory note. As part of the amended and restated promissory note, the Company provided an additional contribution in the Lexington, KY region where Mt Melrose is focused.amount of $55,000 on May 18, 2018. The Mt Melrose management team will be responsibleterms of the promissory note provide for growing this business.

Asset Management Operations

Sitestar createdinterest in the amount of 10% annually, a wholly owned asset management subsidiaryrepayment date no later than April 29, 2020, and the issuance of warrants in Triad Guaranty, Inc. equal to 2.5% of the company. Accordingly, on October 10, 2016, named Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC (“Willow Oak”). Willow Oak operations commenced on January 1, 2017, at which point all revenue earned and expenses incurred by this segment were allocated as such.

During Willow Oak’s first year of activity, the subsidiary entered into three fee share agreements with multiple private investment partnerships and made an additional investment through another partnership arrangement.  Through Willow Oak,April 28, 2018, the Company continueswas issued warrants to lookpurchase 450,000 shares for unique investment opportunities.$0.01 per share. On November 12, 2019, the Company exercised its warrants and purchased 450,000 shares of Triad Guaranty, Inc. Subsequently, on December 30, 2019 the Company sold all 450,000 shares at a price of $0.18/share.

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Corporate Operations

Corporate operations include any revenue or expenses derived from corporate office operations, as well as expenses related to public company reporting, the oversight of subsidiaries, and other items that affect the overall Company.

Employees

As of March 30, 2018,December 31, 2019, we employed eightseven full-time individuals through the corporate, internet,asset management, real estate, internet, home services, and asset management segments and 28 full-time employees through the HVAC segment.other segments. We also utilize outside contractors as necessary to assist with financial reporting, technical support, and customer service. Our employees are not unionized, and we consider relations with employees to be favorable.

Available Information

Sitestar

Enterprise Diversified, Inc. files annual, quarterly, and current reports and other documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the Securities Exchange Act. The public may read and copy any materials that the Company files with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Also, the SEC maintains an internet website that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers, including the Company, that file electronically with the SEC. The public can obtain any documents that the Company files with the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. The Company also makes available free of charge on or through the Company’s internet website, http://www.sitestarcorp.com,www.enterprisediversified.com, its Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and, if applicable, amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company electronically files such material with, or furnishes it to, the SEC.

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ITEM 1A.

RISK FACTORS

This Item 1A “Risk Factors”item is not required for smaller reporting companies.

ITEM 1B.

UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

ITEM 2.

PROPERTIES

The Company operates its Corporate,Real Estate, Internet, and Real Estate Operations remotely – Other operations remotely–that is, without dedicated office space. The principal office of our HVAC Operations is a mix of office and industrial warehouse space leased by HVAC Value Fund, LLC. The approximately 3,750 square feet of leased space is located in Peoria, Arizona. The principal office for our Asset Management Operations is office space leased by the Company located in New York, New York. The principal office of our Home Services Operations, prior to being discontinued, was a mix of office and industrial warehouse space previously leased by Specialty Contracting Group, LLC located in Scottsdale, Arizona.

As of December 31, 2017,2019, through EDI Real Estate, LLC, the Company owns various real estate properties including teneight residential properties one commercial property, and interests in several undeveloped lots. Subsequent to December 31, 2017,2019, two lots of vacant land and one propertyproperties held for saleresale have been sold.

Subsequent to

On December 31, 2017, Sitestar created a wholly owned subsidiary named Mt Melrose, LLC, which currently is engaged in an acquisition24, 2019, the Company completed the sale of a portfolio of residential and other income-producing real estate in Lexington, Kentucky pursuant to a certain Master Real Estate Asset Purchase Agreement entered into on December 10, 2017 with a like-named seller, Mt. Melrose, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company owned by Jeff Moore, also a Sitestar director. As set forth in a Form 8-K filed on January 17, 2018, on January 10, 2018, Mt Melrose, LLC, consistent with the terms of the Purchase Agreement, completed a first acquisition from Seller of 44 residential and other income-producing real propertiesits commercial warehouse space located in Lexington, Kentucky pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.  This first tranche of real properties was acquired for total consideration of $3,814,500, which was payable as follows:

By payment of $500,000 to Seller in cash;

By Purchaser’s assumption of $1,798,713 of outstanding indebtedness secured by the acquired real properties; and

Kentucky. The balance by issuance to Seller of 15,075,183 shares of the Company’s common stock.

The Company owns a 12,000-square-foot office building located at 29 West Main Street, Martinsville, Virginia. This property was acquired in 1998 by Neocom Microspecialists, Inc., a company we later acquired. This facility was closed in 2010. It is currently vacant and being marketed for sale.sold at its carrying value of $850,000.

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ITEM 3.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Enterprise Diversified, Inc. (f/k/a Sitestar Corporation) v. Frank Erhartic, Jr.

On April 12, 2016, Sitestarthe Company filed a civil action complaint against Frank Erhartic, Jr. (the “Former Erhartic CEO”), the Company’s former CEO and director (prior to December 14, 2015) and currently an owner of record or beneficially of more than five percent5% of the Company’s Common Stock, alleging, among other things, that the Former Erhartic CEO engaged in, and caused the Company to engage in to its detriment, a series of unauthorized and wrongful related party transactions, including causing the Company to borrow certain amounts from the Former Erhartic CEO’s mother unnecessarily and at a commercially unreasonable rate of interest, converting certain funds of the Company for personal rent payments to the Former Erhartic CEO, commingling in land trusts certain real properties owned by the Company and real properties owned by the Former Erhartic CEO, causing the Company to pay certain amounts to the Former Erhartic CEO for lease payments under an unauthorized lease as to a storage facility owned by the Former Erhartic CEO, causing the Company to pay rent on its corporate headquarters owned by the Former Erhartic CEO’s ex-wife in amounts commercially unreasonable and excessive, and to make real estate tax payments thereon for the personal benefit of the Former Erhartic CEO, converting to the Former Erhartic CEO and/or absconding with five motor vehicles owned by the Company, causing the Company to pay real property and personal property taxes on numerous properties owned personally by the Former Erhartic CEO, causing the Company to pay personal credit card debt of the Former Erhartic CEO, causing the Company to significantly overpay the Former Erhartic CEO’s health and dental insurance for the benefit of the Former Erhartic CEO, and causing the Company to pay the Former Erhartic CEO’s personal automobile insurance. The Company is seeking, among other relief available, monetary damages in excess of $350,000. This litigation matter is currently pending in the Circuit Court for the City of Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia).

Other: Mt Melrose-related Proceedings

Various disputes have arisen and are continuing between the Company and Woodmont Lexington, LLC (“Woodmont”), the entity to whom the Company sold, on June 27, 2019, 65% of the Company’s membership interest in Mt Melrose, LLC (“Mt Melrose”). 

In undertaking a sale of its membership interests in Mt Melrose, the Company had sought to partner with an operator who, in exchange for being granted a substantial equity interest at a significant discount to the amounts the Company had invested in Mt Melrose, would assume full responsibility for the management and operation of Mt Melrose and its real estate portfolio and endeavor in good faith to generate favorable returns inuring to the long-term best interests of the Company and its shareholders.

Shortly following the closing of the Mt Melrose transaction, however, the relationship between the Company and Woodmont soured. Woodmont, by its representative, Tice Brown, unexpectedly proceeded to make numerous claims and demands upon the Company, which the Company determined to be unfounded and frivolous, if not disingenuous to the parties’ understandings. During the year ended December 31, 2019, Woodmont also has submitted three formal claims for indemnification under the parties’ purchase agreement, each of which were considered by the Company and then rejected and disputed in short order as unfounded. An additional claim has been submitted, considered, and disputed subsequent to December 31, 2019.

In addition, Woodmont, acting as the sole manager of Mt Melrose, purported to unilaterally amend and restate as of August 29, 2019 the Mt Melrose limited liability company agreement among the parties, purporting to change the terms of the distribution waterfall the parties had expressly agreed to and purporting to reallocate the parties’ respective interests in Mt Melrose – unilaterally reducing the Company’s percentage membership interest from 35% to 20.8% while increasing Woodmont’s percentage membership interest from 65% to 79.2%. The Company has rejected and disputed these purported changes and Woodmont’s conduct.                    

In connection with the primary disputes between the Company and Woodmont and following the Company’s Delaware Action (as defined below), on December 5, 2019, Woodmont also filed a verified complaint in the Fayette County, Kentucky Circuit Court against the Company and a third party who was then-under contract with the Company for such party’s purchase of the Company’s warehouse and associated real property located in Lexington, Kentucky – seeWoodmont Lexington, LLC, et al. v. Enterprise Diversified, et al., Fayette Circuit Court, Civil Action No. 19-CI-04304 (the “Kentucky Action”). The Court in the Kentucky Action enjoined the Company and the warehouse purchaser from removing or cleaning out the various items of building materials and salvage owned by Mt Melrose that had been placed in the warehouse premises, and required the Company and the warehouse purchaser to provide rent-free access so that Woodmont and Mt Melrose could realize “full value” on their liquidation of the stored personal property until February 1, 2020. The Company believes that Woodmont’s attempt to hold up the sale of an $850,000 warehouse and property because it wanted to store spare toilets, doors, floor tiles and other residential building materials there, rent free, for more than six months, was disingenuous and intentionally injurious to the Company. On December 27, 2019, the Company filed verified counter-claims in the Kentucky Action against Woodmont, alleging, among other things, Woodmont’s tortious interference with the Company’s business and Woodmont’s unjust enrichment. The Company is seeking, among other relief available against Woodmont, declaratory relief; trial by jury on all issues; money damages, including all special and consequential damages, in amounts to be determined at trial; and the Company’s costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees; together with pre- and post-judgement interest.The parties to the Kentucky Action have recently engaged in settlement negotiations, although they have not been successful. This action remains pending in the Fayette County, Kentucky Circuit Court.             

All the while, since the closing of the Mt Melrose transaction, Woodmont, by its representative, Tice Brown, has made repeated “low ball” offers to buy out the Company’s remaining interest in Mt Melrose, insisting that the Company relinquish its Mt Melrose interest in order to avoid further claims and demands and in order to avoid threatened public disparagement (including by way of statements made on various social media by Woodmont’s representative, Tice Brown). All such offers have been rejected or not responded to by the Company, as being unfavorable, undesirable, and not in the long-term best interests of the Company and its shareholders.

On January 7, 2020, Woodmont, acting as the sole manager of Mt Melrose, also caused Mt Melrose to distribute a $600,000 cash dividend directly to Woodmont. Woodmont expressly excluded the Company from receiving any portion of this distribution. The Company has rejected and disputed the propriety of this distribution and Woodmont’s conduct.

 

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The Company believes that Woodmont, directly and by its representative, Tice Brown, has engaged, and continues to engage, in intentionally injurious and harassing conduct concerning Mt Melrose that runs counter to the long-term best interests of the Company and its shareholders. Accordingly, as previously reported in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 20, 2019, the Company filed a verified complaint in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware on November 20, 2019, commencing a civil action against Woodmont – seeCivil Action No. 2019-0928-JTL (the “Delaware Action”). The Delaware Action was filed by the Company in response to the repeated claims and demands and injurious conduct by Woodmont and its representative, Tice Brown. On March 9, 2020, the Company filed further an amended verified complaint against Woodmont in the Delaware Action, expanding its claims against Woodmont. The Company is seeking, among other relief available against Woodmont, injunctive, declaratory and equitable relief, and relief for, among other things, Woodmont’s breaches of contract and unjust enrichment, along with attorneys’ fees and expenses. This action remains pending in the Delaware Court of Chancery.

Management intends to vigorously prosecute the Company’s claims, and defend the Company’s rights, against Woodmont and its representative, Tice Brown, in all of these Mt Melrose-related proceedings.

ITEM 4.

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

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PART II

ITEM 5.

MARKET FOR COMPANY’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Sitestar’s

Enterprise Diversified’s Common Stock is listed on the OTC QB Markets (“OTCQB”) under the symbol “SYTE”.“SYTE.”

The following tables set forth the high and low closing bid quotations reported on the OTCQB for each calendar quarter for 2016 and 2017. Such quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail markup, markdown, or commissions and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.

2016

 

High Bid

 

 

Low Bid

 

First Quarter

 

$

0.06

 

 

$

0.05

 

Second Quarter

 

$

0.08

 

 

$

0.05

 

Third Quarter

 

$

0.09

 

 

$

0.07

 

Fourth Quarter

 

$

0.08

 

 

$

0.08

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Quarter

 

$

0.08

 

 

$

0.06

 

Second Quarter

 

$

0.09

 

 

$

0.07

 

Third Quarter

 

$

0.12

 

 

$

0.09

 

Fourth Quarter

 

$

0.12

 

 

$

0.10

 

 

Record Holders

As of March 30, 2018,27, 2020, we had approximately 133 119 shareholders of record. This number does not reflect the number of individuals or institutional investors holding stock in nominee name through banks, brokerage firms, and others.

Equity Compensation Plans

We do not have any plans under

On November 7, 2019, Enterprise Diversified’s Governance, Compensation, and Nomination Committee of the Board of Directors approved the creation of an equity incentive program for board members as well as eligible senior management. The Committee determined that it was advisable, and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, to provide guidelines for the issuance of equity incentive awards, such as restricted stock and restricted stock units, to attract, retain, and motivate eligible persons whose present and potential contributions are important to the long-term success of the Company and its subsidiaries and to align their interests with those of the Company’s stockholders. Consistent with this and the Company’s intention to retain its cash, it was also determined that such a program would provide for a more-formal process by which options, warrants or other rightsamounts of director’s fees and annual management bonuses accrued from time to subscribe for or acquiretime could be paid, at the direction of the Committee, in shares of our common stockCommon Stock in lieu of cash. The provisions of the program were memorialized as the Enterprise Diversified, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2020 EIP”), which was approved and adopted by the Board effective as of January 31, 2020. The 2020 EIP may be granted and there are no outstanding options, warrantsamended or other rights to subscribe forterminated at any time by the Board or acquire sharesthe Committee. A copy of our common stock.the 2020 EIP accompanies this Report as Exhibit 99.1.

Dividends

To date, we have not paid any cash dividends on our capital stock. We intend to retain our cash and, therefore, do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

Issuances of Unregistered Shares of Common Stock

On December 20, 2019, the Company issued 21,870 unregistered shares of its Common Stock to Steven L. Kiel, the Company’s Executive Chairman, as its repayment of an outstanding $100,000 promissory note owed to Mr. Kiel. The number of shares issued in lieu of cash payment of the obligation was determined by the Governance, Compensation, and Nomination Committee of the Board of Directors using the volume weighted average price of a share of Common Stock for the immediately preceding ninety (90) days, which equaled $4.57. To the extent this issuance constituted an offer or sale of securities under the Securities Act, it was exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D Rule 506, as a transaction by an issuer not involving a public offering.

On February 14, 2020, the Company issued a total of 35,594 unregistered shares of its Common Stock to members of the Board of Directors and select senior management in lieu of cash payment of certain accrued director’s fees and annual management bonuses, in line with the 2020 EIP described above. The number of shares issued was determined by the Governance, Compensation, and Nomination Committee of the Board of Directors using the volume weighted average price of a share of Common Stock for the ninety (90) days immediately preceding January 31, 2020, which equaled $3.6537. To the extent this issuance constituted an offer or sale of securities under the Securities Act, it was exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D Rule 506, as a transaction by an issuer not involving a public offering.

ITEM 6.

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

Not applicable.

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ITEM 7.

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSIONSMANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

This section is intended to provide readers of our financial statements information regarding our financial condition, results of operations, and items from management’s view.that management views as important. The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Company’s accompanying consolidated financial statements and related footnotesaccompanying notes as of and for the years ended December 31, 2017,2019 and December 31, 2016, included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.2018. The discussion of results, causes, and trends should not be construed to imply any conclusion that such results or trends will necessarily continue in the future. Additionally, it should be noted that a uniform comparative analysis cannot be performed for all segments, as a segment’s limited financial history or recent restructuring results in less comparable financial performance.

Summary of Financial Performance

Common stockholders’ equity increaseddecreased from $9,160,029$15,915,651 at December 31, 2016,2018, to $15,890,655$10,633,958 at December 31, 2017. The change was mostly attributable to $4,625,000 of additional common stock issued through a private placement.2019. This change was also driven by $782,313attributable to $4,998,487 of comprehensive income in the internet segment, $106,701 in comprehensivenet loss in the HVAC segment, $100,693 in comprehensive loss from the real estate segment, $2,164,221$1,510,475 of loss resulting from discontinued operations under the home services segment, and $791,916 of net loss in comprehensiveother segments, and was partially offset by $1,399,615 of net income fromin the asset management segment and $633,514$522,626 of other comprehensive loss net income in the corporateinternet segment. The other income attributable to the corporate segment was primarily the result of realized capital gains from investments in marketable securities. Corporate expenses for the year ended December 31, 2019, included in the net loss from other operations, totaled $660,333.$1,101,098. Total comprehensive net loss (all attributable to Enterprise Diversified, Inc. stockholders) for the year ended December 31, 2019 equaled $5,381,691, which includes $3,054 of accumulated other comprehensive loss attributable to the internet segment.

Historical Variable Interests

As of the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2018, June 30, 2018, and September 30, 2018, the Company had determined that Old Mt. Melrose was a “variable interest entity” because the seller’s equity interests in Old Mt. Melrose were not effective in determining whether the seller or New Mt Melrose had a controlling financial interest, and that New Mt Melrose’s rights under a certain Cash Flow Agreement that had been entered into on January 10, 2018 with Old Mt. Melrose (the “Cash Flow Agreement”) were deemed to be variable interests in Old Mt. Melrose. During those periods, the Company had determined that New Mt Melrose was the primary beneficiary of Old Mt. Melrose since substantially all of Old Mt. Melrose’s activities had been conducted on behalf of New Mt Melrose and because New Mt Melrose may have been required to provide financial support to Old Mt. Melrose under the Cash Flow Agreement. As its primary beneficiary, New Mt Melrose previously consolidated Old Mt. Melrose’s financial results beginning on January 10, 2018. The fair values of the assets and liabilities of Old Mt. Melrose had been consolidated accordingly on the unaudited consolidated balance sheets for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2018, June 30, 2018, and September 30, 2018. As noted on the unaudited consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity during those quarters, the ending noncontrolling interest allocated to the variable interest entity represented the remaining equity held by Old Mt. Melrose for properties that had not yet been acquired under the Purchase Agreement. The ending noncontrolling interest amount also included any income or loss generated by the remaining properties that were to be acquired under the Purchase Agreement for the period then ended.

As of November 1, 2018, pursuant to the termination of the Master Real Estate Asset Purchase Agreement and Cash Flow Agreement noted above, New Mt Melrose was no longer the primary beneficiary of Old Mt. Melrose. Additionally, as of November 1, 2018, New Mt Melrose no longer had a controlling financial interest in Old Mt. Melrose. Consequently, as of November 1, 2018, the Company no longer consolidated the fair values of the assets and liabilities of Old Mt. Melrose, and the balance of noncontrolling interest as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, is accordingly reflected as zero on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and statements of stockholders’ equity.

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Balance Sheet Analysis

This section provides an overview of changes in our assets, liabilities, and equity and should be read together with our accompanying consolidated financial statements, including the accompanying notes to the financial statements. The table below provides a balance sheet summary for the periods presented and is designed to provide an overview of the balance sheet changes from quarter to quarter.

  

December 31, 2019

  

September 30, 2019

  

June 30, 2019

  

March 31, 2019

  

December 31, 2018

 

ASSETS

                    
Cash and equivalents $666,810  $161,275  $542,856  $519,525  $435,726 
Accounts receivables, net  52,889   35,646   20,212   65,614   58,263 
Investments, at fair value  10,126,204   9,522,236   9,735,274   9,821,054   8,915,238 
Real estate, total  479,425   1,412,208   1,421,364   11,691,075   11,811,789 
Goodwill and other assets  574,316   713,578   769,570   3,353,607   3,298,436 

Total assets

 $11,899,644  $11,844,943  $12,489,276  $25,450,875  $24,519,452 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

                    
Accounts payable $157,934  $66,584  $161,357  $168,147  $165,495 
Accrued expenses  198,374   51,703   80,761   453,657   338,050 
Deferred revenue  204,960   217,811   217,020   213,288   210,212 
Notes payable and other liabilities  704,418   1,137,250   1,372,303   8,326,363   7,890,044 

Total liabilities

  1,265,686   1,473,348   1,831,441   9,161,455   8,603,801 
Total stockholders’ equity  10,633,958   10,371,595   10,657,835   16,289,420   15,915,651 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 $11,899,644  $11,844,943  $12,489,276  $25,450,875  $24,519,452 

Financial Condition, Liquidity, and Capital Resources

Sitestar carries

During 2019, Enterprise Diversified carried out its business strategy in fourfive operating segments: Internet Operations, HVACAsset Management Operations, Real Estate Operations, Internet Operations, Home Services Operations, and Asset ManagementOther Operations. As of the year ended December 31, 2019, and for all prior periods presented, home services operations are reported as discontinued operations. Our primary focus is on generating cash flow from operations.so that we have the flexibility to pursue opportunities as they present themselves. We will only reinvestinvest cash in each segment if we believe that the return on this invested capital is appropriate for the risk associated with the investment. This consideration is measured against all investment opportunities available to us and is not limited to these fourparticular segments or the Company’s historical operations. An example of this is the introduction

Cash and growth of our HVAC Segment, which occurred duringequivalents totaled $666,810 at the year ended December 31, 2016. This also applies2019, compared to our Asset Management Segment, which commenced operations on January 1, 2017. Prior$435,726 at year-end December 31, 2018. The Company intends to our management change incontinue to build up cash reserves moving forward. Real estate held for investment decreased to $380,515 at the year ended December 2015, the Company was solely focused on the internet31, 2019, compared to $9,492,877 at year-end December 31, 2018, and real estate segments.held for resale decreased to $98,910 at the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to $2,318,912 at year-end December 31, 2018. Property and equipment also decreased to $17,753 at the year ended December 31, 2019, from $1,019,742 at year-end December 31, 2018. The decreases in real estate and property and equipment are primarily due to the equity sale and subsequent deconsolidation under the real estate segment. The Company does not expect to make significant reinvestments into property and equipment used in operating activities at this time. Total notes payable decreased to $511,025 from $7,521,819 during the same time period. This decrease was also primarily related to the equity sale and deconsolidation under the real estate segment.

Sitestar

The Company currently believes that itsour existing balances of cash, cash equivalents, and cash generated from operations and from the sale of its legacy real estate portfolio in Virginia will be sufficient to satisfy itsour currently anticipated cash requirements through at least the next 12 months and the foreseeable future. Our liquidity could be negatively affected if we were to make additional acquisitions, including the acquisition of additional properties under the Mt Melrose Purchase Agreement, which may necessitate the need to raise capital through future debt or equity financing. Additional financing may not be available at all or on terms favorable to us.months.

The aging of accounts receivable as of December 31, 2017,2019, and December 31, 2016,2018, is as shown:

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

December 31, 2019

  

December 31, 2018

 

Current

 

$

225,114

 

 

$

155,224

 

 $50,909  $58,263 

30 – 60 days

 

$

59,425

 

 

$

14,016

 

  1,495    

60 + days

 

$

112,341

 

 

$

43,511

 

  485    

Total

 

$

396,880

 

 

$

212,751

 

 $52,889  $58,263 

 

We have no material capital expenditure requirements.

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HVAC Value Fund, LLC typically structures acquisitions where a portion of the purchase price is held back and is subject to certain conditions. These notes payable may or may not bear interest. Four of the five HVAC acquisitions that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2016, resulted in notes payable to the sellers. As of December 31, 2017, three2019, no lines of these notes have been paid in full.credit remain open through the home services segment. The remaining notes payableline of credit that existed as of December 31, 2017, consisted2018 through the home services segment, was held with Steven L. Kiel, an ENDI director and our principal executive officer. The Company assumed this debt, which was paid off during the current year through the issuance of Company stock. Additional debt held through the home services segment as of December 31, 2018, included loans for various vehicles and equipment. Two vehicle loans were entered into during the quarter ended March 31, 2018. These loans required monthly payments through May 2023 and held annual interest rates of 5.99%. As of December 31, 2019, all of these loans have been assumed by Rooter Hero, as a result of our divestiture of the following:home services segment. See Note 3 for more information.

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Interest bearing amount due on acquisition through HVAC Value

   Fund, LLC

 

$

25,000

 

 

$

250,000

 

Non-interest bearing amount due on acquisition through HVAC Value

   Fund, LLC

 

 

64,804

 

 

 

15,000

 

Interest bearing amount due on line of credit through HVAC Value Fund,

   LLC

 

 

220,485

 

 

 

 

Equipment and vehicle capital leases acquired by HVAC Value Fund, LLC

 

 

116,987

 

 

 

 

 

Interest bearing amount due on real estate held for investment through

   EDI Real Estate, LLC

 

 

137,600

 

 

 

 

 

Less current portion

 

 

(370,802

)

 

 

(240,000

)

Long-term portion

 

$

194,074

 

 

$

25,000

 

During the yearquarter ended December 31,September 30, 2017, EDI Real Estate, LLC, entered intoas a borrower, issued two promissory notes, each secured by a property held for investment. These notes carry annual interest rates of 6%, pay interest quarterly, and are due September 15, 2022, with early payoff permitted. Subsequent to the year ended December 31, 2019, one of these notes has been paid off. Additionally, during the quarter ended September 30, 2018, EDI Real Estate, LLC issued a promissory note secured by additional properties held for investment. This note carries an annual interest rate of 5.6% and fully matures on September 1, 2033, with early payoff permitted. The interest rate on this note is subject to change once each five-year period based on an index rate plus a margin of 2.750 percentage points. The index rate is calculated as a monthly average yield on U.S. Treasury Securities, adjusted to a constant maturity of five years.

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With respect to outstanding debt secured by the real properties acquired by Mt Melrose, LLC, these notes began to mature during the year ended December 31, 2018, with the last note extending until January 2042. Some of these loans were interest only while others accrued interest that is due in full with a final balloon payment. As of December 31, 2018, the debt secured by the real properties had varying annual interest rates from 4.375% to 13%. As the Company no longer has a controlling financial interest in Mt Melrose, it no longer consolidates Mt Melrose, LLC’s assets, liabilities (including notes payable), or results of operations.

The remaining notes payable as of December 31, 2019, consisted of the following:

  

Interest Rates

 

Average Term

 

2019

  

2018

 

Interest-bearing amounts due on traditional mortgages on real estate held through Mt Melrose, LLC

  4.38% - 5.75% 

14 years

 $  $4,505,139 

Interest-bearing amounts due on hard money loans on real estate held through Mt Melrose, LLC

  10.00% - 13.00% 

2 years

     2,379,851 

Interest-bearing amounts due on promissory notes

  10.00% 

1 year

     131,279 

Non-interest-bearing amount due on promissory notes

  0.00% 

1 year

     218,270 

Equipment and vehicle capital leases and loans acquired by HVAC Value Fund, LLC

  0.00% - 4.90% 

5 years

     55,797 

Vehicle loans through HVAC Value Fund, LLC

  5.99% 

5 years

     53,638 

Interest-bearing amount due on promissory note through EDI Real Estate, LLC

  5.60% 

15 years

  373,425   384,304 

Interest-bearing amount due on real estate held for investment through EDI Real Estate, LLC

  6.00% 

5 years

  137,600   137,600 

Less notes related to discontinued operations

          (209,436)

Less accrued interest

          (134,623)

Less current portion

       (11,453)  (1,002,965)

Long-term portion

      $499,572  $6,518,854 

The timing of future payments of notes payable are as follows:

2020

 $11,453 

2021

  12,181 

2022

  12,891 

2023

  151,242 

2024 and thereafter

  323,258 

Total

 $511,025 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We are not a party to any material off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2017,2019, nor at any time from January 1, 2016,2019, through December 31, 2017.2019.

Subsequent to December 31, 2017, on January 10, 2018, our new, wholly owned subsidiary, Mt Melrose, LLC (“Purchaser”), a Delaware limited liability company entered into a certain Cash Flow Agreement with Mt. Melrose, LLC (“Seller”), a Kentucky limited liability company (the “Cash Flow Agreement”), pursuant to which, in connection with the parties’ anticipated consummation of all of the real property purchase transactions under the Mt Melrose Purchase Agreement, the parties agreed after January 10, 2018 until such time as the parties consummate the relevant closing as to each real property under the Mt Melrose Purchase Agreement, Seller assigns to Purchaser all of the income, rents, receivables and revenues arising from or issuing out of such real property, and Purchaser assumes Seller’s responsibility for payment of certain of the costs and expenses attributable to such real property. 

Under the Cash Flow Agreement, Purchaser is responsible for Seller’s monthly payments of interest and/or principal under the outstanding debt secured by the real properties; Seller’s real property taxes with respect to the real properties due and attributable to the periods from and after the effective date; and Seller’s ordinary expenses of operating the real properties, actually incurred, to the extent attributable to de minimis repairs, recurring maintenance services and/or water, electricity, sewer, gas, telephone or other similar utility charges.  However, the risk of loss and casualty damage with respect to all or any portion of the real properties will continue to be borne by Seller up to and including the actual time of the relevant closing respecting such real property.

Based on the 81 real properties presently outstanding for purchase under the Purchase Agreement, Purchaser presently is obligated under the Cash Flow Agreement for (i) monthly payments of interest and/or principal under the outstanding debt secured by such real properties in the aggregate amount of $40,698 per month, (ii) insurance of $4,619 per month, (iii) estimated annualized obligations for real property taxes with respect to such real properties in the aggregate amount of approximately $60,000 per year, and (iv) ordinary recurring expenses of operating such real properties that are expected to be immaterial in aggregate.

Other Contractual Obligations

As previously reported in our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 19, 2016, and December 30, 2016, respectively, on September 19, 2016, the Company announced that it had entered into a letter of intent agreement with Alluvial Capital Management, LLC (“Alluvial Capital”) to make a seed investment through Willow Oak Asset Management in the Alluvial Fund, LP, a private investment partnership that was launched by Alluvial Capital on January 1, 2017 (“Alluvial Fund”). Alluvial Capital acts as the general partner and the Company, through Willow Oak Asset Management, has invested in Alluvial Fund as a limited partner.

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The Company, through Willow Oak, agreed to make capital contributions to Alluvial Fund in the aggregate amount of $10 million to be provided over four equal tranches on January 1, 2017, April 1, 2017, July 1, 2017, and October 1, 2017. As of September 30, 2017, the Company satisfied its obligation to provide $10 million in accordance with the contribution schedule. On January 1, 2018, pursuant to an amendment to the Alluvial Side Letter Agreement, dated December 15, 2017, Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC withdrew $3,000,000 from its $10,000,000 investment in Alluvial Fund, LP in order to partially fund the Company’s first close of the Mt Melrose Transaction.  Under the terms of the amendment to the Alluvial Side Letter Agreement, to the extent that funds withdrawn by Willow Oak are replaced coincidentally by funds from a third party, Willow Oak is no longer subject to the former “lockup” restrictions, which formerly conditioned any withdrawals upon Willow Oak having a $50,000,000 capital account balance. Arquitos Capital Partners, LP, which is managed by our Chief Executive Officer,director and principal executive officer Steven L. Kiel, simultaneously invested $3,000,000 in Alluvial to temporarily replace the amount withdrawn by Willow Oak. The Arquitos investment into Alluvial counts toward Willow Oak’s seed investment total for purposes of Willow Oak’s agreement with Alluvial.

Through the HVAC segment, multiple capital lease obligations were acquired as part of the most recent acquisition that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2017. These obligations include leases on various vehicles and equipment that extend

Also through 2020.

Through the asset management operations segment, aan operating lease on office space in New York City commenced on October 1, 2017. This lease extends through September 30, 2020. All related expenses will be allocated

Through the home services segment, an operating lease on warehouse and office space in Scottsdale, Arizona, commenced on May 1, 2018. This lease extends through May 31, 2021. This lease was not conveyed with the divestiture on May 24, 2019. Specialty Contracting Group, LLC (formerly known as HVAC Value Fund, LLC) was the lessee party to the asset management segment.lease. Specialty Contracting Group, in connection with its dissolution and winding up, surrendered possession of the premises to the landlord, in default of this lease.

As previously reported in our

On June 27, 2019, as per the Current ReportsReport on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 11, 2017 and January 17, 2018, respectively, Sitestar created a wholly owned subsidiary namedJuly 3, 2019, the Company sold 65% of its membership interest in Mt Melrose, LLC which currently is engaged into an acquisition of a portfolio of residential and other income-producing real estate inunaffiliated third-party purchaser, Woodmont Lexington, Kentucky pursuant to a certain Master Real Estate Asset Purchase Agreement entered into on December 10, 2017 with a like-named seller, Mt. Melrose, LLC a Kentucky limited liability company owned by Jeff Moore, also a Sitestar director. As set forth in a Form 8-K filed on January 17, 2018, on January 10, 2018, Mt Melrose, LLC, consistent with(“Woodmont”). Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, completedparties’ membership interest purchase agreement, the Company agreed to indemnify Woodmont against any losses actually incurred as a first acquisition from Sellerresult of 44 residential and other income-producing real properties located in Lexington, Kentucky pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.  This first tranche of real properties was acquired for total consideration of $3,814,500, which was payable as follows:

By payment of $500,000 to Seller in cash;

By Purchaser’s assumption of $1,798,713 of outstanding indebtedness secured by the acquired real properties; and

The balance by issuance to Seller of 15,075,183 sharesbreaches of the Company’s common stock.

On January 10, 2018,representations and warranties made under the Mt Melrose purchaseagreement. To date, Woodmont has made four claims for indemnification under the agreement, all of which have been rejected and disputed by the Company. Also, in connection with the transaction, the Company and Woodmont entered into a certain Cash FlowAmended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement with theof Mt Melrose, sellerLLC (the “Cash Flow“A&R LLC Agreement”), pursuant to which, in connection with. The A&R LLC Agreement sets forth the parties’ anticipated consummationgeneral terms and conditions governing the arrangements between the two members. The A&R LLC Agreement provides that the business and affairs of all of the real property purchase transactions under the Purchase Agreement described above, the parties have agreed that as ofMt Melrose will be managed exclusively by one or more managers; and from and after January 10, 2018, until such timeWoodmont is designated as the parties consummatesole manager. In addition, the relevant closing asCompany expressly agreed to each real property undera three-year “standstill” arrangement, during which time the Purchase Agreement, SellerCompany will assign to Purchaser allnot in any way participate, directly or indirectly, in the management or control of the income, rents, receivables,Mt Melrose; and revenues arising from or issuing out of such real property, and Purchaser will assume Seller’s responsibility for payment of certain of the costs and expenses attributable to such real property.   

Under the Cash Flow Agreement, Purchaser is responsible for Seller’s monthly payments of interest and/or principal under the outstanding debt secured by the real properties; Seller’s real property taxes with respect to any matters requiring a vote of the real properties due and attributablemembers, the Company will vote with (i.e., the same as) Woodmont. Subsequent to the periods fromtransaction, Woodmont, as the manager of Mt Melrose, has purported that the Company’s membership interest in Mt Melrose has been diluted to 20.8%. The Company disputes this assertion and after the effective date; and Seller’s ordinary expensesmaintains that it has retained its 35% membership interest.

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Results of operating the real properties, actually incurred, to the extent attributable to de minimis repairs, recurring maintenance services, and/or water, electricity, sewer, gas, telephone, or other similar utility charges.  However, the risk of loss and casualty damage with respect to all or any portion of the real properties will continue to be borne by Seller up to and including the actual time of the relevant closing respecting such real property.Operations

Based on the 81 real properties presently outstanding for purchase under the Purchase Agreement, Purchaser presently is obligated under the Cash Flow Agreement for (i) monthly payments of interest and/or principal under the outstanding debt secured by such real properties in the aggregate amount of $40,698 per month, (ii) insurance of $4,619 per month, (iii) estimated annualized obligations for real property taxes with respect to such real properties in the aggregate amount of approximately $60,000 per year, and (iv) ordinary recurring expenses of operating such real properties that are expected to be immaterial in aggregate.

We have no other meaningful long-term debt obligations, purchase obligations, or other long-term liabilities as of December 31, 2017, other than those previously mentioned related to the HVAC andAsset Management Operations

The Company operates its asset management segment. The only operating lease obligations are agreements for leased office and warehouse space for HVAC Value Fund, LLC, which extendoperations business through July 31, 2019, and for leased office space fortwo wholly-owned subsidiaries, Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC which extendsand Willow Oak Capital Management, LLC. These subsidiaries were formed on October 10, 2016 and May 24, 2018, respectively. During the segment’s first year of operations, Willow Oak entered into three fee share agreements with multiple private investment partnerships and made an additional investment through September 30, 2020.

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Results of Operations

Corporate

Inanother partnership arrangement. During the year ended December 31, 2017,2018, two new partnerships were formed, multiple fee share agreements were entered into, and a new service offering, Fund Management Services, was launched. During the corporate segment produced $61,350 of other income related primarily to realized gains on the sales of marketable securities. year ended December 31, 2019, one new joint venture was formed in which Willow Oak Capital Management is a non-managing owner.

As of December 2017, these types31, 2019, Willow Oak holds a direct investment in the Alluvial Fund, LP. The realized and unrealized investment gains and losses are reported as revenue on the accompanying consolidated statements of investments will no longer be held atoperations. This treatment can result in reporting negative revenue figures for a given period. Willow Oak continues to earn revenue through the corporate level. Corporateremaining fee share arrangements, as well as through fund management services.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the asset management operations segment produced $1,773,276 of revenue. Cost of revenue was $0 and operating expenses totaled $660,333.$410,226. Other income attributable to the asset management operations segment totaled $36,565. Net income for the year ended December 31, 2019, totaled $1,399,615. This compares to $50,004the year ended December 31, 2018, when the asset management operations segment produced negative $775,249 of revenue, cost of revenue was $0, and operating expenses totaled $286,283. Additionally, other income for the year ended December 31, 2018, was $41,632, and corporatetotal net loss for the year ended December 31, 2018, was $1,019,900. The increase in revenue in 2019 is due to market volatility and the application of specific GAAP revenue recognition rules as noted above. The increase in operating expenses is primarily due to higher payroll and event expenses. Other income for the segment is primarily due to sub-lease rental income earned through the Company’s New York office space.

As of $804,712December 31, 2019, the fair value of long-term investments held through the asset management operations segment totaled $10,072,358. This compares to the fair value of long-term investments held at December 31, 2018, which totaled $8,446,488. This increase in investments is attributable to positive Alluvial Fund performance during the year ended December 31, 2019. 

The tables below provide a summary of income statement amounts over time. These figures are specific to the asset management operations segment and are presented for the annual and quarterly periods designated below.

Annual

 Year Ended December 31, 2019  Year Ended December 31, 2018 

Revenues

 $1,773,276  $(775,249)

Cost of revenue

      

Operating expenses

  410,226   286,283 

Other income (expense)

  36,565   41,632 

Comprehensive income (loss)

 $1,399,615  $(1,019,900)

Asset Management Operations Revenue

 

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

 

Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investment activity

 $1,607,644  $(834,014)

Management and performance fee revenue

  65,171   41,151 

Fund management services revenue

  100,461   17,614 

Total revenue

 $1,773,276  $(775,249)

Quarterly

 

December 31, 2019

  

September 30, 2019

  

June 30, 2019

  

March 31, 2019

 

Revenues

 $646,201  $(159,085) $589,180  $696,980 

Cost of revenue

            

Operating expenses

  100,330   81,906   104,526   123,464 

Other income (expense)

  17,491   4,983   7,052   7,039 

Comprehensive income (loss)

 $563,362  $(236,008) $491,706  $580,555 

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Real Estate Operations

EDI Real Estate Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2019, the EDI Real Estate portfolio generated rental revenue of $76,792. The cost of rental revenue totaled $104,279. Operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2019, were $42,080. Other expenses totaled $75,359 and the net loss for the year ended December 31, 2019, totaled $155,057. This compares to the year ended December 31, 2018, when the EDI Real Estate portfolio generated rental revenue of $77,391, cost of rental revenue totaled $43,063, operating expenses were $17,200, other expenses totaled $13,591, and net rental income was $3,537. Other expenses incurred during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, were primarily interest-related expenses. The 2019 increases in cost of rental revenue and operating expenses were due to significant deferred maintenance expenses and newly allocated payroll expenses, respectively.

For the year ended December 31, 2019, depreciation expense on the EDI Real Estate portfolio of properties was $22,161. This compares to depreciation expense for the year ended December 31, 2018, when depreciation expense on the EDI Real Estate portfolio of properties was $21,215.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, one property held for resale was sold for gross proceeds of $95,000. Net proceeds totaled $84,869 and closing costs totaled $10,131. This compares to its carrying value of $95,000, which resulted in no gain or loss being recognized on the sale. This compares to the year ended December 31, 2018, when two residential properties and one commercial property held for resale were sold for gross proceeds of $88,000. Net proceeds totaled $82,656. This compares to their carrying value of $95,033, which resulted in a loss of $7,033. No properties were purchased during the years ended December 31, 2019 or 2018.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, net impairment adjustments of $26,170 were recorded on real estate held for resale through EDI Real Estate, LLC in order to properly reflect sales activity throughout the year. During the year ended December 31, 2018, an impairment adjustment of $64,038 was recorded to real estate held for resale through EDI Real Estate, LLC in order to properly reflect market value for those properties held during the year.

Through EDI Real Estate, as of December 31, 2019, the Company owns a total of eleven units consisting of six units held for investment, two units held for resale, and three vacant lots held for resale as noted below:

EDI Real Estate

 

December 31, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Units occupied or available for rent

 

6

 

6

 

Vacant units being prepared for rent

 

 

3

 

Total units held for investment

 

6

 

9

 
      

Units held for resale

 

2

 

 

Vacant lots held for resale

 

3

 

3

 

Total units held for resale

 

5

 

3

 

Units held for investment consist of single-family residential rental units.

The leases in effect, as of December 31, 2019, are based on annual time periods and typically include month-to-month provisions after the completion of the initial term. An outside property management company manages these rental properties on behalf of the Company. The property management company has introduced updated and renewed leases for existing rental properties.

EDI Real Estate

 

December 31, 2019

  

December 31, 2018

 
Total real estate held for investment $484,590  $710,022 
Accumulated depreciation  (104,075)  (107,576)

Real estate held for investment, net

  380,515   602,446 
         
Real estate held for resale $98,910  $40,047 

Mt Melrose Operations

Management has determined that the Company no longer has a controlling financial interest in Mt Melrose and is no longer the primary beneficiary as of June 27, 2019. All activity prior to the deconsolidation event has been included on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019, under the real estate segment. Simultaneously, as of June 27, 2019, all previously consolidated assets and liabilities of Mt Melrose, LLC have been removed from the consolidated balance sheets. Note that this deconsolidation event is separate from the deconsolidation event that took place on November 1, 2018, related to the change in variable interest reporting. As of December 31, 2018, the Company did have a controlling financial interest in Mt Melrose and was the primary beneficiary.

For the period ended June 27, 2019, the Mt Melrose portfolio generated rental revenue of $365,971. The cost of rental revenue totaled $276,049. Operating expenses for the period ended June 27, 2019, were $295,945. Other expenses totaled $4,580,940 and the net loss for the period ended June 27, 2019, totaled $4,786,963. This compares to the year ended December 31, 2018, when the Mt Melrose portfolio generated rental revenue of $778,657, cost of rental revenue totaled $450,859, operating expenses were $920,309, other expenses totaled $1,416,257, and total net loss was $2,008,768. The other expenses for the year ended December 31, 2019 are primarily related to the loss recognized on the equity sale of the Mt Melrose entity mentioned previously, which totaled $4,157,809. Other expenses incurred during the year ended December 31, 2016. Expenses2018, were lowerprimarily impairment and interest-related expenses.

During the period ended June 27, 2019, depreciation expense on the Mt Melrose portfolio of properties totaled $110,978. This compares to the year ended December 31, 2018, when depreciation expense on the Mt Melrose portfolio of properties was $159,514.

No purchases were made during the period ended June 27, 2019. During the year ended December 31, 2018, Mt Melrose purchased a total of 61 properties, outside of the original purchase agreement, for a gross purchase price of $2,585,463. The majority of these purchases resulted in a note payable. 

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During the period ended June 27, 2019, Mt Melrose sold nineteen residential properties and five vacant lots for gross proceeds of $775,850. Net proceeds totaled $151,672. This compares to their carrying value of $755,918, which resulted in a net gain of $16,932. During the year ended December 31, 2018, Mt Melrose sold three residential properties consisting of five rental units for gross proceeds of $295,000 and net proceeds of $113,734. This compares to their carrying value of $237,273, which resulted in a net gain of $57,727.

During the period ended June 27, 2019, an impairment adjustment of $126,827 was recorded on a commercial warehouse held for resale in order to properly reflect market value at that time. During the year ended December 31, 2018, an impairment adjustment of $964,743 was recorded to real estate held for resale through Mt Melrose, LLC in order to properly reflect market value for those properties held at the end of the year. This adjustment was the result of 62 properties being transitioned to “held for resale” from “held for investment” as part of a portfolio redirection intended to reduce high-interest debt.
Effective on June 27, 2019, the end of the consolidation period, the Company recognized a loss on the partial sale of Mt Melrose in the amount of $4,157,809, which has been reported separately on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations under the real estate segment for the year ended December 31, 2019. The amount of the loss is based upon the value of the Company’s remaining interest in the subsidiary, less the Company’s previous carrying value of the subsidiary.
As of December 31, 2018, units held for investment consisted of single-family and multi-family residential rental units. The leases in effect for the occupied Mt Melrose units as of December 31, 2018, were based on either annual or multi-year time periods. Month-to-month leases were reserved for special circumstances. Units held for resale consisted of single-family units, multi-family units, commercial properties, and undeveloped lots of land.

The consolidated Mt Melrose assets as of December 31, 2018, included the following units:

Mt Melrose

December 31, 2018

Units occupied or available for rent

98

Vacant units being prepared for rent

15

Total units - held for investment

113

Residential and commercial units

48

Vacant lots

9

Total units - held for resale57

As of December 31, 2018, the Mt Melrose portfolio of properties was carried at the following amounts on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets:

Mt Melrose

 

December 31, 2018

 

Total real estate held for investment

 

$

9,049,945

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

 

(159,514

)

Real estate held for investment, net

 

 

8,890,431

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate held for resale

 

$

2,278,865

 

Additionally, during the year ended December 31, 2017, compared to2019, a commercial warehouse was sold for gross proceeds of $850,000. Net proceeds after closing costs and a promissory note payoff were $487,944. This resulted in a loss on the sale in the amount of $56,467. This loss is included in other expenses under the real estate segment for the year ended December 31, 2016, primarily due2019.

The tables below provide a summary of income statement amounts over time. These figures are specific to decreased accountingthe real estate segment as a whole and are presented for the annual and quarterly periods designated below. Revenue and expenses related to the Mt Melrose portfolio of properties are included through the consolidation period, which ended on June 27, 2019 with the Company’s majority equity sale of the entity.

Annual

 Year Ended December 31, 2019  Year Ended December 31, 2018 

Revenues

 $537,763  $778,657 

Cost of revenue

  485,459   450,859 

Operating expenses

  338,025   920,309 

Other income (expense)

  (4,712,766)  (1,416,257)

Comprehensive income (loss)

 $(4,998,487) $(2,008,768)

Quarterly

 

December 31, 2019

  

September 30, 2019

  

June 30, 2019

  

March 31, 2019

 

Revenues

 $117,299  $19,359  $218,599  $182,506 

Cost of revenue

  127,433   30,753   164,130   163,143 

Operating expenses

  10,254   11,827   211,536   104,408 

Other income (expense)

  (4,179)  (13,709)  (4,566,752)  (128,126)

Comprehensive income (loss)

 $(24,567) $(36,930) $(4,723,819) $(213,171)

For the quarters ended September 30 and decreased legal expenses. This was offset by increased consulting expenses and increased payroll expenses.June 30, 2019, the Company previously reported the net loss recognized on the sale of our controlling interest in our Mt Melrose subsidiary as an other expense under Other Operations. As of December 31, 2019, the Company has found it appropriate to report this loss under the Real Estate segment. For all reported segment activity, this reclassification has been made as of June 30, 2019. The loss on the sale continues to show separately on the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019. Additionally, an entry has been made to combine the deconsolidation activity previously reported on the consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity, in the amount of $638,749, with the net loss on the sale reported on the statements of operations for the period ended June 30, 2019. Total ending stockholder’s equity for the period ended June 30, 2019, remains unchanged.

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Internet Operations

As of December 31, 2017,2019, the focus of our internet segment is to generate cash flow, work to make our costs variable, and reinvest in our operations when an acceptable return is available. We did not make significant reinvestments into the internet segment during 2017. Additionally, competitive pressures have negatively affected our ongoing revenue. Accordingly, internet segment revenue is slowly declining, though at a slower pace than previous years, as noted below.the year ended December 31, 2019.

Revenue attributed to the internet segment during the year ended December 31, 2017,2019, totaled $1,287,408. While this was a decrease$1,066,229 and cost of $127,881 when compared to revenue generated in thistotaled $330,654. Operating expenses for the segment duringtotaled $223,118 for the year ended December 31, 2016, totaling $1,415,289,2019, and other income totaled $10,169. Accumulated other comprehensive loss related to the year-over-year decline fromrecognition of foreign currency translation adjustments totaled $3,054. Total comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2016, and 2017internet segment was 9.0%. This was an improvement from the year-over-year decline of 11.7% reported at$519,572 for the year ended December 31, 2016, compared2019. This compares to the year ended December 31, 2015. The year-over-year2018, when revenue declinetotaled $1,168,843, cost of revenues totaled $325,234, operating expenses were $241,654, other income was $35,649, and comprehensive income was $637,604. Other income in 2018 for the segment is the result of fewer customer renewals and the absence of new customers. During the year ended December 31, 2017 the internet segment also had other income of $74,202 attributable primarily to the sale of various blocks of IP addressesaddresses.

Management is currently identifying the market value for domain names owned by the Company in order to assess potential income opportunities. Management evaluates these domain names for third-party sales potential, as well as for other marketing opportunities that could generate new revenue from current customers who utilize the domains.

As of December 31, 2019, we have a total of 7,466 customer accounts across the U.S. and the sale of the domain name, first.com.Canada. This compares to the year ended December 31, 2018, when we had a total of 8,058 customer accounts. As of December 31, 2019, approximately 64% of our internet segment revenue is driven by internet access services, with the remaining 36% being earned though web hosting and other incomeweb-based storage services.

Approximately 92% of our customer accounts are U.S.-based, while 8% are Canada-based. Revenue generated by the internet segmentour U.S. customers totaled $1,011,407 and revenue generated by our Canadian customers totaled $54,822 during the year ended December 31, 20162019. This compares to revenue generated by our U.S. customers of $99,149.

The cost$1,101,999 and revenue generated by our Canadian customers of revenue$66,844 during the year ended December 31, 2017, totaled $304,719. This was a decrease of $64,795 when compared to the cost of revenue in this segment during the year ended December 31, 2016, totaling $369,514. This decrease was the result of decreased revenues and our work to restructure vender contracts and reduce fixed costs.2018.

The tables below provide a condensed summary of income statement amounts over time. These figures are specific to the internet segment and are presented for the annual and quarterly periods designated below.

 

Annual

 

Year Ended

December 31, 2017

 

 

Year Ended

December 31, 2016

 

Revenues

 

$

1,287,408

 

 

$

1,415,289

 

Cost of revenue

 

 

304,719

 

 

 

369,514

 

Operating expenses

 

 

274,578

 

 

 

322,700

 

Other income (expense)

 

 

74,202

 

 

 

99,149

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

(361

)

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

$

782,313

 

 

$

821,863

 

 

Quarterly

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

June 30, 2017

 

 

March 31,

2017

 

Annual

 Year Ended December 31, 2019  Year Ended December 31, 2018 

Revenues

 

$

309,779

 

 

$

314,202

 

 

$

328,341

 

 

$

335,086

 

 $1,066,229  $1,168,843 

Cost of revenue

 

 

67,621

 

 

 

81,144

 

 

 

76,145

 

 

 

79,809

 

  330,654   325,234 

Operating expenses

 

 

51,041

 

 

 

61,299

 

 

 

68,214

 

 

 

94,024

 

  223,118   241,654 

Other income

 

 

16,466

 

 

 

656

 

 

 

2,771

 

 

 

54,309

 

Other income (expense)

  10,169   35,649 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  (3,054)   

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

$

207,583

 

 

$

172,415

 

 

$

186,753

 

 

$

215,562

 

 $519,572  $637,604 

 

Management is currently identifying the market value for domain names owned by the Company in order to assess potential income opportunities. Management also evaluates domain names available for purchase in order to generate new revenue from customers who utilize the domains.

Quarterly

 

December 31, 2019

  

September 30, 2019

  

June 30, 2019

  

March 31, 2019

 

Revenues

 $260,239  $265,171  $265,917  $274,902 

Cost of revenue

  76,281   83,517   83,243   87,613 

Operating expenses

  57,646   43,168   59,035   63,269 

Other income (expense)

  5,852   384   3,541   392 
Other comprehensive income (loss)  (3,054)         

Comprehensive income (loss)

 $129,110  $138,870  $127,180  $124,412 

13Discontinued Operations - Home Services Operations


Effective January 1, 2016, we improved our internal reporting in the internet segment.

As of December 31, 2017, we have a total of 8,802 customer accounts across the U.S. and Canada. This compares to the year ended December 31, 2016, when we had a total of 9,423 customer accounts. As of December 31, 2017, our mix of customers consisted of approximately 89% internet access and 11% web hosting and storage.

Approximately 90% of our customer accountsnoted previously, Specialty Contracting Group, LLC’s historical operations are U.S. based, while 10% are Canadian based. Revenue generated by our U.S. customers totaled $1,205,281 and revenue generated by our Canadian customers totaled $82,127 during the year ended December 31, 2017. This compares to revenue generated by our U.S. customers of $1,312,444 and revenue generated by our Canadian customers of $102,845 during the year ended December 31, 2016.

We closed our Canada office on February 29, 2016 and terminated the employment of two employees. We now service our Canadian customers remotely and utilize one full-time employee in Canada.

HVAC Operations

The Company operates its HVAC operations through HVAC Value Fund, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary focused on the acquisition and management of HVAC and plumbing companies in Arizona. After gaining experience with HVAC acquisitions, management noted the complementary nature of plumbing providers and completed two acquisitions where a significant amount of their revenue originated from plumbing services. As previously reportedclassified as “discontinued operations” in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 14, 2016, we, along with JNJ Investments, LLC, an unaffiliated third partyconsolidated financial statements, and member of HVAC Value Fund, LLC, organized and launched this subsidiary on June 13, 2016. HVAC Value Fund closed on five acquisitions totaling $1,455,000 during the year ended December 31, 2016. During year ended December 31, 2017, HVAC Value Fund closed on one additional acquisition totaling $560,000. As previouslyall presented prior periods have also been reclassified to discontinued operations for comparability. The net loss reported in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 14, 2016, and discussed further herein, the purpose of HVAC Value Fund is to acquire HVAC and plumbing businesses. Accordingly, all of our acquisitions were made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the customs and practices (including with respect to nature, scope, magnitude, quantity, frequency, and contemplated purpose) of HVAC Value Fund, and, in turn, the Company.

Our HVACfrom discontinued operations generated revenue of $4,294,904 during the year ended December 31, 2017. This is an increase of $2,816,943 compared to generated revenue of $1,477,961 during the year ended December 31, 2016. For the year ended December 31, 2017 cost of revenue totaled $2,961,874 and operating expenses totaled $1,415,209. This is an increase of $1,974,653 and $847,494, respectively, compared to the year ended December 31, 2016 when cost of revenue totaled $987,221 and operating expenses totaled $567,715.  Other expenses for the year ended December 31, 2017 totaled $24,522. This is an increase of $22,654 compared to other expenses for the year ended December 31, 2016 when other expenses totaled $1,868. The other expenses are related to the interest portion of the notes payable incurred by HVAC Value Fund. Net loss before income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2017 totaled $106,701. This compares to the year ended December 31, 2016 when the net loss before income taxes for the year totaled $78,843. Management notes that for the year ended December 31, 2016, HVAC Value Fund had closed only five of the six currently held acquisitions and did not commence any operations until June 13, 2016.

Real Estate Operations

Sitestar created a wholly owned real estate subsidiary on July 10, 2017 named EDI Real Estate, LLC to hold Sitestar’s legacy portfolio of real estate. As of December 31, 2017, we owned ten residential properties, one commercial property, and interests in several lots. This compares December 31, 2016 when we owned 19 residential properties, one commercial property, and interests in several lots. In 2008, the Company had implemented a program to redirect cash generated from the internet operations into the purchase and renovation of real estate. This program was abolished with the change in management on December 14, 2015. From December 14, 2015, through the end of 2015, several real estate agents and investors were engaged to determine the marketability of our properties. Repair work ceased until a more thorough review for each property could be completed to determine the most profitable course forward. Prior to year-end 2015, a list of properties was assigned to a real estate agent. Additionally, during 2016 and 2017, we entered into negotiations with several investors to sell various properties. Many of these properties were held for resale by prior management, but prior marketing activity was poor.

During the year ended December 31, 2017, we continued to market for sale or prepare to market for sale each property in the held-for-resale category. Properties have either sold as-is or have been repaired and upgraded before being listed for sale. Several real estate agents continue to be engaged to market the remaining properties listed for resale.

We own eight rental properties managed by a third-party property management company. As of December 31, 2017, we had eight properties available for rent with all eight properties being occupied. One additional property continues to be renovated with the intention to have it ready for rent during 2018. The leases in effecthome services segment, as of the year ended December 31, 2017, are based2019, was $1,510,475. Included in this amount is an offsetting $21,629 loss recovery on either annual

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or multi-year time periods and include month-to-month provisions afterdiscontinued operations that represents royalties earned in accordance with the completion of the initial term. The property management company has introduced updated and renewed leases for existing rental properties. Eight properties were current with regard to tenant payments as of December 31, 2017.Rooter Hero royalty arrangement mentioned previously. This compares to the year ended December 31, 2016, when we had eight properties available for rent with sevennet loss of the properties occupied and seven properties current with regard to tenant payments.

During the year ended December 31, 2017, we sold nine residential properties for gross proceeds of $1,138,000. Net proceeds totaled $821,217. This compares to their carrying value of $1,105,914. One sale resulted in a note receivable$915,163 reported from the buyer.  This note is expected to be collected in full during 2018. As of December 31, 2017, real estate held for resale was carried on the balance sheet at $199,117. This comparesdiscontinued operations related to the year ended December 31, 2016 when real estate held for resale was carried at $1,399,280. During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company generated rental revenue of $101,992, net of bad debt expense. The cost of rental revenue totaled $34,756. This compared to rental revenue of $111,987, net of bad debt expense and cost of rental revenue of $39,014 during the year ended December 31, 2016. The consistency of our rental revenue relative to cost of rental revenue is the result of stable tenant leases, which are managed by a third-party property management company. As of December 31, 2017, real estate held for investment was carried on the balance sheet at $616,374.  This compares to the year ended December 31, 2016 when real estate held for investment was held at $506,011.

Depreciation expense totaled $22,354 for the year ended December 31, 2017. Total accumulated depreciation as of December 31, 2017 totaled $86,361.

During the year ended December 31, 2017, a valuation adjustment of $101,694 was made by management on real estate properties held for sale in order to properly reflect market value for those properties held at the end of the year.  This compares to the valuation adjustment of $152,411 made during the year ended December 31, 2016.

For the real estate segment as a whole, for the year ended December 31, 2017, the total comprehensive loss was $100,693.  This compares to the $96,311 of comprehensive loss reported for thehome services segment for the year ended December 31, 2016.2018.

As previously reported in our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 11, 2017 and January 17, 2018, respectively, Sitestar created a wholly owned subsidiary named Mt Melrose, LLC, which currently is engaged in an acquisition of a portfolio of residential and other income-producing real estate in Lexington, Kentucky pursuant to a certain Master Real Estate Asset Purchase Agreement entered into on December 10, 2017 with a like-named seller, Mt. Melrose, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company owned by Jeff Moore, also a Sitestar director. Unlike EDI Real Estate, LLC, which is a legacy business that we do not intend to grow, Mt Melrose is a real estate business that the Company expects will grow significantly over time. Mt Melrose has its own management team, led by our Chairman, Jeffrey Moore. Mr. Moore has extensive experience acquiring and operating real estate in the Lexington, KY region where Mt Melrose is focused. The Mt Melrose management team will be responsible for growing this business.

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Asset ManagementOther Operations

The Company operates its asset management business through a wholly owned subsidiary, Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC. This subsidiary was formed on October 10, 2016. As of December 31, 2016, this subsidiary did not have material operations. Effective January 1, 2017, Willow Oak Asset Management made its first investment and was subsequently allocated all related expenses.

During the segment’s first year of operations, Willow Oak entered into three fee share agreements with multiple private investment partnerships and made an additional investment through another partnership arrangement.

DuringFor the year ended December 31, 2017, the asset management2019, our other operations segment produced $2,271,747 of revenue. Cost$212,631 of revenue was $0 and operatingrelated to a realized gain on the Huckleberry Real Estate Fund. Our other operations produced no cost of goods sold. Operating expenses totaled $118,601. Other income attributable to the asset management segment totaled $11,075. Other income was primarily attributable to a sub-lease arrangement for shared office space in New York City. Comprehensive income$1,101,098 and other expenses were $96,551 for the year ended December 31, 2017 totaled $2,164,221. No comparable figures exist2019. The other expenses are primarily related to a realized gain on the sale of Triad Guaranty, Inc. stock. Corporate operating expenses accounted for 2016.

Asthe full $1,101,098 of reported operating expenses for our other operations. This resulted in a net loss of $791,916 for the year ended December 31, 2017,2019. This compares to revenue of $160,492, cost of revenue of $202,533, operating expenses of $875,527, and other income produced of $2,673 for the fairyear ended December 31, 2018. Corporate expenses totaled $858,327, and the other segment recorded a total net loss of $914,895 for the year ended December 31, 2018. Corporate expenses are higher for the year ended December 31, 2019 primarily due to additional legal fees related to ongoing litigation but were also offset by a decrease in payroll expenses, consulting expenses, and travel expenses.

The carrying value of non-currentthe Huckleberry Real Estate Fund investment is included under other operations in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, the carrying value for this investment is $0 and $468,750, respectively. The decrease in carrying value period over period was due to return of capital that was received prior to June 30, 2019. During the quarter ended March 31, 2019, a gain of $212,631 was recognized as revenue through other segments on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

The tables below provide a summary of income statement amounts over time. These figures are specific to other business segments, including corporate and various other investments, held throughand are presented for the asset management segment totaled $10,008,902.  No comparable figure exists for 2016.annual and quarterly periods designated below.

Annual

 Year Ended December 31, 2019  Year Ended December 31, 2018 

Revenues

 $212,631  $160,492 

Cost of revenue

     202,533 

Operating expenses

  1,101,098   875,527 

Other income (expense)

  96,551   2,673 

Comprehensive income (loss)

 $(791,916) $(914,895)

Quarterly

 

December 31, 2019

  

September 30, 2019

  

June 30, 2019

  

March 31, 2019

 

Revenues

 $  $  $  $212,631 

Cost of revenue

            

Operating expenses

  459,624   141,270   305,284   194,920 

Other income (expense)

  79,876   20,249   (7,471)  3,897 

Comprehensive income (loss)

 $(379,748) $(121,021) $(312,755) $21,608 

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ITEM 7A.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

This item is not required by smaller reporting companies.

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ITEM 8.

FINANCIALFINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The information required by this Item 8 may be found immediately after the signatures to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9.

CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURESDISCLOSURE

Except as has been

As previously reported in those certainour Current Reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934Report on Form 8-K filed bywith the SEC on July 15, 2019, on July 10, 2019, the Company formally engaged Brown Edwards & Company, LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019. Prior to this time, Cherry Bekaert, LLP had been appointed as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019, having served as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm since 2016. There has been no other change in the independent accountants engaged to audit the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries during the last two fiscal years ended December 31, 2019, and there have been no disagreements with such independent accountants during the Securities and Exchange Commissionlast two fiscal years ended December 31, 2019, on February 18, 2016, and March 7, 2016, respectively, noany matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, for this Item 9 is required herein.or auditing scope or procedure.

ITEM 9A.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of December 31, 2017,

The Company’s management, with the participation of our Chief Executiveprincipal executive officer and Financial Officer, performed an evaluation ofprincipal financial officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure“disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act.Act, as of December 31, 2019. Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Chief Executiveour principal executive officer and Financial Officer,principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Because of inherent limitations, any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance of achieving the desired control objective. Based upon theirthis evaluation, and based upon material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting identified as of the date of our most recent evaluation of internal controls over financial reporting, our Chief Executiveprincipal executive officer and Financial Officerprincipal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2017.  During 2017 management continued to recruit and hire additional employees at the corporate level in order to add additional layers of internal review and further segregate employee responsibilities. Management is aware of these deficiencies and is working diligently to improve the relevant controls and procedures; provided, however, there can be no assurance that such relevant controls and procedures will be improved or, even if improved, that such improved controls and procedures will be effective.2019.

Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

The management of SitestarEnterprise Diversified, Inc. is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act. Internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of our consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements. Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive OfficerChairman and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on criteria established in the Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Management’s assessment included evaluation of such elements as the design and operating effectiveness of key financial reporting controls, process documentation, accounting policies, and our overall control environment. Based on this evaluation, our management concluded that, as of December 31, 2017,2019, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective based on such criteria. We have reviewed the results of management’s assessment with our Board of Directors. In addition, we will evaluate any changes to our internal control on a quarterly basis to determine if a material change occurred.

Material Weaknesses in Internal Controls

As defined by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s Auditing Standard No. 5, a

A material weakness is a significant control deficiency, or a combination of significantdeficiencies, in internal control deficiencies,over financial reporting such that results in there being more thanis a remote likelihoodreasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual or interimour financial statements willwould not be prevented or detected.detected on a timely basis.

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As a result of our evaluations, we identified the following material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017:2019:

We didhave not maintain proper segregation of duties forproperly designed internal controls over the preparation of our financial statements. DueWe have incorporated consultants, new hires, and review processes to alleviate some of the sizeassociated risks of our administrative staff, audit areas such as accounts receivable, accounts payable, and payroll had deficiencies related to segregation of duties. While weduties and financial reporting matters; however, formal and consistent policies and procedures, as well as complete control documentation for all significant financial reporting areas, have made strides to improve the control structure and add approval layers, incompatible functions among staff were not mitigated in a manner that would prevent a material misstatement from occurring as of December 31, 2017.been prepared or implemented.

Changes in Our Internal Controls

During the year ended December 31, 2017,2019, the Company hired an administrative assistanta new Vice President of Operations in order to assist with general accountingbuild out new company processes and recordkeeping functions. The additionoptimize existing company procedures. Additionally, this role is intended to create a dedicated operational manager across each of the administrative assistant adds an additional layer of reviewbusiness segments. As a result, corporate management has greater visibility over financial transactions and provides backup functionality for a wide range of accounting functions.internal control processes.

During the previous year ended December 31, 2016,2018, the Company had separated the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer roles to allow for more specific focus on the Company’s operational and financial needs. Additionally, the Company had hired a Certified Public Accountant as a Controllernew Vice President and Chief of Staff to assist with allenhance management’s oversight and further segregate management roles and responsibilities. The Company also had hired an additional accountant at the corporate level in order to add additional layers of internal review and provide segregation of accounting and reporting functions. The addition of the Controller adds a second layer of review and oversight over all financial reporting functions.roles and responsibilities.

During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company also implemented multiple policies regarding controls pertaining to the information technology environment. These policies include: Acceptable Use, Backup and Recovery, Cloud Computing, Password, System Access, Version Control System, and Vulnerability Assessment.

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ITEM 9B.

OTHER INFORMATION

Specialty Contracting Group, LLC

On October 22, 2019, the Company, as and being the sole and managing member of Specialty Contracting Group, LLC, resolved to dissolve and wind up Specialty Contracting Group and proceed with distributing its assets in accordance with §18-804 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act. Management had determined that Specialty Contracting Group’s continued existence was not reasonably practicable or financially feasible; the entity having no operational capabilities, no significant assets, and no prospects for the carrying on of any business or receipt of revenue. All of Specialty Contracting Group’s cash on hand was paid out ratably to its creditors and claimants; however, its assets were not sufficient to satisfy in full its known liabilities. After making such payments out of and to the extent of its assets, Specialty Contracting Group filed a Certificate of Cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 15, 2019, thereby effecting the cancellation and termination of the entity.

Reverse Stock Split

As previously reported in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 7, 2018, the Board of Directors of the Company previously approved, on March 29, 2018, a reverse stock split of all of the Company’s Common Stock, pursuant to which every 125 shares of Common Stock of the Company were reverse split, reconstituted, and converted into one (1) share of Common Stock of the Company (the “Reverse Stock Split”). To effectuate the aforesaid Reverse Stock Split, the Company previously filed on May 23, 2018, a Certificate of Change Pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) Section 78.209 (the “Certificate of Change”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, with a specified effective filing date of June 1, 2018.

The Company submitted an Issuer Company Related Action Notification regarding the Reverse Stock Split to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) on May 22, 2018. FINRA declared the Reverse Stock Split effective in the marketplace July 23, 2018 (the “FINRA Effective Date”). Accordingly, while the Certificate of Change became effective under Nevada state corporate law on June 1, 2018, the Reverse Stock Split did not become effective as to shareholders or the marketplace until the FINRA Effective Date.

Split Adjustment

On the FINRA Effective Date, the total number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock held by each stockholder converted automatically into the number of whole shares of Common Stock equal to (i) the number of shares of Common Stock held by such stockholder immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split, divided by (ii) one hundred twenty five (125). No fractional shares were issued, and no cash or other consideration was paid. Rather, any fraction of a share of Common Stock that otherwise would have resulted from the Reverse Stock Split were rounded up to the next whole share of Common Stock. That is, stockholders who otherwise would have been entitled to receive fractional shares because they held a number of pre-Reverse Stock Split shares of the Company’s Common Stock not evenly divisible by one hundred twenty five (125), had the number of post-Reverse Stock Split shares of the Company’s Common Stock to which they were entitled rounded up to the next whole number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock. Stockholders’ equity and all references to share and per-share amounts in this annual report on Form 10-K and in the accompanying consolidated financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split for all periods presented.

Ownership Unchanged

Immediately after the Reverse Stock Split, each stockholder’s percentage ownership interest in the Company and proportional voting power remained unchanged except for minor adjustments resulting from the Company’s election to round up any fraction of a share of Common Stock that otherwise would have resulted from the Reverse Stock Split. The rights and privileges of the holders of shares of Common Stock of the Company were substantially unaffected by the Reverse Stock Split.

Capitalization

Immediately prior to the Certificate of Change becoming effective, the aggregate number of shares which the Company had the authority to issue was three hundred fifty million (350,000,000) shares of Common Stock at $.001 par value, and thirty million (30,000,000) shares of Serial Preferred Stock at $.001 par value. As a result of the Certificate of Change and Reverse Stock Split, the aggregate number of shares which the Company has the authority to issue is two million eight hundred thousand (2,800,000) shares of Common Stock at $.125 par value, and thirty million (30,000,000) shares (unchanged) of Serial Preferred Stock at $.001 par value. 

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None.

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PART III

We expect to file with the SEC in April 2018 2020 (and, in any event, not later than 120 days after the close of our last fiscal year), a definitive Proxy Statement, pursuant to SEC Regulation 14A in connection with our Annual Meetingannual meeting of Shareholdersstockholders scheduled to be held on May 19, 2018.28, 2020.

ITEM 10.

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 20182020 annual meeting of stockholders under the sections entitled “Information with Respect to Nominees,” “Management,” and “Corporate Governance.”

ITEM 11.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 20182020 annual meeting of stockholders under the section entitled “Executive Compensation.”

ITEM 12.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 20182020 annual meeting of stockholders under the sections entitled “Security Ownership of Directors and Executive Officers” and “Information as to Certain Stockholders.”

ITEM 13.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 20182020 annual meeting of stockholders under the sections entitled “Determinations Regarding Independence” and “Transactions with Related Persons.”

ITEM 14.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 20182020 annual meeting of stockholders under the section entitled “Proposal 4. Ratification of the Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.”

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PART IV

ITEM 15.

EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(a)

Financial Statements – Contained in Item 8:

 

Page

ReportReports of Independent Registered Public Accounting FirmFirms

23

22

Consolidated Balance Sheets – December 31, 20172019 and 20162018

24

23

Consolidated Statements of Operations – Years Ended December 31, 20172019 and 20162018

25

24

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income – Years Ended December 31, 20172019 and 20162018

26

25

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity – Years Ended December 31, 20172019 and 20162018

27

26

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – Years Ended December 31, 20172019 and 20162018

28

27

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements…………………………………………………………………………………………………….

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(b)

Exhibits – The following exhibits are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K or are incorporated herein by reference:

 

Exhibit

Description

3.1(i)

  

Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (December 17, 1992) (a)

3.1(ii)

  

Amended Articles of Incorporation (July 29, 1998) (a)

3.1(iii)

  

Amended Articles of Incorporation (October 26, 1998) (a)

3.1(iv)

  

Amended Articles of Incorporation (July 14, 1999) (a)

3.1(v)

  

Amended Articles of Incorporation (July 28, 1999) (a)

3.1(vi)

Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation (January 23, 2018) (g)(f)

3.1(vii)Certificate of Change Pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes Section 78.209 (June 1, 2018) (l)
3.1(viii)Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation (June 1, 2018) (m)

3.2(i)

  

Bylaws of the Registrant (December 17, 1992) (a)

3.2(ii)

Amended Bylaws of the Registrant (January 28, 2015) (b)

10.1

Limited Liability Company Agreement of HVAC Value Fund, LLC dated effective as of June 13, 2016, between the Registrant and other Members (as therein defined) (c) *

10.2

Limited Partnership Agreement of Alluvial Fund, LP dated as of January 1, 2017, and entered into by Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC on December 27, 2016 (d)(c)

10.310.2

Side Letter Agreement dated December 28, 2016, by and between Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC and Alluvial Capital Management, LLC (for itself and on behalf of Alluvial Fund, LP) (e)(d) *

10.410.3

Form of Sitestar Corporation Private Placement Subscription Agreement (f)(e)

10.510.4

Master Real Estate Asset Purchase Agreement by and between Sitestar Corporation and Mt. Melrose, LLC, dated December 10, 2017 **(p)

10.610.5

Cash Flow Agreement by and between Mt Melrose, LLC, d.b.a. Mt Melrose II, LLC and Mt. Melrose, LLC, dated January 10, 2018 **(o)

10.710.6

Executive Employment Agreement dated January 10, 2018 by and between Mt Melrose, LLC and Jeffrey I. Moore (h)

10.8

Form of Sitestar Corporation Private Placement Subscription Agreement (i)(g)

10.910.7

Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of Huckleberry Real Estate Fund II, LLC dated as of January 24, 2017 and entered into by Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC on January 24, 2017 (j)(h)

10.1010.8

Side Letter Agreement dated January 23, 2017 by and between Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC and Huckleberry Capital Management, LLC (for itself and on behalf of Huckleberry Real Estate Fund II, LLC) (k)(i)

10.1110.9

Employment Agreement dated January 20, 2017 by and between Sitestar Corporation and Steven L. Kiel (l)

10.12

Employment Agreement dated January 25, 2017 by and between Sitestar Corporation and Tabitha Keatts (m)(j)

10.1310.10

Amendment to Alluvial Side Letter Agreement ** (December 15, 2017) (k)

10.11Employment Agreement effective as of October 5, 2018 by and between the Registrant and Alea A. Kleinhammer (n)
10.12Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Mt Melrose, LLC dated June 27, 2019 (r)
16.1Letter of Cherry Bekaert, LLP dated July 15, 2019 (q)

21

List of Subsidiaries ** **

31.1

Certification of ChiefPrincipal Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) ** **

31.2

Certification of ChiefPrincipal Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) ** **

32

Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 **

99.1Enterprise Diversified, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan**


20


Exhibit

Description

101

Pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T, the following materials from Sitestar Corporation’sEnterprise Diversified Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017,2019, and the year ended December 31, 2016,2018, formatted in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 20172019 and 2016;2018; (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations Forfor the Years ended December 31, 20172019 and 2016;2018; (iii) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Forfor the Years ended December 31, 20172019 and 20162018 (iv) Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity Forfor the Years ended December 31, 20172019 and 2016;2018; (v) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

(a) Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant'sRegistrant’s Form-10SB, as amended, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22, 1999, and incorporated herein by reference.

(b) Filed as an exhibit to Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 28, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference.

(c) Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 18, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference.

(d) Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference.

(e)

(d) Filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference.

(f)

(e) Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference.

(g)

(f) Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant’s Form 8-K Amendment No. 1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 24, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference.

(h)

(g) Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant’s Form 8-K Amendment No. 1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.

(i) Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2017, and incorporated herein by reference.

(j)

(h) Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2017, and incorporated herein by reference.

(k)

(i) Filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2017, and incorporated herein by reference.

(l)

(j) Filed as Exhibit 10.110.2 to Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 26, 2017, and incorporated herein by reference.

(m)

(k) Filed as Exhibit 10.210.13 to Registrant’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference.

(l) Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 26, 2017June 7, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference.

(m) Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference.

(n) Filed as Exhibit 10.12 to Registrant’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2019, and incorporated herein by reference.

(o) Filed as Exhibit 10.6 to Registrant’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference.

(p) Filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Registrant’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference.

(q) Filed as Exhibit 16.1 to Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 15, 2019, and incorporated herein by reference.

(r) Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 3, 2019, and incorporated herein by reference.

* Pursuant to a request for confidential treatment, portions of this Exhibit have been redacted from the publicly filed document and have been furnished separately to the Securities and Exchange Commission as required by Rule 24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

** Filed herewith

ITEM 16.

FORM 10-K SUMMARY

None.

21



SIGNATURESSIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

SITESTAR CORPORATION

ENTERPRISE DIVERSIFIED, INC.

(REGISTRANT)

 

Date: March 30 2018, 2020

By:

/s/Jeffrey I. Moore

Jeffrey I. Moore

Chairman of the Board

Date: March 30, 2018

By:

/s/Steven L. Kiel

Steven L. Kiel

Executive Chairman

Chief(Principal Executive Officer

Officer)

Date: March 30, 2020By:/s/Alea A. Kleinhammer
Alea A. Kleinhammer
Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Date: March 30, 2018

2020

By:

/s/Jeffrey I. Moore

Jeffrey I. Moore

Chairman of the Board

Date: March 30, 2018

By:

/s/Steven L. Kiel

Steven L. Kiel

Executive Chairman

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: March 30, 2020

By:

/s/Alea A. Kleinhammer

Alea A. Kleinhammer

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer), and Director

Date: March 30 2018, 2020

By:

/s/Jeremy K. GoldDeal

Jeremy K. GoldDeal

DirectorVice-Chairman

Date: March 30 2018, 2020

By:

/s/Christopher T. Payne

Christopher T. Payne

Director

Date: March 30, 2018

By:

/s/Keith D. Smith

Keith D. Smith

Director

Date: March 30, 2020

By:

/s/Thomas Braziel

Thomas Braziel

Director


 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTEREDREGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of Sitestar Corporation

Enterprise Diversified, Inc.

Richmond, Virginia

 


Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheetssheet of Sitestar CorporationEnterprise Diversified, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company)“Company”) as of December 31, 2017 and 2016,2019, and the related consolidated statements of income,operations, comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year periodyear ended December 31, 2017,2019, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statements)“financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2017 and 2016,2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year periodyear ended December 31, 2017,2019, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Emphasis of Matters

As discussed in Note 3 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company entered into a sales agreement to transfer all of the personal property and customer lists and records, and certain other assets and liabilities of Specialty Contracting Group, LLC (formerly known as HVAC Value Fund, LLC) to a third party. The total loss on disposal of $1,158,732, and associated current operating results, has been reported on the Income (loss) from discontinued operations line of the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019. In addition, the current and non-current assets and liabilities previously related to Specialty Contracting Group, LLC have been reclassified to the appropriate held for sale categories on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter.

As discussed in Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company sold 65% of its membership interest in Mt Melrose, LLC to a third party. The total loss on the sale of Mt Melrose LLC of $4,157,809 has been reported on the Loss on sale of subsidiary line of the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019. Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits.audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our auditsaudit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ Brown, Edwards & Company, L.L.P.

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2019.

Lynchburg, Virginia

March 30, 2020

22

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of Enterprise Diversified, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Enterprise Diversified, Inc. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2018, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes, (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits,audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our auditsaudit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our auditsaudit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our auditsaudit provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ Cherry Bekaert LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2016.from 2016 through 2018.

Roanoke, VA

March 30, 2018Charlotte, North Carolina

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SITESTAR CORPORATIONENTERPRISE DIVERSIFIED, INC.

And Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

Years Ended December 31, 20172019 and 20162018

 

       

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

December 31, 2019

  

December 31, 2018

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Current Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

3,297,059

 

 

$

2,607,370

 

 $666,810  $435,726 

Accounts receivable, net

 

 

396,880

 

 

 

212,751

 

  52,889   58,263 

Investments, at fair value

 

 

 

 

 

599,500

 

Inventory     120,940 
Other current assets  29,555   95,095 
Current assets - held for resale  428   232,363 

Total current assets

  749,682   942,387 
Long-term Assets        
Real estate - held for investment, net  380,515   9,492,877 
Real estate - held for resale  98,910   2,318,912 
Property and equipment, net  17,753   1,019,742 
Property and equipment - held for resale     73,212 
Goodwill, net  212,445   212,445 

Note receivable

 

 

226,000

 

 

 

 

  195,121   169,406 

Other current assets

 

 

150,390

 

 

 

2,554,861

 

Total current assets

 

 

4,070,329

 

 

 

5,974,482

 

Real estate - held for resale

 

 

199,117

 

 

 

1,399,280

 

Real estate - held for investment, net

 

 

616,374

 

 

 

506,011

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

331,299

 

 

 

143,464

 

Goodwill, net

 

 

1,991,994

 

 

 

1,553,745

 

Non-current investments, at fair value

 

 

10,008,902

 

 

 

 

Long-term investments, at fair value or net asset value  10,126,204   8,915,238 
Lease right-of-use assets  45,056    

Other assets

 

 

98,788

 

 

 

264,250

 

  73,958   74,664 

 

 

13,246,474

 

 

 

3,866,750

 

Long-term assets - held for resale     1,300,569 

Total long-term assets

  11,149,962   23,577,065 

Total assets

 

$

17,316,803

 

 

$

9,841,232

 

 $11,899,644  $24,519,452 

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

        

Current Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Deferred revenue

 

$

269,134

 

 

$

214,898

 

Notes payable, current

 

 

370,802

 

 

 

240,000

 

Accounts payable

 

 

262,065

 

 

 

77,918

 

 $157,934  $165,495 

Accrued bonus

 

 

188,947

 

 

 

51,855

 

  175,259   90,444 

Accrued expenses

 

 

141,126

 

 

 

71,532

 

  23,115   112,983 
Accrued interest     134,623 
Deferred revenue  204,960   210,212 
Lease liability, current  46,435    
Notes payable, current  11,453   1,002,965 
Other current liabilities - held for resale  146,958   317,487 

Total current liabilities

 

 

1,232,074

 

 

 

656,203

 

  766,114   2,034,209 

Notes payable

 

 

194,074

 

 

 

25,000

 

Long-term Liabilities        
Notes payable, net of current portion  499,572   6,518,854 
Other long-term liabilities - held for resale     50,738 

Total long-term liabilities

 

 

194,074

 

 

 

25,000

 

  499,572   6,569,592 

Total liabilities

 

 

1,426,148

 

 

 

681,203

 

  1,265,686   8,603,801 

Stockholders' equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ Equity

        

Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 30,000,000 shares authorized; none issued

 

 

 

 

 

 

      

Common stock, $0.001 par value, 300,000,000 shares authorized; 294,526,821

and 204,152,616 shares issued; 282,830,163 and 190,230,163 shares outstanding

 

 

294,527

 

 

 

204,152

 

Additional paid-in-capital

 

 

23,538,493

 

 

 

19,096,858

 

Treasury stock, at cost, 11,696,658 and 13,822,453 common shares

 

 

(544,571

)

 

 

(637,561

)

Common stock, $0.125 par value, 2,800,000 shares authorized; 2,566,646 and 2,625,282 shares issued; 2,566,646 and 2,544,776 shares outstanding  320,831   328,160 
Additional paid-in capital  27,313,734   27,718,308 

Treasury stock, at cost, 0 and 80,506 common shares

     (511,901)

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

 

3,054

 

 

 

39,343

 

     3,054 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(7,400,848

)

 

 

(9,542,763

)

  (17,000,607)  (11,621,970)

Total stockholders' equity

 

 

15,890,655

 

 

 

9,160,029

 

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

 

$

17,316,803

 

 

$

9,841,232

 

Total stockholders’ equity

  10,633,958   15,915,651 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 $11,899,644  $24,519,452 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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SITESTAR CORPORATIONENTERPRISE DIVERSIFIED, INC.

and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

 

Year Ended

 

 

Year Ended

 

 

Year Ended

  

Year Ended

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

December 31, 2019

  

December 31, 2018

 

Revenues - asset management

 $1,773,276  $(775,249)

Revenues - real estate

  537,763   778,657 

Revenues - internet operations

 

$

1,287,408

 

 

$

1,415,289

 

  1,066,229   1,168,843 

Revenues - HVAC

 

 

4,294,904

 

 

 

1,477,961

 

Revenues - real estate

 

 

1,239,992

 

 

 

2,081,996

 

Revenues - asset management

 

 

2,271,747

 

 

 

 

Revenues - other

  212,631   160,492 

Total revenues

 

 

9,094,051

 

 

 

4,975,246

 

  3,589,899   1,332,743 
        

Cost of revenues - real estate

  485,459   450,859 

Cost of revenues - internet operations

 

 

304,719

 

 

 

369,514

 

  330,654   325,234 

Cost of revenues - HVAC

 

 

2,961,874

 

 

 

987,221

 

Cost of revenues - real estate

 

 

1,317,388

 

 

 

2,165,020

 

Cost of revenues - asset management

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenues - other

     202,533 

Total cost of revenues

 

 

4,583,981

 

 

 

3,521,755

 

  816,113   978,626 
        

Gross profit (loss) - asset management

  1,773,276   (775,249)

Gross profit - real estate

  52,304   327,798 

Gross profit - internet operations

 

 

982,689

 

 

 

1,045,775

 

  735,575   843,609 

Gross profit - HVAC

 

 

1,333,030

 

 

 

490,740

 

Gross profit - real estate

 

 

(77,396

)

 

 

(83,024

)

Gross profit - asset management

 

 

2,271,747

 

 

 

 

Gross profit (loss) - other

  212,631   (42,041)

Total gross profit

 

 

4,510,070

 

 

 

1,453,491

 

  2,773,786   354,117 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

 

2,499,661

 

 

 

1,708,414

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

2,499,661

 

 

 

1,708,414

 

        
Selling, general, and administrative expenses        
Insurance  94,785   166,013 
Professional fees  726,274   617,451 
Salaries and wages  786,797   1,086,424 
Travel and meals  34,732   66,736 
Other operating expenses  429,879   387,149 

Total selling, general and administrative expenses

  2,072,467   2,323,773 

Income (loss) from operations

 

 

2,010,409

 

 

 

(254,923

)

  701,319   (1,969,656)

Other income, net

 

 

131,506

 

 

 

147,285

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

 

2,141,915

 

 

 

(107,638

)

        

Impairment expense

  (199,626)  (964,743)

Interest expense

  (312,745)  (539,263)
Investment income  92,594    
Loss on sale of subsidiary  (4,157,809)   

Other income (loss), net

  8,105   167,703 

Total other income (loss)

  (4,569,481)  (1,336,303)
        

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

  (3,868,162)  (3,305,959)

Income tax benefit (expense)

 

 

 

 

 

 

      

Income (loss) from continuing operations

  (3,868,162)  (3,305,959)
        
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes  (1,510,475)  (915,163)

Net income (loss)

 

 

2,141,915

 

 

 

(107,638

)

  (5,378,637)  (4,221,122)

Earnings per share, basic and diluted

 

 

0.01

 

 

 

0.00

 

Weighted average number of shares, basic and diluted

 

 

274,965,505

 

 

 

113,886,879

 

        

Less: net income (loss) attributable to the noncontrolling interest

     (380,437)

Net income (loss) attributable to Enterprise Diversified, Inc. stockholders

 $(5,378,637) $(3,840,685)
Net income (loss) per share, basic and diluted  (2.11)  (1.56)

Net income (loss) per share from continuing operations, basic and diluted

  (1.52)  (1.34)
Net income (loss) per share from discontinued operations, basic and diluted  (0.59)  (0.37)

Weighted average number of shares, basic

  2,544,896   2,461,428 

Weighted average number of shares, diluted

  2,614,896   2,461,428 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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SITESTAR CORPORATIONENTERPRISE DIVERSIFIED, INC.

and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 

 

 

Year Ended

 

 

Year Ended

 

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

2,141,915

 

 

$

(107,638

)

Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in foreign currency translation adjustments

 

 

 

 

 

(361

)

Change in unrealized gains/losses related to available-for-sale securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in fair value of available-for-sale securities

 

 

(97,639

)

 

 

36,289

 

Adjustment for net gains realized and included in net income

 

 

61,350

 

 

 

 

Total change in unrealized gains/losses on available-for-sale securities

 

 

(36,289

)

 

 

36,289

 

Other comprehensive (loss) income

 

 

(36,289

)

 

 

35,928

 

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Sitestar Corporation stockholders

 

$

2,105,626

 

 

$

(71,710

)

  

Year Ended

  

Year Ended

 
  

December 31, 2019

  

December 31, 2018

 

Net income (loss)

 $(5,378,637) $(4,221,122)

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:

        

Change in foreign currency translation adjustments

  (3,054)   

Comprehensive income (loss)

  (5,381,691)  (4,221,122)

Less: comprehensive loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest

     (380,437)

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Enterprise Diversified, Inc. stockholders

 $(5,381,691) $(3,840,685)

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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SITESTAR CORPORATIONENTERPRISE DIVERSIFIED, INC.

and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS'CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Common

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paid In

 

 

Treasury

 

 

Comprehensive

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

Noncontrolling

 

 

Stockholders'

 

 

 

Stock

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Stock

 

 

Income

 

 

Deficit

 

 

Interest

 

 

Equity

 

Balance December 31, 2015

 

 

77,404,010

 

 

$

91,327

 

 

$

13,728,989

 

 

$

(637,561

)

 

$

3,415

 

 

$

(9,435,125

)

 

$

 

 

$

3,751,045

 

Opening balance adjustment

 

 

100,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance December 31, 2015 (restated)

 

 

77,504,010

 

 

 

91,327

 

 

 

13,728,989

 

 

 

(637,561

)

 

 

3,415

 

 

 

(9,435,125

)

 

 

 

 

 

3,751,045

 

Net (loss) income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(107,638

)

 

 

 

 

 

(107,638

)

Contributed capital

 

 

112,826,153

 

 

 

112,825

 

 

 

5,367,869

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,480,694

 

Loss on foreign exchange translation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(361

)

 

��

 

 

 

 

 

 

(361

)

Unrealized gain on investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36,289

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36,289

 

Balance December 31, 2016

 

 

190,330,163

 

 

 

204,152

 

 

 

19,096,858

 

 

 

(637,561

)

 

 

39,343

 

 

 

(9,542,763

)

 

 

 

 

 

9,160,029

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,141,915

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,141,915

 

Contributed capital

 

 

92,500,000

 

 

 

92,500

 

 

 

4,532,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,625,000

 

Unrealized (loss) gain on investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(36,289

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(36,289

)

Adjustment for share cancellation

 

 

 

 

 

(2,125

)

 

 

(90,865

)

 

 

92,990

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance December 31, 2017

 

 

282,830,163

 

 

$

294,527

 

 

$

23,538,493

 

 

$

(544,571

)

 

$

3,054

 

 

$

(7,400,848

)

 

$

 

 

$

15,890,655

 

          

Additional

      

Accumulated Other

          

Total

 
  

Common

      

Paid-in

  

Treasury

  

Comprehensive

  

Accumulated

  

Noncontrolling

  

Stockholders’

 
  

Stock

  

Amount

  

Capital

  

Stock

  

Income

  

Deficit

  

Interest

  

Equity

 

Balance December 31, 2018

  2,544,776  $328,160  $27,718,308  $(511,901) $3,054  $(11,621,970) $  $15,915,651 

Net income (loss)

                 (5,378,637)     (5,378,637)
Stock issuance  21,870   2,734   97,264               99,998 
Cancellation of treasury stock     (10,063)  (501,838)  511,901             
Foreign currency translation reclassification to current earnings              (3,054)        (3,054)
Balance December 31, 2019  2,566,646  $320,831  $27,313,734  $  $  $(17,000,607) $  $10,633,958 

          

Additional

      

Accumulated Other

          

Total

 
  

Common

      

Paid-in

  

Treasury

  

Comprehensive

  

Accumulated

  

Noncontrolling

  

Stockholders’

 
  

Stock

  

Amount

  

Capital

  

Stock

  

Income

  

Deficit

  

Interest

  

Equity

 

Balance December 31, 2017

  2,262,672  $294,527  $23,538,493  $(544,571) $3,054  $(7,400,848) $  $15,890,655 

Net income (loss)

                 (3,840,685)  (380,437)  (4,221,122)

Contributed capital

  268,760   33,595   4,032,240               4,065,835 

Initial accounting of VIE

                    4,047,623   4,047,623 

Net equity distribution for asset acquisition

                    (3,878,025)  (3,878,025)

Adjustment for rounding of reverse stock split

  276   38   (38)               

Sale of treasury stock

  13,068      147,613   32,670            180,283 
Effects of deconsolidation with noncontrolling interest                 (380,437)  210,839   (169,598)
Balance December 31, 2018  2,544,776  $328,160  $27,718,308  $(511,901) $3,054  $(11,621,970) $  $15,915,651 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

 


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SITESTAR CORPORATIONENTERPRISE DIVERSIFIED, INC.

and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Years Ended December 31, 20172019 and 20162018

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

2,141,915

 

 

$

(107,638

)

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization

 

 

 

 

 

55

 

Depreciation

 

 

111,870

 

 

 

38,715

 

Loss (gain) on sale of real estate

 

 

42,939

 

 

 

(47,055

)

Gain on sale of available-for-sale securities

 

 

(61,350

)

 

 

(47,610

)

Gain on non-current investments

 

 

(2,258,902

)

 

 

 

Loss on disposal of vehicle

 

 

8,110

 

 

 

 

Bad debt expense

 

 

28,986

 

 

 

2,537

 

Real estate valuation adjustment

 

 

101,694

 

 

 

152,411

 

(Increase) decrease in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

 

(213,115

)

 

 

(201,221

)

Other current assets

 

 

(95,529

)

 

 

(28,780

)

Increase (decrease) in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

54,236

 

 

 

(31,364

)

Accounts payable

 

 

184,147

 

 

 

19,824

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

206,686

 

 

 

73,575

 

Net cash flows from operating activities

 

 

251,687

 

 

 

(176,551

)

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from sale of real estate held for sale

 

 

683,832

 

 

 

1,488,324

 

Proceeds from sale of real estate held for investment

 

 

137,475

 

 

 

311,353

 

Purchases of real estate held for resale

 

 

 

 

 

(5,467

)

Improvements to real estate held for sale

 

 

(124,494

)

 

 

(232,591

)

Improvements to real estate held for investment

 

 

 

 

 

(18,337

)

Proceeds from sale of marketable securities

 

 

624,561

 

 

 

 

Purchases of marketable securities

 

 

 

 

 

(515,601

)

Proceeds from sale of domain names

 

 

200,000

 

 

 

 

Purchase of domain names

 

 

 

 

 

(64,250

)

Purchase of property and equipment

 

 

(18,452

)

 

 

(39,935

)

Capitalized loan fees

 

 

(5,375

)

 

 

 

Subsidiary acquisitions

 

 

(5,740,935

)

 

 

(3,715,000

)

Net cash flows from investing activities

 

 

(4,243,388

)

 

 

(2,791,504

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal payments on note payable

 

 

(370,847

)

 

 

(90,000

)

Proceeds from notes payable

 

 

427,237

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

 

 

4,625,000

 

 

 

5,480,694

 

Net cash flows from financing activities

 

 

4,681,390

 

 

 

5,390,694

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

 

 

689,689

 

 

 

2,422,639

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period

 

 

2,607,370

 

 

 

184,731

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period

 

$

3,297,059

 

 

$

2,607,370

 

  

2019

  

2018

 

Cash flows (used in) from operating activities:

        
Net income (loss) from continuing operations  (3,868,162)  (3,305,959)

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:

        
Deconsolidation of assets and liabilities from sale of subsidiary  (149,425)  275,740 
Loss on sale of subsidiary  4,157,809    
Impairment of long-term assets  154,015   1,028,781 
Depreciation and amortization  161,130   245,764 
(Gain) loss on long-term investments  (1,820,074)  834,014 
Bad debt expense  88,511   32,803 
Collection of operating notes receivable     226,000 
(Gain) loss on sale of real estate  (73,399)  (50,694)
(Gain) loss on disposal of property and equipment  4,088   5,171 
(Gain) on foreign currency reclassification  (3,054)   
(Increase) decrease in:        
Accounts receivable, net  (32,614)  (121,750)
Inventory  4,160   (120,940)
Other current assets  (10,980)  (9,027)
Notes receivable  (15,715)   
Other assets     3,508 
Increase (decrease) in:        
Accounts payable  1,976   (106,087)
Accrued expenses  33,303   (75,613)
Deferred revenue  (5,252)  (102,902)
Accrued interest  103,909   134,623 

Net cash flows (used in) from continuing operations

  (1,269,774)  (1,106,568)
Net cash flows (used in) from discontinued operations  (66,595)  400,536 

Net cash flows (used in) operating activities

  (1,336,369)  (706,032)

Cash flows from (used in) investing activities:

        
Proceeds from sale of investments  35,515   281,250 
Proceeds from maturity of investments  681,381    
Purchases of investments  (53,942)  (21,600)
Proceeds from sale of real estate  1,774,317   194,282 
Purchases of real estate     (459,544)
Improvements to real estate  (105,186)  (1,707,080)
Proceeds from sale of subsidiary  100,000    
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment     5,623 
Issuance of line of credit  (10,000)   
Issuance of notes receivable     (169,406)
Purchases of property and equipment     (1,003,131)
Subsidiary acquisitions     (552,644)

Net cash flows from (used in) continuing operations

  2,422,085   (3,432,250)
Net cash flows from (used in) discontinued operations     1,950 

Net cash flows from (used in) investing activities

  2,422,085   (3,430,300)

Cash flows from financing activities:

        
Principal payments on note payable  (1,121,987)  (399,347)
Proceeds from notes payable  300,000   1,775,746 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock     180,283 
Capitalized loan fees     (10,591)

Net cash flows (used in) from continuing operations

  (821,987)  1,546,091 
Net cash flows (used in) from discontinued operations  (32,645)  (271,092)

Net cash flows (used in) from financing activities

  (854,632)  1,274,999 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

  231,084   (2,861,333)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period  435,726   3,297,059 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period

 $666,810  $435,726 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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SITESTAR CORPORATION


ENTERPRISE DIVERSIFIED, INC.

and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)

Years Ended December 31, 20172019 and 20162018

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Non-cash supplemental information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized loss (gain) on marketable securities reported as other comprehensive income

 

$

(36,289

)

 

$

36,289

 

Issuance of note receivable on sale of real estate held for sale

 

$

226,000

 

 

$

 

Transfer of real estate held for resale to real estate held for investment

 

$

244,310

 

 

$

 

Transfer of real estate held for investment to real estate held for resale

 

$

 

 

$

152,003

 

Transfer of other current assets to investments

 

$

2,500,000

 

 

$

 

Adjustments to goodwill due to carryback obligations

 

$

29,504

 

 

$

 

HVAC equipment acquired through capital leases and debt obligations

 

$

172,990

 

 

$

 

HVAC acquisitions through notes payable

 

$

100,000

 

 

$

265,000

 

  

2019

  

2018

 

Non-cash and other supplemental information:

        

Transfer of property, plant, and equipment held for use to held for resale

 $822,829  $73,212 

Transfer of land to held for investment

 $145,000  $ 

Transfer of real estate held for investment to held for resale

 $193,835  $2,468,969 

Repayment of loan via issuance of common stock

 $100,000  $ 

Effects of adoption of new lease guidance

 $46,435  $ 

Continuing operations cash paid for interest

 $312,745  $539,263 

Discontinued operations cash paid for interest

 $7,754  $12,943 

Effects of adoption of new lease guidance on discontinued operations

 $50,110  $ 

Assumption of debt in subsidiary acquisition

 $  $4,565,277 

Asset acquisition equity activity

 $  $4,065,835 

Real estate held for investment and land acquired through debt obligations

 $  $1,435,043 

Equipment acquired through debt obligations of discontinued operations

 $  $60,752 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

 


 

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SITESTAR CORPORATIONENTERPRISE DIVERSIFIED, INC.

and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1. ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Sitestar Corporation

Organization and Lines of Business

Enterprise Diversified, Inc. (formerly White Dove Systems, Inc., and then Interfoods Consolidated, Inc.), and then Sitestar Corporation) was incorporated in Nevada on December 17, 1992. On July 26, 1999,June 1, 2018, the Company restatedamended its Articles of Incorporation to change the name of the Company to “Sitestar Corporation.“Enterprise Diversified, Inc.” Unless the context otherwise requires, and when used in this Report, the “Company,” “Sitestar,“ENDI,” “we,” “our,” or “us” refers to Sitestar CorporationEnterprise Diversified, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

The

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company operatesoperated through five reportable segments: Corporate, Internet Operations, HVACAsset Management Operations, Real Estate Operations, Internet Operations, Home Services Operations, and Asset ManagementOther Operations. Other Operations include corporate operations and nonrecurring or one-time strategic funding or similar activity that is not considered to be one of our primary lines of business. As of January 1, 2019, legacy real estate operations, previously reported under Other Operations, are being reported under the Real Estate Operations segment. As of the year ended December 31, 2019, and for all prior periods presented, Home Services Operations are reported as discontinued operations. The management of the Company also continually reviews various investmentbusiness opportunities for the Company, including those in other lines of business.

Corporate

The corporate segment includes any revenue or expenses derived from corporate office operations,Note Regarding Recent Transactions

On May 24, 2019, as well as expenses related to public company reporting,per the oversight of subsidiaries, and other items that affect the overall Company.

Internet Operations

The Company operates its internet operations through Sitestar.net, a wholly owned subsidiary that offers consumer and business-grade internet access, wholesale managed modem services, web hosting, and various ancillary services. Sitestar.net provides services to customers in the United States and Canada.

HVAC Operations

The Company operates its HVAC segment through HVAC Value Fund, LLC. HVAC Value Fund is focused on the acquisition and management of HVAC and plumbing companies in Arizona and throughout the Southwest United States. As previously reported in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 14, 2016,May 28, 2019, the Company along with JNJ Investments,completed a divestiture of its Home Services Operations, via its subsidiary, Specialty Contracting Group, LLC an unaffiliated third party and member of(formerly known as HVAC Value Fund, LLC), to an unaffiliated third-party purchaser, Rooter Hero Plumbing, Inc. (“Rooter Hero”). In the transaction, the Company sold and conveyed all of the subsidiary’s personal property and customer lists and records, excluding stock inventory and other current assets. As part of the transaction, Rooter Hero assumed the subsidiary’s obligations under lease and/or loan agreements for all outstanding vehicles and equipment, as well as the obligations to service all of the subsidiary’s remaining customer accounts going forward. No cash consideration was exchanged in the transaction. As consideration for the transaction, Rooter Hero will pay monthly royalties for the sixty (60) months following the closing, calculated on the basis of any revenue received from the customer accounts transferred. Under such royalty arrangements, the Company will receive 7.5% of any monthly revenue generated from qualified sales during the first year, and 5% of any monthly revenue during years two through five. Royalties received will be reduced by pre-approved warranty-related costs for select customers. The operations of Specialty Contracting Group, LLC organizedhave been considered a component of, and launched this subsidiarythe sale reflects a major strategic shift in, the Company’s business. As such, Specialty Contracting Group, LLC historical operations are now classified as “discontinued operations” in the Company’s financial statements. See Note 3 for more information.

Additionally, on June 13, 2016. Sitestar has a 100% voting interest in HVAC Value Fund and JNJ Investments has27, 2019, as per the ability to earn profit interests. Under the operating agreement, the Company has first claim to a portion of net income, with the remainder being allocated between the Company and JNJ Investments. JNJ Investments shall also be subject to a Loss Carryforward limitation in the event of a net loss.

As of December 31, 2017, HVAC Value Fund had closed on six acquisitions for an aggregate purchase price of $2.02 million which includes estimated earn-outs of approximately $350,000. As previously reported in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 14, 2016,July 3, 2019, the Company sold 65% of its membership interest in Mt Melrose, LLC to an unaffiliated third-party purchaser, Woodmont Lexington, LLC (“Woodmont”). As consideration for the transaction, Woodmont paid the Company $100,000 and further described above,agreed to assume full responsibility for the purposemanagement and operation of HVAC Value Fund is to acquire HVACMt Melrose and plumbing businesses. Accordingly, these six acquisitions were madeits real estate portfolio. While the operations of Mt Melrose, LLC are considered a component of the Company’s business, the sale did not represent a major strategic shift in the ordinary courseCompany’s business. While we deconsolidated the operations of Mt Melrose, LLC on June 27, 2019, as a result of no longer having a controlling financial interest, Mt Melrose, LLC’s historical operations continue to be reflected as “continuing operations” in the Company’s financial statements. See Note 4 for more information.

Note Regarding Historic Consolidation of Old Mt. Melrose

Previously, as of the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2018, June 30, 2018, and September 30, 2018, the Company had determined that Old Mt. Melrose (as defined below) was a “variable interest entity” because the seller’s equity interests in Old Mt. Melrose were not effective in determining whether the seller or New Mt Melrose (as defined below) had a controlling financial interest, and that New Mt Melrose’s rights under the Cash Flow Agreement were deemed to be variable interests in Old Mt. Melrose. As its primary beneficiary, New Mt Melrose previously consolidated Old Mt. Melrose’s financial results beginning on January 10, 2018. The fair values of the assets and liabilities of Old Mt. Melrose had been consolidated accordingly on the unaudited consolidated balance sheets for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2018, June 30, 2018, and September 30, 2018.

However, as of November 1, 2018, pursuant to a certain Termination of Master Real Estate Asset Purchase Agreement and Cash Flow Agreement, New Mt Melrose no longer had a controlling financial interest in Old Mt. Melrose and was no longer considered Old Mt. Melrose’s primary beneficiary. Consequently, as of November 1, 2018, the Company no longer consolidates the assets, liabilities, or operating results of Old Mt. Melrose, and the balance of noncontrolling interest as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, is zero. See Note 5 for additional information.

Restatement of Prior Interim Period Information

For the quarters ended September 30 and June 30, 2019, the Company previously reported the net loss recognized on the sale of our controlling interest in our Mt Melrose subsidiary as an other expense under Other Operations. As of December 31, 2019, the Company has found it appropriate to report this loss under the Real Estate segment. For all reported segment activity, this reclassification has been made as of June 30, 2019. The loss on the sale continues to show separately on the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019. Additionally, an entry has been made to combine the deconsolidation activity previously reported on the consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity, in the amount of $638,749, with the net loss on the sale reported on the statements of operations for the period ended June 30, 2019. Total ending stockholder’s equity for the period ended June 30, 2019, remains unchanged.

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Asset Management Operations

The Company operates its asset management operations business through Willow Oak.

In 2016, the Company made a strategic determination to fund a seed investment totaling $10 million through Willow Oak to assist in the launch of Alluvial Fund, LP, a private investment partnership that was launched on January 1, 2017 by unaffiliated sponsor and general partner, Alluvial Capital Management, LLC. The Company had determined that Willow Oak’s support of Alluvial Capital Management, LLC and its direct investment in Alluvial Fund were both beneficial and necessary undertakings in conjunction with establishing an asset management operations business and consistentgaining credibility within that industry. Under a side letter agreement with Alluvial Fund’s general partner, Willow Oak agreed not to fully withdraw its capital account prior to a date five years after the effective date of the side letter agreement. However, on December 31, 2017, pursuant to an amendment to the side letter agreement dated December 15, 2017, the Company caused $3.0 million to be withdrawn from Alluvial Fund in order to partially fund the Company’s acquisitions of real estate in the 2018 Mt Melrose transactions. As of December 31, 2019, Willow Oak continues to hold its remaining direct investment in Alluvial Fund. Investment gains and losses are reported as revenue on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

In furtherance of establishing the asset management operations business, Willow Oak signed a fee share agreement on June 13, 2017, with Coolidge Capital Management, LLC (“Coolidge”), whose sole member is Keith D. Smith, who is also an ENDI director. Willow Oak is the sole member of Bonhoeffer Capital Management, LLC, the general partner to Bonhoeffer Fund, LP, a private investment partnership. Under their agreement, Willow Oak paid all start-up expense and pays agreed-upon operating expenses that are not partnership expenses, and Willow Oak receives 50% of all performance and management fees earned by the general partner.

On August 1, 2018, Willow Oak, through a wholly-owned Company subsidiary, Willow Oak Capital Management, LLC (“Willow Oak Capital Management”), launched a newly organized private investment partnership, Willow Oak Select Fund, LP (“Select Fund”). Willow Oak Capital Management served as the general partner of Select Fund. Select Fund ultimately dissolved in June 2019 so that other joint ventures and partnerships could be pursued.

On November 1, 2018, Willow Oak also entered into a fund management services agreement with Arquitos Investment Manager, LP, which is managed by our chairman and principal executive officer, Steven L. Kiel, to provide Arquitos with Willow Oak’s Fund Management Services (“FMS”) consisting of the following services: investor relations, marketing, administration, legal, accounting and bookkeeping, annual audit coordination, and liaison to third-party service providers. As consideration for the services, Arquitos pays Willow Oak a fixed fee and a performance-based fee.

On October 1, 2019, Willow Oak partnered with Geoff Gannon and Andrew Kuhn to form Focused Compounding Capital Management, LLC (“Focused Compounding”). This new joint venture, of which Willow Oak Capital Management, LLC is a 10% owner, manages capital through separately managed accounts and a private partnership launched January 1, 2020. As a member of the general partner, Willow Oak provides ongoing FMS and operational support in addition to covering all one-time expenses associated with the customslaunch of Focused Compounding Fund, LP. As consideration for the arrangement, Willow Oak is entitled to 10% of gross management and practices (including with respectperformance fees earned by Focused Compounding. In addition to nature, scope, magnitude, quantity, frequency,hosting a popular investing podcast, the individual principals of Focused Compounding share investment news and contemplated purpose) of HVAC Value Fund, and, in turn, the Company.advice through a subscription-based service. 

Real Estate Operations

Sitestar

ENDI created a wholly owned real estate subsidiary on July 10, 2017, named EDI Real Estate, LLC to hold Sitestar’s legacy portfolio of real estate. Through EDI Real Estate, LLC, Sitestar owns a real estate investment portfolio that includes ten residential properties, vacant land, and one commercial property. Our real estate portfolio under EDI Real Estate, LLC is primarily focused in the Roanoke and Lynchburg areas of Virginia. The portfolio includes single family homes that are currently rented and managed through a third-party property manager, as well as vacant properties being prepared or currently listed for sale.

As previously reported in our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 11, 2017 and January 17, 2018, respectively, Sitestar created a wholly ownedwholly-owned subsidiary named Mt Melrose, LLC, which currently is engaged in an acquisition ofa Delaware limited liability company (“New Mt Melrose”), on December 14, 2017, to acquire a portfolio of residential and other income-producing real estate in Lexington, Kentucky, pursuant to a certain Master Real Estate Asset Purchase Agreement entered into on December 10, 2017, with a like-named seller, Mt. Melrose, LLC (“Old Mt. Melrose”), a Kentucky limited liability company owned by Jeff Moore, alsothen an ENDI director. On January 10, 2018, New Mt Melrose, consistent with the terms of the purchase agreement, completed a Sitestar director. Unlikefirst acquisition from Old Mt. Melrose of 44 residential and other income-producing real properties located in Lexington, Kentucky. On June 29, 2018, New Mt Melrose, consistent with the terms of the purchase agreement, completed a second acquisition from Old Mt. Melrose of an additional 69 residential and other income-producing real properties located in Lexington, Kentucky. The Company accounted for the first and second purchases of properties as an asset acquisition (consisting of a concentrated group of similar identifiable assets, including land, buildings, improvements, and in-place leases). As has been reported, on June 27, 2019, the Company sold 65% of its membership interest in New Mt Melrose, LLC to Woodmont. The Company deconsolidated the operations of New Mt Melrose, LLC on June 27, 2019, as a result of no longer having a controlling financial interest. See Notes 4 and 5 for more information.

ENDI created a wholly-owned real estate subsidiary on July 10, 2017, named EDI Real Estate, LLC, which isto hold ENDI’s legacy portfolio of real estate. As of December 31, 2019, through EDI Real Estate, LLC, ENDI owns a legacy business that we do not intend to grow, Mt Melrose is a real estate businessinvestment portfolio that includes eight residential properties and vacant land. Our real estate portfolio under EDI Real Estate, LLC is primarily focused in the Company expects will grow significantly over time. Mt Melrose will have itsRoanoke area of Virginia. The portfolio includes single-family homes, both rented and vacant, that are managed by a third-party property management company.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

Internet Operations

 

own management team, led by our Chairman, Jeffrey Moore. Mr. Moore has extensive experience acquiringThe Company operates its internet segment through Sitestar.net, a wholly-owned subsidiary that offers consumer and operating real estate in the Lexington, KY region where Mt Melrose is focused. The Mt Melrose management team will be responsible for growing this business.

Asset Management Operations

Sitestar createdbusiness-grade internet access, wholesale managed modem services, web hosting, third-party software as a wholly owned asset management subsidiary on October 10, 2016, named Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC (“Willow Oak”). The asset management segment did not produce revenue in 2016. Any expenses incurred in 2016 were allocatedreseller, and various ancillary services. Sitestar.net provides services to the corporate segment. Starting January 1, 2017, all revenue earned and expenses incurred by this segment were allocated as such.

As previously reported in our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 19, 2016, and December 30, 2016, respectively, the Company agreed to make a seed investment totaling $10 million through Willow Oak in Alluvial Fund, LP, a private investment partnership that was launched on January 1, 2017. Under a side letter agreement between Willow Oak, Alluvial Fund and the fund’s general partner, Willow Oak may not make a full withdrawal from its capital account prior to a date five years after the effective date of the side letter agreement. The Alluvial Fund focusses on investing in deeply mis-priced securitiescustomers in the United States and abroad. AlluvialCanada.

Discontinued Operations - Home Services Operations

Prior to May 24, 2019, the Company operated its home services segment through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Specialty Contracting Group, LLC (formerly known as HVAC Value Fund, focusesLLC). The Company, along with JNJ Investments, LLC, an unaffiliated third party, organized and launched Specialty Contracting Group, LLC on smallJune 13, 2016. On May 18, 2018, the Company terminated its operating agreement with JNJ Investments, LLC, dated June 13, 2016. Specialty Contracting Group was focused on the management of HVAC and plumbing companies thinly-traded issues and special situations, seeking to identify value that the market has yet to recognize.in Arizona. 

As previouslyhas been reported, on May 24, 2019, the Company completed its divestiture of the home services operations to Rooter Hero. See Note 3 for more information.

Other Operations

Other operations include nonrecurring or one-time strategic funding or similar activity and other corporate operations that are not considered to be one of the Company’s primary lines of business. Below are the main activities that comprise other operations. Additional investment activity that is not specifically mentioned below is included in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC onaccompanying consolidated financial statements.

Huckleberry Real Estate Fund

On January 30, 2017, the Company, through Willow Oak, also committed to make a capital contribution to Huckleberry Real Estate Fund II, LLC, a private investment fund, in the aggregate amount of $750,000. On May 14, 2018, Willow Oak transferred the Huckleberry investment to EDI Real Estate, LLC, another wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Under the fund’s operating agreement, included in the Form 8-K, the fund’s managing member shall havehas sole discretion regarding the amounts and timing of any distributions to the members of the fund.

Willow Oak signed

The carrying value of the Huckleberry Real Estate Fund investment is included in long-term investments under other operations in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, the carrying value for this investment is $0 and $468,750, respectively. The decrease in carrying value period over period was due to return of capital that was received prior to June 30, 2019. During the quarter ended March 31, 2019, a fee sharegain of $212,631 was recognized as revenue through the Other Operations segment on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Triad DIP Investors

On August 24, 2017, the Company entered into an agreement with several independent third parties to provide debtor-in-possession financing to an unaffiliated third party, Triad Guaranty, Inc., through Triad DIP Investors, LLC. The Company initially contributed $100,000. Triad Guaranty, Inc. exited bankruptcy on April 27, 2018, and the Company subsequently entered into an amended and restated promissory note. As part of the amended and restated promissory note, the Company provided an additional contribution in the amount of $55,000 on May 11, 2017, with Lizard Head, LLC,18, 2018. The terms of the general partnerpromissory note provide for interest in the amount of Bridge Reid Fund I, LP,10% annually, a private investment partnership (also known as “Ironwood Capital Allocation Partners” or “Ironwood Fund”). Underrepayment date no later than April 29, 2020, and the agreement, Willow Oak became a special limited partner to Bridge Reid, providing fund advisory services to Bridge Reidissuance of warrants in exchange for paymentsTriad Guaranty, Inc. equal to 33%2.5% of the management fees accrued quarterly bycompany. Accordingly, on April 28, 2018, the general partnerCompany was issued warrants to purchase 450,000 shares for $0.01 per share. On November 12, 2019, the Company exercised its warrants and 33%purchased 450,000 shares of Triad Guaranty, Inc. Subsequently, on December 30, 2019 the incentive fees accrued annually, on investors who become limited partners after May 11, 2017. The Ironwood Fund utilizes a value investing methodology focused on: companies it believes will compoundCompany sold all 450,000 shares at a superior rate overprice of $0.18/share. A realized gain of $76,500 is included as other income through other segments on the long term, special situationsaccompanying consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Corporate Operations

Corporate operations include any revenue or expenses derived from corporate office operations, as well as expenses related to public company reporting, the oversight of subsidiaries, and companies it believes are valued byother items that affect the market significantly below its estimate of their intrinsic value.overall Company.

Willow Oak signed a fee share agreement on June 13, 2017, with Coolidge Capital Management, LLC (“Coolidge”), whose sole member is Keith D. Smith, also a Sitestar director. Under the agreement, Willow Oak and Coolidge are the sole members of Bonhoeffer Capital Management LLC, the general partner to Bonhoeffer Fund, LP, a private investment partnership. Under their agreement, Willow Oak pays all start-up and operating expenses that are not partnership expenses under the limited partnership agreement. Willow Oak receives 50% of all performance and management fees earned by the general partner. The Bonhoeffer Fund utilizes a value-oriented approach to invest in undervalued businesses worldwide that are in a state of distress and/or transition, but also exhibit recurring revenue.

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and its wholly owned subsidiariesthose entities in which it otherwise has a controlling financial interest, including: Sitestar.net, Inc., HVAC Value Fund, LLC, EDI Real Estate, LLC, and Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC, Willow Oak Capital Management, LLC, Mt Melrose, LLC (“New Mt Melrose”) prior to the loss of control resulting from the sale of 65% of the equity in New Mt. Melrose on June 27, 2019 (see Note 4), Specialty Contracting Group, LLC prior to the divestiture transaction on May 24, 2019 (see Note 3), Sitestar.net, Inc., and EDI Real Estate, LLC. Additionally, during the period from January 10, 2018, through September 30, 2018, the accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Old Mt. Melrose, which was, at that time, determined to be a variable interest entity in which the Company was the primary beneficiary.

All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.    eliminated in consolidation.

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NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Use of Estimates

In accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United StateStates of America (GAAP)(“GAAP”), the preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates and judgments, including, among other items, those related to fair value of investments, revenue recognition, accrued expenses, financing operations, fair value of goodwill, fixed asset lives and impairment, lease right-of-use assets and impairment, deferred tax assets, liabilities and valuation allowance, other assets, the present value of lease liabilities, and contingencies and litigation. Management bases its estimates and judgments on historical experience and on various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions and conditions. These accounting policies are described at relevant sections in the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

For purposes of the statements of cash flows, the Company defines cash equivalents as all highly liquid instruments purchased with a maturity of three months or less.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments, which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk, consist of cash, cash equivalents, and accounts receivable. The Company places its cash with high-quality financial institutions and, at times, may exceed the FDIC and CDIC insurance limit. The Company extends credit based on an evaluation of customers’ financial condition, generally without collateral. Exposure to losses on receivables is principally dependent on each customer’s financial condition. The Company monitors its exposure for credit losses and maintains allowances for anticipated losses.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

For purposes of the statements of cash flows, the Company defines cash equivalents as all highly liquid instruments purchased with a maturity of three months or less.

Investments

During

The Company holds various investments through its asset management operations and real estate segments. Additionally, investments can be held and reported under the year endedCompany’s “other” segment. Assets held through these segments do not have a readily determinable value as these investments are not publicly traded, nor do they have published sales records. These investments are remeasured to fair value on a recurring basis. See Note 6 for more information.

As of December 31, 2017,2019, the Company held and made investmentsalso holds its remaining equity investment in marketable securitiesMt Melrose, LLC through its corporate operations. Marketable securities held were classified as available-for-sale based on management’s intent.real estate segment. The classification of the investments in the marketable securities was assessed upon purchase and reassessed at each reporting period. These investments were recorded atCompany has determined that its remaining equity investment does not have a readily determinable fair value, and were classifiedthe Company will account for the investment at cost, less any impairment, as marketable securities inadjusted for changes resulting from observable price changes. When fair value becomes determinable, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Unrealized gains (losses) were categorized as Other Comprehensive Income. Realized gains (losses)investment will be marked to fair value on marketable securities were determined by specific identification. Interest was recognized on an accrual basis; dividends were recorded as earned on the ex-dividend date. No securities of these kind were held at December 31, 2017, as all securities were sold prior to year end.a periodic basis.

Accounts Receivable

The Company grants credit in the form of unsecured accounts receivable to its customers. The estimate of the allowance for doubtful accounts, which is charged off tothe recorded allowance for doubtful accounts and bad debt expense, is based on management’s assessment of current economic conditions and historical collection experience with each customer. Specific customer receivables are considered past due when they are outstanding beyond their contractual terms and are chargedwritten off tofrom the allowance for doubtful accounts when an account or invoice is individually determined to be uncollectible.

Sales

Real estate segment rental accounts are typically paid by tenants via cash or check no later than the fifth of internet services, whichthe month. Any accounts collected after the fifth are charged either a flat-rate late fee or a daily-rate late fee based upon the lease agreement. If payments are not automatically processed via credit cardprovided in a timely manner, then the amount due is designated as an account receivable. If accounts remain uncollected, then standard operating procedures are followed to commence a notice process for the tenant to either pay the amount due or bank account drafts, have beenvacate the Company’s highest exposure to collection risk. property. Accounts receivable from rental revenue are generally considered unrecoverable after 90 days unless the Company reasonably believes that recovery is probable. These procedures typically result in low amounts of past due receivables.

The Companyinternet segment attempts to reduce thisthe risk of non-collection by including a late paymentlate-payment fee and a manual processing paymentmanual-processing-payment fee to customer accounts. Receivables more than 90 days past due are no longer included in accounts receivable and are turned over to a collection agency. Accounts receivable more than 30 days are considered past due. 

Sales

As of HVAC servicesDecember 31, 2019 and 2018, allowances offsetting gross accounts receivable on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets totaled $307 and $26,830, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, bad debt expense from continuing operations was $88,511 and $32,803, respectively.

Notes Receivable

The Company does not routinely issue notes receivable in the ordinary course of business, but when a business opportunity arises, a subsidiary may issue a note if it appears to be favorable to the Company. Notes receivable are typically paid via credit card or check upon completionrecorded at their principal amount and interest is accrued quarterly based on the applicable interest rate. The Company makes an assessment of service. Sales that are not collected upon completion are generally to existing and repeat customers who have established a track record of timely payments. Historically, HVAC has not encountered issues withthe ultimate collectability of customer accounts. Accountseach note receivable more than 60 dayson an annual basis based upon the financial condition of the borrower.

Inventory

Inventory is carried on the balance sheet at the lower of purchased cost or net realizable value. Inventory is evaluated periodically for any obsolete or damaged stock. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, there was no obsolescence allowance recorded against inventory held on the consolidated balance sheets.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are considered past due.recorded at cost. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to operations as incurred, while renewals and betterments are capitalized. Gains and losses on disposals are included in the results of operations. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives for each of the following asset classifications:

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Furniture and fixtures5

Equipment (in years)

7

Building improvements (in years)

15

Buildings (in years)

27.5

In accordance with GAAP, long-lived assets to be heldProperty and usedequipment are analyzed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the related carrying amounts may not be recoverable.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

The Company evaluates at each balance sheet date whether events and circumstances have occurred that indicate possible impairment. If there are indications of impairment, then the Company uses estimated future undiscounted cash flows of the related asset or asset grouping over the remaining life in measuring whether the assets are recoverable. In the event such cash flows are not expected to be sufficient to recover the recorded asset values, the assets are written down to their estimated fair value. Long-lived assetsProperty and equipment to be disposed are reported at the lower of carrying amount or fair value of the asset less cost to sell.

Property and Equipment

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Property and equipment are recorded at cost. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method based on estimated useful lives from three to seven years for equipment and vehicles, 15 years for building improvements, and 39 years for buildings. Assets held through capital leases are amortized over the life of the related lease. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to operations as incurred while renewals and betterments are capitalized. Gains and losses on disposals are included in the results of operations.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill is the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of identifiable net assets acquired in business combinations accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting. The Company does not amortize goodwill. The Company tests its goodwill annually during the fourth quarteras of its fiscal yearDecember 31st or whenmore often if events and circumstances indicate that those assets might not be recoverable.

Impairment testing of goodwill is required at the reporting unitreporting-unit level (operating segment or one level below operating segment). The impairment test involves calculating the impairment of goodwill based solely on the excess of the carrying value of the reporting unit over the fair value of the reporting unit. Prior to performing the impairment test, the Company may make a qualitative assessment of the likelihood of goodwill impairment to determine whether a detailed quantitative analysis is required. The Company estimates the fair value of its reporting units using discounted expected future cash flows.

The Company performs an analysis of its goodwill as of December 31 annually, or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the assigned values may no longer be appropriate. No impairment was recorded in 2016.

During the year ended December 31, 2017, a net downward2018, an impairment adjustment of $29,504$754,958 was maderecorded to goodwill held through the HVAChome services segment. This adjustmentAs noted above, various qualitative factors were considered before preparing a quantitative analysis. Qualitatively, a general underperformance of previously acquired home services businesses triggered the quantitative analysis. As part of the quantitative analysis, management estimated the fair value of the home services segment at the enterprise level using a discounted cash flow approach. The results were then tested for reasonableness using a market approach by analyzing comparable firms’ growth rates, margins, capital expenditures, and working capital requirements. During the period ended June 30, 2019, an additional impairment of the remaining home services segment goodwill of $1,024,591 was recognized and reported as a component of the resultloss on the divestiture of two previous sellers not meeting or exceeding the operational terms of carryback notes that were previously included as consideration for these acquisitions. See Note 3 for more information.Specialty Contracting Group, LLC’s assets.

Other intangible

Intangible assets consist of customer relationships, developed technology and software, trade names, and other assets acquired in conjunction with the purchases of businesses or purchases of assets from other companies. As of December 31, 2017, these intangible assets have been fully amortized. The remaining intangible assets(other than goodwill) consist of domain names attributed to the internet segment. The Company owns 228 domain names, of which 106 are available for sale. These domains are valued at historical cost. When management determines that material intangible assets are acquired in conjunction with the purchase of a business, the Company determines the fair values of the identifiable intangible assets by taking into account management’s own analysisinternal and an independent third-party valuation specialist’s appraisal.external appraisals. Intangible assets determined to have definite lives are amortized over their estimated useful lives.

The Company owns 634 domain names,evaluates at each balance sheet date whether events and circumstances have occurred that indicate possible impairment. If there are indications of which 107impairment, then the Company uses estimated future undiscounted cash flows of the related intangible asset or asset grouping over the remaining life in measuring whether the assets are available for sale. These domainsrecoverable. In the event such cash flows are valued at historical cost.not expected to be sufficient to recover the recorded asset values, the assets are written down to their estimated fair value.

Real Estate

Real estate properties held for resale are carried at the lower of cost or fair market value. All costs directly related to the improvement and carrying of real estate are capitalized, including renovations and property taxes, to the extent the capitalized costs of the property do not exceed the estimated fair value of the property. If the cost of the real estate exceeds the estimated fair value, then the excess is charged to expense. Fair value is estimated based on comparable sales in the geographic area in which the real estate is located and tax assessed values.located. Fair value is evaluated annually by management or when events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value of the real estate may not be recoverable.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, net impairment adjustments of $26,170 were recorded on real estate held for resale through EDI Real Estate, LLC in order to properly reflect sales activity throughout the year. During the year ended December 31, 2018, an impairment adjustment of $64,038 was recorded to real estate held for resale through EDI Real Estate, LLC in order to properly reflect market value for those properties held during the year. This adjustment was primarily the result of a deteriorating building purchased by prior management in 1998. 

During the year ended December 31, 2019, an impairment adjustment of $126,827 was recorded on the Company’s commercial warehouse held for resale in order to properly reflect market value at that time. During the year ended December 31, 2018, an impairment adjustment of $964,743 was recorded to real estate held for resale through Mt Melrose, LLC in order to properly reflect market value for those properties held at the end of the year. This adjustment was the result of 62 properties being transitioned to “held for resale” from “held for investment” as part of a portfolio redirection. See Note 5 for more information. Recent tax assessments, valuations, and local real estate agents were used to value this portfolio of held-for-resale properties.

Real estate properties held for investment are carried at the cost basis plus additional expensescosts where the expensecost extended the life of or added value to the property. Otherwise, the expensecost is not capitalized and is charged to expense.expensed as incurred. Properties categorized as real estate held for investment are not expected by management to be sold in the next 12 months. This determination is periodically reviewed by management.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)Accrued Bonus

 

Accrued Bonus

Accrued bonuses represent performance-based incentives that have not yet been paid. The bonusBonuses can be paid in the form of cash or via the issuance of Company stock. Bonus structures for employees are a pre-approved part of a formal salary package.employment agreement or arrangement. Stock based compensation, issued as part of the Company’s Equity Incentive Plan, is reserved for board members and members of senior management. The compensation accrual amount is based on the final value of Company stock that has been approved to be issued by the Governance, Compensation, and Nomination Committee of the Board of Directors. These bonus amounts are accrued when earned and able to be estimated and are paid or issued annually after financial records are finalized.

Other Accrued Expenses

Other accrued expenses represent incurred but not yet paidnot-yet-paid expenses from Sales and Use taxes for ISP services,payroll accruals, vacation accruals, professional fees, and other payroll accruals.accrued taxes.

Deferred Revenue

DeferredLeases

On January 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases” (Topic 842). The guidance in ASU No. 2016-02 supersedes the lease recognition requirements in ASC Topic 840 and established ASC Topic 842. ASU No. 2016-02 requires an entity to recognize assets and liabilities arising from a lease for both financing and operating leases, along with additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures. ASU No. 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted this guidance using the following practical expedients:

the Company did not reassess if any expired or existing contracts are leases or contain leases;

the Company did not reassess the classification of any expired or existing leases; and

the Company did not reassess whether the classification of existing costs associated with expired or existing leases should be classified as initial direct costs.

Additionally, the Company made ongoing accounting policy elections whereby it (i) does not recognize right-of-use (ROU) assets or lease liabilities for short-term leases (those with original terms of 12 months or less) and (ii) combines lease and non-lease elements of our leases. 

Upon adoption of the new guidance on January 1, 2019, the Company recorded an ROU asset of approximately $184,000 (net of existing deferred rent liability) and recognized a lease liability of approximately $186,000, with no resulting cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings.

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Revenue Recognition

Asset Management and Other Investment Revenue

The Company earns revenue represents collections from customersinvestments through various fee share and consulting agreements, as well as through realized and unrealized gains and losses, which may result in advancenegative period or quarterly revenues. Management fees earned are recorded and paid out monthly and are included in revenue on the accompanying consolidated statements of internet or HVACoperations. Performance fees earned are accrued monthly, paid out annually, and are also included in revenue on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Consulting fees are billed out monthly after services have been performed. Long-term investments are marked to be performed. Revenue ismarket at the end of each reporting period. Realized and unrealized gains and losses are recognized as revenue in the period serviceof adjustment.

Management notes that the structure of these arrangements leaves a very low possibility for nonperformance. While the amount of revenue varies from month to month, collectability is provided.very high. No contract assets or liabilities are recognized or incurred.

Additionally, the Company earns revenue from direct participation in various private investment funds, primarily the Alluvial Fund. This results in the realized and unrealized gains and losses within a fund such as the Alluvial Fund being recognized as revenue, or a decrease in revenue, on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

A summary of revenue earned through asset management operations for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 is included below:

Asset Management Operations Revenue

 

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

 

Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investment activity

 $1,607,644  $(834,014)

Management and performance fee revenue

  65,171   41,151 

Fund management services revenue

  100,461   17,614 

Total revenue

 $1,773,276  $(775,249)

Real Estate Revenue

The Company earns real estate revenue through rental agreements on real estate held for investment, as well as through the sale of real estate held for resale.

Rental revenue from real estate held for investment is recognized when it is earned, generally on the last day of each month or at another regular period agreed upon by the Company and the tenant. Tenants generally provide a security deposit at the time of possession. This deposit is held separately from revenue and only applied to revenue when rental payment comparable to the security deposit amount is not provided in a timely manner and considered unlikely to be recovered. Otherwise, the security deposit is returned in a timely manner after the property is surrendered back to the Company. Management has concluded that the nature of the performance obligation is cyclical and predictable with a very low possibility for nonperformance. No contract assets or liabilities are recognized or incurred.

Revenue Recognitionfrom real estate held for resale is recognized upon closing of the sale (transfer of control), as all conditions for full revenue recognition have been met at that time. All costs associated with the property sold are removed from the consolidated balance sheets and charged to cost of revenue at that time.

Internet OperationsRevenue

The Company sells internet services under annual and monthly contracts. Under the annual contracts, the subscriber pays a one-time annual fee, which is recognized as revenue ratably over the life of the contract. Under the monthly contracts, the subscriber is billed monthly and revenue is recognized for the period to which the service relates. Domain name registration revenue is recognized at the point of registration. Sales of computer hardware are recognized as revenue upon delivery and acceptance of the product by the customer. Sales are adjusted for any returns or allowances. Management has concluded that the nature of the performance obligation is cyclical with a very low possibility for non-performance.nonperformance. Contract liabilities (deferred revenue) were recognized in the amount of collections received in advance of services to be performed. No contract assets or liabilities arewere recognized or incurred.

The Company generates revenue in its internet segment from consumer and business-grade internet access, wholesale managed modem services for downstream ISPs, web hosting, third-party software as a reseller, and various ancillary services in the United States and Canada. Services include narrow-band (dial-up and ISDN) and broadband services (DSL, fiber-optic, and wireless), web hosting, and additional related services to consumers and businesses. Customers may also subscribe to web hosting plans to include email access and storage. Internet revenue is affected by the changing composition of revenue sources. In some years, this shift can be significant.

HVAC Operations

TheHome Services Revenue

Prior to the divestiture transaction on May 24, 2019, the Company performsperformed HVAC and plumbing service repairs and installsinstalled HVAC units for its customers.customers through its home services segment. Revenue iswas recognized upon completion of the installation or service call. Sales arewere adjusted for any returns or allowances. A return or allowance situation would arise based on the two-year workmanship warranty that typically conveysconveyed with the installation of a new unit. There iswas also a two-year assurance warranty on newly installed parts and equipment that iswas honored by the manufacturer. If an installation iswas performed over multiple days, then it iswas accounted for using work in processwork-in-process (WIP) accounting in accordance with GAAP.accounting. Contract progress iswas measured by comparing materials and labor hours incurred to materials and labor hours expected per the contract. These types of contracts were typically completed within one month’s time. A small portion of revenue iswas from the sale of annual service agreements. Revenue attributable to these agreements is appropriatelywas recognized over the life of the agreement.

If payment iswas received prior to contract completion, then the amount of revenue attributable to the unperformed work iswas designated as unearned revenue. If payment iswas not provided in advance or at the time of service or installation completion, then the amount due is designatedwas recognized as revenue and as an account receivable.

Management acknowledgeshas acknowledged that these performance obligations arewere recognized at designated points in time during the contract, including the completion of each contract, whether it be at a point in time or over a period of time.the contract. As the customer controlscontrolled the asset and hashad the right to use it during the contract, the Company hashad the right to payment for performance completed to date. Contract liabilities (deferred revenue) were recognized in the amount of collections received in advance of services to be performed. No contract assets or liabilities arewere recognized or incurred.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)Deferred Revenue

 

Real Estate Operations

RevenueDeferred revenue represents collections from real estate held for resalecustomers in advance of internet or home services to be performed. Revenue is recognized upon closing of the sale, as all conditions for full revenue recognition have been met at that time. All costs associated with the property sold are removed from the consolidated balance sheets and charged to cost of revenue at that time.

Rental revenue from real estate held for investment is recognized when it is due, generally on the first of each month or at another regular period agreed upon by the Company and the tenant. If payments are not provided in a timely manner, the amount due is designated as an account receivable. Accounts receivable from rental revenue are generally considered unrecoverable after 90 days unless the Company reasonably believes that recovery is probable. Tenants generally provide a security deposit at the time of possession. This deposit is held separately from revenue and only applied to revenue when rental payment comparable to the security deposit amount is not provided in a timely manner and considered unlikely to be recovered. Otherwise, the security deposit is returned in a timely manner after the property is surrendered back to the Company. Management has concluded that the nature of the performance obligation is cyclical and predictable with a very low possibility for non-performance.  No contract assets or liabilities are recognized or incurred.

Asset Management Operations

The Company earns revenue from investments held through the asset management segment through various fee share agreements, as well as through realized and unrealized gains and losses. Management fees earned are recorded and paid out monthly and are included in revenue on the condensed consolidated statement of income. Performance fees earned are accrued monthly, paid out yearly and are also included in revenue on the condensed consolidated statement of income. As non-current investments do not qualify as available-for-sale securities, non-current investments are marked to market at the end of each reporting period. Realized and unrealized gains and losses are recognized as revenue in the period of adjustment.

Management notes thatservice is provided. Total deferred revenue decreased from $210,212 at December 31, 2018 to $204,960 at December 31, 2019. During the structure of these arrangements leaves a very low possibility for non-performance. While the amountyears ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, $206,520 and $214,142, respectively, of revenue varieswas recognized from month to month, collectability is very high.  Noprior-year contract assets or liabilities are recognized or incurred.(deferred revenue).

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Income Taxes

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax benefits or consequences of events that have been included in the consolidated financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined on the basis of the differences between the financial statement and tax basesbasis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.enactment, inclusive of the recent tax reform act. The most recent three tax years, fiscal years endingended December 31, 2017, December 31, 2016,2019, 2018, and December 31, 2015,2017, are open to potential IRS examination.

Income (Loss) Per Share

The basic

Basic income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period.

In periods of net loss, diluted loss per share is calculated similarly to basic loss per share because the impact of all potentially dilutive common shares is anti-dilutive. In periods of net income, diluted earnings per share is computed using the more dilutive of the “two class method” or the “treasury method.” Dilutive earnings per share under the “two class method” is calculated by dividing net income available to common stockholders as adjusted for the participating securities, by the weighted-average number of shares outstanding plus the dilutive impact of all other potentially dilutive common shares, consisting primarily of common shares underlying common stock equity incentives. Dilutive earnings per share under the “treasury method” are calculated by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted averageweighted-average number of shares outstanding plus the dilutive impact of all potentially dilutive common shares, consisting primarily of common shares outstanding. Diluted income perunderlying common share is computed similar to basic income per common share except thatstock equity incentives.

None of the denominator is increased to includepotentially dilutive securities had a dilutive impact during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018.

The number of additionalanti-dilutive shares for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, consisting of common shares that wouldunderlying common stock equity incentives, which have been outstanding ifexcluded from the potential commoncomputation of diluted income (loss) per share, was 70,000 shares had been issued and if the additional commonzero shares, were dilutive. The Company has no potentially dilutive securities.respectively.

 

Other Comprehensive Income

Other comprehensive income is the result of two items: the impact of foreign currency translations related to the Company’s internet segment operations in Canada, and the unrealized gains (losses) from marketable securities classified as available-for-sale.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)Canada.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016,August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases”No. 2018-13, “Fair Value Measurement” (Topic 842)820). The guidance in ASU 2016-02 supersedesintends to improve the lease recognition requirements in ASC Topic 842, Leases. ASU 2016-02 requires an entityeffectiveness of the disclosures relating to recognize assetsrecurring and liabilities arising from a lease for both financing and operating leases, along with additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures. ASU 2016-02nonrecurring fair value measurements. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The Company is required2019. Portions of the guidance are to adopt this standard in the first quarter of 2019. The Company is currently evaluating the effect this standard will have on its Consolidated Financial Statements.

In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14, which defers the effective date of ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” by one year. As a result, the ASU is now effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2017. ASU No. 2014-09 provides comprehensive guidance on the recognition of revenue from customers arising from the transfer of goods and services. The ASU also provides guidance on accounting for certain contract costs and requires new disclosures.be adopted prospectively while other portions are to be adopted retroactively. Early adoption is not permitted. The Company is required to adopt this standard in the first quarter of 2018. Management has evaluated the impactadoption of this standard on customer contracts and does not expect significant departures from current revenue recognition procedures.

In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-17, “Income Taxes” (Topic 740). The ASU provides guidance related to the classifications of deferred income tax assets and liabilities into current and noncurrent amounts in a classified statement of financial position. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are classified as current or noncurrent based on the classification of the related asset or liability for financial reporting. Deferred tax assets and liabilities that are not related to an asset or liability for financial reporting are classified according to the expected reversal date of the temporary difference. The ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted. The Company is required to adopt this standard in the first quarter of 2018. The initial application of the standard is not expected to significantlyhave a material impact the Company.on our consolidated financial statements.

In JanuaryJune 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-012016-13, “Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities.” Although the ASU retains many of the current requirements for financial instruments, it significantly revises an entity’s accounting related to (1) the classification and measurement of investments in equity securities and (2) the presentation of certain fair value changes for financial liabilities measured at fair value. It also amends certain disclosure requirements associated with the fair value of financial instruments. The ASU is effective for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017; earlier adoption is permitted under certain criteria. The initial application of the standard is not expected to significantly impact the Company.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-01 “Clarifying the Definition of a Business”Credit Losses” (Topic 805). The amendments in the update provide a screen to determine when a set is not a business. If the screen is not met, the amendments in the update (1) require that to be considered a business, a set must include, at a minimum, an input and a substantive process that together significantly contribute to the ability to create output and (2) remove the evaluation of whether a market participant could replace missing elements. The amendments provide a framework to assist entities in evaluating whether both an input and a substantive process are present. Lastly, the amendments in the update narrow the definition of the term output so that the term is consistent with how outputs are described in Topic 606. The ASU is effective for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017; earlier adoption is permitted under certain criteria. The Company will adopt this ASU for the first interim period after the effective date.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04 “Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment” (Topic 350)326). The guidance eliminates the requirementprobable initial recognition threshold that was previously required prior to calculate “impliedrecognizing a credit loss on financial instruments. The credit loss estimate can now reflect an entity’s current estimate of all future expected credit losses. Under the previous guidance, an entity only considered past events and current conditions. In April 2019, the FASB further clarified the scope of the credit losses standard and addressed issues related to accrued interest receivable balances, recoveries, variable interest rates, and prepayments. In May 2019, the FASB issued further guidance to provide entities with an option to irrevocably elect the fair value of goodwill” (previously Step 2) fromoption applied on an instrument-by-instrument basis for eligible financial instruments. In November 2019, the goodwill impairment analysis. Companies are requiredFASB issued further guidance on expected recoveries for purchased financial assets with credit deterioration, and transition refiled for troubled debt restructurings, disclosures related to calculate the impairment of their goodwill based solely on the excess of the carrying value of the reporting unit over its fair value (previously Step 1). Companies are still allowed to perform an initial qualitative assessment for a reporting unit to determine if the quantitative assessment is necessary. Thisaccrued interest receivables, and financial assets secured by collateral maintenance provisions. The guidance is required to be adopted ineffective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and earlyincluding interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted.permitted for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The adoption of certain amendments of this guidance must be applied on a modified retrospective basis and the adoption of the remaining amendments must be applied on a prospective basis. The Company has adoptedcurrently expects that the adoption of this new guidance for its 2017 goodwill impairment analysis.

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Notesmay change the way we assess the collectability of our receivables and recoverability of other financial instruments. The Company will adopt this guidance as of January 1, 2023. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

The Company does not believe that any other recently issued effective standards, or standards issued but not yet effective, if adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying consolidated financial statements. 

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NOTE 3. BUSINESS COMBINATIONS OR ACQUISITIONSHOME SERVICES SUBSIDIARY DIVESTITURE

As of June 17, 2016, and June 30, 2016, HVAC Value Fund completed

On May 24, 2019, as per the 100% acquisition of two HVAC subsidiaries. As of July 8, 2016, HVAC Value Fund completed the 100% acquisition of a third subsidiary. As of July 15, 2016, HVAC Value Fund completed the 100% acquisition of a fourth subsidiary. As of October 1, 2016, HVAC Value Fund completed the 100% acquisition of a fifth subsidiary. As of January 20, 2017, HVAC Value Fund completed the 100% acquisition of a sixth subsidiary. These subsidiaries engage in providing heating, ventilation, plumbing, and air conditioning services, installation, and repairs to residential and commercial customers. As a result of the acquisitions, HVAC Value Fund offers heating, ventilation, plumbing, and air conditioning services to customers in Arizona. As previously reported in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 14, 2016, and described further herein,May 28, 2019, the purposeCompany completed a divestiture of its Home Services Operations, via its subsidiary, Specialty Contracting Group, LLC (formerly known as HVAC Value Fund, isLLC), to acquire HVACan unaffiliated third-party purchaser, Rooter Hero Plumbing, Inc. (“Rooter Hero”). In the transaction, the Company sold and plumbing businesses. Accordingly, these six acquisitions were madeconveyed all of the subsidiary’s personal property and customer lists and records, excluding stock inventory and other current assets. As part of the transaction, Rooter Hero assumed the subsidiary’s obligations under lease and/or loan agreements for all outstanding vehicles and equipment, as well as the obligations to service all of the subsidiary’s remaining customer accounts going forward. No cash consideration was exchanged in the ordinary coursetransaction. As consideration for the transaction, Rooter Hero will pay monthly royalties for the sixty (60) months following the closing, calculated on the basis of businessany revenue received from the customer accounts transferred. Under such royalty arrangements, the Company will receive 7.5% of any monthly revenue generated from qualified sales during the first year, and consistent with5% of any monthly revenue during years two through five. Royalties received will be reduced by pre-approved warranty-related costs for select customers.

As reported in prior periods, the customshome services subsidiary had failed to meet approved budgets and practices (including with respecthad underperformed since its inception in 2016. Management noted that the largely decentralized management approach was not a good fit for this industry, and the extensive operating requirements were not conducive to smaller company capacities. The cyclical nature scope, magnitude, quantity, frequency, and contemplated purpose) of HVAC Value Fund, and, in turn, the Company.

On a pro forma basis, the business acquiredalso resulted in unpredictable cash flows, which created immediate and significant needs for additional Company resources. Due to the past performance of the company, management determined that additional resources should not be allocated to this subsidiary. 

The decision was made to exit the business during the quarter ended June 30, 2019. The operations of Specialty Contracting Group, LLC were considered a component of, and the sale reflects a strategic shift in, the Company’s business. As such, Specialty Contracting Group, LLC’s historical operations are now classified as discontinued operations in the Company’s financial statements. The divestiture of the home services subsidiary resulted in an initial pre-tax loss of $1,158,732, which has been included on January 20, 2017, contributed revenuesthe accompanying consolidated statements of $1,100,211, net incomeoperations in discontinued operations and under the home services segment for the year ended December 31, 2019. The loss from discontinued operations has been determined using a loss recovery approach, as the collection of $86,941,future royalties is uncertain and additional selling, generala reasonable estimate could not be made. This approach requires that the contingent consideration, the future royalties to be received, be valued at the lesser of the amount of the “probable,” defined as a greater than 50% likelihood, future proceeds or the carrying value of the disposed assets. Due to the unpredictability of the contingent consideration, and administrative expensesmanagement’s inherent lack of control over the buyer’s operations, management determined it would not be reasonable to HVAC Value Fundattempt to value the contingent consideration. This resulted in assigning the contingent consideration a current valuation of zero. As and to the extent any royalties are deemed probable, they will be subsequently recognized as a “gain from discontinued operations” on the statements of operations and will offset, or recover, the initial loss recorded. Accordingly, during the year ended December 31, 2017. The following unaudited pro forma summaries present consolidated information2019, an offsetting $21,629 gain on discontinued operations is included within the $1,510,475 reported loss on discontinued operations.

A breakdown of HVAC Value Funddiscontinued assets and liabilities as ifreported on the current and previous year business combinations had occurred on January 1 of each respective fiscal year. Someface of the pro forma informationaccompanying consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, is as follows:

  

December 31, 2019

  

December 31, 2018

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 $428  $23,954 

Accounts receivable

     136,785 

Other current assets

     71,624 

Total current assets - held for resale

  428   232,363 
         

Property and equipment, net

     270,603 

Goodwill

     1,024,591 

Other long-term assets

     5,375 

Total long-term assets - held for resale

     1,300,569 
         

Accounts payable

  96,848   75,208 

Accrued expenses

     81,213 
Lease liabilities  50,110    

Other current liabilities

     2,368 

Notes payable, current

     158,698 

Total current liabilities - held for resale

  146,958   317,487 
         

Notes payable, long term - held for resale

     50,738 

Total long-term liabilities - held for resale

 $  $50,738 

A breakdown of the initial recorded pre-tax loss as reported on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations as of the year ended December 31, 2016, was calculated using annualized, unaudited 2015 financial information,2019 is presented below. Asset and pro forma information for the year ended December 31, 2017, was calculated using annualized, unaudited 2016 information, as information for the period from January 1, 2016, through the applicable subsidiary closing date is unavailable.

As previously reported in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 14, 2016, Sitestar has a 100% voting interest in HVAC Value Fund and JNJ Investments has the ability to earn profit interests. Pro forma earnings for the year ended December 31, 2017, and for the year ended December 31, 2016, are reported as gross without deducting the profits share that otherwise would be attributable to JNJ Investments in accordance with the operating agreement between Sitestar Corporation and JNJ Investments.

Pro forma year ended December 31, 2017 (unaudited)

 

With January 20, 2017 acquisition

 

Revenue

 

$

4,365,403

 

Earnings

 

$

(97,358

)

 Pro forma year ended December 31, 2016

(unaudited)

 

With 2016 acquisitions

(in aggregate)

 

 

With 2017 acquisition

 

 

Consolidated pro forma year ended

December 31, 2016 (unaudited)

 

Revenue

 

$

3,781,167

 

 

$

1,456,685

 

 

$

5,237,852

 

Earnings

 

$

517,495

 

 

$

295,886

 

 

$

813,381

 

HVAC Value Fund did not have any material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination includedliability values used in the reported pro forma revenue and earnings.

The following tables summarizecalculation represent the consideration transferred to acquire each subsidiary and the amounts of identified assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition dates. Management continues to evaluate the valuation components of each acquisition on an ongoing basis.

June 2016 acquisitions (in aggregate)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value of consideration transferred:

 

Cash

 

$

160,000

 

Notes payable

 

$

65,000

 

 

 

Fair value of assets acquired:

 

Vehicles

 

$

35,000

 

Equipment

 

$

13,700

 

Total identifiable assets

 

$

48,700

 

Goodwill

 

$

176,300

 

Subsequent adjustments

 

$

(15,000

)

Adjusted goodwill

 

$

161,300

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

July 8, 2016 acquisition

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value of consideration transferred:

 

Cash

 

$

375,000

 

Notes payable

 

$

100,000

 

 

 

Fair value of assets acquired:

 

Goodwill

 

$

475,000

 

Subsequent adjustments

 

$

3,276

 

Adjusted goodwill

 

$

478,276

 

July 15, 2016 acquisition

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value of consideration transferred:

 

Cash

 

$

340,000

 

Notes payable

 

$

100,000

 

 

 

Fair value of assets acquired:

 

Vehicles

 

$

40,000

 

Total identifiable assets

 

$

40,000

 

Goodwill

 

$

400,000

 

Subsequent adjustments

 

$

(17,780

)

Adjusted goodwill

 

$

382,220

 

October 1, 2016 acquisition

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value of consideration transferred:

 

Cash

 

$

315,000

 

 

 

Preliminary fair value of assets acquired:

 

Vehicles

 

$

20,000

 

Equipment

 

$

5,000

 

Total identifiable assets

 

$

25,000

 

Goodwill

 

$

290,000

 

January 20, 2017 acquisition

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value of consideration transferred:

 

Cash

 

$

460,000

 

Notes payable

 

$

100,000

 

Assumed obligations

 

$

169,255

 

 

 

Preliminary fair value of assets acquired:

 

Equipment

 

$

119,684

 

Leased Vehicles

 

$

143,590

 

Total identifiable assets

 

$

263,274

 

Goodwill

 

$

465,981

 

The goodwill amounts noted above are attributable to the workforceCompany’s carrying value as of the acquired subsidiaries and the significant efficiencies expected to arise after acquisition by HVAC Value Fund. Alldate of the goodwill was assigned to the HVAC segment.

As previously mentioned in Note 2 and as noted above, in the July 8, 2016 and July 15, 2016 acquisitions a net downward adjustment of $14,504 was made to goodwill during the quarter ended September 30, 2017. Part of the considerations paid for the July 2016 acquisitions were seller carryback notes. The notes were payable in full on July 11, 2017 and July 30, 2017 and were contingent on certain revenue targets and other operational conditions. As of the quarter ended September 30, 2017, it was determined by management that the revenue targets for the July 8, 2016 acquisition were exceeded; therefore, the payable amount increased and total consideration paid for the acquisition increased. As of the quarter ended September 30, 2017, it was also determined by management that the revenue targets for the July 15, 2016 acquisition were not met; therefore, the payable amount decreased and total consideration paid for the acquisition decreased.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

As previously reported in the quarterly reported filed with the SEC on August 8, 2017, and as noted above, in the June 2016 acquisitions, a downward adjustment of $15,000 was made to goodwill during the quarter ended June 30, 2017. Part of the consideration paid for the June 2016 acquisitions was a $15,000 seller carryback note. The note was payable in full on July 1, 2017, contingent on certain revenue targets and other operational conditions. As of the quarter ended June 30, 2017, it was determined by management that neither the revenue targets nor the operational conditions had been met, therefore, the payable was no longer due and total consideration paid for the acquisition decreased.

These adjustments net to a $29,504 downward adjustment of goodwill for the year ended December 31, 2017.

The purchase price allocations above are deemed preliminary for valuation purposes, and management may adjust the allocations for the one-year period allotted. Allocations for the January 20, 2017 acquisition remain open for subsequent management adjustment.

NOTE 4. INVESTMENTS

The Company holds various investments through Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC and previously invested excess cash in marketable securities through its corporate segment. The fair values of the Company’s marketable securities were determined in accordance with GAAP, with fair value being defined as the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.

The following available-for-sale securities, which comprise all of the Company’s marketable securities, are re-measured to fair value on a recurring basis and are valued using Level 1 inputs, which are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets in active markets:sale, May 24, 2019.

 

Sale of vehicles, equipment, and furniture, net of depreciation

 

Cost Basis $

230,578

Impairment of remaining goodwill

 

 

Unrealized Gain1,024,591

Total carrying value of assets sold

 

 

Unrealized Loss

Fair Value1,255,169

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock available for sale

$

Vehicle and equipment notes payable assumed by the buyer

 

 

$76,791

Service agreements assumed by the buyer

 

 

$19,646

Total carrying value of liabilities assumed

 

 

96,437

Net loss on sale of subsidiary, pre-tax

$

1,158,732

 

 

A reconciliation of discontinued operations as reported on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, is as follows:

 

 

Cost Basis

 

 

Unrealized Gain

 

 

Unrealized Loss

 

 

Fair Value

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock available for sale

 

$

563,211

 

 

$

36,289

 

 

$

 

 

$

599,500

 

  

For the year ended

 
  

December 31, 2019

  

December 31, 2018

 

Revenues

 $675,963  $3,077,631 

Cost of revenues

  432,872   2,003,876 

Gross profit

  243,091   1,073,755 

Selling, general, and administrative expenses

  535,650   1,235,346 

Loss on sale of subsidiary, net of recoveries

  (1,125,364)   

Other income (expense), net

  (92,552)  (753,572)

Net income (loss) reported as discontinued operations

 $(1,510,475) $(915,163)

 

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During

NOTE 4. SALE OF CONTROLLING INTEREST IN REAL ESTATE SUBSIDIARY

Transaction

On June 27, 2019, the Company sold 65% of its membership interest in Mt Melrose, LLC to an unaffiliated third-party purchaser, Woodmont Lexington, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Woodmont”). As consideration for the transaction, Woodmont paid the Company $100,000 and agreed to assume full responsibility for the management and operation of Mt Melrose and its real estate portfolio. The Company retained a 35% membership interest in Mt Melrose, with Woodmont owning the other 65% membership interest. Subsequent to the transaction, however, Woodmont, as the manager of Mt Melrose, has purported that the Company’s membership interest in Mt Melrose has been diluted to 20.8%. The Company disputes this assertion and maintains that it has retained its 35% membership interest.

Prior to this transaction, the Company had grown uncomfortable with the extreme amounts of high-priced debt that the Mt Melrose subsidiary had taken on. There were significant principal payments due over the next 12 months at the subsidiary level that the portfolio’s cash flows could not offset and the Company was unwilling to subsidize. As reported in previous quarterly and annual reports, on November 1, 2018, management implemented a right-sizing strategy for the Mt Melrose portfolio. This strategy included the hiring of a dedicated third-party property manager, a restructuring of overhead expenses, the divestiture of non-cash-flowing properties, and a focus on refinancing high-interest debt. The property manager was responsible for all day-to-day operations including, but not limited to: tenant relations and communications, property repairs and renovations, vacancy marketing, and turnover procedures. This allowed management to remain passive operationally and focus on property sales and refinancing opportunities. Subsequent to the sale on June 27, 2019, the property manager continues to fulfill the day-to-day operational responsibilities, and, to management’s knowledge, Woodmont continues to act on management’s previous right-sizing efforts by liquidating non-cash-flowing properties and pursuing refinancing options.

In connection with this transaction, the Company and Woodmont entered into a certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Mt Melrose, LLC (the “A&R LLC Agreement”). The A&R LLC Agreement sets forth the general terms and conditions governing the arrangements between the two members. The A&R LLC Agreement provides that the business and affairs of Mt Melrose will be managed exclusively by one or more managers; and Woodmont is designated as the sole manager. In addition, the Company has expressly agreed to a three-year “standstill” arrangement, during which time the Company will not in any way participate, directly or indirectly, in the management or control of Mt Melrose; and with respect to any matters requiring a vote of the members, the Company will vote with (i.e., the same as) Woodmont. This arrangement allows the Company to maintain its passive management structure, while still owning a significant portion of the partnership.

Under the terms of the A&R LLC Agreement, distributions of cash, from whatever source, may be made to the members at such times, and in such amounts, as the manager, Woodmont, determines; provided, however, that any such distributions will be made in accordance with the following priorities: (i) distribution of amounts up to a cumulative total of $2,000,000 will be made pro rata in accordance with the members’ respective percentage interests (as expressly specified in the A&R LLC Agreement); (ii) then, distribution of cumulative amounts in excess of $2,000,000 and up to $3,000,000 will be made 67% to the Company and 33% to Woodmont; and (iii) thereafter, distribution of cumulative amounts in excess of $3,000,000 will be made pro rata in accordance with the members’ respective percentage interests (as expressly specified in the A&R LLC Agreement).

Deconsolidation Due to Transfer of Control

Prior to the sale of 65% of its Mt Melrose interest, the Company owned 100% of the membership interests in Mt Melrose, LLC and controlled the entity by virtue of its voting interests. As a result, the Company consolidated Mt Melrose under the “voting interests” (“VOE”) consolidation model.

By virtue of the A&R LLC Agreement, and the aforementioned standstill agreement, Woodmont is the sole “manager” responsible for all management and operating decisions of Mt Melrose. Management determined that as of June 27, 2019, the Company no longer has a “controlling financial interest” in Mt Melrose and will no longer consolidate Mt Melrose. Furthermore, the Company has concluded that Mt Melrose does not qualify as a “variable interest entity” as Mt Melrose has sufficient equity at risk to permit operations and the Company is not the primary beneficiary of Mt Melrose’s activities. All activity prior to the deconsolidation event has been included on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2017,2019, in continuing operations, and under the real estate segment. As of June 27, 2019, all previously consolidated assets and liabilities of Mt Melrose, LLC have been removed from the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The Company’s membership interest in Mt Melrose will now be accounted for as an investment in the equity of Mt Melrose in the Company’s reported financial statements. 

Accounting for Remaining Mt Melrose Investment

The Company adopted ASU 2016-01 effective January 1, 2018. ASU 2016-01 generally requires entities to measure equity investments at fair value and recognize any changes in fair value in net income. However, entities are able to elect a measurement alternative for equity investments that do not have a “readily determinable fair value.” The Company has determined that its equity investment in Mt Melrose does not have a readily determinable fair value at the time of deconsolidation. The Company’s inability to “exercise significant influence” due to the previously mentioned standstill agreement, also supports the use of the measurement alternative. Under this alternative, the Company will measure the Mt Melrose investment at its implied fair value and assess it for impairment at each reporting date, or more often if indication of a potential impairment exists. When fair value becomes determinable, from observable price changes in orderly transactions, the Company’s investment will be marked to fair value on a periodic basis. Future dividends will be recognized as income and returns of capital recognized as a reduction in the Company’s investment when and if received.

Using the $100,000 transaction price for a 65% interest in Mt Melrose, LLC, the implied value of the retained 35% interest at the time of the transaction is $53,846. This amount is included under the long-term investment amount on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2019.

Effective on June 27, 2019, the Company recognized $61,350a loss on the partial sale of realized gains. This compares toMt Melrose in the amount of $4,157,809, which has been reported separately on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations in continuing operations and under the real estate segment for the year ended December 31, 2016, when2019. The amount of the loss is based upon the value of the Company’s remaining interest in the subsidiary, less the Company’s previous carrying value of the subsidiary. 

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NOTE 5. ASSET ACQUISITION OF REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES

Historical Acquisition

On December 10, 2017, the Company recognized $47,610entered into a certain Master Real Estate Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Mt. Melrose, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company (“Old Mt. Melrose”), that owned and managed a portfolio of realized gains.residential real estate in Lexington, Kentucky. Old Mt. Melrose was owned by Jeffrey I. Moore (“Moore”), a former Company director.

Non-current

On January 10, 2018, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Mt Melrose, LLC (“New Mt Melrose”), completed the first acquisition of 44 residential and other income-producing real properties under the Purchase Agreement for a total purchase price of $3,956,389, which consisted of $500,000 in cash, 120,602 shares of common stock valued at $1,658,270, and the assumption of $1,798,119 of existing debt.

The Company accounted for the initial purchase of properties as an asset acquisition (consisting of a concentrated group of similarly identifiable assets, including land, buildings, improvements, and in-place leases) following the guidance contained in ASU No. 2017-01. The total purchase price, along with approximately $45,250 of transaction expenses, was allocated to the land and buildings acquired based on their relative fair values, as follows:

Land

 $800,328 

Buildings

  3,201,311 

Total Value

 $4,001,639 

On June 29, 2018, New Mt Melrose completed the second acquisition of 69 residential and other income-producing real properties under the Purchase Agreement for a total purchase price of $5,174,722, which consisted of 148,158 shares of common stock valued at $2,407,564, and the assumption of $2,767,158 of existing debt.

The Company accounted for the second purchase of properties as an asset acquisition (consisting of a concentrated group of similarly identifiable assets, including land, buildings, improvements, and in-place leases). The total purchase price, along with approximately $7,393 of transaction expenses, was allocated to the land and buildings acquired based on their relative fair values, as follows:

Land

 $1,036,423 

Buildings

  4,145,692 

Total Value

 $5,182,115 

Pursuant to that certain Termination of Master Real Estate Asset Purchase Agreement entered into effective November 1, 2018, between the Company and Old Mt. Melrose, the parties mutually agreed to terminate the Purchase Agreement as of November 1, 2018. Accordingly, neither the Company nor New Mt Melrose had any further rights or obligations concerning additional acquisitions of real properties from Old Mt. Melrose under the Purchase Agreement as of that time. A third-party property manager was engaged as of November 1, 2018, to manage certain of the real properties previously acquired. Management also determined that it was necessary to right-size New Mt Melrose operations to reduce its level of high-interest debt. Accordingly, New Mt Melrose began to immediately sell various properties with an emphasis on selling properties that had high-interest-rate loans and did not produce income. 

In an effort to expedite the optimization of the Mt Melrose portfolio, management subsequently determined that a dedicated operator was necessary to manage the subsidiary. On June 27, 2019, as per the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 3, 2019, the Company sold 65% of its membership interest in Mt Melrose, LLC to an unaffiliated third-party purchaser, Woodmont Lexington, LLC (“Woodmont”). As consideration for the transaction, Woodmont paid the Company $100,000 and agreed to assume full responsibility for the management and operation of Mt Melrose and its real estate portfolio. See Note 4 for more information.

Historical Variable Interests

As of the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2018, June 30, 2018, and September 30, 2018, the Company had determined that Old Mt. Melrose was a “variable interest entity” because the seller’s equity interests in Old Mt. Melrose were not effective in determining whether the seller or New Mt Melrose had a controlling financial interest, and that New Mt Melrose’s rights under a certain Cash Flow Agreement that had been entered into on January 10, 2018 with Old Mt. Melrose (the “Cash Flow Agreement”) were deemed to be variable interests in Old Mt. Melrose. At those times, the Company had determined that New Mt Melrose was the primary beneficiary of Old Mt. Melrose since substantially all of Old Mt. Melrose’s activities had been conducted on behalf of New Mt Melrose and because New Mt Melrose may have been required to provide financial support to Old Mt. Melrose under the Cash Flow Agreement. As its primary beneficiary, New Mt Melrose previously consolidated Old Mt. Melrose’s financial results beginning on January 10, 2018. The fair values of the assets and liabilities of Old Mt. Melrose had been consolidated accordingly on the unaudited consolidated balance sheets for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2018, June 30, 2018, and September 30, 2018. As noted on the unaudited consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity during those quarters, the ending noncontrolling interest allocated to the variable interest entity represented the remaining equity held by Old Mt. Melrose for properties that had not yet been acquired under the Purchase Agreement. The ending noncontrolling interest amount also included any income or loss generated by the remaining properties that were to be acquired under the Purchase Agreement for the period then ended.

As of November 1, 2018, pursuant to the termination of the Master Real Estate Asset Purchase Agreement and Cash Flow Agreement noted above, New Mt Melrose was no longer the primary beneficiary of Old Mt. Melrose. Additionally, as of November 1, 2018, New Mt Melrose no longer had a controlling financial interest in Old Mt. Melrose. Consequently, as of November 1, 2018, the Company no longer consolidated the fair values of the assets, liabilities, or operating results of Old Mt. Melrose, and the balance of noncontrolling interest as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, is zero.

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NOTE 6. INVESTMENTS

Certain assets held through Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC, Enterprise Diversified, Inc., or EDI Real Estate, LLC do not have a Readily Determinable Valuereadily determinable value, as these investments are not publicly traded, nor do they have published sales records. The investment in Alluvial Fund, LP is measured using net asset value (NAV) as the practical expedient and is exempt from the fair value hierarchy in accordance with FASB ASC 820-10.hierarchy. The NAV is based on the value of the underlying assets owned by the fund, minus its liabilities, and allocated based on total fund contributions. Due to the nature of the Mt Melrose, LLC (subsequent to the loss of control (see Note 4)) and Huckleberry Real Estate Fund II, LLC investment,investments, the investment isinvestments are measured at cost basis as cost approximates fair value is not determinable until additional inputs and measurements become available. As the inputs for this investmentthese investments are not readily observable, this investment isthese investments are valued using Level 3 inputs.inputs (see Note 7). The following non-current investments are re-measuredremeasured to fair value on a recurring basis and realized and unrealized gains and losses are recognized as revenue in the period of adjustment. Included in the fair value is the cost basis of the investment, as well as any accrued management fees.  No comparable information is available for

  

Cost Basis

  

Unrealized Gain

  

Fair Value

 

December 31, 2019

            

Alluvial Fund, LP

 $7,042,732  $3,029,626  $10,072,358 

Mt Melrose, LLC

  53,846      53,846 

Total

 $7,096,578  $3,029,626  $10,126,204 

  

Cost Basis

  

Unrealized Gain

  

Fair Value

 

December 31, 2018

            

Alluvial Fund, LP

 $7,023,676  $1,422,812  $8,446,488 

Huckleberry Real Estate Fund II, LLC

  468,750      468,750 

Total

 $7,492,426  $1,422,812  $8,915,238 

During the year ended December 31, 2016.2019, the Company recognized $76,810 of realized gains, primarily related to the Companys sale of its Triad Guaranty, Inc. stock. This compares to the year ended December 31, 2018, when the Company recognized $885 of realized losses. These realized losses were the result of reinvested management fee shares earned through various fee share agreements.

 

 

 

Cost Basis

 

 

Accrued Fees

 

 

Unrealized Gain

 

 

Fair Value

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alluvial Fund, LP

 

$

7,000,000

 

 

$

2,077

 

 

$

2,256,825

 

 

$

9,258,902

 

Huckleberry Real Estate Fund II, LLC

 

 

750,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

750,000

 

Total

 

$

7,750,000

 

 

$

2,077

 

 

$

2,256,825

 

 

$

10,008,902

 

Alluvial Fund is a private investment partnership that focuses on investing in what it believes are deeply mispriced securities in the United States and abroad. Alluvial Fund focuses on small companies, thinly traded issues, and special situations, seeking to identify value that its management believes the market has yet to recognize. During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company did not withdraw management or performance fees earned through the Alluvial Fund. The total amount of these reinvested fees were $19,056 and $21,595, respectively.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

NOTE 5.7. FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

The Company has adopted FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements. ASC 820

GAAP defines fair value as the amount that would be received from the sale of an asset or paid for the transfer of a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. ASC 820date, and establishes a hierarchy for disclosing assets and liabilities measured at fair value based on the inputs used to value them. The fair value hierarchy maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs. Observable inputs are based on market pricing data obtained from sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs reflect management’s judgment about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. The fair value hierarchy includes three levels based on the objectivity of the inputs as follows:

Level 1 - Inputs are quoted prices in active markets as of the measurement date for identical assets and liabilities that the Company has the ability to access. This category includes exchange-traded mutual funds and equity securities.

Level 1 - inputs are quoted prices in active markets as of the measurement date for identical assets and liabilities that the Company has the ability to access; this category includes exchange-traded mutual funds and equity securities;

Level 2 - Inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, such as interest rates or yield curves, that are observable at commonly quoted intervals. This category includes mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, corporate debt securities, certificates of deposit, commercial paper, U.S. agency and municipal debt securities, U.S. Treasury securities, and derivative contracts.

Level 2 - inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly; Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, such as interest rates or yield curves, that are observable at commonly quoted intervals; this category includes mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, corporate debt securities, certificates of deposit, commercial paper, U.S. agency and municipal debt securities, U.S. Treasury securities, and derivative contracts; and

Level 3 - Inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability. The measurements are highly subjective.

Level 3 - inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability; the measurements are highly subjective.

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The Company valuedvalues its marketable securitiesinvestments at fair value at the end of each reporting period. See description of these investments in Note 46 above.

 

 

(Level 1)

 

 

(Level 2)

 

 

(Level 3)

 

 

(Excluded) (a)

 

 

Total at Fair Value

 

 

(Level 1)

  

(Level 2)

  

(Level 3)

  

(Excluded) (a)

  

Total at Fair Value

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Huckleberry Real Estate Fund II, LLC

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

750,000

 

 

$

 

 

$

750,000

 

December 31, 2019

                    

Alluvial Fund, LP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,258,902

 

 

 

9,258,902

 

 $  $  $  $10,072,358  $10,072,358 

Total investments

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

750,000

 

 

$

9,258,902

 

 

$

10,008,902

 

 $  $  $  $10,072,358  $10,072,358 

 

 

 

(Level 1)

 

 

(Level 2)

 

 

(Level 3)

 

 

(Excluded) (a)

 

 

Total at Fair Value

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marketable securities

 

$

599,500

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

599,500

 

  

(Level 1)

  

(Level 2)

  

(Level 3)

  

(Excluded) (a)

  

Total at Fair Value

 

December 31, 2018

                    

Alluvial Fund, LP

 $  $  $  $8,446,488  $8,446,488 

Huckleberry Real Estate Fund II, LLC

        468,750      468,750 

Total investments

 $  $  $468,750  $8,446,488  $8,915,238 

 

(a)

(a)

In accordance with Subtopic 820-10, certainCertain investments that are measured at fair value using the NAV per share (or its equivalent) as a practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented in this table are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the amounts presented in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

See below for a summary of activity related to the Company’s Level 3 investment, Huckleberry Real Estate Fund II, LLC, for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018. The realized gain noted below has been included as revenue under other operations on the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019.

  Year ended December 31, 2019  Year ended December 31, 2018 

Huckleberry Real Estate Fund II, LLC

        

Beginning investment balance

 $468,750  $750,000 

Realized gain

  212,631    

Redemptions received

  (681,381)  (281,250)

Ending investment balance

 $  $468,750 

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Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis

The Company analyzes goodwill on an annual basis or whenevermore often if events or changes in circumstances indicate potential impairments. During the year ended December 31,, 2017, a net downward 2018, an impairment adjustment of $29,504$754,958 was maderecorded to goodwill held throughin the HVAChome services segment. ThisAs described further in Note 1, this adjustment was the result of previous sellers not meeting or exceedinga general underperformance of previously acquired HVAC and plumbing businesses. During the revenue targetsperiod ended June 30, 2019, an additional impairment of carryback notes that were previously includedthe remaining home services segment goodwill of $1,024,591 was recognized and reported as consideration fora component of the acquisition. See Note 3 for more information. Forloss on the year ended December 31, 2016, goodwill held at year end was determined to be valued appropriately and no impairment existed.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)divestiture of Specialty Contracting Group, LLC’s assets.

 

The Company values real estate held on the balance sheet on an annual basis or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate a change in their fair market value. Foran impairment may have occurred. During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company adjusted the carrying2019, an impairment adjustment of $126,827 was recorded on a commercial warehouse held for resale in order to properly reflect market value of properties held downward by $101,694. Forat that time. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company adjusted the carrying2018, an impairment adjustment of $964,743 was recorded to real estate held for resale through Mt Melrose, LLC in order to properly reflect market value offor those properties held downward by $152,411. These adjustments wereat the end of the year. This adjustment was the result of repair and improvement expenses exceeding62 properties being transitioned to “held for resale” from “held for investment” as part of a portfolio redirection intended to reduce high-interest debt. See Note 5 for more information.

During the currentyear ended December 31, 2019, net impairment adjustments of $26,170 were recorded on real estate held for resale through EDI Real Estate, LLC in order to properly reflect market value at that time. During the year ended December 31, 2018, an impairment adjustment of $64,038 was recorded to real estate held for resale through EDI Real Estate, LLC in order to properly reflect market value for those properties held during the year. This adjustment was primarily the result of a deteriorating building purchased by prior management in 1998. 

As discussed in Note 5, in January 2018, Mt Melrose, LLC completed its first acquisition of 44 residential and other income-producing real properties for a total purchase price of $3,956,389. Additionally, in June 2018, Mt Melrose, LLC completed its second acquisition of 69 residential and other income-producing real properties for a total purchase price of $5,174,722. The total purchase price, along with transaction expenses, was allocated to the land and buildings acquired based on their relative fair values. The fair values of the property, fluctuating market conditions,land and write downs of previously capitalized improvements made by prior management.buildings were determined using Level 3 inputs, namely comparable properties within the Lexington, Kentucky region.

As discussed in Note 4, the Company’s ongoing equity investment in Mt Melrose, LLC is carried at its implied cost under the alternative approach and will be assessed for impairment at each balance sheet date.

NOTE 6.8. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

The cost of property and equipment at December 31, 2017,2019, and December 31, 2016,2018, consisted of the following:

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2019

  

2018

 

Automobile

 

$

264,778

 

 

$

115,688

 

Building

 $  $836,827 

Computers and equipment

 

 

162,401

 

 

 

36,030

 

  17,330   17,330 

Furniture and fixtures

 

 

25,206

 

 

 

25,206

 

  10,850   90,919 

Land

     145,000 

 

 

452,385

 

 

 

176,924

 

  28,180   1,090,076 

Less accumulated depreciation

 

 

(121,086

)

 

 

(33,460

)

  (10,427)  (70,334)

Property and equipment, net

 

$

331,299

 

 

$

143,464

 

 $17,753  $1,019,742 

 

Depreciation expense was $89,516$27,284 for the year ended December 31, 2017,2019, and $135,397 for the year ended December 31, 2018. Included in these amounts are $9,310 and $10,172$32,001 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, of depreciation expense related to personal property used in real estate segment rental operations. The depreciation expense related to personal property is included in the real estate segment cost-of-goods-sold amount on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

As of December 31, 2019, management has identified two residential real estate properties and several vacant lots as real estate held for resale. These properties are carried at $98,910 on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2019. This compares to the year ended December 31, 2018, when management reported $73,212 of vehicles and equipment as held for resale and $2,318,912 of real estate as held for resale.

A summary of total assets held for resale as of December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, is as follows:

  

December 31, 2019

  

December 31, 2018

 

Real estate held for resale

 $98,910  $2,318,912 

Equipment and vehicles held for resale

     73,212 

Total assets held for resale

 $98,910  $2,392,124 

On December 24, 2019, the Company completed the sale of a commercial warehouse space held for resale located in Lexington, Kentucky. The property was sold at its carrying value of $850,000. Net proceeds totaled $487,944 after repayment of the attached promissory note. The sale resulted in a loss of $56,467, which is included in other expenses under the real estate segment for the year ended December 31, 2016. Increased automobile, computers, and equipment are the result of acquisitions in the HVAC operations and new servers purchased related to the internet segment.2019.

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NOTE 7.9. REAL ESTATE

As of December 31, 2017, the Company owned ten residential properties, one commercial property, and interests in several lots. The Company sold nine residential properties in the year ended December 31, 2017, for gross proceeds of $1,138,000 and net proceeds of $821,217. One residential property was sold during the year that resulted in a $226,000 note receivable from the buyer.  This note is expected to be collected in full during the 2018 fiscal year. The carrying value of the nine properties sold was $1,105,914. The Company did not purchase any properties during the year ended December 31, 2017.

As of December 31, 2016, the Company owned 19 residential properties, one commercial property, and interests in several lots. The Company sold 23 residential properties in the year ended December 31, 2016, for gross proceeds of $1,970,009 and net proceeds of $1,799,677. The carrying value of the 23 properties sold was $1,752,622. The Company did not purchase any properties during the year ended December 31, 2016.

As previously reported in our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 11, 2017 and January 17, 2018, respectively, Sitestar created a wholly owned subsidiary named Mt Melrose, LLC, which currently is engaged in an acquisition of a portfolio of residential and other income-producing real estate in Lexington, Kentucky pursuant to a certain Master Real Estate Asset Purchase Agreement entered into on December 10, 2017 with a like-named seller, Mt. Melrose, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company owned by Jeff Moore, also a Sitestar director. Unlike

EDI Real Estate, LLC which is a legacy business that we do not intend to grow, Mt Melrose is a real estate business that the Company expects will grow significantly over time. Mt Melrose will have its own management team, led by our Chairman, Jeffrey Moore. Mr. Moore has extensive experience acquiring and operating real estate in the Lexington, KY region where Mt Melrose is focused. The Mt Melrose management team will be responsible for growing this business.

Through EDI Real Estate, Held for Investment

Asas of December 31, 2017 and 2016,2019, the Company held nine and eight residential properties asowns a total of eleven units consisting of six units held for investment, respectively. two units held for resale, and three vacant lots held for resale as noted below:

EDI Real Estate

 

December 31, 2019

 

December 31, 2018

 

Units occupied or available for rent

 

6

 

6

 

Vacant units being prepared for rent

 

 

3

 

Total units held for investment

 

6

 

9

 
      

Units held for resale

 

2

 

 

Vacant lots held for resale

 

3

 

3

 

Total units held for resale

 

5

 

3

 

Units held for investment consist of single-family residential rental units.

The leases in effect, as of the year ended December 31, 2017 and 20162019, are based on either annual or multi-year time periods and typically include month-to-month provisions after the completion of the initial term. An outside property management company manages these rental properties on behalf of the Company. The property management company has introduced updated and renewed leases for existing rental properties.

EDI Real Estate

 

December 31, 2019

  

December 31, 2018

 
Total real estate held for investment $484,590  $710,022 
Accumulated depreciation  (104,075)  (107,576)

Real estate held for investment, net

  380,515   602,446 
         
Real estate held for resale $98,910  $40,047 

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Notes

For the year ended December 31, 2019, depreciation expense on the EDI Real Estate portfolio of properties was $22,161. This compares to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

Depreciationdepreciation expense totaled $22,354 for the year ended December 31, 2017,2018, when depreciation expense on the EDI Real Estate portfolio of properties was $21,215.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, one property held for resale was sold for gross proceeds of $95,000. Net proceeds totaled $85,037. This compares to its carrying value of $95,000, which resulted in no gain or loss being recognized on the transaction. This compares to the year ended December 31, 2018, when two residential properties and $28,544one commercial property held for resale were sold for gross proceeds of $88,000. Net proceeds totaled $82,656. This compares to their carrying value of $95,033, which resulted in a loss of $7,033. No properties were purchased during the year ended December 31, 2019 or 2018 for the EDI Real Estate portfolio.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, net impairment adjustments of $26,170 were recorded on real estate held for resale through EDI Real Estate, LLC in order to properly reflect sales activity throughout the year. During the year ended December 31, 2018, an impairment adjustment of $64,038 was recorded to real estate held for resale through EDI Real Estate, LLC in order to properly reflect market value for those properties held during the year.

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Mt Melrose, LLC

Management has determined that the Company no longer has a controlling financial interest in Mt Melrose and is no longer the primary beneficiary as of June 27, 2019. All activity prior to the deconsolidation event has been included on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2016. Total accumulated depreciation2019, under the real estate segment. Simultaneously, as of June 27, 2019, all previously consolidated assets and liabilities of Mt Melrose, LLC have been removed from the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Note that this deconsolidation event is separate from the deconsolidation event that took place on November 1, 2018, related to the change in variable interest reporting. As of December 31, 2018, the Company did have a controlling financial interest in Mt Melrose and was the primary beneficiary. The consolidated Mt Melrose assets as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 totaled $86,361 and $77,955, respectively. 2018, included the following units:

Mt Melrose

December 31, 2018

Units occupied or available for rent

98

Vacant units being prepared for rent

15

Total units - held for investment

113

Residential and commercial units

48

Vacant lots

9

Total units - held for resale57

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, these properties2018, units held for investment consisted of single-family and multi-family residential rental units. The leases in effect for the occupied Mt Melrose units as of December 31, 2018, were based on either annual or multi-year time periods. Month-to-month leases were reserved for special circumstances. Units held for resale consisted of single-family units, multi-family units, commercial properties, and undeveloped lots of land.

As of December 31, 2018, the Mt Melrose portfolio of properties was carried at the following amounts on the accompanying consolidated balance sheetsheets:

Mt Melrose

 

December 31, 2018

 

Total real estate held for investment

 

$

9,049,945

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

 

(159,514

)

Real estate held for investment, net

 

 

8,890,431

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate held for resale

 

$

2,278,865

 

During the period ended June 27, 2019, depreciation expense on the Mt Melrose portfolio of properties totaled $110,978. This compares to the year ended December 31, 2018, when depreciation expense on the Mt Melrose portfolio of properties was $159,514.

No purchases were made during the period ended June 27, 2019. During the year ended December 31, 2018, Mt Melrose purchased a total of 61 properties, outside of the original purchase agreement, for a gross purchase price of $2,585,463. The majority of these purchases resulted in a note payable. 

During the period ended June 27, 2019, Mt Melrose sold nineteen residential properties and five vacant lots for gross proceeds of $775,850. Net proceeds totaled $151,672. This compares to their carrying value of $755,918, which resulted in a net gain of $16,932. During the year ended December 31, 2018, Mt Melrose sold three residential properties consisting of five rental units for gross proceeds of $295,000 and net proceeds of $113,734. This compares to their carrying value of $237,273, which resulted in a net gain of $57,727.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, an impairment adjustment of $126,827 was recorded on a commercial warehouse held for resale in order to properly reflect market value at $616,374 and $506,011, respectively.that time. During the year ended December 31, 2018, an impairment adjustment of $964,743 was recorded to real estate held for resale through Mt Melrose, LLC in order to properly reflect market value for those properties held at the end of the year. This adjustment was the result of 62 properties being transitioned to “held for resale” from “held for investment” as part of a portfolio redirection intended to reduce high-interest debt.

Future Minimum Rental Revenues

The future anticipated minimum rental revenues based on leases in place as of December 31, 20172019, for EDI Real Estate, LLC are as follows:

 

2018

 

$

65,581

 

2019

 

 

6,700

 

Total

 

$

72,281

 

2020

 $34,660 
2021  2,000 

2022

   

Total

 $36,660 

Real Estate Held for Resale

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As of December 31, 2017, the Company held one residential property, one commercial property, and several lots as held for resale. These properties held for resale were carried on the balance sheet at $199,117.

As of December 31, 2016, the Company held 11 residential properties, one commercial property, and several lots as held for resale. These properties held for resale were carried on the balance sheet at $1,399,280.

NOTE 8.10. NOTES PAYABLE

Notes payable at December 31, 20172019 and 20162018, consist of the following:

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Interest bearing amount due on acquisition through HVAC

   Value Fund, LLC

 

$

25,000

 

 

$

250,000

 

Non-interest bearing amount due on acquisition through

   HVAC Value Fund, LLC

 

 

64,804

 

 

 

15,000

 

Interest bearing amount due on line of credit through HVAC Value Fund,

   LLC

 

 

220,485

 

 

 

 

Equipment and vehicle capital leases acquired by HVAC Value Fund,

   LLC

 

 

116,987

 

 

 

 

 

Interest bearing amount due on real estate held for investment through EDI

   Real Estate, LLC

 

 

137,600

 

 

 

 

Less current portion

 

 

(370,802

)

 

 

(240,000

)

Long-term portion

 

$

194,074

 

 

$

25,000

 

  Interest Rates Average Term 

2019

  

2018

 

Interest-bearing amounts due on traditional mortgages on real estate held through Mt Melrose, LLC

 

4.38% - 5.75%

 

14 years

 $  $4,505,139 

Interest-bearing amounts due on hard money loans on real estate held through Mt Melrose, LLC

 

10.00% - 13.00%

 

2 years

     2,379,851 

Interest-bearing amounts due on promissory notes

 

10.00%

 

1 year

     131,279 

Non-interest-bearing amount due on promissory notes

 

0.00%

 

1 year

     218,270 

Equipment and vehicle capital leases and loans acquired by HVAC Value Fund, LLC

 

0.00% - 4.90%

 

5 years

     55,797 

Vehicle loans through HVAC Value Fund, LLC

 

5.99%

 

5 years

     53,638 

Interest-bearing amount due on promissory note through EDI Real Estate, LLC

 

5.60%

 

15 years

  373,425   384,304 

Interest-bearing amount due on real estate held for investment through EDI Real Estate, LLC

 

6.00%

 

5 years

  137,600   137,600 
Less notes related to discontinued operations         (209,436)
Less accrued interest         (134,623)
Less current portion      (11,453)  (1,002,965)

Long-term portion

     $499,572  $6,518,854 

HVAC Value Fund typically structures acquisitions where a portion

The timing of the purchase price is held back and is subject to certain conditions. Thesefuture payments of notes payable may or may not bear interest. HVAC Value Fund made five acquisitions inare as follows as of December 31, 2019:

2020

 $11,453 

2021

  12,181 

2022

  12,891 

2023

  151,242 

2024 and thereafter

  323,258 

Total

 $511,025 

As of December 31, 2019, no lines of credit remain open through the home services segment. The line of credit that existed as of December 31, 2018 through the home services segment was held with Steven L. Kiel, an ENDI director and our principal executive officer. The Company assumed this debt, which was paid off during the year ended December 31, 2016,2019 through the issuance of Company stock. Additional debt held through the home services segment as of December 31, 2018, included loans for various vehicles and one additional acquisition inequipment. Two vehicle loans were entered into during the quarter ended March 31, 2017. Four2018. These loans required monthly payments through May 2023 and held annual interest rates of 5.99%. As of December 31, 2019, all of these loans have been assumed by Rooter Hero, as a result of the five acquisitions made indivestiture of the year ended December 31, 2016, resulted in a note payable to the seller. The acquisition made inhome services segment. See Note 3 for more information.

During the quarter ended March 31, 2017 also resulted in a note payable to the seller. The non-interest-bearing note payable was due July 1, 2017, in the amount of $15,000 and was contingent on meeting a revenue target and other operational conditions. As mentioned in Note 3, the revenue targets and operational conditions were not met, resulting in the note being written off. There were three separate interest-bearing notes payable as of the quarter ended JuneSeptember 30, 2017. The first interest bearing note payable accrues interest at 7% annually. $25,000 was payable on June 16, 2017, and $25,000 is payable on June 16, 2018. These payments are contingent on meeting revenue targets and other operational conditions. The second interest bearing note payable is for $100,000 and bears interest at 6% annually. This note was due July 11, 2017 and was contingent on meeting revenue targets and other operational conditions. As mentioned in Note 3, the revenue targets and operational conditions were not met, resulting in the note being written down. The third interest-bearing note payable was for $100,000 and bears interest at 7% annually. This note was due July 30, 2017, and was contingent on meeting revenue targets and other operational conditions. As mentioned in Note 3, the revenue targets and operational conditions were exceeded, and per the purchase agreement, resulted in an increased payout. The acquisition made in the quarter ended March 31, 2017, also resulted in a $100,000 note payable to the seller. The payment amounts are contingent on meeting quarterly revenue targets.

During the year ended December 31, 2017, EDI Real Estate, LLC, entered intoas a borrower, issued two promissory notes, each secured by a property held for investment. These notes carry annual interest rates of 6%, pay interest quarterly, and are due September 15, 2022, with early payoff permitted.

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Notes Additionally, during the quarter ended September 30, 2018, EDI Real Estate, LLC issued a promissory note secured by additional properties held for investment. This note carries an annual interest rate of 5.6% and fully matures on September 1, 2033, with early payoff permitted. The interest rate on this note is subject to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)change once each five-year period based on an index rate plus a margin of 2.750 percentage points. The index rate is calculated as a monthly average yield on U.S. Treasury Securities, adjusted to a constant maturity of five years.

 

NOTE 9. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND BAD DEBT EXPENSEDuring the quarter ended March 31, 2019, the Company issued a promissory note secured by the commercial warehouse held for resale. The note carried an annual interest rate of 8%, paid interest quarterly, and was due upon successful sale of the warehouse with early payoff permitted. Accordingly, this note was paid off during December 2019, in conjunction with the sale of the warehouse.

For

With respect to outstanding debt secured by the yearsreal properties acquired by Mt Melrose, LLC, these notes began to mature during the quarter ended March 31, 2019, with the last note extending until January 2042. Some of these loans were interest only while others accrued interest that is due in full with a final balloon payment. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, bad2018, the debt expense was $28,986 and $2,537, respectively. The increasesecured by the real properties had varying annual interest rates from 4.375% to 13%. As mentioned in accounts receivable isNote 4, because the resultCompany no longer has a controlling financial interest in Mt Melrose, it no longer consolidates Mt Melrose, LLC’s assets, liabilities (including notes payable), or results of the formationoperations. This results in zero notes payable reported under Mt Melrose, LLC as of the HVAC subsidiary and a seller financing arrangement for a residential property sold duringDecember 31, 2019.

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NOTE 11. SEGMENT INFORMATION

During the year ended December 31, 2017.2019, the Company operated through five business segments with separate management and reporting infrastructures that offer different products and services. The five business segments are as follows: Asset Management Operations, Real Estate Operations, Internet Operations, Home Services Operations, and Other Operations. As of the year ended December 31, 20172019, and 2016, accounts receivable consistedfor all prior periods presented, Home Services Operations are reported as discontinued operations.

In previous periods, the Company reported under the following six business segments: Asset Management, Mt Melrose, HVAC, Internet, Real Estate, and Corporate. In an effort to highlight the direction of the following: Company and increase segment transparency, these historical segments were reorganized during the quarter ended June 30, 2018. Additional reorganizations were made as of January 1, 2019, in order to appropriately reflect the similarities in the Company’s real estate operations. The “Mt Melrose” and legacy “Real Estate” segments are referred to collectively as “Real Estate,” and the “HVAC” segment is referred to as “Home Services.” “Corporate” and other additional investments are combined under “Other Operations.” The “Asset Management” and “Internet” segments remain unchanged. See below for additional information on the activity included in each respective segment report.

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Gross accounts receivable

 

$

399,378

 

 

$

213,624

 

Less allowance for doubtful accounts

 

 

(2,498

)

 

 

(873

)

Accounts receivable, net

 

$

396,880

 

 

$

212,751

 

As mentioned in Note 3, on May 24, 2019, the Company completed a divestiture of its Home Services Operations, via its subsidiary, Specialty Contracting Group, LLC, to an unaffiliated third-party purchaser, Rooter Hero Plumbing, Inc. (“Rooter Hero”). In the transaction, the Company sold and conveyed all of the subsidiary’s personal property and customer lists and records, excluding stock inventory and other current assets. As part of the transaction, Rooter Hero assumed the subsidiary’s obligations under lease and/or loan agreements for all outstanding vehicles and equipment, as well as the obligations to service all of the subsidiary’s remaining customer accounts going forward. The current and comparative results of the home services segment have been reported as discontinued on the accompanying consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019.

 

NOTE 10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIESAs mentioned in Note 4, on June 27, 2019, the Company sold 65% of its membership interest in Mt Melrose, LLC to an unaffiliated third-party purchaser, Woodmont Lexington, LLC.

Leases

Management determined that as of June 27, 2019, the Company no longer has a “controlling financial interest” in Mt Melrose; therefore, the Company no longer consolidates Mt Melrose. All activity prior to the deconsolidation event has been included on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019, under the real estate segment. As of June 27, 2019, all previously consolidated assets and liabilities of Mt Melrose, LLC have been removed from the accompanying consolidated balance sheets for the year ended December 31, 2019.

The Company previously leased certain facilitiesasset management operations segment includes revenues and expenses derived from various joint ventures, service offerings, and initiatives undertaken in the asset management industry. The real estate segment includes revenue and expenses related to the management of properties held for itsinvestment and held for resale through Mt Melrose (prior to the sale of 65% of our equity in Mt Melrose on June 27, 2019) located in Lexington, Kentucky, and revenue and expenses related to the management of legacy properties held for investment and held for resale through EDI Real Estate located in Roanoke, Virginia. The internet segment includes revenue and expenses related to our sale of internet access, hosting, storage, and other ancillary services. The home services segment includes discontinued revenue and expenses derived from our former operation of HVAC and plumbing companies in Arizona. The other segment includes revenue and expenses from nonrecurring or one-time strategic funding or similar activity and any revenue or expenses derived from corporate officesoffice operations, as well as expenses related to public company reporting, the oversight of subsidiaries, and a storage facility from a related party. other items that affect the overall Company.

The Company also previously rented an officeinternet segment includes revenue generated by operations in Chatham, Ontarioboth the United States and Canada. In the year ended December 31, 2019, the internet segment generated revenue of $1,011,407 in the United States and revenue of $54,822 in Canada. Beginning on September 1, 2016,This compares to the Company rents officeyear ended December 31, 2018, where the internet segment generated revenue of $1,101,999 in the United States and warehouse space for HVAC Value Fund, LLC, and beginning on October 10, 2017,revenue of $66,844 in Canada. All assets reported under the Company rents office space for Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC. Total rent expenseinternet segment for the years ended December 31, 20172019 and 2016 was $69,228 and $12,472, respectively. Total rent expense for2018, are located within the Canadian facility forUnited States.

Summarized financial information concerning the year ended December 31, 2016, was $3,000 CAD. This office was not rented at all duringCompany’s reportable segments is shown in the year ended December 31, 2017. Total rent expense for the HVAC office and warehouse spacefollowing tables for the years ended December 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, was $53,473 and $10,251, respectively. Total rent expense for the Willow Oak office space for the year ended December 31, 2017, was $15,755. The HVAC facilities’ leases are in effect until July 31, 2019 and the Willow Oak office lease is in effect until September 30, 2020. The future obligations related to the HVAC facilities and Willow Oak office leases are as follows:2018.

 

2018

 

$

109,955

 

2019

 

 

76,121

 

2020

 

 

48,641

 

Total

 

$

234,717

 

Year Ended December 31, 2019  Asset Management   Real Estate   Internet   Other   Discontinued Operations - Home Services   Consolidated 
                         

Revenues

 $1,773,276  $537,763  $1,066,229  $212,631  $  $3,589,899 

Cost of revenue

     485,459   330,654         816,113 

Operating expenses

  410,226   338,025   223,118   1,101,098      2,072,467 

Other income (expense)

  36,565   (4,712,766)  10,169   96,551      (4,569,481)
Income (loss) from continuing operations  1,399,615   (4,998,487)  522,626   (791,916)     (3,868,162)

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

              (1,510,475)  (1,510,475)
Goodwill        212,445         212,445 

Identifiable assets

 $10,186,353  $556,994  $414,935  $740,934  $428  $11,899,644 

Through the HVAC segment, multiple capital lease obligations were acquired as part of the most recent acquisition that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2017. These obligations include leases on various vehicles and equipment that extend through 2020. The future obligations related to the HVAC capital lease obligations are as follows:

 

2018

 

$

60,647

 

2019

 

 

48,085

 

2020

 

 

8,255

 

Total

 

$

116,987

 

Year Ended December 31, 2018  Asset Management   Real Estate   Internet   Other   Discontinued Operations - Home Services   Consolidated 
                         

Revenues

 $(775,249) $778,657  $1,168,843  $160,492  $  $1,332,743 

Cost of revenue

     450,859   325,234   202,533      978,626 

Operating expenses

  286,283   920,309   241,654   875,527      2,323,773 

Other income (expense)

  41,632   (1,416,257)  35,649   2,673      (1,336,303)
Income (loss) from continuing operations  (1,019,900)  (2,008,768)  637,604   (914,895)     (3,305,959)

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

              (915,163)  (915,163)
Goodwill        212,445         212,445 

Identifiable assets

 $8,496,917  $12,550,571  $430,503  $1,508,601  $1,532,860  $24,519,452 

As previously reported in our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 19, 2016, and December 30, 2016, respectively, on September 19, 2016, the Company announced that it had entered into a letter of intent agreement with Alluvial Capital Management, LLC (“Alluvial Capital”) to make a seed investment through Willow Oak Asset Management in the Alluvial Fund, LP, a private investment partnership that was launched by Alluvial Capital on January 1, 2017 (“Alluvial Fund”). Alluvial Capital acts as the general partner and the Company, through Willow Oak Asset Management, has invested in Alluvial Fund as a limited partner.

The Company agreed to make capital contributions to Alluvial Fund in the aggregate amount of $10 million to be provided over four equal tranches on January 1, 2017, April 1, 2017, July 1, 2017, and October 1, 2017. As of September 30, 2017, the Company satisfied its obligation to provide $10 million in accordance with the contribution schedule.  

On January 1, 2018, pursuant to an amendment to the Alluvial Side Letter Agreement, dated December 15, 2017, Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC withdrew $3,000,000 from its $10,000,000 investment in Alluvial Fund, LP in order to partially fund the first close of the Mt Melrose Transaction.  Under the terms of the amendment to the Alluvial Side Letter Agreement, to the extent that funds withdrawn by Willow Oak are replaced coincidentally by funds from a third party, Willow Oak is no longer subject to the former “lockup” restrictions, which formerly conditioned any withdrawals upon Willow Oak having a $50,000,000 capital account

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

balance. Arquitos Capital Partners, LP, which is managed by our Chief Executive Officer, Steven L. Kiel, simultaneously invested $3,000,000 in Alluvial, to replace the amount withdrawn by Willow Oak. The Arquitos investment into Alluvial counts toward Willow Oak’s seed investment total for purposes of Willow Oak’s agreement with Alluvial.

As previously reported in our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 11, 2017 and January 17, 2018, respectively, Sitestar created a wholly owned subsidiary named Mt Melrose, LLC, which currently is engaged in an acquisition of a portfolio of residential and other income-producing real estate in Lexington, Kentucky pursuant to a certain Master Real Estate Asset Purchase Agreement entered into on December 10, 2017 with a like-named seller, Mt. Melrose, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company owned by Jeff Moore, also a Sitestar director. As set forth in a Form 8-K filed on January 17, 2018, on January 10, 2018, Mt Melrose, LLC, consistent with the terms of the Purchase Agreement, completed a first acquisition from Seller of 44 residential and other income-producing real properties located in Lexington, Kentucky pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.  This first tranche of real properties was acquired for total consideration of $3,814,500, which was payable as follows:

By payment of $500,000 to Seller in cash;

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By Purchaser’s assumption of $1,798,713 of outstanding indebtedness secured by the acquired real properties; and

The balance by issuance to Seller of 15,075,183 shares of the Company’s common stock.

On January 10, 2018, the Mt Melrose purchase entered into a certain Cash Flow Agreement with the Mt Melrose seller (the “Cash Flow Agreement”), pursuant to which, in connection with the parties’ anticipated consummation of all of the real property purchase transactions under the Purchase Agreement described above, the parties have agreed that as of and from and after January 10, 2018,

until such time as the parties consummate the relevant closing as to each real property under the Purchase Agreement, Seller will assign to Purchaser all of the income, rents, receivables, and revenues arising from or issuing out of such real property, and Purchaser will assume Seller’s responsibility for payment of certain of the costs and expenses attributable to such real property.   

Under the Cash Flow Agreement, Purchaser is responsible for Seller’s monthly payments of interest and/or principal under the outstanding debt secured by the real properties; Seller’s real property taxes with respect to the real properties due and attributable to the periods from and after the effective date; and Seller’s ordinary expenses of operating the real properties, actually incurred, to the extent attributable to de minimis repairs, recurring maintenance services, and/or water, electricity, sewer, gas, telephone, or other similar utility charges.  However, the risk of loss and casualty damage with respect to all or any portion of the real properties will continue to be borne by Seller up to and including the actual time of the relevant closing respecting such real property.

Based on the 81 real properties presently outstanding for purchase under the Purchase Agreement, Purchaser presently is obligated under the Cash Flow Agreement for (i) monthly payments of interest and/or principal under the outstanding debt secured by such real properties in the aggregate amount of $40,698 per month, (ii) insurance of $4,619 per month, (iii) estimated annualized obligations for real property taxes with respect to such real properties in the aggregate amount of approximately $60,000 per year, and (iv) ordinary recurring expenses of operating such real properties that are expected to be immaterial in aggregate.

We have no other meaningful long-term debt obligations, purchase obligations, or other long-term liabilities as of December 31, 2017, other than those previously mentioned related to the HVAC and asset management segment.

Litigation

On April 12, 2016, Sitestar filed a civil action complaint against Frank Erhartic, Jr. (the “Former CEO”), the Company’s former CEO and director and currently an owner of record or beneficially of more than five percent of the Company’s Common Stock, alleging, among other things, that the Former CEO engaged in, and caused the Company to engage in to its detriment, a series of unauthorized and wrongful related party transactions, including causing the Company to borrow certain amounts from the Former CEO’s mother unnecessarily and at a commercially unreasonable rate of interest, converting certain funds of the Company for personal rent payments to the Former CEO, commingling in land trusts certain real properties owned by the Company and real properties owned by the Former CEO, causing the Company to pay certain amounts to the Former CEO for lease payments under an unauthorized lease as to a storage facility owned by the Former CEO, causing the Company to pay rent on its corporate headquarters owned by the Former CEO’s ex-wife in amounts commercially unreasonable and excessive and to make real estate tax payments thereon for the personal benefit of the Former CEO, converting to the Former CEO and/or absconding with five motor vehicles owned by the Company, causing the Company to pay real property and personal property taxes on numerous properties owned personally by

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

the Former CEO, causing the Company to pay personal credit card debt of the Former CEO, causing the Company to significantly overpay the Former CEO’s health and dental insurance for the benefit of the Former CEO, and causing the Company to pay the Former CEO’s personal automobile insurance. The Company is seeking, among other relief available, monetary damages in excess of $350,000.  This litigation matter is currently pending in the Circuit Court for the City of Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia).  

NOTE 11. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY12. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Classes of Shares

Leases

As of December 31, 2017,2019, the Company has three leases classified as operating leases and no finance leases. The previously reported finance leases as of the period ended March 31, 2019, were assumed by Rooter Hero as part of the home services divestiture that took place on May 24, 2019. See Note 3 for more information.

The operating leases correspond to the warehouse and office facilities for Specialty Contracting Group, LLC, which did not convey with the divestiture; office space for Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC; and warehouse space for corporate matters. The lease for warehouse space for corporate matters is a short-term lease, under 12 months, and in accordance with ongoing accounting policy elections, the Company does not recognize right-of-use (ROU) assets or lease liabilities for short-term leases. The leases have remaining terms expiring from 2019 through 2021 and a weighted average remaining lease term of 1.2 years. The right-of-use assets and corresponding lease liabilities for the Company’s operating leases are reported separately on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Discount rates used in the calculation of our lease liability was approximately 6.7%. With respect to the leased facilities for Specialty Contracting Group, LLC, possession of the premises was surrendered to the landlord, in connection with the dissolution and winding up of Specialty Contracting Group, in default of that lease. In addition, the Company is the lessor for facility space in New York that it sublets to other tenants; the remaining two subleases of which expired on December 31, 2019.

Lease costs for the year ended December 31, 2019 consisted of the following:

Finance lease costs:

    

Amortization of ROU assets

 $ 

Interest on lease liabilities

   

Operating lease cost

  64,092 

Sublease income

  (28,405)

Total lease costs from continuing operations

  35,687 
Total lease costs from discontinued operations  64,901 
Total lease costs $100,588 

A maturity analysis of our operating leases is as follows:

2020

 $86,380 

2021

  16,634 

2022

   

Total

  103,014 
     

Discount factor

  (6,469)

Lease liability

  96,545 

Less lease liability from discontinuing operations

  (50,110)

Amounts due within 12 months

  (46,435)

Long-term lease liability

 $ 

Other Commitments

As mentioned in Note 4, on June 27, 2019, the Company sold 65% of its membership interest in Mt Melrose, LLC to an unaffiliated third-party purchaser, Woodmont Lexington, LLC. As consideration for the transaction, Woodmont paid the Company $100,000 and agreed to assume full responsibility for the management and operation of Mt Melrose and its real estate portfolio. Under the terms of the parties’ membership interest purchase agreement, the Company agreed to indemnify Woodmont against any losses actually incurred as a result of breaches of the Company’s representations and warranties made under the agreement. To date, Woodmont has made four claims for indemnification under the agreement, all of which have been rejected and disputed by the Company.

Litigation

Enterprise Diversified, Inc. (f/k/a Sitestar Corporation) v. Frank Erhartic, Jr.

On April 12, 2016, the Company filed a civil action complaint against Frank Erhartic, Jr. (the “Former Erhartic CEO”), the Company’s former CEO and director (prior to December 14, 2015) and currently an owner of record or beneficially of more than 5% of the Company’s Common Stock, alleging, among other things, that the Former Erhartic CEO engaged in, and caused the Company to engage in to its detriment, a series of unauthorized and wrongful related party transactions, including causing the Company to borrow certain amounts from the Former Erhartic CEO’s mother unnecessarily and at a commercially unreasonable rate of interest, converting certain funds of the Company for personal rent payments to the Former Erhartic CEO, commingling in land trusts certain real properties owned by the Company and real properties owned by the Former Erhartic CEO, causing the Company to pay certain amounts to the Former Erhartic CEO for lease payments under an unauthorized lease as to a storage facility owned by the Former Erhartic CEO, causing the Company to pay rent on its corporate headquarters owned by the Former Erhartic CEO’s ex-wife in amounts commercially unreasonable and excessive, and to make real estate tax payments thereon for the personal benefit of the Former Erhartic CEO, converting to the Former Erhartic CEO and/or absconding with five motor vehicles owned by the Company, causing the Company to pay real property and personal property taxes on numerous properties owned personally by the Former Erhartic CEO, causing the Company to pay personal credit card debt of the Former Erhartic CEO, causing the Company to significantly overpay the Former Erhartic CEO’s health and dental insurance for the benefit of the Former Erhartic CEO, and causing the Company to pay the Former Erhartic CEO’s personal automobile insurance. The Company is seeking, among other relief available, monetary damages in excess of $350,000. This litigation matter is currently pending in the Circuit Court for the City of Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia).

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Other: Mt Melrose-related Proceedings

Various disputes have arisen and are continuing between the Company and Woodmont Lexington, LLC (“Woodmont”), the entity to whom the Company sold, on June 27, 2019, 65% of the Company’s membership interest in Mt Melrose, LLC (“Mt Melrose”). 
In undertaking a sale of its membership interests in Mt Melrose, the Company had sought to partner with an operator who, in exchange for being granted a substantial equity interest at a significant discount to the amounts the Company had invested in Mt Melrose, would assume full responsibility for the management and operation of Mt Melrose and its real estate portfolio and endeavor in good faith to generate favorable returns inuring to the long-term best interests of the Company and its shareholders.
Shortly following the closing of the Mt Melrose transaction, however, the relationship between the Company and Woodmont soured. Woodmont, by its representative, Tice Brown, unexpectedly proceeded to make numerous claims and demands upon the Company, which the Company determined to be unfounded and frivolous, if not disingenuous to the parties’ understandings. During the year ended December 31, 2019, Woodmont also has submitted three formal claims for indemnification under the parties’ purchase agreement, each of which were considered by the Company and then rejected and disputed in short order as unfounded. An additional claim has been submitted, considered, and disputed subsequent to December 31, 2019.
In addition, Woodmont, acting as the sole manager of Mt Melrose, purported to unilaterally amend and restate as of August 29, 2019 the Mt Melrose limited liability company agreement among the parties, purporting to change the terms of the distribution waterfall the parties had expressly agreed to and purporting to reallocate the parties’ respective interests in Mt Melrose – unilaterally reducing the Company’s percentage membership interest from 35% to 20.8% while increasing Woodmont’s percentage membership interest from 65% to 79.2%. The Company has rejected and disputed these purported changes and Woodmont’s conduct.

In connection with the primary disputes between the Company and Woodmont and following the Company’s Delaware Action (as defined below), on December 5, 2019, Woodmont also filed a verified complaint in the Fayette County, Kentucky Circuit Court against the Company and a third party who was then-under contract with the Company for such party’s purchase of the Company’s warehouse and associated real property located in Lexington, Kentucky – seeWoodmont Lexington, LLC, et al. v. Enterprise Diversified, et al., Fayette Circuit Court, Civil Action No. 19-CI-04304 (the “Kentucky Action”). The Court in the Kentucky Action enjoined the Company and the warehouse purchaser from removing or cleaning out the various items of building materials and salvage owned by Mt Melrose that had been placed in the warehouse premises, and required the Company and the warehouse purchaser to provide rent-free access so that Woodmont and Mt Melrose could realize “full value” on their liquidation of the stored personal property until February 1, 2020. The Company believes that Woodmont’s attempt to hold up the sale of an $850,000 warehouse and property because it wanted to store spare toilets, doors, floor tiles and other residential building materials there, rent free, for more than six months, was disingenuous and intentionally injurious to the Company. On December 27, 2019, the Company filed verified counter-claims in the Kentucky Action against Woodmont, alleging, among other things, Woodmont’s tortious interference with the Company’s business and Woodmont’s unjust enrichment. The Company is seeking, among other relief available against Woodmont, declaratory relief; trial by jury on all issues; money damages, including all special and consequential damages, in amounts to be determined at trial; and the Company’s costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees; together with pre- and post-judgement interest.The parties to the Kentucky Action have recently engaged in settlement negotiations, although they have not been successful. This action remains pending in the Fayette County, Kentucky Circuit Court.

All the while, since the closing of the Mt Melrose transaction, Woodmont, by its representative, Tice Brown, has made repeated “low ball” offers to buy out the Company’s remaining interest in Mt Melrose, insisting that the Company relinquish its Mt Melrose interest in order to avoid further claims and demands and in order to avoid threatened public disparagement (including by way of statements made on various social media by Woodmont’s representative, Tice Brown). All such offers have been rejected or not responded to by the Company, as being unfavorable, undesirable and not in the long-term best interests of the Company and its shareholders.

On January 7, 2020, Woodmont, acting as the sole manager of Mt Melrose, also caused Mt Melrose to distribute a $600,000 cash dividend directly to Woodmont. Woodmont expressly excluded the Company from receiving any portion of this distribution. The Company has rejected and disputed the propriety of this distribution and Woodmont’s conduct.

The Company believes that Woodmont, directly and by its representative, Tice Brown, has engaged, and continues to engage, in intentionally injurious and harassing conduct concerning Mt Melrose that runs counter to the long-term best interests of the Company and its shareholders. Accordingly, as previously reported in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 20, 2019, the Company filed a verified complaint in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware on November 20, 2019, commencing a civil action against Woodmont – seeCivil Action No. 2019-0928-JTL (the “Delaware Action”). The Delaware Action was filed by the Company in response to the repeated claims and demands and injurious conduct by Woodmont and its representative, Tice Brown. On March 9, 2020, the Company filed further an amended verified complaint against Woodmont in the Delaware Action, expanding its claims against Woodmont. The Company is seeking, among other relief available against Woodmont, injunctive, declaratory and equitable relief, and relief for, among other things, Woodmont’s breaches of contract and unjust enrichment, along with attorneys’ fees and expenses. This action remains pending in the Delaware Court of Chancery.

Management intends to vigorously prosecute the Company’s claims, and defend the Company’s rights, against Woodmont and its representative, Tice Brown, in all of these Mt Melrose-related proceedings.

NOTE 13. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Classes of Shares

As of December 31, 2019, the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, authorized 330,000,000as amended, authorize 32,800,000 shares of capital stock of the Company, consisting of 30,000,000 authorized shares of serial preferred stock, which have a par value of $0.001 per share, and 300,000,0002,800,000 authorized shares of common stock, which have a par value of $0.001.$0.125 per share.

On January 10, 2018, the Company received the approval from the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company to amend the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended to date, to increase the authorized shares of Common Stock from Three Hundred Million (300,000,000) shares of Common Stock to Three Hundred Fifty Million (350,000,000) shares of Common Stock. To effectuate the aforesaid amendment, on January 23, 2018, the Company filed its Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company (the “Amendment”) with the Nevada Secretary of State. Following the filing of the Amendment, the aggregate number of shares which the Company shall have the authority to issue is Three Hundred Fifty Million (350,000,000) shares of Common Stock at $0.001 par value, and Thirty Million (30,000,000) shares (unchanged) of Serial Preferred Stock at $0.001 par value.

Preferred Stock

Preferred stock, any series, shall have the powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations, and restrictions as fixed by the Company’s Board of Directors in its sole discretion. As of December 31, 2017,2019, the Company’s Board of DirectorsCompany has not issued any Preferred Stock.preferred stock.

Common Stock

As of January 23,December 31, 2019, 2,566,646 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding.

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NOTE 14. SHARE ADJUSTMENT, CANCELLATION AND SALE OF TREASURY SHARES, AND REVERSE STOCK SPLIT

Cancellation and Sale of Treasury Shares

On May 26, 2018, the Company has 350,000,000 authorizedsigned a stock purchase agreement with an unaffiliated third party to sell 1,633,500 shares of the Company’s common stock held as treasury shares to such party for $0.11036586 per share. The settlement date for the sale was July 31, 2018. The number of shares transferred on the settlement date was adjusted for the Company’s reverse stock split to 13,068 shares. To the extent that this sale of previously registered shares held as treasury shares required an exemption from registration, this sale of shares of common stock of the Company was exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D Rule 506, as a transaction by an issuer not involving a public offering.

On December 30, 2019, the Company completed the cancellation of the remaining 80,506 treasury shares upon resolution from the Board of Directors.

Reverse Stock Split

As previously reported in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 7, 2018, the Board of Directors of the Company previously approved, on March 29, 2018, a reverse stock split of all of the Company’s Common Stock, pursuant to which every 125 shares of Common Stock. AsStock of March 30,the Company were reverse split, reconstituted, and converted into one (1) share of Common Stock of the Company (the “Reverse Stock Split”). To effectuate the aforesaid Reverse Stock Split, the Company previously filed on May 23, 2018, 309,602,004a Certificate of Change Pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) Section 78.209 (the “Certificate of Change”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, with a specified effective filing date of June 1, 2018.

The Company submitted an Issuer Company Related Action Notification regarding the Reverse Stock Split to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) on May 22, 2018. FINRA declared the Reverse Stock Split effective in the marketplace July 23, 2018 (the “FINRA Effective Date”). Accordingly, while the Certificate of Change became effective under Nevada state corporate law on June 1, 2018, the Reverse Stock Split did not become effective as to shareholders or the marketplace until the FINRA Effective Date.

Split Adjustment

On the FINRA Effective Date, the total number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock held by each stockholder converted automatically into the number of whole shares of Common Stock equal to (i) the number of shares of Common Stock held by such stockholder immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split, divided by (ii) one hundred twenty five (125). No fractional shares were issued, and 297,905,346 sharesno cash or other consideration was paid. Rather, any fraction of a share of Common Stock that otherwise would have resulted from the Reverse Stock Split were outstanding. As of December 31, 2017, 294,526,821 shares were issued and 282,830,163 shares were outstanding. This comparesrounded up to the year ended December 31, 2016, when 204,152,616next whole share of Common Stock. That is, stockholders who otherwise would have been entitled to receive fractional shares because they held a number of pre-Reverse Stock Split shares of the Company’s Common Stock not evenly divisible by one hundred twenty five (125), had the number of post-Reverse Stock Split shares of the Company’s Common Stock to which they were issuedentitled rounded up to the next whole number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock. Stockholders’ equity and 190,230,163all references to share and per-share amounts in the accompanying consolidated financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split for all periods presented.

Ownership Unchanged

Immediately after the Reverse Stock Split, each stockholder’s percentage ownership interest in the Company and proportional voting power remained unchanged except for minor adjustments resulting from the Company’s election to round up any fraction of a share of Common Stock that otherwise would have resulted from the Reverse Stock Split. The rights and privileges of the holders of shares of Common Stock of the Company were outstanding.substantially unaffected by the Reverse Stock Split.

Capitalization

Immediately prior to the Certificate of Change becoming effective, the aggregate number of shares which the Company had the authority to issue was three hundred fifty million (350,000,000) shares of Common Stock at $.001 par value, and thirty million (30,000,000) shares of Serial Preferred Stock at $.001 par value. As a result of the Certificate of Change and Reverse Stock Split, the aggregate number of shares which the Company has the authority to issue is two million eight hundred thousand (2,800,000) shares of Common Stock at $.125 par value, and thirty million (30,000,000) shares (unchanged) of Serial Preferred Stock at $.001 par value. 

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NOTE 12.15. INCOME TAXES

The provision for federal and state income taxes for the years ended December 31, 20172019 and 20162018 included the following:

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2019

  

2018

 

Current benefit (provision):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Federal

 

$

 

 

$

 

 $  $ 

State

 

 

 

 

 

 

      

Deferred provision:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred benefit:

        

Federal

 

 

1,271,323

 

 

 

16,047

 

  1,097,146   1,262,452 

State

 

 

(4,310

)

 

 

30,535

 

  95,202   322,027 

Valuation allowance

 

 

(1,267,013

)

 

 

(46,582

)

  (1,192,348)  (1,584,479)

Total income tax provision

 

$

 

 

$

 

 $  $ 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

Deferred tax assets and liabilities reflect the net effect of temporary differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities used for income tax purposes. Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 20172019 and 20162018 are as follows:

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2019

  

2018

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Carrying value differences

 

$

574,993

 

 

$

1,092,769

 

 $232,030  $498,863 

Net operating loss carryforward

 

 

697,681

 

 

 

803,637

 

  2,927,848   1,333,361 

Tax credits

 

 

6,250

 

 

 

 

  6,250   6,250 

Other

 

 

827

 

 

 

608

 

      

Subtotal

 

 

1,279,751

 

 

 

1,897,014

 

  3,166,128   1,838,474 

Valuation allowance

 

 

(948,917

)

 

 

(1,897,014

)

  (2,732,064)  (1,539,716)

Net deferred tax assets

 

 

330,834

 

 

 

 

  434,064   298,758 

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Net deferred tax liabilities

 

 

(330,834

)

 

 

 

Net unrealized gains on appreciated investments

  (434,064)  (298,758)

Net deferreds

 

$

 

 

$

 

 $  $ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASC 740

GAAP provides for the recognition of deferred tax assets if realization of such assets is more likely than not. Based on the weight of available evidence, which includes the Company’s historical operationoperational performance and the reported cumulative losses in the three-year period preceding 2017,2019, the Company has provided a full valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets.

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted comprehensive The deferred tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”). The Tax Act makes broad and complex changes to the U.S. tax codeliability results from gains on appreciated investments that affects 2017, including,are realized for financial accounting purposes but not limited to, accelerated depreciation that will allow for full expensing of qualified property. The Tax Act also establishes new tax laws that will affect 2018 and after, including a reduction in the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%.purposes.

On December 22, 2017, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”), which provides guidance on accounting for the tax effects of the Tax Act. SAB 118 provides a measurement period that should not extend beyond one year from the Tax Act enactment date for companies to complete the accounting under ASC 740, Income Taxes. In accordance with SAB 118, a company must reflect the income tax effects of those aspects of the Tax Act for which the accounting under ASC 740 is complete. To the extent that a company’s accounting for certain income tax effects of the Tax Act is incomplete, but it is able to determine a reasonable estimate, it must record a provisional estimate in the financial statements.

As a result of the reduction of the federal corporate income tax rate, we have revalued our net deferred tax asset, excluding after tax credits, as of December 31, 2017. As of December 31, 2017, this revaluation continues to be offset by a full valuation allowance.

As of December 31, 2017,2019, the Company had federal net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $2.8$11.8 million and state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $2.2 million.$10.0 million. These carryforwards will expire in various amounts beginning in 2032. Internal Revenue Code Section 382 limits the use of net operating loss carryforwards in certain situations where changes occur in the stock ownership of a company. The Company believes that an ownership change did occur in August 2016. Net operating losses that arose prior to that ownership change will have limited availability to offset taxable income arising in periods following the ownership change. The Company has analyzed this issue and management believes that the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards will not expire unutilized.

The Company is required to recognize in the financial statements the impact of a tax position, if that position is not more likely than not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. The Company’s policy is to record interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. AtThe unrecognized tax benefit was $0 as of December 31, 2017, there was no liability for unrecognized tax benefits.2019. The Company does not expect that its uncertain tax positions will materially change in the next twelve12 months. No liability related to uncertain tax positions is recorded on the financial statements related to uncertain tax positions.

The Company operates in various tax jurisdictions and is subject to audit by various tax authorities. To the extent of the Company’s tax loss carryovers, the Company’s federal and state tax returns will be subject to examination by the tax authorities from the earliest years in which such tax attributes arise. While the amount of those tax loss carryovers continues to be subject to adjustment, any assessment of additional tax for those prior years is generally barred, except for the three most recent years (federal) or four most recent years (state). Tax contingencies are based upon their technical merits, relative law, and the specific facts and circumstances as of each reporting period. Changes in facts and circumstances could result in material changes to the amounts recorded for such tax contingencies.

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NOTE 13. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Former CEO

As of the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company previously purported to lease its office building in Lynchburg, Virginia, from the Former CEO of the Company. Public records indicate that the owner of this property from at least January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2015, was the Former CEO’s ex-wife. The Company has filed a lawsuit against the Former CEO in order to recover, among other amounts, the payments made to the Former CEO. Additional information on this lawsuit can be found in Note 10. The Company vacated the building as of January 15, 2016.

The Company also leased a storage facility in Salem, Virginia, from the Former CEO. The Company is attempting to recover the payments made to the Former CEO related to this facility. The lease was not approved by the process required by the Company’s Code of Ethics. The Former CEO has refused to provide access to the storage facility to the management and has not returned Company-owned equipment located at the storage facility. The value of this equipment is also included in the lawsuit. Additional information can be found in Note 10.

The Company paid a total of $56,100 in rent to the Former CEO related to the office building in Lynchburg, Virginia, and the storage facility in Salem, Virginia, for the year ended December 31, 2015.

The Former CEO created several land trusts and designated the Company as the trustee. The Former CEO and, the Company believes, the Former CFO placed personally owned properties within these land trusts. This activity was not approved by the process required by the Company’s Code of Ethics. This activity is the subject of litigation involving the Former CEO. Additional information can be found in Note 10.

Bonhoeffer Fund, LP

The Company’s subsidiary, Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC, signed a fee share agreement on June 13, 2017, with Coolidge Capital Management, LLC (“Coolidge”), whose sole member is Keith D. Smith, also a Sitestar director. Under the agreement, Willow Oak and Coolidge are the sole members of Bonhoeffer Capital Management LLC, the general partner to Bonhoeffer Fund, LP, a private investment partnership. Under their agreement, Willow Oak pays all start-up and operating expenses that are not partnership expenses under the limited partnership agreement. Willow Oak receives 50% of all performance and management fees earned by the general partner.

Mt Melrose Transaction

On December 10, 2017, the Company entered into a certain Master Real Estate Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Mt. Melrose, LLC (“Seller”), a Kentucky limited liability company that is engaged in the business of owning and managing a portfolio of residential and other income-producing real estate in Lexington, Kentucky. As previously reported, Seller is owned by Jeffrey I. Moore, Chairman of the Board of the Company. In accordance with its charter, the Company’s audit committee unanimously approved this related party transaction.

Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company, through a newly formed company subsidiary wholly owned by the Company (the “Purchaser”), will acquire, in a series of closings, substantially all of the business assets of the Seller. The assets primarily consist of 122 residential properties currently owned by the Seller and an undetermined number of additional residential properties under contract for purchase by Seller, along with Seller’s rights and ongoing obligations, as lessor/landlord, under all leases covering such real properties. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Purchaser will assume, as of each closing, any outstanding indebtedness secured by the real properties then being conveyed at such closing. As of November 30, 2017, the real properties, all together, secured indebtedness having an aggregate principal balance of approximately $4,883,736.  

The aggregate purchase price to be paid to Seller is approximately $8,448,700, subject to adjustments to reflect (i) any additional real properties acquired by Seller after the date of the Purchase Agreement and to be purchased by the Company, (ii) proration of such items as are customarily prorated at the time of each closing and (iii) any mutually agreed-upon reductions to the purchase price of one or more of the real properties negotiated between the parties following the Company’s due diligence investigation thereof or following any casualty loss, eminent domain, or condemnation affecting such property. $500,000 of the purchase price will be payable to Seller in cash, and the balance of the purchase price will be payable by (i) Purchaser’s assumption of the outstanding indebtedness secured by the real properties then being conveyed, as described above, and (ii) the Company’s issuance to Mr. Moore of restricted shares of the Company’s common stock (that will be exempt from registration pursuant to the provisions of

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

Section 4(2) and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933), subject to Seller’s right to receive cash in lieu thereof.  Portions of the purchase price will be paid at each closing, in such amounts as the parties may mutually agree to attribute and allocate to the specific assets being conveyed at such closing.

Under the Purchase Agreement, the parties agreed to finalize as soon as reasonably practicable a mutually acceptable schedule of closings and the specific assets to be conveyed at each such closing; provided, however, no closing as to any of the assets will be scheduled to occur later than June 10, 2019.  

Each closing is subject to customary conditions precedent, including, without limitation, the parties’ respective customary representations and warranties made under the Purchase Agreement being true and correct as of the time of such closing, the parties having obtained any regulatory approvals necessary for consummation of the closing, and each party having delivered, respectively, customary instruments of transfer and assignment and assumption and other items specified in the Purchase Agreement. 

The Purchase Agreement provided, further, as a condition precedent to Seller’s obligation to any of the closings thereunder, that, prior to the first closing, the Company or Purchaser and Mr. Moore shall have entered into a definitive employment agreement pursuant to which Mr. Moore will be employed as the President of Purchaser. Mr. Moore and the Purchaser entered into an employment agreement on January 10, 2018.

The transactions contemplated under the Purchase Agreement are referred to herein as the “Mt. Melrose Transaction.” The description of the Purchase Agreement above is a summary of certain of its material terms, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference, including for other terms and conditions of the Mt. Melrose Transaction, to the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.5 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Mt. Melrose Transaction was considered and approved on December 1, 2017, by each of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company and the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Moore did not participate in discussions of the Audit Committee or the Board about whether to approve the Mt. Melrose Transaction and abstained from voting on the Mt. Melrose Transaction at both meetings. In each case, it was considered that Mr. Moore is an interested Director of the Company and that the Mt. Melrose Transaction is a related party transaction. In each case it also was determined, among other things, that, notwithstanding that Mr. Moore is an interested Director of the Company, the Mt. Melrose Transaction is beneficial and fair to the Company and is on terms not less favorable to the Company than those that prevail in arms-length transactions with third parties. 

Mt Melrose First Close

On January 10, 2018, the Purchaser, Mt Melrose, LLC, a newly organized Delaware limited liability company subsidiary wholly owned by the Company, completed a first acquisition from Seller of 44 residential and other income-producing real properties located in Lexington, Kentucky, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. This first tranche of real properties was acquired for total consideration of $3,814,500, which was payable as follows:

by payment of $500,000 to Seller in cash;

by Purchaser’s assumption of $1,798,713 of outstanding indebtedness secured by the acquired real properties and relevant de minimis prorated expenses; and

the balance by issuance to Seller of 15,075,183 shares of the Company’s common stock, all in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement.  

As a result of this first closing under the Purchase Agreement, Purchaser assumed $1,798,713 of outstanding indebtedness secured by the acquired real properties, along with all of Seller’s rights and ongoing obligations, as lessor/landlord, under all leases covering the acquired real properties. In connection with the Company’s organization of Purchaser and this first closing under the Purchase Agreement, the Purchaser has appointed Mr. Moore to serve as its President. Presently, 81 additional real properties are outstanding for purchase under the Purchase Agreement.

Mt Melrose Cash Flow Agreement

On Wednesday, January 10, 2018, Purchaser entered into a certain Cash Flow Agreement with Seller (the “Cash Flow Agreement”), pursuant to which, in connection with the parties’ anticipated consummation of all of the real property purchase

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transactions under the Purchase Agreement described above, the parties have agreed that as of and from and after January 10, 2018, until such time as the parties consummate the relevant closing as to each real property under the Purchase Agreement, Seller will assign to Purchaser all of the income, rents, receivables, and revenues arising from or issuing out of such real property, and Purchaser will assume Seller’s responsibility for payment of certain of the costs and expenses attributable to such real property.    

Under the Cash Flow Agreement, Purchaser is responsible for Seller’s monthly payments of interest and/or principal under the outstanding debt secured by the real properties; Seller’s real property taxes with respect to the real properties due and attributable to the periods from and after the effective date; and Seller’s ordinary expenses of operating the real properties, actually incurred, to the extent attributable to de minimis repairs, recurring maintenance services, and/or water, electricity, sewer, gas, telephone, or other similar utility charges.  However, the risk of loss and casualty damage with respect to all or any portion of the real properties will continue to be borne by Seller up to and including the actual time of the relevant closing respecting such real property.

Based on the 81 real properties presently outstanding for purchase under the Purchase Agreement, Purchaser presently is obligated under the Cash Flow Agreement for (i) monthly payments of interest and/or principal under the outstanding debt secured by such real properties in the aggregate amount of $40,698 per month, (ii) insurance of $4,619 per month, (iii) estimated annualized obligations for real property taxes with respect to such real properties in the aggregate amount of approximately $60,000 per year, and (iv) ordinary recurring expenses of operating such real properties that are expected to be immaterial in aggregate. 

The description of the Cash Flow Agreement above is a summary of certain of its material terms, does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Cash Flow Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.6 and is incorporated herein by reference.

NOTE 14. SEGMENT INFORMATION

As of December 31, 2017, the Company has five reportable segments with separate management and reporting infrastructures that offer different products and services: Corporate, Internet, HVAC, Real Estate, and Asset Management.

The corporate segment includes any revenue or expenses derived from corporate office operations, as well as expenses related to public company reporting, the oversight of subsidiaries, and other items that affect the overall Company. Sitestar also invests in marketable securities through the corporate segment. The internet segment includes revenue and expenses related to the sale of internet access, hosting, storage, and other ancillary services. The HVAC segment includes revenue and expenses derived from the acquisition and management of HVAC and plumbing companies in Arizona. The real estate segment includes revenue and expenses related to the management of properties held for investment and revenue and expenses involving the preparation and sale of properties held for resale. The asset management segment includes revenues and expenses derived from various investment opportunities and partnerships.

The internet segment includes revenue generated by customers in both the United States and Canada. In the year ended December 31, 2017, the internet segment generated revenue of $1,205,281 in the United States and revenue of $82,127 in Canada. This compares to the year ended December 31, 2016, where the internet segment generated revenue of $1,312,444 in the United States and revenue of $102,845 in Canada.

Summarized financial information concerning the Company’s reportable segments is shown in the following tables for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. No comparable financial information exists for the asset management segment because it did not commence operations until January 1, 2017. Also note that the HVAC segment did not commence operations until June 14, 2016.

 

 

Corporate

 

 

Internet

 

 

HVAC

 

 

Real Estate

 

 

Asset Management

 

 

Consolidated

 

Year ended December 31, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

$

 

 

$

1,287,408

 

 

$

4,294,904

 

 

$

1,239,992

 

 

$

2,271,747

 

 

$

9,094,051

 

Cost of revenue

 

$

 

 

$

304,719

 

 

$

2,961,874

 

 

$

1,317,388

 

 

$

 

 

$

4,583,981

 

Net income (loss) before income taxes

 

$

(597,225

)

 

$

782,313

 

 

$

(106,701

)

 

$

(100,693

)

 

$

2,164,221

 

 

$

2,141,915

 

Goodwill

 

$

 

 

$

212,445

 

 

$

1,779,549

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,991,994

 

Identifiable assets

 

$

144,869

 

 

$

485,757

 

 

$

2,585,933

 

 

$

1,057,357

 

 

$

13,042,887

 

 

$

17,316,803

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)16. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Former CEO, Erhartic

 

 

Corporate

 

 

Internet

 

 

HVAC

 

 

Real Estate

 

 

Consolidated

 

Year ended December 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

$

 

 

$

1,415,289

 

 

$

1,477,961

 

 

$

2,081,996

 

 

$

4,975,246

 

Cost of revenue

 

$

 

 

$

369,514

 

 

$

987,221

 

 

$

2,165,020

 

 

$

3,521,755

 

Net income (loss) before income taxes

 

$

(754,708

)

 

$

822,224

 

 

$

(78,843

)

 

$

(96,311

)

 

$

(107,638

)

Goodwill

 

$

 

 

$

212,445

 

 

$

1,341,300

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,553,745

 

Identifiable assets

 

$

5,004,655

 

 

$

622,431

 

 

$

2,234,564

 

 

$

1,979,582

 

 

$

9,841,232

 

 

NOTE 15. ADJUSTMENT TO OPENING BALANCE NUMBER OF SHARES AND CANCELLATION OF TREASURY SHARES

During the quarter ended March 31, 2017, management was made aware of a clerical error that affected the reported number of treasury shares held as of December 31, 2016. It was discovered that the number of treasury shares held was overstated by 100,000 shares, which in turn understated the total number of shares outstanding by the same amount. The Company has concluded that a full restatement is not necessary as the total misstatement accounts for 0.035% of the total number of shares outstanding and no per share metrics were affected. This error dates back to records kept by prior management but has since been reconciled and corrected.  Further, management is actively working to cancel existing treasury shares. As noted on the condensed consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity, as of the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company previously purported to lease its office building in Lynchburg, Virginia, from the Former CEO, Frank Erhartic, of the Company. Public records indicate that the owner of this property from at least January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2015, was the Former CEO’s ex-wife. The Company has filed a lawsuit against the Former CEO, Erhartic, in order to recover, among other amounts, the payments made to the Former CEO. Additional information on this lawsuit can be found in Note 12. The Company vacated the building as of January 15, 2016.

The Company also leased a storage facility in Salem, Virginia, from the Former CEO, Erhartic. The Company is attempting to recover the payments made to the Former CEO related to this facility. The lease was not approved by the process required by the Company’s Code of Ethics. The Former CEO has refused to provide access to the storage facility to management and has not returned Company-owned equipment located at the storage facility. The value of this equipment is also included in the lawsuit. Additional information can be found in Note 12.

The Former CEO, Erhartic, created several land trusts and designated the Company as the trustee. The Former CEO and, the Company believes, the Former CFO placed personally owned properties within these land trusts. This activity was not approved by the process required by the Company’s Code of Ethics. This activity is the subject of litigation involving the Former CEO, Erhartic. Additional information can be found in Note 12.

Bonhoeffer Fund, LP

The Company’s subsidiary, Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC, signed a fee share agreement on June 13, 2017, 2,125,795 treasury shares have been cancelled.

Aswith Coolidge Capital Management, LLC (“Coolidge”), whose sole member is Keith D. Smith, also an ENDI director. Willow Oak is the sole member of March 30,Bonhoeffer Capital Management LLC, the general partner to Bonhoeffer Fund, LP, a private investment partnership. Under their agreement, Willow Oak pays all start-up and operating expenses that are not partnership expenses under the limited partnership agreement. Willow Oak receives 50% of all performance and management fees earned by the general partner. During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the correct numberCompany earned $38,599 and $26,196, respectively, of shares outstandingrevenue through this Bonhoeffer Fund arrangement.

Willow Oak Capital Management, LLC

On August 1, 2018, Willow Oak, through a wholly-owned Company subsidiary, Willow Oak Capital Management, LLC (“Willow Oak Capital Management”), launched a newly organized private investment partnership, Willow Oak Select Fund, LP (“Select Fund”). Willow Oak Capital Management served as the general partner of Select Fund. During the year ended December 31, 2018, Willow Oak Capital Management entered into fee share arrangements related to the Select Fund initiative with each of the following related party funds or managers: (i) Steven Kiel, a director of the Company, pursuant to a fee share agreement dated June 25, 2018; (ii) JDP Capital Management, LLC, pursuant to a fee share agreement dated June 15, 2018 (the counterparty was affiliated with Jeremy Deal, a director of the Company); and (iii) Coolidge Capital Management, LLC, pursuant to a fee share agreement dated June 25, 2018 (the counterparty was affiliated with Keith Smith, a director of the Company). These related party transactions were considered and approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, acting unanimously, on May 19, 2018. However, Select Fund ultimately dissolved in June 2019 so that other joint ventures and partnerships could be pursued, and these related party arrangements terminated accordingly. During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company earned $1,521 and $610, respectively, of revenue through this Select Fund arrangement.

Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC

On October 1, 2017, Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC entered into sub-lease agreements with Arquitos Capital Management, LLC, which is 297,905,346,managed by our director and principal executive officer, Steven L. Kiel, JDP Capital Management, LLC, which is managed by our director and vice-chairman, Jeremy K. Deal, and B.E. Capital Management, LLC, which is managed by our director, Thomas Braziel. At the correct numbercommencement of treasury shares heldthe sub-lease arrangement, neither Jeremy K. Deal nor Tomas Braziel met the criteria for a related party. Upon Jeremy K. Deal’s board appointment on April 3, 2018 and Thomas Braziel’s appointment on May 5, 2019, the sub-lease arrangements qualify as related party transactions. During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company earned $28,405 and $41,632, respectively, of sub-lease revenue through these arrangements. Willow Oak’s sub-lease agreement with Arquitos Capital Management, LLC expired on October 31, 2018, and as of December 31, 2019, the remaining two sub-lease arrangements have also expired.

On November 1, 2018, Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC entered into a fund management services agreement with Arquitos Investment Manager, LP, which is 11,696,658.managed by our director and principal executive officer, Steven L. Kiel, to provide Arquitos with Willow Oak Fund Management Services (“FMS”) consisting of the following services: investor relations, marketing, administration, legal, accounting and bookkeeping, annual audit coordination, and liaison to third-party service providers. As considerations for the services, Arquitos pays Willow Oak a fixed monthly fee and a performance-based fee. During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company earned $100,461 and $17,614, respectively, of revenue through this fund management services arrangement.

Mt Melrose Transaction

The Company’s and its Mt Melrose subsidiary’s transactions with Old Mt. Melrose and Jeffrey I. Moore, a former director of the Company, were related party transactions and are set out in Notes 5 and 9, respectively.

NOTE 16.17. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Mt Melrose Transaction

On January 10, 2018,Management has evaluated all subsequent events from December 31, 2019, through March 30, 2020, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Mt Melrose LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, completeddate the first close underconsolidated financial statements were issued. Management concluded that no subsequent events have occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the Mt. Melrose Transaction, and entered into the Cash Flow Agreement with the Seller. Each is more fully described in NOTE 13 Related Party Transactions.consolidated financial statements.

Alluvial Fund, LP

On January 1, 2018, pursuant to an amendment to the Alluvial Side Letter Agreement, dated December 15, 2017, Willow Oak Asset Management, LLC withdrew $3,000,000 from its $10,000,000 investment in Alluvial Fund, LP in order to partially fund the first close of the Mt Melrose Transaction.  Under the terms of the amendment to the Alluvial Side Letter Agreement, to the extent that funds withdrawn by Willow Oak are replaced coincidentally by funds from a third party, Willow Oak is no longer subject to the former “lockup” restrictions, which formerly conditioned any withdrawals upon Willow Oak having a $50,000,000 capital account balance. Arquitos Capital Partners, LP, which is managed by our Chief Executive Officer, Steven L. Kiel, simultaneously invested $3,000,000 in Alluvial, to replace the amount withdrawn by Willow Oak. The Arquitos investment into Alluvial counts toward Willow Oak’s seed investment total for purposes of Willow Oak’s agreement with Alluvial.

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