Real Estate Disclosure [Text Block] | (4) Real Estate Investments – On January 17, 2020, the Company purchased an additional 27% interest in the PetSmart store in Gonzales, Louisiana for $831,455 from AEI Income & Growth Fund 24 LLC (“Fund 24”), an affiliate of the Company. The purchase price of the property interest was based upon the property’s fair market value as determined by an independent, third-party, commercial property appraiser. The property interest became available because Fund 24 is in the process of liquidating its property portfolio. The Company now owns 100% of the PetSmart property. The annual rent for the additional 27% interest that was purchased is $66,468. The Company owns a 60% interest in a former Sports Authority store in Wichita, Kansas. On March 2, 2016, the tenant, TSA Stores, Inc., and its parent company, The Sports Authority, Inc., the guarantor of the lease, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. In June 2016, the tenant filed a motion with the bankruptcy court to reject the lease for this store effective June 30, 2016, at which time the tenant returned possession of the property to the owners. As of June 30, 2020, the tenant owed $29,049 of past due rent, which was not accrued for financial reporting purposes. The owners listed the property for lease with a real estate broker in the Wichita area. While the property was vacant, the Company was responsible for its 60% share of real estate taxes and other costs associated with maintaining the property. On September 21, 2017, the Company entered into a lease agreement with a primary term of 10 years with Biomat USA, Inc. (“Biomat”) as a replacement tenant for 28% of the square footage of the property. The tenant operates a Biomat USA Plasma Center in the space. The Company’s 60% share of annual rent, which commenced on June 18, 2018, is $55,607. Biomat agreed to pay for the costs to divide the building into two separate spaces, the costs of tenant improvements to remodel the Biomat space and 28% of the cost to replace the roof. On August 27, 2019, the Company entered into a lease agreement with a primary term of 10 years with BigTime Fun Center, LLC as a replacement tenant for 57% of the square footage of the property. The tenant will operate an indoor sports entertainment center in the space. The Company’s 60% share of annual rent, which commenced on February 23, 2020, is $117,000. As part of the agreement, the Company will pay a tenant improvement allowance of $96,000 when certain conditions are met by the tenant. During the first quarter of 2020, the Company agreed to extend the rent commencement date to June 1, 2020. As part of the agreement, the tenant agreed to convert the tenant improvement allowance to a ten month rent abatement. In September 2019, the Company paid $49,140 to a real estate broker for its 60% share of the lease commission due as part of the lease transaction. This amount was capitalized and will be amortized over the term of the lease. In January 2019, the Company decided to sell the Tractor Supply Company store in Yankton, South Dakota. In March 2019, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the property to an unrelated third party. On May 22, 2019, the sale closed with the Company receiving net proceeds of $1,586,787, which resulted in a net gain of $338,843. At the time of sale, the cost and related accumulated depreciation was $2,265,936 and $1,017,992, respectively. The Company owned a 27% interest in a Dick’s Sporting Goods store in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The remaining interests in the property were owned by three affiliates of the Company. On January 31, 2019, the lease term ended, and the tenant returned possession of the property to the owners. While the property was vacant, the Company was responsible for its 27% share of real estate taxes and other costs associated with maintaining the property. The owners listed the property for lease with a real estate broker in the Fredericksburg area. The annual rent from this property represented approximately 10% of the total annual rent of the Company’s property portfolio. The loss of rent and increased expenses related to this property decreased the Company’s cash flow. Based on its long-lived asset valuation analysis, the Company determined the former Dick’s Sporting Goods store was impaired. As a result, in the first quarter of 2019, the Company recognized real estate impairment of $611,623 to decrease the carrying value to the estimated fair value of $972,000. The charge was recorded against the cost of the land and building. In March 2019, the Company entered into an agreement with the tenant of the Jared Jewelry store in Auburn Hills, Michigan to extend the lease term five years to end on December 31, 2024. As part of the agreement, the annual rent decreased from $186,074 to $158,340 effective January 1, 2020. In March 2020, the Company entered into an agreement with the tenant of the Jared Jewelry store in Aurora, Illinois to extend the lease term five years to end on April 30, 2025. As part of the agreement, the annual rent decreased from $370,686 to $235,989 effective May 1, 2020. In January 2020, the Company entered into an agreement to sell its 21% interest in the Jared Jewelry store in Madison Heights, Michigan to an unrelated third party. On March 4, 2020, the sale closed with the Company receiving net proceeds of $681,729, which resulted in a net gain of $165,255. At the time of sale, the cost and related accumulated depreciation was $852,592 and $336,118, respectively. At December 31, 2019, the property was classified as Real Estate Held for Sale with a carrying value of $516,474. On July 31, 2020, the Company purchased a 50% interest in a Talecris plasma facility in Dallas, Texas for $2,697,450. The property is leased to Talecris Plasma Resources, Inc. under a lease agreement with a remaining primary term of 8.1 years (as of the date of purchase) and annual rent of $182,035. The remaining interest in this property was purchased by AEI Income & Growth Fund XXII Limited Partnership, an affiliate of the Company. The Company owns a 72% interest in a Staples store in Clermont, Florida. The remaining interest in the property is owned by an affiliate of the Company. On July 17, 2020, the lease term ended, and the tenant returned possession of the property to the owners. While the property is vacant, the Company is responsible for its 72% share of real estate taxes and other costs associated with maintaining the property. The owners have listed the property for lease with a real estate broker in the Clermont area. The annual rent from this property represented approximately 10% of the total annual rent of the Company’s property portfolio. The loss of rent and increased expenses related to this property will decrease the Company’s cash flow. |