The non-cash investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 were $1,455,777 in restricted cash that was released upon the repayment of the Clemson Best Western Property mortgage payable and $269,246 in capital expenditures which were incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, but which were accrued and unpaid as of September 30, 2022. The non-cash investing activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, that did not affect our cash provided by investing activities, was the transfer of investment properties, net, to assets held for sale, net of $9,683,555 and the transfer of other assets to investment properties, net, of $384,882.
Financing Activities
During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, our cash provided by financing activities was $6,835,531 compared to cash provided by financing activities of $17,079,229 during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, a decrease in cash provided by financing activities of $10,243,698. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, financing activities generated $18,477,304 in net proceeds from mortgages payable and $1,538,887 in net proceeds, after issuance costs, from common stock issuances under our SEPA (see above), offset by cash used in financing activities, including dividends and distributions of $1,116,660, mortgage debt principal payments of $11,692,557 (including $10,962,483 of cash used to refinance the Lancer Center and Greenbrier Business Center properties and $730,074 in normal, monthly principal payments for our company’s other mortgages), repurchases of our company’s common stock of $286,543, including costs and fees and $84,900 in lender fees associated with the repayment of the Clemson Best Western Property mortgage payable at the closing of its sale on September 29, 2022.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, financing activities generated $10,826,920 in net proceeds, after issuance costs, from a common stock issuance, net proceeds, after loan issuance costs, from a new mortgage payable associated with the Lancer Center acquisition of $6,421,870, and net proceeds, after issuance costs, from the closing of the third tranche of our convertible debentures of $1,305,000. Cash used in financing activities included repayment of a line of credit, short term, of $325,000, funds for mortgage debt principal payments associated with the Hanover Square Property, Ashley Square Property, Brookfield Center Property and Lancer Center Property of $437,662, and dividends and distributions of $711,899 during the nine months ended September 30, 2021.
There were no non-cash financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2022. Non-cash financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, that did not affect our cash provided by financing activities were the conversion of convertible debentures and accrued interest totaling $5,058,788 into common stock, the transfer of the mortgage payable, net, of $7,592,931, for the Clemson Best Western Property from mortgages payable, net, to mortgages payable, net, associated with assets held for sale on our condensed consolidated balance sheets, the assumption of the mortgage payable, net, from the seller of the Greenbrier Business Center Property, and the $176,300 forgiveness of the Hampton Inn Property’s note payable under the SBA PPP loan program.
Future Liquidity Needs
Liquidity for general operating needs and our company’s investment properties is generally provided by the rental receipts from our retail properties and flex center property, and revenues from our hotel properties. Liquidity for growth (acquisition of new investment properties) will be provided by raising additional investment capital. In addition, our company continually reviews and evaluates its outstanding mortgages payable for refinancing opportunities. While some of our mortgages payable are not pre-payable, some mortgages payable may present opportunities for refinancing.
The primary, non-operating liquidity need of our company is $176,535 to pay the dividends and distributions to common shareholders and operating partnership unit holders, and $100,000 to pay the dividends to holders of our mandatorily redeemable preferred stock that were declared on October 4, 2022 and payable October 20, 2022 to holders of record on October 17, 2022, and $1,090,492 in principal payments due on its mortgages payable during the 12 month period from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. In addition to liquidity required to fund these principal payments, we may also incur some level of capital expenditures for our existing properties that cannot be passed on to our tenants. Our company plans to pay these obligations through a combination of cash on hand, potential dispositions and operating cash.
As discussed above, the continuing COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has adversely impacted states and cities where our company’s tenants operate their businesses and where our company’s properties are located. The COVID-19 pandemic could have a material adverse effect on our company’s financial condition, results of operations and cash flows as the reduced economic activity severely impacts certain of our company’s tenants’ businesses, financial condition and liquidity and may cause certain tenants to be unable to meet their obligations to our company in full. Closures of stores operated by our company’s tenants could reduce our company’s cash flows.