SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
/_x_/ Quarterly report pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2003
/___/ Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Act of 1934
for the transition period from ______________ to ________________.
Commission File Number 2-83291
DSI REALTY INCOME FUND VII, A California Limited Partnership
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
California_______________________________________95-3871044
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation) Identification No.)
6700 E. Pacific Coast Hwy, Long Beach, California 90803
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code-(562)493-8881
_________________________________________________________________
Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed
since last report.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that
the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes _x_. No__.
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
The information required by Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X is
included in the Quarterly Report to the Limited Partners of Registrant for
the period ended September 30, 2003,which is attached hereto as Exhibit "20"
and incorporated herein by this reference.
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations.
Registrant incorporates by this reference its Quarterly Report to
Limited Partners for the period ended September 30, 2003.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8K.
(a) Attached hereto as Exhibit "20" is Registrant's Quarterly
Report to Limited Partners for the period ended September 30, 2003.
(b) Registrant did not file any reports on Form 8-K for the
period reported upon.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act
of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: October 31, 2003 DSI REALTY INCOME FUND VII
A California Limited Partnership
(Registrant)
By____\s\ Robert J. Conway_____
DSI Properties, Inc., as General
Partner by ROBERT J. CONWAY,
President and Chief Financial Officer
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act
of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: October 31, 2003 DSI REALTY INCOME FUND VII
A California Limited Partnership
(Registrant)
By__\s\ Robert J. Conway________
DSI Properties, Inc., as General
Partner by ROBERT J. CONWAY,
President and Chief Financial Officer
October 31, 2003
QUARTERLY REPORT TO THE LIMITED PARTNERS
OF DSI REALTY INCOME FUND VII
DEAR LIMITED PARTNERS:
We are pleased to enclose the Partnership's unaudited financial statements
for the period ended September 30, 2003. The following is Management's
discussion and analysis of the Partnership's financial condition and
results of its operations.
For the three-month periods ended September 30, 2003 and 2002, total revenues
decreased 1.0% from $658,822 to $652,525 and total expenses increased 13.0%
from $320,133 to $361,792 and other income decreased from $275 to $162. As
a result, net income decreased 14.2% from $338,964 for the three-month period
ended September 30, 2002, to $290,895 for the same period in 2003. Rental
revenue remained relatively constant. Occupancy levels for the Partnership's
six mini-storage facilities averaged 86.7% for the three-month period ended
September 30, 2003 and 85.6% for the same period in 2002. The Partnership is
continuing its marketing efforts to attract and keep new tenants in its various
mini-storage facilities. Operating expenses decreased approximately $9,400
(3.5%) primarily as a result of decreases in maintenance and repair and workers
compensation insurance expenses, partially offset by increases in advertising,
real estate tax and salaries and wages expenses. General and administrative
expenses increased approximately $51,100 (101.3%) primarily as a result of an
increase in legal expense, partially offset by a decrease in equipment and
computer lease expense. Legal expense increased as a result of legal challenges
by dissident Limited Partners to a proposed amendment to the Partnership Agree-
ment (see paragraph below).
For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2003, and 2002, total revenues
decreased 0.8% from $1,967,834 to $1,952,007 and total expenses increased 3.2%
from $968,234 to $999,100 and other income decreased from $778 to $465. As a
result, net income decreased 4.7% from $1,000,378 for the nine months ended
September 30, 2002, to $953,372 for the same period in 2003. Rental revenue
remained relatively constant. Operating expenses decreased approximately
$13,900 (1.8%) primarily as a result of decreases in maintenance and repair,
office supplies and workers compensation insurance expenses, partially offset
by increases in advertising, telephone and real estate tax expenses. General
and administrative expenses increased approximately $44,800 (23.1%) primarily
as a result of an increase in legal expense, partially offset by a decrease in
equipment and computer lease expenses. The increase in legal expense was dis-
cussed above.
On April 5, 2002, the General Partners received a copy of a hostile tender
offer from MacKenzie Patterson, Inc. and associated corporations and limited
partnerships to purchase all of the Units in the Partnership. This offer was
also filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the same date. The
General Partners have determined that the hostile tender offer was not in the
best interests of the Limited Partners, that the tender offer was grossly in-
adequate given the performance history of the Limited Partnership and the in-
herent value of the Units, and recommended that the Limited Partners reject
the hostile tender offer and not tender their Units pursuant thereto. The
offer was subsequently increased and extended to June 30, 2002 and again to
July 22, 2002. The General Partners' initial determination regarding the offer
did not change. Prior to the expiration date of the offer, Limited Partners
tendered 74 Units representing 0.308% of the outstanding Units of the Partner-
ship.
The Limited Partners have approved an amendment to the Partnership Agreement
granting the General Partners ten days to review certain types of transfers
during which the General Partners may match, exceed or approve the proposed
transfers. The Court has rejected all preliminary attempts to halt implement-
ation of the amendment. Subsequently, the dissident Limited Partners who
initiated the legal proceedings decided not to pursue the matter any further.
The General Partners will continue their policy of funding improvements and
maintenance of Partnership properties with cash generated from operations.
The Partnership's financial resources appear to be adequate to meet its needs.
The General Partners anticipate distributions to the Limited Partners
to remain at the current level for the foreseeable future.
We are not enclosing a copy of the Partnership Form 10-Q as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission since all the information set forth
therein is contained either in this letter or in the attached financial
statements. However, if you wish to receive a copy of said report, please
send a written request to DSI Realty Income Fund VII, P.O. Box 357,
Long Beach, California 90801.
Very truly yours,
DSI REALTY INCOME FUND VII
By: DSI Properties, Inc., as
General Partner
By /s/ Robert J. Conway
____________________________
ROBERT J. CONWAY, President
DSI REALTY INCOME FUND VII
(A California Real Estate Limited Partnership)
BALANCE SHEETS(UNAUDITED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2003 AND DECEMBER 31, 2002
September 30, December 31,
2003 2002
ASSETS
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS $ 840,853 $ 497,970
PROPERTY, Net 2,089,800 2,089,800
OTHER ASSETS 62,338 62,338
TOTAL $2,992,991 $2,650,108
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' EQUITY(DEFICIT)
LIABILITIES $ 729,514 $ 612,731
PARTNERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT):
General Partners (85,133) (87,395)
Limited Partners 2,348,610 2,124,772
Total partners' equity 2,263,477 2,037,377
TOTAL $2,992,991 $2,650,108
See accompanying notes to financial statements (unaudited).
STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2003 AND 2002
September 30, September 30,
2003 2002
REVENUES:
Rental $ 652,525 $ 658,822
EXPENSES:
Operating 260,275 269,704
General and administrative 101,517 50,429
Total expenses 361,792 320,133
OPERATING INCOME $ 290,733 $ 338,689
OTHER INCOME
Interest 162 275
NET INCOME 290,895 338,964
AGGREGATE NET INCOME ALLOCATED TO:
Limited partners $ 287,986 $ 335,574
General partners 2,909 3,390
TOTAL $ 290,895 $ 338,964
NET INCOME PER LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP UNIT $ 12.00 $ 13.98
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNITS
USED IN PER UNIT CALCULATION 24,000 24,000
See accompanying notes to financial statements (unaudited).
STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2003 AND 2002
September 30, September 30,
2003 2002
REVENUES:
Rental $1,952,007 $1,967,834
EXPENSES:
Operating 760,030 773,935
General and administrative 239,070 194,299
Total expenses 999,100 968,234
OPERATING INCOME $ 952,907 $ 999,600
OTHER INCOME
Interest 465 778
NET INCOME 953,372 1,000,378
AGGREGATE NET INCOME ALLOCATED TO:
Limited partners 943,838 990,374
General partners 9,534 10,004
TOTAL 953,372 1,000,378
NET INCOME PER LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP UNIT $39.33 $41.27
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNITS
USED IN PER UNIT CALCULATION 24,000 24,000
See accompanying notes to financial statements (unaudited).
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN PARTNERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)(UNAUDITED)
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2003
GENERAL LIMITED
PARTNERS PARTNERS TOTAL
BALANCE AT JANUARY 1, 2003 ($87,395) $2,124,772 $2,037,377
NET INCOME 9,534 943,838 953,371
DISTRIBUTIONS (7,272) (720,000) (727,272)
BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30, 2003 ($85,133) $2,348,610 $2,263,476
See accompanying notes to financial statements(unaudited).
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2003 AND 2002
September 30, September 30,
2003 2002
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income $ 953,371 $1,000,378
Adjustments to reconcile net
income to net cash provided
by operating activities:
Changes in assets and
liabilities:
Decrease in assets 0 2,670
Increase in liabilities: 116,784 28,660
Net cash provided by
operating activities 1,070,155 1,031,708
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES -
Distributions to partners (727,272) (727,272)
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND
CASH EQUIVALENTS 342,883 304,436
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS:
At beginning of period 497,970 530,721
At end of period $ 840,853 $ 835,157
See accompanying notes to financial statements(unaudited).
DSI REALTY INCOME FUND VII
(A California Real Estate Limited Partnership)
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
1. GENERAL
DSI Realty Income Fund VII (the "Partnership"), has two general partners
(DSI Properties, Inc., and Diversified Investors Agency) and limited
partners owning 24,000 limited partnership units. The Partnership was formed
under the California Uniform Limited Partnership Act for the primary purpose
of acquiring and operating real estate.
The accompanying financial information as of September 30, 2003, and for
the periods ended September 30, 2003, and 2002 is unaudited. Such financial
information includes all adjustments which are considered necessary by the
Partnership's management for a fair presentation of the results for the
periods indicated.
2. PROPERTY
Properties owned by the Partnership are all mini-storage facilities.
Depreciation is calculated using the straight line method over the
estimated useful life of 15 years. The total cost of property and
accumulated depreciation at September 30, 2003, is as follows:
Land $ 2,089,800
Buildings and improvements 7,685,522
Equipment 60,760
Total 9,836,082
Less: Accumulated Depreciation ( 7,746,282)
Property - Net $ 2,089,800
3. NET INCOME PER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNIT
Net income per limited partnership unit is calculated by dividing the
net income allocated to the limited partners by the number of limited
partnership units outstanding during the period.
4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Within 90 days prior to the date of this report, the Partnership evaluated
the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures. This evaluation
was performed by the Partnership's Controller with the assistance of the
Partnership's President and the Chief Executive Officer. These disclosure
controls and procedures are designed to ensure that the information required
to be disclosed by the Partnership in its periodic reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported, within the time periods specified by the Commission's
rules and forms, and that the information is communicated to the certifying
officers on a timely basis. Based on this evaluation, the Partnership con-
cluded that its disclosure controls and procedures were effective. There have
been no significant changes in the Partnership's internal controls or in other
factors that could significantly affect the internal controls subsequent to
the date of their evaluation.
DSI REALTY INCOME FUND VII
Form 10-Q
CERTIFICATION
Each of the undersigned hereby certifies in his capacity as an officer of
DSI Properties, Inc. (corporate General Partner) of DSI REALTY INCOME FUND VII
(the "Partnership") that the Quarterly Report of the Partnership on Form 10-Q
for the periods ended September 30, 2003 fully complies with the requirements
of Section 13(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and that inform-
ation contained in such report fairly presents, in all material respects, the
financial condition of the Partnership at the end of such periods and the
results of operations of the Partnership for such periods.
ROBERT J. CONWAY, CEO RICHARD P. CONWAY, VP
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Robert Conway, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of DSI Realty Income
Fund VII;
2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
this quarterly report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;
4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and have:
a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that
material information relating to the registrant, including its consoli-
dated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being
prepared;
b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls
and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of
this quarterly report (the "Evaluation Date"); and
c) presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effec-
tiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evalu-
ation as of the Evaluation Date;
5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the audit com-
mitee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
controls which could adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the
registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and
b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal controls;
and
6. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated in this
quarterly report whether there were significant changes in internal controls
or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls sub-
sequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective
actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
Date: November, 2003
Robert Conway
President
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Richard Conway, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of DSI Realty Income
Fund VII;
2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
this quarterly report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;
4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and have:
a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that
material information relating to the registrant, including its consoli-
dated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being
prepared;
b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls
and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of
this quarterly report (the "Evaluation Date"); and
c) presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effec-
tiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evalu-
ation as of the Evaluation Date;
5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's auditors and the audit com-
mitee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
controls which could adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the
registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and
b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal controls;
and
6. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated in this
quarterly report whether there were significant changes in internal controls
or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls sub-
sequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective
actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
Date: November, 2003
Richard Conway
Vice President