Equity Residential Annual Report 2020
Form 10-K (NYSE:EQR)
Published: February 20th, 2020
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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, 2019 OR
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to Commission File Number: 1-12252 (Equity Residential) Commission File Number: 0-24920 (ERP Operating Limited Partnership)
EQUITY RESIDENTIAL ERP OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland (Equity Residential) 13-3675988 (Equity Residential) Illinois (ERP Operating Limited Partnership) 36-3894853 (ERP Operating Limited Partnership) (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Two North Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 474-1300 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered Common Shares of Beneficial Interest, EQR New York Stock Exchange $0.01 Par Value (Equity Residential) 7.57% Notes due August 15, 2026 N/A New York Stock Exchange (ERP Operating Limited Partnership)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None (Equity Residential) Units of Limited Partnership Interest (ERP Operating Limited Partnership) (Title of each class) Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Equity Residential Yes ☒ No ☐ ERP Operating Limited Partnership 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.
Equity Residential Yes ☐ No ☒ ERP Operating Limited Partnership 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 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.
Equity Residential Yes ☒ No ☐ ERP Operating Limited Partnership Yes ☒ No ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files).
Equity Residential Yes ☒ No ☐ ERP Operating Limited Partnership Yes ☒ No ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Equity Residential:
Large accelerated filer ☒ Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐ Smaller reporting company ☐
Emerging growth company ☐
ERP Operating Limited Partnership:
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. Equity Residential ☐ ERP Operating Limited Partnership ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).
Equity Residential Yes ☐ No ☒ ERP Operating Limited Partnership Yes ☐ No ☒
The aggregate market value of Common Shares held by non-affiliates of the Registrant was approximately $ 27.9 billion based upon the closing price on June 30, 2019 of $75.92 using beneficial ownership of shares rules adopted pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to exclude voting shares owned by Trustees and Executive Officers, some of whom may not be held to be affiliates upon judicial determination.
The number of Common Shares of Beneficial Interest, $0.01 par value, outstanding on February 14, 2020 was 371,978,449.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Part III incorporates by reference certain information that will be contained in Equity Residential’s Proxy Statement relating to its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which Equity Residential intends to file no later than 120 days after the end of its fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, and thus these items have been omitted in accordance with General Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K. Equity Residential is the general partner and 96.4% owner of ERP Operating Limited Partnership.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This report combines the annual reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 of Equity Residential and ERP Operating Limited Partnership. Unless stated otherwise or the context otherwise requires, references to “EQR” mean Equity Residential, a Maryland real estate investment trust (“REIT”), and references to “ERPOP” mean ERP Operating Limited Partnership, an Illinois limited partnership. References to the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our” mean collectively EQR, ERPOP and those entities/subsidiaries owned or controlled by EQR and/or ERPOP. References to the “Operating Partnership” mean collectively ERPOP and those entities/subsidiaries owned or controlled by ERPOP. The following chart illustrates the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s corporate structure:
EQR is the general partner of, and as of December 31, 2019 owned an approximate 96.4% ownership interest in, ERPOP. The remaining 3.6% interest is owned by limited partners. As the sole general partner of ERPOP, EQR has exclusive control of ERPOP’s day-to-day management. Management operates the Company and the Operating Partnership as one business. The management of EQR consists of the same members as the management of ERPOP.
The Company is structured as an umbrella partnership REIT (“UPREIT”) and EQR contributes all net proceeds from its various equity offerings to ERPOP. In return for those contributions, EQR receives a number of OP Units (see definition below) in ERPOP equal to the number of Common Shares it has issued in the equity offering. The Company may acquire properties in transactions that include the issuance of OP Units as consideration for the acquired properties. Such transactions may, in certain circumstances, enable the sellers to defer in whole or in part, the recognition of taxable income or gain that might otherwise result from the sales. This is one of the reasons why the Company is structured in the manner shown above. Based on the terms of ERPOP’s partnership agreement, OP Units can be exchanged with Common Shares on a one-for-one basis because the Company maintains a one-for-one relationship between the OP Units of ERPOP issued to EQR and the outstanding Common Shares.
The Company believes that combining the reports on Form 10-K of EQR and ERPOP into this single report provides the following benefits: • enhances investors’ understanding of the Company and the Operating Partnership by enabling investors to view the business as a whole in the same manner as management views and operates the business; • eliminates duplicative disclosure and provides a more streamlined and readable presentation since a substantial portion of the disclosure applies to both the Company and the Operating Partnership; and • creates time and cost efficiencies through the preparation of one combined report instead of two separate reports.
The Company believes it is important to understand the few differences between EQR and ERPOP in the context of how EQR and ERPOP operate as a consolidated company. All of the Company’s property ownership, development and related business operations are conducted through the Operating Partnership and EQR has no material assets or liabilities other than its investment in ERPOP. EQR’s primary function is acting as the general partner of ERPOP. EQR also issues equity from time to time, the net proceeds of which it is obligated to contribute to ERPOP. EQR does not have any indebtedness as all debt is incurred by the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership holds substantially all of the assets of the Company, including the Company’s ownership interests in its joint ventures. The Operating Partnership conducts the operations of the business and is structured as a partnership with no publicly traded equity. Except for the net proceeds from equity offerings by EQR (which are contributed to the capital of ERPOP in exchange for additional partnership interests in ERPOP (“OP Units”) (on a one-for-one Common Share per OP Unit basis) or additional preference units in ERPOP (on a one-for-one preferred share per preference unit basis)), the Operating Partnership generates all remaining capital required by the Company’s business. These sources include the Operating Partnership’s working capital, net cash provided by operating activities, borrowings under its revolving credit facility and/or commercial paper program, the issuance of secured and unsecured debt and partnership interests, and proceeds received from disposition of certain properties and joint venture interests.
Shareholders’ equity, partners’ capital and noncontrolling interests are the main areas of difference between the consolidated financial statements of the Company and those of the Operating Partnership. The limited partners of the Operating Partnership are accounted for as partners’ capital in the Operating Partnership’s financial statements and as noncontrolling interests in the Company’s financial statements. The noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership’s financial statements include the interests of unaffiliated partners in various consolidated partnerships. The noncontrolling interests in the Company’s financial statements include the same noncontrolling interests at the Operating Partnership level and limited partner OP Unit holders of the Operating Partnership. The differences between shareholders’ equity and partners’ capital result from differences in the equity issued at the Company and Operating Partnership levels.
To help investors understand the differences between the Company and the Operating Partnership, this report provides separate consolidated financial statements for the Company and the Operating Partnership; a single set of consolidated notes to such financial statements that includes separate discussions of each entity’s debt, noncontrolling interests and shareholders’ equity or partners’ capital, as applicable; and a combined Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section that includes discrete information related to each entity.
This report also includes separate Part II, Item 9A, Controls and Procedures, sections and separate Exhibits 31 and 32 certifications for each of the Company and the Operating Partnership in order to establish that the requisite certifications have been made and that the Company and the Operating Partnership are compliant with Rule 13a-15 or Rule 15d-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and 18 U.S.C. §1350.
In order to highlight the differences between the Company and the Operating Partnership, the separate sections in this report for the Company and the Operating Partnership specifically refer to the Company and the Operating Partnership. In the sections that combine disclosure of the Company and the Operating Partnership, this report refers to actions or holdings as being actions or holdings of the Company. Although the Operating Partnership is generally the entity that directly or indirectly enters into contracts and joint ventures and holds assets and debt, reference to the Company is appropriate because the Company is one business and the Company operates that business through the Operating Partnership.
As general partner with control of ERPOP, EQR consolidates ERPOP for financial reporting purposes, and EQR essentially has no assets or liabilities other than its investment in ERPOP. Therefore, the assets and liabilities of the Company and the Operating Partnership are the same on their respective financial statements. The separate discussions of the Company and the Operating Partnership in this report should be read in conjunction with each other to understand the results of the Company on a consolidated basis and how management operates the Company.
EQUITY RESIDENTIAL ERP OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE PART I.
Item 1. Business 6
Item 1A. Risk Factors 9
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments 17
Item 2. Properties 17
Item 3. Legal Proceedings 19
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 19
PART II.
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities 20
Item 6. Selected Financial Data 21
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 23
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk 42
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 43
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 43
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures 43
Item 9B. Other Information 44
PART III.
Item 10. Trustees, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance 45
Item 11. Executive Compensation 45
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters 45
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Trustee Independence 45
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services 45
PART IV.
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules 46
Item 16. Form 10-K Summary 46
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PART I
Item 1. Business General Equity Residential (“EQR”) is committed to creating communities where people thrive. The Company, a member of the S&P 500, is focused on the acquisition, development and management of rental apartment properties located in urban and high-density suburban communities where today’s renters want to live, work and play. ERP Operating Limited Partnership (“ERPOP”) is focused on conducting the multifamily property business of EQR. EQR is a Maryland real estate investment trust (“REIT”) formed in March 1993 and ERPOP is an Illinois limited partnership formed in May 1993. References to the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our” mean collectively EQR, ERPOP and those entities/subsidiaries owned or controlled by EQR and/or ERPOP. References to the “Operating Partnership” mean collectively ERPOP and those entities/subsidiaries owned or controlled by ERPOP. Unless otherwise indicated, the notes to consolidated financial statements apply to both the Company and the Operating Partnership.
EQR is the general partner of, and as of December 31, 2019 owned an approximate 96.4% ownership interest in, ERPOP. All of the Company’s property ownership, development and related business operations are conducted through the Operating Partnership and EQR has no material assets or liabilities other than its investment in ERPOP. EQR issues equity from time to time, the net proceeds of which it is obligated to contribute to ERPOP, but does not have any indebtedness as all debt is incurred by the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership holds substantially all of the assets of the Company, including the Company’s ownership interests in its joint ventures. The Operating Partnership conducts the operations of the business and is structured as a partnership with no publicly traded equity.
The Company’s corporate headquarters is located in Chicago, Illinois and the Company also operates regional property management offices in each of its markets. As of December 31, 2019, the Company had approximately 2,700 employees who provided real estate operations, leasing, legal, financial, accounting, acquisition, disposition, development and other support functions.
Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. See also Note 17 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional discussion regarding the Company’s segment disclosures.
Available Information You may access our Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, our Current Reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to any of those reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) free of charge on our website, www.equityapartments.com. These reports are made available on our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we file them with the SEC. The information contained on our website, including any information referred to in this report as being available on our website, is not a part of or incorporated into this report.
Business Objectives and Operating and Investing Strategies Overview The Company is one of the largest U.S. publicly-traded owners of rental apartments with a portfolio of properties primarily located in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, San Francisco, Southern California (including Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego) and Denver. Continued high wage job and income growth, positive demographics and a consumer preference for a rental lifestyle in our highly desirable markets has created a supportive backdrop for our business. Our markets continue to draw skilled knowledge workers that drive economic growth in the United States. This, in turn, attracts employers to our markets seeking to locate and expand their businesses and employ this talented pool of workers, resulting in strong demand for our product.
We believe we have created a best-in-class operating platform to run our properties. Our employees are focused on delivering remarkable customer service to our residents so they will stay with us longer, be willing to pay higher rent for a great experience and will tell their friends about how much they love living in an Equity Residential property. Increasingly, we are using technology to improve this resident experience and to operate our business more efficiently. Our disciplined balance sheet management enhances returns and value creation while maintaining capacity to take advantage of future opportunities. We are committed to sustainability, diversity and inclusion, the total well-being of our employees and being a responsible corporate citizen in the communities in which we operate. These “Equity Values” are deeply embedded in our culture. We believe that our stakeholders value stability, liquidity, predictability and accountability and that is the mission to which we remain unwaveringly committed.
Investment Strategy The Company invests in apartment communities located in strategically targeted markets (primarily urban and high-density suburban locations) with the goal of maximizing our risk-adjusted total returns by balancing current cash flow generation with long-term capital appreciation. We seek to meet this goal by investing in markets that are characterized by conditions favorable to multifamily property operations over the long-term. These markets generally feature one or more of the following characteristics that allow us to drive performance: • High single family housing prices; • Strong economic growth as centers of the knowledge-based economy, leading to high wage job growth and household formation, which in turn leads to high demand for our apartments; • Highly walkable urban and high-density suburban areas in what we believe are some of the best locations in the public apartment REIT sector with an attractive quality of life, leading to high resident demand and retention; • Favorable demographics contributing to a larger pool of target residents with a high propensity or greater preference to rent apartments; • Higher barriers to entry where, because of land scarcity or government regulation, it is typically more difficult or costly to build new apartment properties, creating limits on new supply; and • Strong demand drivers.
We believe our strategy capitalizes on the increasing preference of renters of all ages to live in the urban core of cities or dense suburban locations near transit, entertainment and cultural amenities. Currently demand for rental housing is driven primarily by household formations from the Millennial segment of our population, also known as the Echo Boom Generation, that now comprises the largest segment of the U.S. population. These young adults, born between 1981 and 2000, currently total approximately 78 million people and are disproportionately renters. We also expect this demographic to remain renters longer due to societal trends favoring delays in marriage and having children. We believe we will continue to see demand from this group, as the largest sub-segment of this cohort is now turning 29 years old while the median age of our resident is 33 years old. Following the Millenials is Generation Z, which comprises the more than 70 million people born between 2001 and 2014. Reports also show a growing trend among aging Baby Boomers, a demographic of more than 76 million people born between 1946 and 1964, toward apartment rentals. We believe we are extremely well positioned to benefit for many years to come as a result of the significant impact these generations will have on rental housing.
Over the past several years, the Company has done an extensive repositioning of its portfolio into urban and highly walkable, close-in suburban assets. While we continue to look for opportunities to expand our portfolio in these locations, we also have been exploring other markets that share these same characteristics, such as Denver. These markets feature strong high wage job growth, high single family home prices and a very attractive lifestyle for our target demographic, which we believe will lead to long-term outperformance for a rental market.
Operations and Innovation We balance occupancy and rental rates to maximize our revenue while exercising tight cost control to generate the highest possible return to our shareholders. Revenue is maximized through our customized pricing system that uses market data on current and projected demand and availability to create both current and forward pricing daily for each apartment unit we manage. We believe our great success with renewal rate growth is due to our motivation to retain our residents with a relentless focus on customer service. Highly satisfied residents stay longer and say great things about us. We also use a standardized purchasing system to control our operating expenses and a business intelligence platform that allows all our team members to quickly identify and address issues and opportunities.
The technology driving the rental industry continues to evolve at a rapid pace, and we have long been a leader in deploying and investing in property technology to serve our customers better and operate more efficiently. As a first mover in such important areas as revenue management, online leasing, centralized procurement and internet listing services, we are focused on technology that improves our operating margin and customer experience. Currently, we are focused on areas such as self-guided tours enabled by technology; automated responses to customer inquiries; data analytics to drive expense savings and revenue improvements; and “smart home” technology. We believe these areas will provide the foundation for current and future improvements to how we do business.
Focus on Our Employees The Company has a strong, rich culture with a commitment to our “Equity Values” of Diversity & Inclusion, “Total Well-Being” (which brings together physical, financial, career, social and community well-being into a cohesive whole), Sustainability and Social Responsibility. We actively elevate and support these values when employees’ voices are heard and we embrace each other regardless of our differences; when we give back to our communities; when we care for and preserve our environment; and when we encourage and enable our employees and their families to thrive in all areas of well-being. Our employee-led Equity Values Council leads our efforts on these values by acting as change agents to drive initiatives and create awareness. We engage our stakeholders for feedback on key issues, and environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors help guide our investment and operating strategy. Additionally, executive compensation is based in part on meeting these important Equity Values goals, and our Board of Trustees takes an active role in overseeing these matters.
Our goal is to create and sustain an inclusive environment where diversity will thrive, employees will want to work and residents will want to live. The Equity Values Council drives new, diversity-focused initiatives for recruitment, career development and education. We actively promote from within, and many senior corporate and property leaders have risen from entry level or junior positions. We survey our employees annually to identify strengths and opportunities in employee satisfaction. We continue to maintain high engagement scores in these surveys and find our employees say they are proud to work at the Company, value one another as colleagues, believe in our mission and values and feel their skills meet their job requirements. The Company was honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, recognizing the Company as one of the 100 Best Places to Work in 2019 among all United States large companies, was in the Top 50 on the overall list and was the highest rated real estate company in this survey. Indeed also recognized the Company as a top-rated workplace in many of our markets.
Our Commitment to ESG Our purpose is creating communities where people thrive. This needs to be a sustainable endeavor, in which we provide properties that will stand the test of time and remain attractive to our customers and the community without negatively impacting the environment. We have a dedicated in-house team that initiates and applies sustainable practices in all aspects of our business, including investment activities, development, property operations and property management activities. Multifamily housing is one of the most environmentally-friendly uses of real estate, as each property provides homes for hundreds of families in a denser shared environment. We invest in locations that are highly walkable and transit-friendly, enabling a low carbon footprint lifestyle for our residents to live, work and play.
Our sustainability goals help us focus efforts and track progress. We are especially focusing on energy consumption, water consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. We invest in developing and renovating our properties, with a focus on reducing waste, energy and water use by investing in energy-saving technology, such as those for irrigation, lighting, HVAC and renewable energy, while positively impacting the experience of our residents and the value of our assets.
For additional information regarding our ESG efforts, see our October 2019 Environmental, Social and Governance Report at our website, www.equityapartments.com. This report was reviewed and approved by the Corporate Governance Committee of our Board of Trustees, which monitors the Company’s ongoing ESG efforts. We continue to enhance our ESG disclosure efforts, including auditing the results outlined in the above report. In addition, the Company issued $400.0 million of ten-year 4.15% unsecured notes in 2018 as "green" bonds, and as a result, the Company allocated an amount equal to the net proceeds to eligible green/sustainable projects. This was the first "green" bond issuance from an apartment REIT.
Please refer to Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations , for the Company’s Results of Operations and Liquidity.
Competition All of the Company’s properties are located in developed areas that include other multifamily properties. The number of competitive multifamily properties in a particular area could have a material effect on the Company’s ability to lease apartment units at its properties and on the rents charged. The Company may be competing with other entities that have greater resources than the Company and whose managers have more experience than the Company’s managers. In addition, other forms of rental properties and single family housing provide housing alternatives to potential residents of multifamily properties. See Item 1A, Risk Factors, for additional information with respect to competition.
Environmental Considerations See Item 1A, Risk Factors, for information concerning the potential effects of environmental regulations on our operations.
Item 1A. Risk Factors General This Item 1A includes forward-looking statements. You should refer to our discussion of the qualifications and limitations on forward-looking statements included in Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The occurrence of the events discussed in the following risk factors could adversely affect, possibly in a material manner, our business, financial condition or results of operations, which could affect the value of our common shares of beneficial interest or preferred shares of beneficial interest (which we refer to collectively as “Shares”), Preference Units, OP Units, restricted units and our public unsecured debt. In this section, we refer to the Shares, Preference Units, OP Units, restricted units and public unsecured debt together as our “securities” and the investors who own such securities as our “security holders.”
Risks Related to our Business Strategy Investing in real estate is inherently subject to risks that could negatively impact our business. Investing in real estate is subject to varying degrees and types of risk. While we seek to mitigate these risks through various strategies, including geographic diversification, market research and proactive asset management, among other techniques, these risks cannot be eliminated. Factors that may impact cash flows and real estate values include, but are not limited to: • Local economic conditions, particularly oversupply or reductions in demand; • National, regional and local political climates and governmental policies; • The inability or unwillingness of residents to pay rent increases; • Increases in our operating expenses; • Cost of labor and materials required to maintain our properties at acceptable standards; • Availability of attractive financing opportunities; • Changes in social preferences; and • Additional risks that are discussed below.
Competition in multifamily housing may negatively affect operations and demand for the Company’s properties or residents. Our properties face competition for residents from other existing or new multifamily properties, condominiums, single family homes and other living arrangements, whether owned or rental, that may attract residents from our properties or prospective residents that would otherwise choose to live with us. As a result, we may not be able to renew existing resident leases or enter into new resident leases, or if we are able to renew or enter into new leases, they may be at rates or terms that are less favorable than our current rates or terms, resulting in a material impact on our results of operations.
Failure to generate sufficient revenue could limit our ability to make financing payments or distributions to security holders. A decrease in cash flows due to declines in rental revenue could negatively affect our ability to make financing payments and distributions to our security holders. Significant expenditures associated with each property, such as real estate taxes, insurance, utilities, maintenance costs and employee wages and benefits, may also negatively impact cash flows and not decline as quickly or at the same rate as revenues when circumstances might cause a reduction at our properties.
The short-term nature of apartment leases expose us more quickly to the effects of declining market rents, potentially making our revenue more volatile. Generally our residential apartment leases are for twelve months or less. If the terms of the renewal or reletting are less favorable than current terms, then the Company’s results of operations and financial condition could be negatively affected. Given our generally shorter term lease structure, our rental revenues are impacted by declines in market rents more quickly than if our leases were for longer terms.
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