Under ASC 450 accounting rules, REITs only accrue maintenance reserves when expenses are both probable and estimable, not merely foreseeable; this creates a loophole where companies like Invitation Homes can defer billions in maintenance costs off their books, potentially reducing dividends by 40% as the gap between actual deferred maintenance and reported reserves must be funded from operating income.
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Under accounting rule ASC 450, a REIT only accrues maintenance reserves if they're probable and estimable. But roof replacements in year seven, that's foreseeable, not probable yet, so it doesn't get accrued. Invitation Homes has 80,000 homes with $1 to $2 billion in deferred maintenance costs sitting off the books. They reported only $100 million in actual reserves. That gap is coming out of your dividend. Watch the full video on Brick and Dollar.
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