NIHK Video River Networks Inc (PK)

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

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General

Business Overview

Video River Networks, Inc. (the “Company”) is a technology firm that operates and manages a portfolio of Electric Vehicles, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Robotics (“EV-AI-ML-R”) assets, businesses and operations in North America.  The Company’s current and target portfolio businesses and assets include operations that design, develop, manufacture and sell high-performance fully electric vehicles and design, manufacture, install and sell Power Controls, Battery Technology, Wireless Technology, and Residential utility meters and remote, mission-critical devices mostly engineered through Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Robotic technologies.  The Company currently maintains minor equity interest in: (1) Tesla, Inc. (TSLA), a California based maker of high-performance fully electric vehicles; (2) Electrameccanica Vehicles Corp. (SOLO), a British Columbia, Canada headquartered company that designs and builds the all-electric SOLO and the Tofino all-electric sport coupe; (3) Lordstown Motors Corp. (RIDE), a Lordstown, Ohio based company that designs and manufactures electric vehicles; (4) Fisker Inc. (FSR), a Los Angeles, California headquartered company that designs and builds all-electric, zero-emissions vehicles; (5) Nikola Corporation (NKLA), a Phoenix, Arizona company that designs and manufactures electric components, drivetrains and vehicles.

Our current technology-focused business model was a result of our board resolution on September 15, 2020 to spin-in our specialty real estate holding business to an operating subsidiary and then pivot back to being a technology company.  The Company has now returned back to its original technology-focused businesses of Power Controls, Battery Technology, Wireless Technology, and Residential utility meters and remote, mission-critical devices.  In addition to above list, the Company intends to spread its wings into the Electric Vehicles, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Robotics (“EV-AI-ML-R”) businesses/markets, targeting acquisition, ownership and operation of acquired EV-AI-ML-R businesses or portfolio of EV-AI-ML-R businesses.

Video River Networks, Inc., prior to September 15, 2020, used to be a specialty real estate holding company, focuses on the acquisition, ownership, and management of specialized industrial properties. Prior to its real estate business model, the Company’s Power Controls Division has used wireless technology to control both residential utility meters and remote, mission-critical devices since 2002. The Set Top Box Division, acquired in October 2007, enables hotels to provide in-room high definition television (“HDTV”) broadcasts, integrated with video-on-demand, and customized guest services information. On August 14, 2009, the Company filed Form 15D, Suspension of Duty to Report, and as a result, the Company was not required to file any SEC forms since August 14, 2009.

Following our board decision to transition back to our original technology-focused business model and to target Electric Vehicles, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Robotics (“EV-AI-ML-R”) businesses/markets, we have identified several acquisition and collaboration candidates.  We have established minor equity interest in the following EV-AI-ML-R businesses: (1) Tesla, Inc. (TSLA), a California based maker of high-performance fully electric vehicles; (2) Electrameccanica Vehicles Corp. (SOLO), a British Columbia, Canada headquartered company that designs and builds the all-electric SOLO and the Tofino all-electric sport coupe; (3) Lordstown Motors Corp. (RIDE), a Lordstown, Ohio based company that designs and manufactures electric vehicles; (4) Fisker Inc. (FSR), a Los Angeles, California headquartered company that designs and builds all-electric, zero-emissions vehicles; (5) Nikola Corporation (NKLA), a Phoenix, Arizona company that designs and manufactures electric components, drivetrains and vehicles; (6) Veritone Inc. (VERI); (7) AudioEye Inc. (AEYE); (8) Cloudera, Inc. (CLDR), ; (9) eGain Corporation (EGAN); (9) Ideanomics, Inc (IDEX); (10) FLIR Systems (FLIR); (11) Rekor Systems, Inc (REKR); (12) ROBO Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF (ROBO); (13) iShares Robotics and Artificial Intelligence ETF (IRBO); (14)         First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF (CARZ); (15) AI Powered Equity ETF (AIEQ); (16) Global X Autonomous & Electric Vehicles ETF (DRIV); (17) Direxion Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Automation Index Bull 3X Shares (UBOT); (18) The Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF (BOTZ); (19) ETF Series Solutions - Defiance Quantum ETF (QTUM); (20) iRobot Corporation (IRBT); (21) AeroVironmnent (AVAV); (22) Globus Medical (GMED);  (23) Trimble (TRMB); (24) Intuitive Surgical (ISRG); and (25) Stereotaxis (STXS).  The Company shall keep adding to this portfolio and also rebalance the portfolio periodically to achieve optimal allocation across the EV-AI-ML-R market.

Our corporate office is located at 370 Amapola Ave., Suite 200A, Torrance, California 90501. Our telephone number is (310) 895-1839.  As of September 30, 2020, we had no W-2 employee, but three of our officers and directors provide all the services without pay until we formally enter into employment contract with them as full-time employees.

 EV-AI-ML-R Industry Outlook — North America

The Company monitors industry conditions in the North American EV-AI-ML-R market using monthly data as reported by those publicly traded companies in our portfolio for production and delivery to dealers and consumers. In addition, we monitor monthly trends as reported by each portfolio company, whose data is typically issued on a monthly basis. The Company believes that monthly EV-AI-ML-R market data is important as production, delivery and consumer purchases impact future orders and ultimately our portfolio company production.

Real Estate Business Objectives

Although we have pivoted to technology, our real estate business is still ongoing through our independently managed sub-subsidiaries including Alpharidge Capital LLC, Community Economic Development Capital, LLC and Opportunity Zone Capital LLC. Our principal business objective is to maximize stockholder returns through a combination of (1) distributions to our stockholders, (2) sustainable long-term growth in cash flows from increased rents, which we hope to pass on to stockholders in the form of increased distributions, and (3) potential long-term appreciation in the value of our properties from capital gains upon future sale.

The Company’s real estate holdings entails the ownership, operation, management, acquisition, development and redevelopment of predominantly multifamily housing and specialized industrial properties in the United States. Additionally, our specialized industrial property strategy is to acquire and own a portfolio of specialized industrial properties, including multifamily properties, hemp farms, CBD processing and medical-use cannabis facilities leased to tenants holding the requisite state licenses to operate in the regulated medical-use cannabis industry. This strategy includes the following components:

As of September 30, 2020, we owned one investment property in California, and we expect to continue to expand to other real estate asset classes including hemp and multifamily properties, hemp farms, CBD processing and medical-use cannabis facilities.  We believe an intense focus on operations is necessary to realize consistent, sustained earnings growth. Ensuring tenants’ satisfaction, increasing rents as market conditions allow, maximizing rent collections, maintaining property occupancy at optimal levels, and controlling operating costs comprise our principal strategies to maximize property financial results. We believe a web-based property management and revenue management systems strengthen on-site operations and allow us to quickly adjust rental rates as local market conditions change. Lease terms are generally staggered based on vacancy exposure by property type so lease expirations are matched to each property's seasonal rental patterns. We generally offer leases ranging from twelve to fifteen months with individual property marketing plans structured to respond to local market conditions. In addition, we conduct ongoing customer service surveys to help ensure timely response to tenants' changing needs and a high level of satisfaction.

Our Affordable Housing Target Markets

Our multifamily affordable housing target market is focused on urban and suburban neighborhoods in California, Nevada and Maryland and other highly urbanized states.  We are also open to acquiring properties in opportunity zone multifamily properties that includes most urban neighborhoods of the United States, including underserved suburbs of major cities across the country.

Research Driven Approach to Investments – The Company believes that successful real estate investment decisions and portfolio growth begin with extensive regional economic research and local market knowledge. The Company continually assesses markets where the Company operates, as well as markets where the Company considers future investment opportunities by evaluating markets and focusing on the following strategic criteria:

Recognizing that all real estate markets are cyclical, the Company regularly evaluates the results of its regional economic, and local market research, and adjusts the geographic focus of its portfolio accordingly. The Company seeks to increase its portfolio allocation in markets projected to have the strongest local economies and to decrease allocations in markets projected to have declining economic conditions. Likewise, the Company also seeks to increase its portfolio allocation in markets that have attractive property valuations and to decrease allocations in markets that have inflated valuations and low relative yields.

Multifamily Property Operations – The Company intends to manage its multifamily properties by focusing on activities that may generate above-average rental growth, tenant retention/satisfaction and long-term asset appreciation.  The Company intends to achieve this by utilizing the strategies set forth below:

 Our Specialized Industrial Properties Target Markets

The targets for our Specialized Industrial Properties are CBD processing facilities and hemp farms.   We believe we are well positioned in our current markets and have the expertise to take advantage of new opportunities as they arise. These capabilities, combined with what we believe is a conservative financial structure, should allow us to concentrate our growth efforts toward selective opportunities to enhance our strategy of having a geographically diverse portfolio of assets which meet the requirements of our tenants.

We continue to operate in our core markets which we believe provides an advantage due to economies of scale. We believe, where possible, it is best to operate with a strong base of properties in order to benefit from the personnel allocation and the market strength associated with managing multiple properties in the same market. However, consistent with our goal of generating sustained earnings growth, we intend to selectively dispose of properties and redeploy capital for various strategic reasons, including if we determine a property cannot meet our long-term earnings growth expectations.

We try to maximize capital appreciation of our properties by investing in markets characterized by conditions favorable to multifamily property appreciation. These markets generally feature the following:

Subject to market conditions, we intend to continue to seek opportunities to develop new multifamily properties, and to redevelop, reposition and acquire existing multifamily properties. We also intend to evaluate our operating property and land development portfolio and plan to continue our practice of selective dispositions as market conditions warrant and opportunities arise.

We expect to maintain a strong balance sheet and preserve our financial flexibility by continuing to focus on our core fundamentals which currently are generating positive cash flows from operations, maintaining appropriate debt levels and leverage ratios, and controlling overhead costs. We intend to meet our near-term liquidity requirements through a combination of one or more of the following: cash flows generated from operations, draws on our unsecured credit facility or other short-term borrowing, proceeds from property dispositions, other unsecured borrowings, or secured mortgages.

Maintaining a Diversified Portfolio and Allocating Capital to Accretive Investment Opportunities.

We believe greater portfolio diversification, as defined by geographic concentration, location within a market (i.e., urban or suburban) and property quality (i.e., A or B), reduces the volatility of our same-store growth throughout the real estate cycle, appeals to a wider renter and investor audience and lessens the market risk associated with owning a homogenous portfolio.

We are focused on increasing our presence in markets with favorable job formation, high propensity to rent, low single-family home affordability, and a favorable demand/supply ratio for multifamily housing. Portfolio investment decisions consider internal analyses and third-party research.

Our operating focus is on balancing 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 by attracting qualified prospects to our properties, cost-effectively converting these prospects into new tenants and keeping our tenants satisfied so they will renew their leases upon expiration.  While we believe that it is our high-quality, well-located assets that bring our customers to us, it is the customer service and superior value provided by our on-site personnel that keeps them renting with us and recommending us to their friends.

We use technology to engage our tenants, stakeholder and customers in the way that they want to be engaged.  Many of our tenants would utilize our web-based tenant portal and app which allows them to sign and renew their leases, review their accounts and make payments, provide feedback and make service requests on-line or with mobile devices.

Market Opportunity

The Industrial Real Estate Sub-Market

The industrial real estate sub-market continues to perform well in this real estate cycle. According to CBRE Group, Inc., the U.S. industrial property vacancy rate declined to 4.3% in the fourth quarter of 2018, reflecting the 35^th consecutive quarter of positive net absorption. Nearly 30.0 million square feet of industrial real estate were absorbed in 2018, which resulted in the highest net asking rents since CBRE Group, Inc. began tracking this metric in 1989.

We believe this supply/demand dynamic creates significant opportunity for owners of industrial facilities, particularly those focused on niche categories, as options are limited for tenants requiring specialized buildings. We intend to capitalize on this opportunity by purchasing specialized industrial real estate assets that are critical to the hemp and CBD industry.

STRATEGY

Our Financing Strategy

As part of our plan to finance our activities, we utilize proceeds from debt and equity offerings and refinancing to extend maturities, pay down existing debt, fund development and redevelopment activities, and acquire rental properties.  We use mortgage with reasonable terms on all our acquisitions.

We intend to meet our long-term liquidity needs through cash flow from operations and the issuance of equity and debt securities, including common stock, preferred stock and long-term notes. Where possible, we also may issue limited partnership interests in our Operating Partnership to acquire properties from existing owners seeking a tax-deferred transaction. We expect to issue equity and debt securities at times when we believe that our stock price is at a level that allows for the reinvestment of offering proceeds in accretive property acquisitions. We may also issue common stock to permanently finance properties that were previously financed by debt securities. However, we cannot assure you that we will have access to the capital markets at times and on terms that are acceptable to us. Our ability to access the capital markets and to obtain other financing arrangements is also significantly limited by our focus on serving the medical-use cannabis industry. Our investment guidelines initially provide that our aggregate borrowings (secured and unsecured) will not exceed 50% of the cost of our tangible assets at the time of any new borrowing, subject to our board of directors' discretion.

We may file a shelf registration statement, which would subsequently be declared effective by the SEC, which may permit us, from time to time, to offer and sell common stock, preferred stock, warrants and other securities to the extent necessary or advisable to meet our liquidity needs.

Portfolio Management

Our portfolio management strategy involves the allocation of investment capital to enhance rent growth and increase long-term capital values through portfolio design, emphasizing land value as well as location and submarket. We target geographic diversification in our portfolio in order to reduce the volatility of our rental revenue and to reduce the risk of undue concentration in any particular market. Similarly, we seek price point diversification by owning multifamily properties that offer properties at rents below those asked by competitive new building supply.

Acquisitions and Dispositions

Acquisitions and developments may be financed from various sources of capital, which may include retained cash flow, issuance of additional equity and debt, sales of properties and joint venture arrangements.  In addition, the Company may acquire properties in transactions that include Operating Partnership (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. 

When evaluating potential acquisitions, we consider a wide variety of factors, including:

                • whether it is located in a high barrier-to-entry market;

                • population growth, cost of alternative housing, overall potential for economic growth and the tax and regulatory environment of the community in which the property is located;

                • geographic location, including proximity to jobs, entertainment, transportation, and our existing communities which can deliver significant economies of scale;

                • construction quality, condition and design of the property;

                • current and projected cash flow of the property and the ability to increase cash flow;

                • ability of the property’s projected cash flows to exceed our cost of capital;

                • potential for capital appreciation of the property;

                • ability to increase the value and profitability of the property through operations and redevelopment;

                • terms of resident leases, including the potential for rent increases;

                • occupancy and demand by tenants for properties of a similar type in the vicinity;

                • prospects for liquidity through sale, financing, or refinancing of the property; and

                • competition from existing multifamily communities and the potential for the construction of new multifamily properties in the area.

Our Acquisition Process and Underwriting Criteria

We identify property acquisition opportunities primarily through relationships developed over time by our officers with former borrowers, current joint venture partners, real estate investors and brokers. We are interested in acquiring the following types of properties:

•          Class B or better properties with strong and stable cash flows in markets where we believe there exists opportunity for rental growth and further value creation;

•          Class B or better properties that offer significant potential for capital appreciation through repositioning or rehabilitating the asset to drive rental growth;

•          properties available at opportunistic prices providing an opportunity for a significant appreciation in value; and

•          development of Class A properties in markets where we believe we can generate significant returns from the operation and if appropriate, sale of the development.

We regularly monitor our assets to increase the quality and performance of our portfolio. Factors we consider in deciding whether to dispose of a property include:

•          current market price for an asset compared to projected economics for that asset;

•          potential increases in new construction in the market area;

•          areas with low job growth prospects;

•          markets where we do not intend to establish a long-term concentration; and

•          operating efficiencies.

Additionally, as part of our strategy, the Company purchases properties at various stages of occupancy and completion and may acquire land parcels to hold and/or sell as well as options to buy more land in the future.  The Company may also seek to acquire properties by providing mezzanine financing/equity and/or purchasing defaulted or distressed debt that encumbers desirable properties.

The Company has done an extensive positioning planning of its portfolio into urban and highly walkable, close-in suburban communities.  The Company targets properties and primarily located in markets and submarkets it believes will remain attractive long-term because they are primarily located in the urban and high-density suburban areas noted above.

Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”)

We endeavor to provide a richly diverse work environment that employs the highest performers, cultivates the best ideas and creates the widest possible platform for success.  We are committed to elevating and supporting the core values of diversity and inclusion, “Total Well-Being” (which brings together physical, financial, career, social and community well-being into a cohesive whole), and environmental, social and governance (“ESG”), which includes sustainability and social responsibility, by actively engaging in these areas.  Each member of the executive team maintains an annual goal related to these core values, which is evaluated by the Company’s Board of Trustees.  Our goal is to create and sustain an inclusive environment where diversity will thrive, employees will want to work and tenants will want.  We are committed to providing our employees with encouragement, guidance, time and resources to learn and apply the skills required to succeed in their jobs.  We provide many classroom and on-line training courses to assist our employees in interacting with prospects and tenants as well as extensive training for our customer service specialists in maintaining our properties and improvements, equipment and appliances.  We actively promote from within and many senior corporate and property leaders have risen from entry level or junior positions.  We monitor our employees’ engagement by surveying them annually and find most 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.   

We have a commitment to sustainability and consider the environmental impacts of our business activities.  Sustainability and social responsibility are key drivers of our focus on creating the best properties for tenants operate, work and play.  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.  With its high density, multifamily housing is, by its nature, an environmentally friendly property type.  Our recent acquisition and development activities have been primarily concentrated in pedestrian-friendly urban and close-in suburban locations near public transportation.  When developing and renovating our properties, we strive to reduce energy and water consumption by investing in energy saving technology while positively impacting the experience of our tenants and the value of our assets.  We continue to implement a combination of irrigation, lighting, HVAC and renewable energy improvements at our properties that will reduce energy and water consumption.  For 2020, we continue to have an express company-wide goal for Total Well-Being, which includes  enhanced ESG efforts.  Employees, including our executives, will have their performance against our various  Total Well-Being  goals evaluated as part of our annual performance review process.

Buyouts of Joint Venture Partners

From time to time, we acquire our joint venture partner's equity interest in projects and as a result, these properties are wholly-owned by us.

Risk Management

As of September 30, 2020, we owned one real estate investment property.  We embrace portfolio diversification at acquisitions as our main risk management strategy. We intend to diversify the investment size and location of our portfolio of properties in order to manage our portfolio-level risk. Over the long term, we intend that no single property will exceed 25% of our total assets.

We expect that single tenants will occupy our properties pursuant to triple-net lease arrangements in general and, therefore, the success of our investments will be materially dependent on the financial stability of these tenants. We expect the success of our future tenants, and their ability to make rent payments to us, to significantly depend on the projected growth and development of the applicable state market; as many of these state markets have a very limited history, and other state markets are still forming their regulations, issuing licenses and otherwise establishing the market framework, significant uncertainty exists as to whether these markets will develop in the way that we or our future tenants project.

We intend to evaluate the credit quality of our future tenants and any guarantors on an ongoing basis by reviewing, where available, the publicly filed financial reports, press releases and other publicly available industry information regarding our future tenants and any guarantors. In addition, we intend to monitor the payment history data for all of our future tenants and, in some instances, we monitor our future tenants by periodically conducting site visits and meeting with the tenants to discuss their operations. In many instances, we will generally not be entitled to financial results or other credit-related data from our future tenants.

Competition

The current market for properties that meet our investment objectives is limited. In addition, we believe finding properties that are appropriate for the specific use of allowing medical-use cannabis growers may be limited as more competitors enter the market, and as medical-use cannabis growers obtain greater access to alternative financing sources, including but not limited to equity and debt financing sources. We face significant competition from a diverse mix of market participants, including but not limited to, other companies with similar business models, independent investors, hedge funds and other real estate investors, hard money lenders, and cannabis operators themselves, all of whom may compete with us in our efforts to acquire real estate zoned for multifamily properties, hemp farms, CBD processing and medical-use cannabis facilities. In some instances, we will be competing to acquire real estate with persons who have no interest in the cannabis industry, but have identified value in a piece of real estate that we may be interested in acquiring.

These competitors may prevent us from acquiring desirable properties or may cause an increase in the price we must pay for properties. Our competitors may have greater financial and operational resources than we do and may be willing to pay more for certain assets or may be willing to accept more risk than we believe can be prudently managed. In particular, larger companies may enjoy significant competitive advantages that result from, among other things, a lower cost of capital and enhanced operating efficiencies. Our competitors may also adopt transaction structures similar to ours, which would decrease our competitive advantage in offering flexible transaction terms. In addition, due to a number of factors, including but not limited to potential greater clarity of the laws and regulations governing medical-use cannabis by state and federal governments, the number of entities and the amount of funds competing for suitable investment properties may increase substantially, resulting in increased demand and increased prices paid for these properties. If we pay higher prices for properties, our profitability may decrease, and you may experience a lower return on our common stock. Increased competition for properties may also preclude us from acquiring those properties that would generate attractive returns to us.

Competitive Strengths in Affordable Housing

On affordable housing, all of the Company’s targeted properties are located in developed areas that include other properties.  The number of competitive properties in a particular area could have a material effect on the Company’s ability to lease 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 provide alternatives to potential renters of our properties. 

We believe that, in general, we are well-positioned to compete effectively for tenants and investments. We believe our competitive advantages include:

•          a fully integrated organization with property management, development, redevelopment, acquisition, marketing, sales and financing expertise;

•          scalable operating and support systems, which include automated systems to meet the changing electronic needs of our residents and to effectively focus on our Internet marketing efforts;

•          access to sources of capital;

•          geographic diversification with a presence in markets across the country; and

•          significant presence in many of our major markets that allows us to be a local operating expert.

Moving forward, we will continue to optimize lease management, improve expense control, increase resident retention efforts and align employee incentive plans with our bottom line performance. We believe this plan of operation, coupled with the portfolio’s strengths in targeting renters across a geographically diverse platform, should position us for continued operational upside.

The real estate business is cyclical. Real estate cycles are generally impacted by many factors, including availability of equity and debt capital, borrowing cost, rent levels, and asset values. Our strategy will result in a strong track record of creating both asset and entity value for the benefit of our shareholders and partners over these various real estate cycles. 

Governmental Regulation

Environmental Matters

Our properties and the operations thereon are subject to federal, state and local environmental laws, ordinances and regulations, including laws relating to water, air, solid wastes and hazardous substances. Our properties and the operations thereon are also subject to federal, state and local laws, ordinances, regulations and requirements related to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act, as well as comparable state statutes relating to the health and safety of our employees and others working on our properties. Although we believe that we and our future tenants are in material compliance with these requirements, there can be no assurance that we will not incur significant costs, civil and criminal penalties and liabilities, including those relating to claims for damages to persons, property or the environment resulting from operations at our properties.

Real Estate Industry Regulation

Generally, the ownership and operation of real properties are subject to various laws, ordinances and regulations, including regulations relating to zoning, land use, water rights, wastewater, storm water runoff and lien sale rights and procedures. These laws, ordinances or regulations, such as the Comprehensive Environmental Response and Compensation Liability Act and its state analogs, or any changes to any such laws, ordinances or regulations, could result in or increase the potential liability for environmental conditions or circumstances existing, or created by tenants or others, on our properties. Laws related to upkeep, safety and taxation requirements may result in significant unanticipated expenditures, loss of our properties or other impairments to operations, any of which would adversely affect our cash flows from operating activities.

Our property management activities, to the extent we are required to engage in them due to lease defaults by tenants or vacancies on certain properties, will likely be subject to state real estate brokerage laws and regulations as determined by the particular real estate commission for each state.

Insurance

We carry comprehensive general liability coverage on our communities, with limits of liability customary within the multi-family properties industry to insure against liability claims and related defense costs. We are also insured, with limits of liability customary within the real estate industry, against the risk of direct physical damage in amounts necessary to reimburse us on a replacement cost basis for costs incurred to repair or rebuild each property, including loss of rental income during the reconstruction period.

Our primary lines of insurance coverage are property, general liability and workers’ compensation. We believe that our insurance coverages adequately insure our multifamily properties against the risk of loss attributable to fire, earthquake, hurricane, tornado, flood, terrorism and other perils, and adequately insure us against other risk. Our coverage includes deductibles, retentions and limits that are customary in the industry. We have established loss prevention, loss mitigation, claims handling and litigation management procedures to manage our exposure.

Seasonality

Our business has not been, and we do not expect it to become subject to, material seasonal fluctuations.

Employees

We do not have a W-2 employee at the present.  Frank Ikechukwu Igwealor, our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, is our only full-time staff As of September 30, 2020, pending when we could formalize an employment contract for him.   In addition to Mr. Igwealor, we have three part-time unpaid staff who helps with bookkeeping and administrative chores.  Most of our part-time staff, officers, and directors will devote their time as needed to our business and are expect to devote at least 15 hours per week to our business operations.  We plan on formalizing employment contract for those staff currently helping us without pay.  Furthermore, in the immediate future, we intend to use independent contractors and consultants to assist in many aspects of our business on an as needed basis pending financial resources being available. We may use independent contractors and consultants once we receive sufficient funding to hire additional employees. Even then, we will principally rely on independent contractors for substantially all of our technical and marketing needs.

The Company has no written employment contract or agreement with any person. Currently, we are not actively seeking additional employees or engaging any consultants through a formal written agreement or contract. Services are provided on an as-needed basis to date. This may change in the event that we are able to secure financing through equity or loans to the Company.  As our company grows, we expect to hire more full-time employees.

Plan of Operations

Plan of Operation for the Next Twelve (12) Months

Although we have pivoted to technology, our real estate business is still ongoing through our independently managed sub-subsidiaries including Alpharidge Capital LLC, Community Economic Development Capital, LLC and Opportunity Zone Capital LLC. As the Company moves ahead to implement its business plan, the Company will begin to identify and acquire complimentary Electric Vehicles, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Robotics (“EV-AI-ML-R”) businesses and internally-manage a real estate holdings focused on affordable housing and specialized properties across the United States.  We plan to acquire control-stake or minor equity positions in EV-AI-ML-R businesses and both single family residence (SFR) and multi-family and specialized commercial properties including sale-leaseback transactions and third-party purchases. On specialized commercial properties we expect to lease our properties on a triple-net lease basis, where the tenant is responsible for all aspects of and costs related to the property and its operation during the lease term, including structural repairs, maintenance, taxes and insurance.

We plan to conduct our affordable housing business through a traditional umbrella partnership real estate holding company, in which our properties are owned by our Operating Partnership, directly or through subsidiaries. We shall be the sole general partner of our Operating Partnership and own, directly or through a subsidiary, 100% of the limited partnership interests in our Operating Partnership.

There is no assurance that we would be able to put the property to good use such as renting it to eligible low-income family / tenant.  If we are unable to put them to productive use, we would be forced to sell them and use the money generated from the sales to pay off the loans used to acquire them. 

To effectively fund our business plan, we must raise additional capital.   But there can be no assurance that we will be able to raise the capital necessary to acquire, own or hold profitable businesses and real properties.  Moreover, there can be no assurance that we will be able to raise the capital necessary to execute our business plan and also to acquire, own or hold complimentary businesses and real properties.

Within the next twelve months, we intend to use income generated from our operations to hire employees that would help us to raise capital to build our company.  There is no assurance that we would be able to generate income from our operations in the near future.

We intend to implement the following tasks within the next twelve months:

1. Month 1-3: Phase 1 (1-3 months in duration; complete rehabilitation of the opportunity zone located property and put it to good use)
1. Continue to develop and build our EV-AI-ML-R portfolio utilizing dollar cost averaging when necessary to achieve objective
2. Identify 4 other properties to acquire
3. Identify 2 profitable businesses to acquire
4. Sign purchase agreement with the sellers of the 2 profitable businesses and 4 properties identified above;
5. Acquire and consolidate the revenue from those six acquisitions.
2. Month 3-6 Phase 2 (1-3 months in duration; cost control, process improvements, admin & mngt.).
1. Integrate acquisitions into NIHK’s model – consolidate the management of the acquired businesses and properties including integration of their accounting and finance systems, synchronization of their operating systems, and harmonization of their human resources functions.
2. Complete and file quarterly reports and other required filings for the quarter
3. Month 6-9:  Phase 3 (1-3 months in duration; $5 million in estimated fund receipt)
1. Identify and acquire 2 profitable businesses and 4 properties that are complementary/similar properties or assets in the target market
4. Month 9-12: Phase 4  (1-3 months duration; use acquired businesses’ free cash flow for more acquisitions)
1. Run the businesses efficiently, giving employees a conducive and friendly workplace and add value to investors and shareholders by identifying and reducing excesses and also identifying and executing growth strategies
2. Acquire 2 profitable businesses and 4 more properties especially in regions where RE is at or below their book-value.  
5. Operating expenses during the twelve months would be as follows:
1. For the five months through December 31, 2020, we anticipate to incur general and other operating expenses of $238,000. 
2. For the six months through July 31, 2021 we anticipate to incur additional general and other operating expenses of $382,000. 

As noted above, the execution of our current plan of operations requires us to raise significant additional capital immediately. If we are successful in raising at least $620,000 in capital, we hope that the Company will have sufficient cash resources to fund its plan of operations for the next twelve months. If we are unable to do so, our ability to continue as a going concern will be in jeopardy, likely causing us to curtail and possibly cease operations.

We continually evaluate our plan of operations discussed above to determine the manner in which we can most effectively utilize our limited cash resources. The timing of completion of any aspect of our plan of operations is highly dependent upon the availability of cash to implement that aspect of the plan and other factors beyond our control. There is no assurance that we will successfully obtain the required capital or revenues, or, if obtained, that the amounts will be sufficient to fund our ongoing operations. The inability to secure additional capital would have a material adverse effect on us, including the possibility that we would have to sell or forego a portion or all of our assets or cease operations. If we discontinue our operations, we will not have sufficient funds to pay any amounts to our stockholders.

Because our working capital requirements depend upon numerous factors there can be no assurance that our current cash resources will be sufficient to fund our operations. At present, we have no committed external sources of capital, and do not expect any significant product revenues for the foreseeable future. Thus, we will require immediate additional financing to fund future operations. There can be no assurance, however, that we will be able to obtain funds on acceptable terms, if at all.

Where You Can Find More Information

We have restarted filing annual, quarterly, and special reports, proxy statements, and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Our SEC filings are available to the public over the Internet from the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy any document we file at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington, D.C. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. You can also access these reports and other filings electronically on the SEC’s web site, www.sec.gov.

Components of Our Results of Operations

Revenue

We generate revenue primarily from net revenue from trading, commissions and fees charged on each real estate services transaction closed by our lead agents or partner agents, and from the sale of homes.

Real Estate Services Revenue

Brokerage Revenue—Brokerage revenue includes our offer and listing services, where our lead agents represent homebuyers and home sellers. We recognize commission-based brokerage revenue upon closing of a brokerage transaction, less the amount of any commission refunds, closing-cost reductions, or promotional offers that may result in a material right. Brokerage revenue is affected by the number of brokerage transactions we close, the mix of brokerage transactions, home-sale prices, commission rates, and the amount we give to customers.

Partner Revenue—Partner revenue consists of fees paid to us from partner agents or under other referral agreements, less the amount of any payments we make to customers. We recognize these fees as revenue on the closing of a transaction. Partner revenue is affected by the number of partner transactions closed, home-sale prices, commission rates, and the amount we refund to customers. If the portion of customers we introduce to our own lead agents increases, we expect the portion of revenue closed by partner agents to decrease.

Properties Revenue

Properties Revenue—Properties revenue consists of revenue earned when we sell homes that we previously bought directly from homeowners. Properties revenue is recorded at closing on a gross basis, representing the sales price of the home.

Other Revenue

Other Revenue—Other services revenue includes fees earned from mortgage origination services, title settlement services, Walk Score data services, and advertising. Substantially all fees and revenue from other services are recognized when the service is provided.

Intercompany Eliminations

Intercompany Eliminations—Revenue earned from transactions between operating segments are eliminated in consolidating our financial statements. Intercompany transactions primarily consist of services performed from our real estate services segment for our properties segment.

Cost of Revenue and Gross Margin

Cost of revenue consists primarily of home-touring and field expenses, listing expenses, home costs related to our properties segment, office and occupancy expenses, and depreciation and amortization related to fixed assets and acquired intangible assets. Home costs related to our properties segment include home purchase costs, capitalized improvements, selling expenses directly attributable to the transaction, and home maintenance expenses.

Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue. Gross margin is gross profit expressed as a percentage of revenue. Our gross margin has and will continue to be affected by a number of factors, but the most important are the mix of revenue from our relatively higher-gross-margin real estate services segment and our relatively lower-gross-margin properties segment, real estate services revenue per transaction, agent and support-staff productivity, personnel costs and transaction bonuses, and, for properties, the home purchase costs.

Results of Operations

Results of Operations

Three Months ended September 30, 2020

Revenue and net gain from sales of investments under trading securities ― The Company recorded $19,187 in net gain from sales of investments under trading securities for the three months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to $0.00 for the period ending ended September 30, 2019.  The Company did not record any real estate related revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2020.

Operating Expenses ― Total operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2020 was $22,414, as compared to $5,698 for the period ending ended September 30, 2019.

Net income ― Net loss from operations for three months ended September 30, 2020 was $3,379. As compared to $5,698 for the period ending ended September 30, 2019.Unrealized loss (gain) from securities trading was $39,359. Dividends were $152.00. Net loss before taxation was $42,586.

Nine Months ended September 30, 2020, as Compared to Nine Months ended September 30, 2019

 Revenue and net gain from sales of investments under trading securities ― The Company recorded $79,194 in net gain from sales of investments under trading securities and $1,205,000 in revenue from sales of investment properties, for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to $0.00 for the same period of September 30, 2019.

Operating Expenses ― Total operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $128,268 as compared to $6.198 in the same period in, 2019, due to increased operating activities during the period ended September 30, 2020.

Net Loss ― Net loss from operations for nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $24,082. As compared to $6.198 for the period ending ended September 30, 2019. Unrealized loss (gain) from securities trading was $107,187. Net interest income was $8.00 and Dividends were $173.00. Net loss before taxation was $131,088.

Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2020, the Company had a working capital of $828,499, consisting of $5,341 in cash, $22,961 in Trading Securities, $970,148 in investment properties inventory, minus $5,542 in marginal loan payable, and $163,632 of line credit.

The Company had $22,961 inventory of Trading Securities as of September 30, 2020 as compared to $0.00 for the period ending December 31, 2019.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company used $104,360 on operating activities, generated $524,328 on investing activities and used $426,860 from financing activities, resulting in a decrease in total cash of $6,891 and a cash balance of $5,341 for the period.  

Total Notes Payable for related and unrelated parties increased by $453,761 for the period ended September 30, 2020, compared to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 of $45,517.

As of September 30, 2020, total stockholders’ deficit increased to $74,966 compared to $(379) as of December 31, 2019.

As of September 30, 2020, the Company had a cash balance of $5,341 (i.e. cash is used to fund operations). The Company does not believe our current cash balances will be sufficient to allow us to fund our operating plan for the next twelve months. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on us obtaining adequate capital to fund operating losses until we become profitable. If we are unable to obtain adequate capital, we could be forced to cease operations or substantially curtail its drug development activities. These conditions raise substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts and classification of liabilities should we be unable to continue as a going concern.

Our principal sources of liquidity in the past has been cash generated from loans to us by our major shareholder. In order to be able to achieve our strategic goals, we need to further expand our business and implement our business plan.  To continue to develop our business plan and generate sales, significant capital has been and will continue to be required. Management intends to fund future operations through private or public equity and/or debt offerings. We continue to engage in preliminary discussions with potential investors and broker-dealers, but no terms have been agreed upon. There can be no assurances, however, that additional funding will be available on terms acceptable to us, or at all. Any equity financing may be dilutive to existing shareholders. We do not currently have any contractual restrictions on our ability to incur debt and, accordingly we could incur significant amounts of indebtedness to finance operations. Any such indebtedness could contain covenants which would restrict our operations.

Our financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the outcome of these uncertainties. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon our ability to raise additional debt or equity funding to meet our ongoing operating expenses and ultimately in merging with another entity with experienced management and profitable operations. No assurances can be given that we will be successful in achieving these objectives.

We have not established revenue generating operations and will be dependent upon obtaining financing to pursue any future extensive acquisitions and activities. The revenues, if any, generated from our operations or acquisitions may not be sufficient to fund our operations or planned growth. We will require additional capital to continue to operate our business, and to further expand our business. Sources of additional capital through various financing transactions or arrangements with third parties may include equity or debt financing, bank loans or revolving credit facilities. We may not be successful in locating suitable financing transactions in the time period required or at all, and we may not obtain the capital we require by other means.

We will now be obligated to file annual, quarterly and current reports with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act. In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley”) and the rules subsequently implemented by the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board have imposed various requirements on public companies, including requiring changes in corporate governance practices. We expect these rules and regulations to increase our legal and financial compliance costs and to make some activities of ours more time- consuming and costly. In order to meet the needs to comply with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act, we will need investment of capital.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

There are no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) requires estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The SEC has defined a company’s critical accounting policies as the ones that are most important to the portrayal of the company’s financial condition and results of operations, and which require the company to make its most difficult and subjective judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates of matters that are inherently uncertain.

Based on this definition, we have identified the critical accounting policies and judgments addressed which are described in Note 2 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. Although we believe that our estimates, assumptions and judgments are reasonable, they are based upon information presently available. Actual results may differ significantly from these estimates under different assumptions, judgments or conditions.