We strive for full transparency and are happy to provide this Capital Allocation Report. You will find asset values, collateral values, links to filed documents, property maps, and more.
Watch this video for an explanation of the report. The video will help you to understand not only the report but how we protect and grow your capital.
There are several options:
1. The fund typically has a few million dollars that it has taken on but has not yet loaned out. It resides in the fund’s checking account and can be quickly distributed from there. You will find the most recently documented amount at the top of page 2 in this Capital Allocation Report.
2. Hawthorne Land or Hawthorne Interests can pay down a fund loan, thus providing liquidity in the fund’s checking account, which can be distributed. There are usually a few hundred thousand dollars in those accounts or accounts associated with them.
3. Hawthorne Interests can sell one or more notes and pay off the fund in the process, thus providing liquidity.
4. Hawthorne Interests can borrow from a bank against some of its notes. In doing so, the fund’s loans against those notes will be paid off, thus providing liquidity for the fund.
5. Hawthorne Land can sell some of its land for cash or conventionally (not on owner financing) and use those proceeds to pay down a fund loan.
6. The fund can increase its cash position by taking on additional capital from a new or existing investor, just as it does on a regular basis.
7. Doug or another investor can buy out an investor for the amount that’s due to them.
You are able to request and receive a return of part or all of your investment should you desire. You can find a detailed explanation of this process in section 4.04 of the Company Agreement.
Below is a simple illustration that shows how this works:
You have $300K invested in the fund, and you provide a written request that we return $250K of it.
We have 120 days to return $100K. We must return another $100K 60 days later (on day 180). Then we must return the final $50K 60 days after that (on day 240).
We are to pay you fees of $100 per month per $100K requested should we be unable to return your capital according to the schedule outlined in the Company Agreement and illustrated above.
Should the fund be accruing or paying fees to any investor for more than two years, the fund is legally obligated to stop issuing new loans and to return capital to all investors as it becomes available.
Our goal is to return as much of your requested capital as possible within a few days of your request. Our ability to do so depends on the amount you request and the fund’s current liquidity. If needed, we can generate additional liquidity through the means shown in the following FAQ.
To date, four investors have requested a return of their capital. All capital was returned within one to four business days. In one case, we returned over $900K in about three business days.
The fund lends to Hawthorne Land at a maximum of 65% of the projected aggregate sales price of the ranchettes for a relevant property. That is widely considered to be a low loan-to-value (LTV), which is important for reducing risk. Each loan is at 10%, interest only.
For each note that Hawthorne Interests buys and holds, the fund lends to it at a maximum amount whereby the monthly payment to the fund will be at least 10% less than the incoming monthly payment to Hawthorne Interests. This means that if the fund had to foreclose on a loan, it would become the owner of a note that provides more monthly income than the original loan. Each loan is at 10%, amortized.
All of this is covered in Section II of the Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) and on Schedule 1 of the Credit Agreement.
HL sells each ranchette on owner financing. Each time it does, it collects a down payment of approximately $20K and takes back a note for about $230K at 10.9% over 20 years.
Upon selling the land and generating the note, HL sells the note to Hawthorne Interests (HI). HL pays off its $125K loan to HIF, and HIF lends just shy of $220K to HI with the $230K note as collateral.
In this scenario, the ranchette buyer/borrower pays HI $2,358.40 per month, and HI pays HIF $2,122.56 per month, which is 10% less than the incoming payment. This provides HI with a positive cash flow of $235.84 per month.
HL and HI receive a capital infusion equal to the difference between the $125K loan payoff and the new $220K loan, plus the $235.84 per month in positive cash flow over 20 years.
HIF earns interest income from various sources throughout this process. At first, it earns it from a 10% interest-only loan to HL. Later, it earns it from a 10% amortized loan to HI. In addition, it earns interest income on any capital that it has taken on but has not loaned out.
Combined, these three sources of interest income provide HIF with the income it needs to provide a 10% monthly preferred return to its investors.
Various entities work together to carry out the business of the fund and the land business. These are as follows:
Hawthorne Income Fund, LLC is the fund. It is owned by fund investors and is managed by Hawthorne Income Fund Manager, LLC, which is an entity that Doug Smith owns.
Hawthorne Land, LLC is Doug’s entity that purchases and holds title to land. We subdivide, improve and sell the land, so its land ownership is temporary. It borrows from the fund against the land it owns.
Hawthorne Interests, LLC is Doug’s entity that purchases real estate notes, often from Hawthorne Land, and holds them long term. It borrows from the fund against the notes it holds.
Hawthorne Management, LLC and Hawthorne Property Services, LLC are Doug’s entities that cover most of our general overhead and employ many of our team members.
The fund has 18 benefits that we have been able to identify. Click here for an explanation of each one.
You are welcome to view the fund’s legal paperwork by clicking on the links below:
Private Placement Memorandum (PPM): This document explains the fund to prospective investors in great detail. Those who review PPMs on a regular basis will find the language to be much softer and more pro-investor than is customary.
Company Agreement: This is known as a partnership agreement for some funds. Again, the language is much more pro-investor than is customary.
Subscription Agreement: Investors must review and sign this agreement as part of the investment process. There is no need to print and sign this version of the document, as you’ll be able to DocuSign a customized version of this document as you invest.
Credit Agreement: This agreement provides great detail on the loans between the fund and its borrowers.
Hawthorne Land (HL) seeks out a new property and places it under contract. In this case, it’s 100 acres of land outside of Houston. The purchase price is $1M, which comes out to $10K per acre.
HL’s plan is to subdivide the property into ten 10-acre ranchettes and sell each one for $250K. That’s a cumulative projected sales price of $2.5M.
Because the total projected sales price is $2.5M, Hawthorne Income Fund (the fund, HIF) will lend the lesser of 65% of that amount or the purchase price. The lesser is the purchase price, so it lends $1M to HL upon purchase, secured by a first lien against the property.
Over the coming weeks and months, HL makes improvements to the ranchettes, and HIF issues additional loan funds, also secured by a first lien against the property.
Eventually, HL makes a total of $250K in improvements, and HIF will have loaned an additional $250K against the property, thus taking the total loan amount up to $1.25M. This comes out to a $125K loan against each ranchette.