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UMH Properties, Inc
(NYSE:UMH) 

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UMH Properties, Inc., which was organized in 1968, is a public equity REIT that owns and operates 124 manufactured home communities containing approximately 23,400 developed homesites. These communities are located in New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan and Marylan...

Founded: 1968
Full Time Employees: 420
Sector: Real Estate
Industry: REIT-Residential

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      income:
                                                                          
      rental and related income
    59,469,000 58,203,000 57,771,000 54,574,000 53,259,000 51,937,000 51,494,000 50,329,000 49,246,000 48,135,000 47,063,000 45,305,000 43,735,000 42,893,000 42,229,000 41,577,000  40,248,000 39,341,000 38,713,000 37,577,000 36,358,000 35,051,000 34,358,000 33,631,193 32,947,667 31,388,423 30,643,717 29,596,334 28,728,078 28,237,771 27,270,477 26,122,486 25,854,623 25,293,961 24,530,355 23,366,346 23,103,155 22,423,876 21,786,180   17,937,342 17,215,686  15,768,908 14,846,776 14,087,551 13,992,765 13,755,391 11,642,186 10,508,717 9,836,479 8,529,908 8,482,122 8,047,979 7,930,210 7,314,012 7,087,977 6,771,160 6,704,321 6,690,412 6,620,558 6,624,530 6,556,499 6,504,930 6,421,211 6,362,034 6,254,570  
      sales of manufactured homes
    6,369,000 8,765,000 9,147,000 6,651,000 8,614,000 8,734,000 8,834,000 7,351,000 7,738,000 7,909,000 8,227,000 7,302,000 5,013,000 9,044,000 6,994,000 4,291,000  7,782,000 9,618,000 4,419,000 5,252,000 6,765,000 5,033,000 3,215,000 4,113,448 4,381,223 5,841,615 3,643,714 4,648,731 4,719,036 3,860,779 2,525,487 2,574,099 2,830,314 3,523,887 1,918,194 1,777,351 2,251,896 2,786,831 1,718,194   1,616,101 1,128,400  2,379,824 1,002,405 2,339,370 2,261,201 2,342,534 1,784,109 2,097,404 2,350,189 2,496,735 1,182,455 1,557,701 1,086,244 2,202,701 1,382,362 1,091,480 1,456,951 1,103,994 1,843,341 1,494,118 1,085,800 2,107,495 2,788,360 2,881,014 1,784,043  
      total income
    65,838,000 66,968,000 66,918,000 61,225,000 61,873,000 60,671,000 60,328,000 57,680,000 56,984,000 56,044,000 55,290,000 52,607,000 48,748,000 51,937,000 49,223,000 45,868,000  48,030,000 48,959,000 43,132,000 42,829,000 43,123,000 40,084,000 37,573,000 37,744,641 37,328,890 37,230,038 34,287,431 34,245,065 33,447,114 32,098,550 29,795,964 28,696,585 28,684,937 28,817,848 26,448,549 25,143,697 25,355,051 25,210,707 23,504,374   19,553,443 18,344,086  18,148,732 15,849,181 16,426,921 16,253,966 16,097,925 13,426,295 12,606,121 12,186,668 11,026,643 9,664,577 9,605,680 9,016,454 9,516,713 8,470,339 7,862,640 8,161,272          
      expenses:
                                                                          
      community operating expenses
    25,312,000 24,907,000 24,994,000 23,029,000 22,151,000 22,511,000 21,595,000 21,097,000 20,548,000 20,673,000 20,034,000 20,088,000 19,485,000 19,181,000 18,923,000 18,071,000  16,833,000 17,045,000 17,137,000 15,984,000 16,245,000 15,438,000 15,508,000 15,822,440 15,771,602 14,969,705 15,144,253 14,189,799 13,288,715 12,715,180 12,754,816 12,176,772 12,317,856 11,871,578 11,480,359 10,644,368 10,719,289 10,718,738 10,555,938   9,139,539 8,812,489  8,341,946 8,287,609 8,650,865 7,623,566 6,919,124 5,947,365 5,596,335 5,293,777 4,509,377 4,649,061 4,364,918 4,234,976 3,831,505 3,954,578 3,649,910 3,434,701 3,307,154 3,450,419 3,232,626 3,210,686 3,315,137 3,190,263 3,396,383 3,182,176  
      cost of sales of manufactured homes
    4,076,000 5,307,000 5,795,000 4,345,000 5,431,000 5,446,000 5,461,000 5,556,000 5,030,000 5,334,000 5,740,000 4,985,000 3,412,000 6,330,000 4,837,000 2,983,000  5,826,000 7,017,000 3,471,000 3,704,000 4,695,000 3,617,000 2,401,000 2,820,932 3,271,260 4,256,639 2,589,169 3,309,286 3,512,705 2,913,825 1,980,171 2,005,525 2,215,767 2,746,689 1,503,209 1,187,933 1,803,315 2,161,344 1,313,928   1,238,854 880,670  1,944,233 766,379 1,860,179 1,843,231 1,978,468 1,522,532 1,760,041 2,103,234 2,227,989 1,061,969 1,473,634 984,371 2,009,989 1,280,009 1,057,946 1,374,033 902,854 1,729,002 1,426,536 1,002,239 1,937,248 2,383,739 2,419,512 1,484,965  
      selling expenses
    1,867,000 1,617,000 2,223,000 1,615,000 1,656,000 1,787,000 1,744,000 1,646,000 1,680,000 1,792,000 1,665,000 1,812,000 1,288,000 1,625,000 1,214,000 1,155,000  1,324,000 1,362,000 1,131,000 1,184,000 1,381,000 1,279,000 1,097,000 1,276,106 1,374,932 1,336,940 1,091,022 860,921 1,024,188 1,085,244 804,072 633,375 836,939 865,462 759,379 581,544 812,392 674,717 783,752   658,028 685,539  752,136 720,679 496,627 550,345 429,960 508,902 552,125 540,831 589,661 638,649 490,671 385,096 508,583 413,906 397,512 398,718 288,900 293,762 292,629 323,630 255,600 414,358 302,732 408,445  
      general and administrative expenses
    5,092,000 4,999,000 4,283,000 5,999,000 6,424,000 4,474,000 5,506,000 5,368,000 5,049,000 4,491,000 5,181,000 4,982,000 5,631,000 5,150,000 4,300,000 3,898,000  3,165,000 3,339,000 3,441,000 2,794,000 2,934,000 2,742,000 2,586,000 2,135,752 2,579,348 3,156,267 2,174,633 2,679,158 2,559,023 3,282,682 2,358,556 2,455,016 2,354,054 2,634,309 2,202,302 1,483,324.75 2,293,366 1,943,011 1,696,922   1,808,958 1,656,700  1,695,056 1,519,923 1,106,370.75 1,688,095 1,522,152 1,215,236 939,064.25 1,266,191 781,190.25 1,132,796 1,025,912 966,053 602,594.5 800,086 743,564 866,728 616,517.75 867,258 817,175 781,638 690,462.75 864,423 911,541 985,887  
      depreciation expense
    17,976,000 17,345,000 16,808,000 16,663,000 15,804,000 14,693,000 15,001,000 14,741,000 14,448,000 14,147,000 13,751,000 13,373,000 12,766,000 12,302,000 11,984,000 11,717,000  11,380,000 11,184,000 11,008,000 10,716,000 10,492,000 10,272,000 10,227,000 9,801,112 9,390,236 8,868,341 8,751,311 8,280,690 8,051,627 7,764,258 7,594,634 7,297,190 6,980,113 6,740,205 6,540,238 6,121,424 5,887,667 5,679,167 5,525,842   4,451,195 4,228,274  3,672,454 3,437,672 3,213,121 3,069,509 3,009,240 2,389,854 2,125,579 1,930,158 1,590,897 1,580,906 1,394,901 1,395,634 1,258,232 1,168,920 1,070,226 1,018,648 1,013,301 1,016,595 1,021,354 1,030,874 1,022,812 1,017,213 1,017,795 1,014,750  
      total expenses
    54,323,000 54,175,000 54,103,000 51,651,000 51,466,000 48,911,000 49,307,000 48,408,000 46,755,000 46,437,000 46,371,000 45,240,000 42,582,000 44,588,000 41,258,000 37,824,000  38,528,000 39,947,000 36,188,000 34,382,000 35,747,000 33,348,000 31,819,000 31,856,342 32,387,378 32,587,892 29,750,388 29,319,854 28,436,258 27,761,189 25,492,249 24,567,878 24,704,729 24,858,243 22,485,487 20,634,766 21,567,389 21,176,977 19,876,382   17,484,822 16,369,803  16,489,825 15,101,441 16,636,587 14,935,457 14,196,653 12,240,957 11,761,448 11,617,310 10,993,478 9,168,822 8,968,945 8,043,413 8,775,499 7,674,868 7,136,585 7,143,948 2,920,778 8,516,783 7,980,323 7,493,198 8,506,326 9,048,725 8,972,535 8,616,325  
      other income:
                                                                          
      interest income
    2,174,000 2,063,000 2,354,000 2,263,000 2,238,000 1,816,000 1,501,000 1,567,000 1,323,000 1,306,000 1,217,000 1,138,000 1,027,000 1,080,000 1,068,000 910,000  857,000 792,000 817,000 773,000 736,000 691,000 717,000 831,610 650,767 621,440 515,183 684,735 563,549 536,176 470,230 527,385 510,358 495,778 473,359 377,727 400,899 397,083 408,876   466,129 478,333  537,771 547,243 546,311 551,750 550,194 538,132 540,067 512,127                  
      dividend income
    302,000 355,000 373,000 374,000 373,000 357,000 362,000 360,000 573,000 508,000 531,000 706,000 703,000 699,000 721,000 780,000  1,267,000 1,287,000 1,302,000 1,248,000 1,183,000 1,555,000 1,743,000 1,800,610 1,858,831 1,938,145 1,937,414 2,763,580 2,704,255 2,474,180  2,419,860 2,068,198 1,795,600 1,851,240 1,801,309 1,755,438 1,623,844 1,455,535   1,006,876 1,094,778  1,004,610 1,059,465 987,292 895,577 747,852 850,793 839,547 830,303                  
      loss on marketable securities
    -36,418,000                                                                      
      increase in fair value of marketable securities
    39,083,000    -2,301,000 5,499,000 3,338,000      21,185,000 -1,230,000 -10,044,000 -31,750,000    10,219,000 17,802,000 -6,739,000 13,411,000 -38,593,000 -562,833 9,234,252  8,595,766                                           
      other income
    195,000 218,000 265,000 177,000 280,000 150,000 205,000 159,000 232,000 235,000 288,000 328,000 458,000 366,000 196,000 220,000  189,000 152,000 147,000 157,000 232,000 166,000 163,000 164,361 170,593 133,541 119,505 75,704 134,761 132,516 67,463 112,797 126,660 417,487 48,104 109,077 146,469 155,763 93,450   88,692 49,864  191,577 52,687 28,912 64,357 88,702 29,080 36,134 52,195 15,477 36,656 11,348 13,894 24,101 9,261 22,534 12,947 25,763 19,400 22,120 8,889 13,169 14,360 31,448 36,058  
      loss on investment in joint ventures
    -64,000 -129,000 -96,000                                                                    
      interest expense
    -9,095,000 -8,451,000 -7,930,000 -5,934,000 -5,918,000 -6,524,000 -7,371,000 -7,474,000 -7,813,000 -7,694,000 -8,639,000 -8,330,000 -7,587,000 -6,951,000 -6,414,000 -5,487,000   -4,972,000 -4,798,000 -5,143,000 -4,524,000 -4,195,000 -4,425,000 -4,516,006 -4,395,806 -4,246,646 -4,646,542 -4,243,270 -4,247,855 -3,966,992 -3,580,468 -3,835,982 -3,871,046 -4,112,214 -4,057,730 -3,828,241 -3,774,341 -3,896,305 -3,933,477   -3,238,109 -2,811,611  -2,530,528 -2,208,125 -2,141,971 -2,136,730 -1,891,325 -1,679,809 -1,447,893 -1,689,112 -1,440,060 -1,374,601 -1,474,200 -1,455,706 -1,373,419 -1,377,702 -1,212,270 -1,219,905 -7,785,853 1,100,227 1,135,033 1,095,261 1,430,219 1,140,359 886,201 1,500,658  
      total other income
    -3,823,000 -8,263,000 -3,458,000 -4,763,000 -5,405,000 1,223,000 -5,830,000 -10,894,000 1,036,000 -11,080,000 -9,327,000 -8,900,000 -2,434,000 -12,557,000 -14,609,000 -4,727,000   6,986,000 6,957,000 14,837,000 -9,112,000 11,628,000 -40,395,000 -2,282,258 7,518,637 -3,905,705 6,521,326 -32,632,068 -11,332,720 15,799,550 -26,496,347 -546,701 -699,309 -383,472 -1,653,136 -1,153,663 -587,077 -937,242 -1,743,611   -1,790,710 -1,260,479  -228,377 -156,907 -524,561 -600,121 -229,785 2,977,034 475,169 846,764 509,858 293,836 -418,259 1,143,259 1,381,156 407,877 755,493 852,569          
      income before loss on sales of investment property and equipment
    7,692,000 4,530,000 9,357,000          3,732,000 -5,208,000  3,317,000  4,288,000  13,901,000 23,284,000 -1,736,000  -34,641,000 3,606,041 12,460,149  11,058,369 -2,094,396.25 -6,321,864  -22,192,632 3,582,006 3,280,899     3,096,488     713,804   590,833 1,638,061.75 718,388 1,671,487                     
      loss on sales of investment property and equipment
    -3,000 45,000 -72,000 -1,000         -73,000 -10,000  -42,000    -23,000 -39,000 -31,000  -107,000 -74,945 -27,341  -20,976 -23,018 -27,479  -15,705 -51,390 -18,898     -45,026        -22,644   -52,048               -11,503      
      net income
    7,689,000 4,575,000 9,285,000 4,810,000 4,980,000 12,905,000 5,181,000 -1,625,000 11,254,000 -1,499,000 -403,000 -1,501,000 3,659,000 -5,218,000 -6,688,000 3,275,000  4,197,000 16,003,000 13,878,000 23,245,000 -1,767,000 18,325,000 -34,748,000 3,531,096 12,432,808 748,703 11,037,393 -27,729,875 -6,349,343 20,071,984 -22,208,337 3,530,616 3,262,001 3,589,871 2,285,546 3,376,615 3,200,013 3,051,462 1,906,469   203,982 718,517  1,476,725 568,189 -733,004 800,877 1,619,439 4,149,511 1,299,570 1,405,754 542,546 792,877 235,976 2,124,864 2,113,975 1,197,304 1,472,638 1,884,998 2,269,632 1,340,030 1,178,562 -1,098,836 -879,901 1,201,017 1,511,074 -305,040  
      yoy
    54.40% -64.55% 79.21% -396.00% -55.75% -960.91% -1385.61% 8.26% 207.57% -71.27% -93.97% -145.83%  -224.33% -141.79% -76.40%  -337.52% -12.67% -139.94% 558.29% -114.21% 2347.57% -414.82% -112.73% -295.81% -96.27% -149.70% -885.41% -294.65% 459.13% -1071.69% 4.56% 1.94% 17.64% 19.88%   1395.95% 165.33%   -64.10% -198.02%  -8.81% -86.31% -156.40% -43.03% 198.49% 423.35% 450.72% -33.84% -74.34% -33.78% -83.98% 12.73% -6.86% -10.65% 24.95% -271.54% -357.94% 11.57% -22.01% 260.23%      
      qoq
    68.07% -50.73% 93.04% -3.41% -61.41% 149.08% -418.83% -114.44% -850.77% 271.96% -73.15% -141.02% -170.12% -21.98% -304.21%   -73.77% 15.31% -40.30% -1415.51% -109.64% -152.74% -1084.06% -71.60% 1560.58% -93.22% -139.80% 336.74% -131.63% -190.38% -729.02% 8.23% -9.13% 57.07% -32.31% 5.52% 4.87% 60.06%    -71.61%   159.90% -177.52% -191.53% -50.55% -60.97% 219.30% -7.55% 159.10% -31.57% 236.00% -88.89% 0.52% 76.56% -18.70% -21.88% -16.95% 69.37% 13.70% -207.26% 24.88% -173.26% -20.52% -595.37%   
      net income margin %
    Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% NaN% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% NaN% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% 35.70% 13.60% 12.85% -17.15% -11.51% 11.73% 14.45% -3.67%  
      preferred dividends
    -5,173,000 -5,146,000 -5,129,000 -5,129,000 -4,995,000 -4,783,000 -4,712,000 -4,673,000 -4,472,000 -4,364,000 -4,051,000 -3,836,000 -3,433,000 -4,588,000                                                         
      loss attributable to non-controlling interest
    64,000 65,000 55,000 48,000 43,000 59,000 58,000 34,000 50,000 32,000 36,000 40,000 57,000 61,000                                                         
      net income attributable to common shareholders
    2,580,000 -506,000 4,211,000  28,000 8,181,000 527,000      283,000 -9,745,000 -22,478,000 -4,325,000   8,403,000 6,839,000 15,591,000 -12,747,000 10,235,000 -42,838,000 -3,433,135 5,622,052 -5,537,053 5,914,136   14,948,727             -1,170,630  -412,422 -1,320,958 -2,622,151 -1,088,270 -269,708 2,260,364 -559,498 161,138 -147,773 102,558 -40,152               
      per share – basic and diluted
    0.03                                                                      
      weighted-average common shares outstanding:
                                                                          
      basic
    84,998 84,067  82,391 74,114 75,610 71,418  63,068   59,085 54,389 54,891 54,215 52,301 46,332 47,778  42,377 41,395 41,421 41,210 41,173 39,909 40,513,150  38,644,540           27,314,361 27,117,889 25,932,626  25,645,978 24,796,898  22,054,132 21,261,375  19,067,845 18,196,396 17,441,001  16,395,075  14,717,146 14,362,119 13,927,873 12,767,904 12,801,417 12,587,587 12,290,272 11,412,536 11,493,196 11,219,844 11,060,041 10,876,840 10,916,458 10,855,788 10,770,683  
      diluted
    85,371 84,694  83,335 74,912 76,563 71,884  63,068   59,085 54,389 54,891 54,215 52,301 47,432 47,778  43,275 41,395 41,421 41,526 41,173 40,203 40,753,553  38,894,928           27,435,570 27,161,110 25,972,807  25,702,375 24,840,565  22,104,120 21,307,103  19,067,845 18,196,396 17,501,510  16,466,881  14,773,289 14,420,057 13,986,531 12,822,644 12,866,798 12,636,669 12,314,476 11,417,664 11,517,599 11,227,560 11,060,041 10,882,688 10,918,369 10,855,788 10,770,819  
      loss on sales of marketable securities
          -3,778,000             -730,000                                                   
      increase (decrease) in fair value of marketable securities
     -40,250 1,576,000                9,291,000        -2,352,185                                            
      net income attributable to common shareholders per share – basic and diluted
     -0.01 0.05   0.11 0.01        -0.41 -0.09   0.18 0.16                                                   
      weighted average common shares outstanding:
                                                                          
      basic
      84,985                45,476        39,649,318    36,600,643                                        
      diluted
      85,478                46,628        39,649,318    36,971,345                                        
      decrease in fair value of marketable securities
       -1,562,000    -5,369,000 -2,609,750 -5,496,000 -2,548,000 -2,395,000                                                           
      loss on investment in joint venture
       -81,000 -77,000 -75,000 -87,000 -137,000 -163,000 -165,000 -175,000 -305,000 -298,000 -116,000 -136,000 -121,000                                                       
      gain before loss on sales of investment property and equipment
       4,811,000                                                                   
      net loss attributable to common shareholders
       -271,000    -6,264,000 -3,886,500 -5,831,000 -4,418,000 -5,297,000                 -32,853,132 -11,472,600  -27,154,510 -795,765 -5,179,423 -199,876 -1,504,201 -413,132 -589,734 -682,729 -883,278   -1,685,165                            
      net loss attributable to common shareholders per share – basic and diluted
           -0.09 -0.063 -0.09 -0.07 -0.09                                                           
      gain on sales of marketable securities
             226,000 -1,000 -42,000 -17,922,000 -6,405,000  30,721,000  2,636,000                                                     
      income before gain on sales of investment property and equipment
        4,138,000 12,983,000 5,191,000     -1,533,000   -6,644,000        18,364,000            3,576,133 2,309,926 3,355,268 3,200,585  1,884,381   277,911        4,162,372 1,319,842 1,416,122 543,023 789,591 218,476 2,116,300 2,122,370 1,203,348 1,481,548 1,869,893 2,068,078 1,339,997 1,189,039  -864,520 1,191,333 1,486,461 -300,785  
      gain on sales of investment property and equipment
        -22,750 -78,000 -10,000 -3,000 2,750 -26,000 5,000 32,000   -44,000        -39,000            13,738 -24,380 -5,877.5 -572  22,088   -73,929 4,713    1,223 82,489  -12,861 -20,272 -10,368 -477 3,286 17,500 8,564 -8,395 -6,044 -8,910 15,105 201,554 33 -10,477  -15,381 9,684 24,613 -4,255  
      loss before gain on sales of investment property and equipment
           -1,622,000 -853,500 -1,473,000 -408,000                                                            
      weighted-average common shares outstanding:
                                                                          
      basic and diluted
           69,130  65,076 61,236                   37,151,432  35,907,090 32,675,650  31,769,287 29,954,773  27,891,370                                 
      redemption of preferred stock
                                                                          
      net income attributable to common shareholders per share
                                                                          
      basic
                0.01 -0.18                                                         
      diluted
                0.01 -0.18                                                         
      less: preferred dividends
                  -7,600,000 -7,600,000   -7,600,000 -7,039,000 -7,654,000 -8,109,000 -8,090,000 -8,090,000 -43,403,769 6,810,756 6,285,756 -5,123,257 -5,123,257 -5,123,257 5,123,257 -4,946,173 -4,326,381 -4,938,937 3,789,747 -3,789,747 24,417,117 -3,789,747 3,734,191 2,789,747                               
      less: redemption of preferred stock
                  -8,190,000       -2,871,000            -3,502,487                                     
      net income attributable to common shareholders per share:
                                                                          
      basic
                0.01 -0.18                                                         
      diluted
                0.01 -0.18                                                         
      gain (loss) on sales of marketable securities
                      436,000                                                    
      income (loss) before gain on sales of investment property and equipment
                      15,998,000        736,441    20,136,911                                        
      gain (loss) on sales of investment property and equipment
                      5,000        12,262    -64,927                                        
      basic and diluted income per share:
                                                                          
      basic income per share:
                                                                          
      diluted income per share:
                                                                          
      other investment income
                                -4,935,618 -10,487,430 16,623,670                                        
      dividend and other investment income
                                   -23,453,572                                       
      acquisition costs
                                        27,871 51,360     188,248 106,131   285,179 498,054 94,711 271,709 591,068 109,109 483,119 99,024 25,813 135,626  287,519  160,058           
      gain on sales of securities
                                    229,239 466,521 1,019,877 31,891                                   
      weighted average common shares outstanding:
                                                                          
      basic and diluted
                                36,871,322     34,102,231   27,808,895                                  
      gain on sales of securities transactions
                                        474,709 884,458 782,373 232,005   21,548 58,200  707,054 508,403                        
      - liabilities and shareholders’ equity -
                                                                          
      liabilities:
                                                                          
      mortgages payable
                                             265,965,805                             
      other liabilities
                                                                          
      accounts payable
                                             2,726,181                             
      loans payable
                                             69,157,832                             
      accrued liabilities and deposits
                                             5,284,797                             
      tenant security deposits
                                             3,385,024                             
      total other liabilities
                                             80,553,834                             
      total liabilities
                                             346,519,639                             
      commitments and contingencies
                                                                          
      shareholders’ equity:
                                                                          
      series a – 8.25% cumulative redeemable preferred stock,
                                                                          
      par value 0.10 per share, 3,663,800 shares authorized,
                                                                          
      issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2015 and
                                                                          
      december 31, 2014, respectively
                                             91,595,000                             
      common stock – 0.10 par value per share, 42,000,000 shares
                                                                          
      authorized, 26,791,988 and 24,372,083 shares issued and
                                                                          
      outstanding as of september 30, 2015 and december 31, 2014,
                                                                          
      respectively
                                             2,679,199                             
      excess stock - 0.10 par value per share, 3,000,000 shares
                                                                          
      authorized; no shares issued or outstanding
                                                                          
      additional paid-in capital
                                             115,240,854                             
      accumulated other comprehensive income
                                             -4,231,633                             
      accumulated deficit
                                             -667,793                             
      total shareholders’ equity
                                             204,615,627                             
      total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                             551,135,266                             
      amortization of financing costs
                                              -135,846 -130,043  -138,861 -116,580 -206,992 -87,990 -96,190 -71,190 -89,541 -73,413 136,724 79,628 83,283 77,283 44,196 57,369 57,369 51,120 89,660 59,520 54,970 48,870 67,279 38,370 38,371 39,444  
      income before gain on sales of
                                                                          
      investment property and equipment
                                                                          
      gain (loss) on sales of investment
                                                                          
      property and equipment
                                                                          
      less: preferred dividend
                                              1,889,147 1,889,147  1,889,147 1,889,147 1,889,147 1,889,147 1,889,147 1,889,147 1,859,068 1,244,616                  
      net loss attributable to
                                                                          
      common shareholders
                                                                          
      franchise taxes
                                                 84,000 84,000 101,000 66,000 66,000 66,000                    
      income before income on sales of investment property and equipment
                                                 1,430,530                         
      income on sales of investment property and equipment
                                                 46,195                         
      gain on securities transactions
                                                   948,481.25 112,915 370,982 3,310,028 596,855 1,214,664 664,706 486,087  1,541,856 1,637,338 610,458 702,169 981,915 -538,079.75 297,746 -169,480  -2,275,310 10,043 55,023 -650,560  
      weighted-average shares outstanding:
                                                                          
      basic
    84,998 84,067  82,391 74,114 75,610 71,418  63,068   59,085 54,389 54,891 54,215 52,301 46,332 47,778  42,377 41,395 41,421 41,210 41,173 39,909 40,513,150  38,644,540           27,314,361 27,117,889 25,932,626  25,645,978 24,796,898  22,054,132 21,261,375  19,067,845 18,196,396 17,441,001  16,395,075  14,717,146 14,362,119 13,927,873 12,767,904 12,801,417 12,587,587 12,290,272 11,412,536 11,493,196 11,219,844 11,060,041 10,876,840 10,916,458 10,855,788 10,770,683  
      diluted
    85,371 84,694  83,335 74,912 76,563 71,884  63,068   59,085 54,389 54,891 54,215 52,301 47,432 47,778  43,275 41,395 41,421 41,526 41,173 40,203 40,753,553  38,894,928           27,435,570 27,161,110 25,972,807  25,702,375 24,840,565  22,104,120 21,307,103  19,067,845 18,196,396 17,501,510  16,466,881  14,773,289 14,420,057 13,986,531 12,822,644 12,866,798 12,636,669 12,314,476 11,417,664 11,517,599 11,227,560 11,060,041 10,882,688 10,918,369 10,855,788 10,770,819  
      interest and dividend income
                                                         1,269,735 1,145,694 1,044,593 1,043,215 1,093,136 1,165,860 1,243,060 1,077,612 1,275,846 1,075,735 1,198,074 1,035,262 1,291,522 1,006,084 1,129,477 891,429  
      preferred dividend
                                                         241,611.75 690,319 276,128               
      net income per share
                                                                          
      less preferred dividend
                                                         0.018 0.05 0.02               
      weighted-average shares outstanding -
                                                                          
      basic
    84,998 84,067  82,391 74,114 75,610 71,418  63,068   59,085 54,389 54,891 54,215 52,301 46,332 47,778  42,377 41,395 41,421 41,210 41,173 39,909 40,513,150  38,644,540           27,314,361 27,117,889 25,932,626  25,645,978 24,796,898  22,054,132 21,261,375  19,067,845 18,196,396 17,441,001  16,395,075  14,717,146 14,362,119 13,927,873 12,767,904 12,801,417 12,587,587 12,290,272 11,412,536 11,493,196 11,219,844 11,060,041 10,876,840 10,916,458 10,855,788 10,770,683  
      diluted
    85,371 84,694  83,335 74,912 76,563 71,884  63,068   59,085 54,389 54,891 54,215 52,301 47,432 47,778  43,275 41,395 41,421 41,526 41,173 40,203 40,753,553  38,894,928           27,435,570 27,161,110 25,972,807  25,702,375 24,840,565  22,104,120 21,307,103  19,067,845 18,196,396 17,501,510  16,466,881  14,773,289 14,420,057 13,986,531 12,822,644 12,866,798 12,636,669 12,314,476 11,417,664 11,517,599 11,227,560 11,060,041 10,882,688 10,918,369 10,855,788 10,770,819  
      net income attributable to common
                                                                          
      shareholders
                                                                          
      net income per share
                                                                          
      basic
                                                            0.15 0.16 0.09 0.12 0.15 0.19 0.12 0.11 -0.1 -0.08 0.11 0.14 -0.03  
      diluted
                                                            0.15 0.16 0.09 0.12 0.15 0.19 0.12 0.11 -0.1 -0.08 0.11 0.14 -0.03  
      revenues:
                                                                          
      total revenues
                                                                 6,358,001.75 9,856,780 9,169,362 6,405,865 7,641,806 10,240,058 10,458,996 8,315,540  
      yoy
                                                                 -16.80% -3.74% -12.33% -22.97%      
      qoq
                                                                 -35.50% 7.50% 43.14% -16.17% -25.37% -2.09% 25.78%   
      loss on securities transactions
                                                                    -2,280,585      
      loss before loss on sales of investment property and equipment
                                                                    -1,087,333      
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        - assets -
                                                      
        investment property and equipment
                                                      
        land
      92,824,000 91,680,000 89,588,000 88,037,000 87,478,000 87,301,000 86,497,000 86,497,000 89,604,000 89,604,000 87,286,000 86,619,000 81,114,000 79,326,000 76,073,000 74,963,000 74,944,000 74,928,000 74,142,000 73,704,000 73,436,000 72,575,000 45,477,814 42,415,514 33,973,214 32,140,214 32,085,214 30,150,714 22,010,714 20,334,214 18,043,214 18,043,214 17,869,214 17,590,214 15,987,214 15,987,214 13,950,214 13,950,214 13,300,614 13,300,614 13,300,614 13,300,614 13,300,614 13,300,614 13,300,614 13,300,614 13,300,614 13,300,614 
        site and land improvements
      1,099,430,000 1,029,095,000 999,300,000 970,053,000 915,748,000 907,400,000 900,966,000 896,568,000 868,123,000 862,276,000 855,490,000 846,218,000 772,468,000 739,241,000 725,061,000 716,211,000 687,488,000 681,814,000 666,832,000 656,721,000 639,519,000 626,574,000 377,215,400 344,269,874 256,830,234 244,812,246 242,162,280 235,937,193 186,474,330 178,735,227 144,744,435 143,851,232 141,336,346 136,632,208 125,176,487 124,836,496 103,458,733 102,622,802 90,448,848 90,286,589 89,748,932 89,355,553 89,116,249 88,926,418 86,306,798 85,814,689 85,472,211 84,949,200 
        buildings and improvements
      51,538,000 48,647,000 45,618,000 44,782,000 39,795,000 39,749,000 39,709,000 39,506,000 36,012,000 35,869,000 35,956,000 35,933,000 33,260,000 32,627,000 32,377,000 30,450,000 28,531,000 28,480,000 28,407,000 28,153,000 27,584,000 27,403,000 20,307,097 19,434,910 13,273,690 11,408,401 11,189,855 10,870,291 7,176,980 6,997,369 5,593,797 5,567,837 5,436,622 5,302,168 4,676,748 4,658,017 4,099,325 4,077,923 4,056,099 4,046,622 4,007,088 3,996,288 3,996,288 3,990,275 3,980,036 3,978,478 3,940,027 3,924,696 
        rental homes and accessories
      647,028,000 617,195,000 578,409,000 566,242,000 554,034,000 539,746,000 527,229,000 516,470,000 504,444,000 478,595,000 441,535,000 422,818,000 410,531,000 395,988,000 388,189,000 383,467,000 378,505,000 369,054,000 358,147,000 349,905,000 338,887,000 323,641,000 134,708,763 122,561,676 61,747,274 57,821,361 53,253,368 48,830,683 37,828,031 35,290,556 30,404,837 28,311,377 26,610,360 26,806,510 23,388,165 23,108,345 21,068,928 19,372,627 18,159,112 17,684,586 17,301,384 16,729,442 16,198,980 15,814,192 15,708,851 15,437,765 14,997,659 14,206,317 
        total investment property
      1,890,820,000 1,786,617,000 1,712,915,000 1,669,114,000 1,597,055,000 1,574,196,000 1,554,401,000 1,539,041,000 1,498,183,000 1,466,344,000 1,420,267,000 1,391,588,000 1,297,373,000 1,247,182,000 1,221,700,000 1,205,091,000 1,169,468,000 1,154,276,000 1,127,528,000 1,108,483,000 1,079,426,000 1,050,193,000 577,709,074 528,681,974 365,824,412 346,182,222 338,690,717 325,788,881 253,490,055 241,357,366 198,786,283 195,773,660 191,252,542 186,331,100 169,228,614 168,590,072 142,577,200 140,023,566 125,964,673 125,318,411 124,358,018 123,381,897 122,612,131 122,031,499 119,296,299 118,531,546 117,710,511 116,380,827 
        equipment and vehicles
      36,726,000 33,122,000 31,782,000 31,488,000 30,759,000 30,059,000 29,560,000 29,126,000 28,192,000 27,743,000 27,247,000 26,721,000 25,916,000 25,377,000 24,827,000 24,437,000 23,569,000 23,244,000 23,035,000 22,572,000 22,030,000 21,784,000 13,697,460 13,185,098 11,130,719 10,718,300 10,190,124 9,968,261 9,495,379 9,267,333 8,836,775 8,734,044 8,825,662 8,577,705 8,341,841 8,291,216 8,064,736 7,923,487 7,620,648 7,626,801 7,547,224 7,502,050 7,496,326 7,487,571 7,430,858 7,393,158 7,367,002 7,320,666 
        total investment property and equipment
      1,927,546,000 1,819,739,000 1,744,697,000 1,700,602,000 1,627,814,000 1,604,255,000 1,583,961,000 1,568,167,000 1,526,375,000 1,494,087,000 1,447,514,000 1,418,309,000 1,323,289,000 1,272,559,000 1,246,527,000 1,229,528,000 1,193,037,000 1,177,520,000 1,150,563,000 1,131,055,000 1,101,456,000 1,071,977,000 591,406,534 541,867,072 376,955,131 356,900,522 348,880,841 335,757,142 262,985,434 250,624,699 207,623,058 204,507,704 200,078,204 194,908,805 177,570,455 176,881,288 150,641,936 147,947,053 133,585,321 132,945,212 131,905,242 130,883,947 130,108,457 129,519,070 126,727,157 125,924,704 125,077,513 123,701,493 
        accumulated depreciation
      -550,699,000 -517,599,000 -487,441,000 -471,703,000 -456,795,000 -443,448,000 -430,020,000 -416,309,000 -402,411,000 -389,012,000 -375,830,000 -363,098,000 -350,762,000 -338,825,000 -327,339,000 -316,073,000 -304,987,000 -294,118,000 -283,406,000 -272,823,000 -262,524,000 -252,436,000 -117,761,146 -112,634,111 -84,655,017 -81,472,772 -78,436,499 -75,578,048 -73,270,257 -71,278,067 -69,411,779 -67,800,705 -66,555,081 -65,335,662 -62,524,145 -61,142,288 -59,927,166 -58,849,532 -57,862,631 -56,936,558 -55,983,112 -54,990,031 -54,070,552 -53,111,822 -52,238,007 -51,282,224 -50,390,642 -49,449,373 
        net investment property and equipment
      1,376,847,000 1,302,140,000 1,257,256,000 1,228,899,000 1,171,019,000 1,160,807,000 1,153,941,000 1,151,858,000 1,123,964,000 1,105,075,000 1,071,684,000 1,055,211,000 972,527,000 933,734,000 919,188,000 913,455,000 888,050,000 883,402,000 867,157,000 858,232,000 838,932,000 819,541,000 473,645,388 429,232,961 292,300,114 275,427,750 270,444,342 260,179,094 189,715,177 179,346,632 138,211,279 136,706,999 133,523,123 129,573,143 115,046,310 115,739,000 90,714,770 89,097,521 75,722,690 76,008,654 75,922,130 75,893,916 76,037,905 76,407,248 74,489,150 74,642,480 74,686,871 74,252,120 
        other assets
                                                      
        cash and cash equivalents
      37,410,000 34,056,000 35,199,000 99,720,000 66,704,000 39,457,000 39,865,000 57,320,000 38,646,000 41,484,000 32,858,000 29,785,000 62,512,000 275,807,000 292,465,000 116,175,000 82,435,000 90,096,000 24,784,000 15,336,000 54,666,000 10,970,000 6,535,897 7,900,436 7,615,143 7,787,475 14,342,331 8,486,631 11,035,824 4,440,658 20,925,489 8,828,576 8,798,023 7,452,343 10,547,376 5,661,020 2,053,475 3,416,156 6,845,533 4,519,785 3,053,144 4,810,207 2,951,568 2,783,250 2,306,207 2,464,213 1,939,442 2,221,976 
        marketable securities at fair value
      26,430,000 31,743,000 30,328,000 31,883,000 34,178,000 28,673,000 29,143,000 34,506,000 27,616,000 36,701,000 39,285,000 42,178,000 39,217,000 46,932,000 56,971,000 113,748,000 102,811,000 115,429,000 108,155,000 103,172,000 85,161,000 91,694,000                           
        inventory of manufactured homes
      44,399,000 35,727,000 41,008,000 34,982,000 31,440,000 31,986,000 29,219,000 32,940,000 38,950,000 61,054,000 88,342,000 88,468,000 57,206,000 45,992,000 34,288,000 23,659,000 20,331,000 23,453,000 27,548,000 25,450,000 27,063,000 27,758,000 14,311,410 13,468,373 13,786,041 14,826,631 14,164,471 11,756,413 11,855,080 12,619,760 11,910,126 9,538,464 10,188,747 10,294,589 10,322,854 10,574,240 11,456,900 9,103,020 7,823,543 8,016,210 7,725,899 8,077,175 9,005,056 9,459,924 8,848,493 9,499,560 10,311,406 10,853,824 
        notes and other receivables
      105,973,000 102,115,000 94,650,000 91,668,000 88,367,000 85,940,000 82,772,000 81,071,000 78,584,000 75,491,000 70,146,000 67,271,000 65,103,000 59,660,000 57,937,000 55,359,000 53,917,000 51,406,000 46,497,000 46,414,000 44,603,000 40,614,000 20,028,574 20,134,541 26,019,725 26,815,127 24,768,065 24,323,361 22,713,864 22,415,328 21,110,507 20,571,739 21,325,854 21,352,827 21,295,658 21,599,080 21,878,658 22,050,324 21,325,654 21,565,242 21,596,453 21,890,052 22,110,336 22,597,670 21,973,416 21,439,816 20,562,873 20,756,996 
        prepaid expenses and other assets
      15,548,000 17,088,000 16,016,000 14,261,000 17,138,000 15,485,000 14,508,000 11,729,000 14,232,000 15,033,000 15,517,000 20,011,000 20,628,000 19,045,000 18,049,000 17,135,000 20,254,000 18,301,000 21,797,000 17,785,000 19,355,000 13,205,000  8,436,630  4,627,934 1,605,636 1,379,033  1,172,507 1,218,232 1,043,330                 
        land development costs
      49,729,000 76,372,000 45,815,000 33,868,000 65,965,000 52,736,000 42,075,000 33,302,000 47,560,000 35,837,000 28,743,000 23,250,000 38,949,000 31,085,000 25,875,000 22,352,000 37,936,000 29,776,000 24,086,000 20,825,000 24,964,000 19,455,000 6,722,048 6,287,120 5,693,153 5,694,839 5,564,617 5,441,696 5,251,501 5,173,462 5,027,284 4,936,189 4,863,849 4,943,037 4,717,332 4,653,573 4,735,213 4,672,089 4,632,079 4,583,116 4,604,917 4,445,858 4,384,014 3,966,015 5,723,062 5,298,499 4,875,559 3,779,197 
        investment in joint ventures
      31,281,000 30,294,000                                               
        total other assets
      310,770,000 327,395,000 292,050,000 334,829,000 330,514,000 280,488,000 262,498,000 275,719,000 268,920,000 288,794,000 298,657,000 289,385,000 294,373,000 489,531,000 494,638,000 357,365,000 317,684,000 328,461,000 252,867,000 228,982,000 255,812,000 203,696,000 130,383,593 121,902,305 115,679,860 116,156,970 113,042,869 102,531,730 110,566,038 100,847,283 116,911,465 94,066,959 90,421,413 85,308,281 79,597,784 73,041,515 78,590,636 74,189,201 79,205,777 71,962,886 68,885,053 63,245,753 59,353,777 61,532,077 66,836,523 63,774,898 62,382,524 62,251,343 
        total assets
      1,687,617,000 1,629,535,000 1,549,306,000 1,563,728,000 1,501,533,000 1,441,295,000 1,416,439,000 1,427,577,000 1,392,884,000 1,393,869,000 1,370,341,000 1,344,596,000 1,266,900,000 1,423,265,000 1,413,826,000 1,270,820,000 1,205,734,000 1,211,863,000 1,120,024,000 1,087,214,000 1,094,744,000 1,023,237,000 604,028,981 551,135,266 407,979,974 391,584,720 383,487,211 362,710,824 300,281,215 280,193,915 255,122,744 230,773,958 223,944,536 214,881,424 194,644,094 188,780,515 169,305,406 163,286,722 154,928,467 147,971,540 144,807,183 139,139,669 135,391,682 137,939,325 141,325,673 138,417,378 137,069,395 136,503,463 
        - liabilities and shareholders’ equity -
                            2,015  2,013    2,012    2,011                
        liabilities:
                                                      
        mortgages payable, net of unamortized debt issuance costs
      554,041,000 467,471,000 476,372,000 485,540,000 488,285,000 491,030,000 493,767,000 496,483,000 442,164,000 444,797,000 460,943,000 508,938,000 499,697,000 468,811,000 474,466,000 452,567,000 467,527,000 466,214,000 468,833,000 469,279,000 472,376,000 369,715,000                           
        other liabilities:
                                                      
        accounts payable
      6,979,000 8,234,000 7,090,000 7,979,000 5,732,000 5,386,000 5,754,000 6,106,000 5,978,000 6,704,000 6,020,000 6,387,000 6,768,000 4,572,000 4,365,000 4,274,000 4,685,000 5,614,000 4,667,000 4,390,000 5,746,000 4,287,000 2,816,290 2,726,181 1,628,713 2,114,184 1,109,328 1,174,743 1,070,021 1,426,391 1,390,274 223,885 688,672 262,470 835,275 748,477 1,111,371 438,101 588,311 310,165 379,262 343,811 300,271 614,252 489,520 982,845 303,626 613,339 
        loans payable, net of unamortized debt issuance costs
      27,961,000 28,132,000 28,814,000 28,279,000 25,968,000 77,367,000 77,547,000 93,479,000 144,623,000 182,434,000 191,102,000 153,531,000 127,342,000 58,375,000 41,874,000 46,757,000 39,809,000 63,510,000 75,790,000 87,009,000 34,583,000 66,050,000                           
        series a bonds, net of unamortized debt issuance costs
      101,963,000 101,539,000 101,115,000 100,903,000 100,691,000 100,479,000 100,267,000 100,055,000 99,843,000 99,631,000 99,419,000 99,207,000 99,022,000 98,811,000 98,821,000                                  
        series b bonds, net of unamortized debt issuance costs
      75,905,000 75,396,000                                               
        accrued liabilities and deposits
      13,593,000 11,618,000 11,517,000 15,091,000 12,546,000 13,145,000 12,221,000 15,117,000 13,037,000 13,318,000 12,741,000 16,852,000 14,145,000 15,548,000 16,677,000 17,162,000 16,203,000 16,217,000 17,840,000 17,295,000 14,682,000 11,396,000 6,696,577 5,284,797 3,852,799 3,965,564 3,233,510 3,106,375 3,609,615 2,632,372 2,671,939 2,142,890 2,246,081 2,282,366 2,115,786 2,269,892 2,283,237 2,355,810 2,336,152 2,174,416 2,579,993 2,722,835 2,833,385 2,507,751 2,639,528 2,533,238 2,901,698 2,590,338 
        tenant security deposits
      11,141,000 10,732,000 10,203,000 10,027,000 9,926,000 9,908,000 9,726,000 9,543,000 9,492,000 9,118,000 8,722,000 8,485,000 8,374,000 8,153,000 8,009,000 7,920,000 7,875,000 7,847,000 7,646,000 7,433,000 7,397,000 7,059,000 3,654,090 3,385,024 2,153,785 2,005,252 1,947,057 1,861,258 1,303,374 1,244,063 988,403 958,405 900,737 916,751 789,720 782,453 655,430 632,269 547,501 531,107 526,781 564,673 550,271 531,153 538,056 563,934 543,110 532,200 
        total other liabilities
      237,542,000 235,651,000 158,739,000 162,279,000 154,863,000 206,285,000 205,515,000 224,300,000 272,973,000 311,205,000 318,004,000 284,462,000 255,651,000 432,559,000 169,746,000 76,113,000 68,572,000 93,188,000 105,943,000 116,127,000 157,425,000 88,792,000 71,153,460 80,553,834 56,754,293 51,211,297 43,410,748 18,284,561 16,424,615 29,845,667 14,031,776 20,936,465 27,785,321 22,976,688 20,292,062 26,036,985 27,721,998 25,817,440 21,760,167 21,680,728 24,655,346 25,816,028 26,852,801 27,264,730 27,294,846 24,374,274 19,791,348 20,758,630 
        total liabilities
      791,583,000 703,122,000 635,111,000 647,819,000 643,148,000 697,315,000 699,282,000 720,783,000 715,137,000 756,002,000 778,947,000 793,400,000 755,348,000 901,370,000 644,212,000 528,680,000 536,099,000 559,402,000 574,776,000 585,406,000 629,801,000 458,507,000 357,790,556 346,519,639 217,394,237 205,193,818 198,408,390 180,027,039 125,295,967 136,779,729 109,731,310 117,243,811 118,067,331 113,276,136 120,075,270 116,852,762 104,059,176 102,666,964 91,605,044 91,999,678 93,075,965 94,866,701 92,361,532 93,217,625 91,836,066 89,355,845 85,293,801 82,508,330 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                      
        shareholders’ equity:
                                                      
        series d – 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 0.10 par value per share, 18,700 shares authorized as of march 31, 2026 and december 31, 2025; 12,982 and 12,916 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2026 and december 31, 2025, respectively
      324,552,000                                                
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share, 183,714 shares authorized as of march 31, 2026 and december 31, 2025; 85,137 and 84,850 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2026 and december 31, 2025, respectively
      8,514,000                                                
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share, 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2026 and december 31, 2025
                                                      
        additional paid-in capital
      586,740,000 619,651,000 607,640,000 610,630,000 567,178,000 464,330,000 438,431,000 433,106,000 414,888,000 389,736,000 361,331,000 343,189,000 313,806,000 326,573,000 327,309,000 300,020,000 227,814,000 210,767,000 126,765,000 115,026,000 103,455,000 116,930,000 109,629,260 115,240,854 96,504,643 100,729,012 91,509,957 82,959,865 76,110,692 81,135,524 78,007,273 74,374,933 69,088,409 73,571,526 69,525,957 64,775,002 61,603,213 57,790,284 56,770,702 53,217,203 54,686,388 52,040,260 50,657,879 49,958,681 56,605,558 56,189,673 55,537,779 54,631,309 
        accumulated deficit
      -25,364,000 -25,364,000 -25,364,000 -25,364,000 -25,364,000 -25,364,000 -25,364,000                -667,793 -667,793 -667,793 -9,672,256 -5,127,682 -1,563,036 -667,793 -7,026,245 -4,232,768 -2,418,283 -667,793 -6,022,197 -1,066,493 -667,793 -2,907,201 -1,802,840 -1,005,674 -667,793 -5,327,440 -4,592,317 -3,753,069 -667,793     
        total umh properties, inc. shareholders’ equity
      894,442,000 924,692,000 912,363,000 914,029,000 856,462,000 741,998,000 715,117,000 704,720,000 675,623,000 635,711,000 589,202,000 548,964,000 509,363,000                                    
        non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries
      1,592,000 1,721,000 1,832,000 1,880,000 1,923,000 1,982,000 2,040,000 2,074,000 2,124,000 2,156,000 2,192,000 2,232,000 2,189,000                                    
        total shareholders’ equity
      896,034,000 926,413,000 914,195,000 915,909,000 858,385,000 743,980,000 717,157,000 706,794,000 677,747,000 637,867,000 591,394,000 551,196,000 511,552,000 521,895,000 769,614,000 742,140,000 669,635,000 652,461,000 545,248,000 501,808,000 464,943,000 564,730,000 246,238,425 204,615,627 190,585,737 186,390,902 185,078,821 182,683,785 174,985,248 143,414,186 145,391,434 113,530,147 105,877,205 101,605,288 74,568,824 71,927,753 65,246,230 60,619,758 63,323,423 55,971,862 51,731,218 44,272,968 43,030,150 44,721,700 49,489,607 49,061,533 51,775,594 53,995,133 
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
      1,687,617,000 1,629,535,000 1,549,306,000 1,563,728,000 1,501,533,000 1,441,295,000 1,416,439,000 1,427,577,000 1,392,884,000 1,393,869,000 1,370,341,000 1,344,596,000 1,266,900,000 1,423,265,000 1,413,826,000 1,270,820,000 1,205,734,000 1,211,863,000 1,120,024,000 1,087,214,000 1,094,744,000 1,023,237,000 604,028,981 551,135,266 407,979,974 391,584,720 383,487,211 362,710,824 300,281,215 280,193,915 255,122,744 230,773,958 223,944,536 214,881,424 194,644,094 188,780,515 169,305,406 163,286,722 154,928,467 147,971,540 144,807,183 139,139,669 135,391,682 137,939,325 141,325,673 138,417,378 137,069,395 136,503,463 
        series d – 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 0.10 par value per share, 18,700 and 13,700 shares authorized as of september 30, 2025 and december 31, 2024, respectively; 12,875 and 12,823 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2025 and december 31, 2024, respectively
       321,885,000                                               
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share, 183,714 and 163,714 shares authorized as of september 30, 2025 and december 31, 2024, respectively; 85,197 and 81,909 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2025 and december 31, 2024, respectively
       8,520,000                                               
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share, 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2025 and december 31, 2024
                                                      
        investment in joint venture
        29,034,000 28,447,000 26,722,000 26,211,000 24,916,000 24,851,000 23,332,000 23,194,000 23,766,000 18,422,000 10,758,000 11,010,000 9,053,000 8,937,000                                 
        series d – 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 0.10 par value per share, 18,700 and 13,700 shares authorized as of march 31, 2025 and december 31, 2024, respectively; 12,872 and 12,823 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2025 and december 31, 2024, respectively
        321,804,000                                              
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share, 183,714 and 163,714 shares authorized as of march 31, 2025 and december 31, 2024, respectively; 82,825 and 81,909 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2025 and december 31, 2024, respectively
        8,283,000                                              
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share, 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2025 and december 31, 2024
                                                      
        -assets-
                                                      
        series d – 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 0.10 par value per share, 13,700 shares authorized as of december 31, 2024 and 2023; 12,823 and 11,607 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively
         320,572,000                                             
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share, 163,714 and 153,714 shares authorized as of december 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively; 81,909 and 67,978 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively
         8,191,000                                             
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share, 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2024 and 2023
                                                      
        series d – 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 0.10 par value per share, 13,700 shares authorized as of september 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023; 12,271 and 11,607 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023, respectively
          306,778,000                                            
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share, 163,714 and 153,714 shares authorized as of september 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023, respectively; 78,697 and 67,978 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023, respectively
          7,870,000                                            
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share, 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023
                                                      
        series d – 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 0.10 par value per share, 13,700 shares authorized as of june 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023; 11,830 and 11,607 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023, respectively
           295,757,000                                           
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share, 153,714 shares authorized as of june 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023; 72,750 and 67,978 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023, respectively
           7,275,000                                           
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share, 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023
                                                      
        series d – 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 0.10 par value per share, 13,700 shares authorized as of march 31, 2024 and december 31, 2023; 11,801 and 11,607 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2024 and december 31, 2023, respectively
            295,035,000                                          
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share, 153,714 shares authorized as of march 31, 2024 and december 31, 2023; 70,153 and 67,978 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2024 and december 31, 2023, respectively
            7,015,000                                          
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share, 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2024 and december 31, 2023
                                                      
        series d – 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 0.10 par value per share, 13,700 and 9,300 shares authorized as of december 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively; 11,607 and 9,015 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively
             290,180,000                                         
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share, 153,714 and 154,048 shares authorized as of december 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively; 67,978 and 57,595 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively
             6,798,000                                         
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share, 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2023 and 2022
                                                      
        undistributed income
             -25,364,000 -25,364,000 -25,364,000 -25,364,000 -25,364,000 -25,364,000 -25,364,000 -25,364,000 -25,364,000 -25,364,000 -25,364,000 -25,364,000 -25,364,000 -25,364,000 -25,364,000                         -3,664,857 -667,793 
        series d - 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 0.10 par value per share, 13,700 and 9,300 shares authorized as of september 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively; 11,179 and 9,015 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively
              279,482,000                                        
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share, 153,714 and 154,048 shares authorized as of september 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively; 66,172 and 57,595 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively
              6,617,000                                        
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share, 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022
                                                      
        series d – 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 0.10 par value per share, 13,700 and 9,300 shares authorized as of june 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively; 10,601 and 9,015 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively
               265,032,000                                       
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share, 153,714 and 154,048 shares authorized as of june 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively; 63,072 and 57,595 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively
               6,307,000                                       
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share, 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022
                                                      
        series d – 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 0.10 par value per share, 13,700 and 9,300 shares authorized as of march 31, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively; 9,889 and 9,015 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively
                247,237,000                                      
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share, 149,648 and 154,048 shares authorized as of march 31, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively; 59,984 and 57,595 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively
                5,998,000                                      
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share, 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2023 and december 31, 2022
                                                      
        series c – 6.75% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 0.10 par value per share, 3,866 and 13,750 shares authorized as of december 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively; 9,884 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2021
                                                      
        series d – 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value 0.10 per share, 9,300 shares authorized; 9,015 and 8,609 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively
                 225,379,000                                     
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share, 154,048 and 144,164 shares authorized as of december 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively; 57,595 and 51,651 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively
                 5,760,000                                     
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share, 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2022 and 2021
                                                      
        series c – 6.75% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 0.10 par value per share, 3,866 and 13,750 shares authorized as of september 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021, respectively; 9,884 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2021
                                                      
        series d – 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 0.10 par value per share, 9,300 shares authorized; 8,616 and 8,609 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021, respectively
                  215,407,000                                    
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share; 154,048 and 144,164 shares authorized as of september 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021, respectively; 55,138 and 51,651 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021, respectively
                  5,514,000                                    
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share; 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021
                                                      
        series c preferred stock called for redemption
                   247,100,000                                   
        series c – 6.75% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 0.10 par value per share, 13,750 shares authorized; 9,884 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2021
                                                      
        series d – 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 0.10 par value per share, 9,300 shares authorized; 8,609 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021
                   215,219,000                                   
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share; 144,164 shares authorized; 54,665 and 51,651 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021, respectively
                   5,467,000                                   
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share; 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021
                                                      
        series c – 6.75% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 0.10 par value per share, 13,750 shares authorized; 9,884 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2022 and december 31, 2021
                    247,100,000                                  
        series d – 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 0.10 par value per share, 9,300 shares authorized; 8,609 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2022 and december 31, 2021
                    215,219,000                                  
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share; 144,164 shares authorized; 53,500 and 51,651 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2022 and december 31, 2021, respectively
                    5,350,000                                  
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share; 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2022 and december 31, 2021
                                                      
        series c – 6.75% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value 0.10 per share, 13,750 shares authorized; 9,884 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2021 and 2020
                     247,100,000                                 
        series d – 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value 0.10 per share, 9,300 shares authorized; 8,609 and 6,434 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively
                     215,219,000                                 
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share, 144,164 shares authorized; 51,651 and 41,920 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively
                     5,165,000                                 
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share, 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2021 and 2020
                                                      
        series c – 6.75% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value 0.10 per share, 13,750 shares authorized; 9,884 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020
                      247,100,000                                
        series d – 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value 0.10 per share, 9,300 shares authorized; 8,609 and 6,434 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020, respectively
                      215,219,000                                
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share; 144,164 shares authorized; 48,658 and 41,920 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020, respectively
                      4,866,000                                
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share; 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020
                                                      
        series c – 6.75% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value 0.10 per share, 13,750 shares authorized; 9,884 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020
                       247,100,000                               
        series d – 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value 0.10 per share, 9,300 shares authorized; 8,609 and 6,434 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020, respectively
                       215,219,000                               
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share; 140,364 shares authorized; 47,387 and 41,920 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020, respectively
                       4,739,000                               
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share; 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020
                                                      
        series c – 6.75% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value 0.10 per share, 13,750 shares authorized; 9,884 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2021 and december 31, 2020
                        247,100,000                              
        series d – 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value 0.10 per share, 9,300 shares authorized; 7,698 and 6,434 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2021 and december 31, 2020, respectively
                        192,445,000                              
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share; 140,364 shares authorized; 43,023 and 41,920 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2021 and december 31, 2020, respectively
                        4,302,000                              
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share; 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of march 31, 2021 and december 31, 2020
                                                      
        series b – 8.0% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value 0.10 per share, 4,000 shares authorized; 3,801 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2019
                                                      
        series c – 6.75% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value 0.10 per share, 13,750 shares authorized; 9,884 and 9,750 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively
                         247,100,000                             
        series d – 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value 0.10 per share, 9,300 and 6,000 shares authorized; 6,434 and 2,651 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively
                         160,854,000                             
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share,140,364 and 123,664 shares authorized; 41,919 and 41,130 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively
                         4,192,000                             
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share, 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of december 31, 2020 and 2019
                                                      
        series b preferred stock called for redemption
                          95,017,000                            
        series b – 8.0% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value 0.10 per share; 4,000 shares authorized; 3,801 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2019
                                                      
        series c – 6.75% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value 0.10 per share, 13,750 shares authorized; 9,884 and 9,750 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019, respectively
                          247,100,000                            
        series d – 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value 0.10 per share, 9,300 and 6,000 shares authorized; 5,424 and 2,651 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019, respectively
                          135,589,000                            
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share; 140,364 and 123,664 shares authorized; 41,627 and 41,130 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019, respectively
                          4,163,000                            
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share; 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of september 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019
                                                      
        series b – 8.0% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value 0.10 per share; 4,000 shares authorized; 3,801 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019
                           95,017,000                           
        series c – 6.75% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value 0.10 per share, 13,750 shares authorized; 9,750 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019
                           243,750,000                           
        series d – 6.375% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value 0.10 per share, 6,000 shares authorized; 5,211 and 2,651 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019, respectively
                           130,267,000                           
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share; 143,664 and 123,664 shares authorized; 41,301 and 41,130 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019, respectively
                           4,130,000                           
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share; 3,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of june 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019
                                                      
        securities available for sale at fair value
                            75,011,260 61,436,212 59,254,942    57,325,440                    
        unamortized financing costs
                            3,711,591 4,238,993 2,128,006 2,212,267 2,275,257 2,106,454 1,473,454 1,458,135 1,448,253 1,487,726 1,319,119 1,165,704 1,218,377 1,060,052 812,877 865,333 779,841 805,961 652,813 682,333 622,060 670,783 637,765 666,459 684,543 541,360 
        prepaid expenses
                            4,062,813  1,182,850    910,875    627,607 1,254,349 951,435 736,073 1,078,145 606,970 821,060 648,295 788,740 426,507 702,998 479,363 737,815 490,130 612,403 574,759 
        mortgages payable
                            286,637,096 265,965,805 160,639,944 153,982,521 154,997,642 161,742,478 108,871,352 106,934,062 95,699,534 96,307,346 90,282,010 90,299,448 99,783,208 90,815,777 76,337,178 76,849,524 69,844,877 70,318,950 68,420,619 69,050,673 65,508,731 65,952,895 64,541,220 64,981,571 65,502,453 61,749,700 
        loans payable
                            57,986,503 69,157,832 49,118,996 43,126,297 37,120,853 12,142,185 10,441,605 24,542,841 8,981,160 17,611,285 23,949,831 19,515,101 16,551,281 22,236,163 23,671,960 22,391,260 18,288,203 18,665,040 21,169,310 22,184,709 23,168,874 23,611,574 23,627,742 20,294,257 16,042,914 17,022,753 
        series a – 8.25% cumulative redeemable preferred
                                                      
        stock, par value 0.10 per share, 3,663,800 shares authorized,
                                                      
        issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2015 and 2014
                            91,595,000                          
        series b – 8.0% cumulative redeemable preferred
                                                      
        stock, par value 0.10 per share, 2,000,000 shares authorized;
                                                      
        1,801,200 and -0- shares issued and outstanding as of
                                                      
        december 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively
                            45,030,000                          
        common stock - 0.10 par value per share, 62,000,000 and
                                                      
        42,000,000 shares authorized; 27,086,838 and 24,372,083
                                                      
        shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2015 and
                                                      
        2014, respectively
                            2,708,684                          
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share, 3,000,000 shares
                                                      
        authorized; no shares issued or outstanding as of
                                                      
        december 31, 2015 and 2014
                                                      
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                            -2,056,726 -4,231,633 1,076,898 1,781,843 5,239,406 7,911,573 6,236,161 7,300,856 9,645,827 6,522,002 2,461,305 -898,115 4,691,249 6,450,381 5,240,399 3,367,188 6,304,250 2,214,307 1,204,632   -5,671,361 -3,338,440  -1,179,793 -1,042,104 
        other liabilities
                                                      
        series a – 8.25% cumulative redeemable preferred stock,
                                                      
        par value 0.10 per share, 3,663,800 shares authorized,
                                                      
        issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2015 and
                                                      
        december 31, 2014, respectively
                             91,595,000                         
        common stock – 0.10 par value per share, 42,000,000 shares
                                                      
        authorized, 26,791,988 and 24,372,083 shares issued and
                                                      
        outstanding as of september 30, 2015 and december 31, 2014,
                                                      
        respectively
                             2,679,199                         
        authorized; no shares issued or outstanding
                                                      
        series a – 8.25% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value .10 per share, 3,663,800 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2013 and 2012
                              91,595,000                        
        common stock - .10 par value per share, 42,000,000 shares authorized; 20,769,892 and 17,111,882 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively
                              2,076,989                        
        excess stock - .10 par value per share, 3,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding
                                                      
        securities available for sale
                               54,192,697 50,322,492 49,038,142  53,567,433 55,271,574 47,660,935 43,298,214 38,845,432 30,544,752 28,757,477 36,575,368 33,475,309 36,978,067 31,824,277 30,463,087 22,913,621 19,577,745 21,575,072 26,609,765 23,916,221 23,396,298 23,523,231 
        series a – 8.25% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value 0.10 per share, 3,663,800 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                               91,595,000                       
        common stock – 0.10 par value per share, 42,000,000 shares authorized, 19,573,027 and 17,111,882 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                               1,957,303                       
        excess stock - 0.10 par value per share, 3,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding
                                                      
        series a – 8.25% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value 0.10 per share, 3,663,800 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                91,595,000                      
        common stock – 0.10 par value per share, 42,000,000 shares authorized, 18,621,404 and 17,111,882 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                1,862,140                      
        series a – 8.25% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value 0.10 per share, 3,663,800 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                 91,595,000                     
        common stock – .10 par value per share, 42,000,000 shares authorized, 17,803,826 and 17,111,882 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                 1,780,383                     
        series a – 8.25% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value .10 per share, 3,663,800 and 1,380,000 shares authorized, 3,663,800 and 1,338,800 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively
                                  91,595,000                    
        common stock - .10 par value per share, 42,000,000 and 28,000,000 shares authorized; 17,111,882 and 15,252,839 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively
                                  1,711,188                    
        series a – 8.25% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 60,345,000 and 33,470,000 liquidation value, 2,488,800 and 1,380,000 shares authorized, 2,413,800 and 1,338,800 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                   60,345,000                   
        common stock – .10 par value per share, 35,000,000 and 28,000,000 shares authorized, 16,590,505 and 15,252,839 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                   1,659,051                   
        series a – 8.25% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 60,345,000 and 33,470,000 liquidation value, 2,488,800 and 1,380,000 shares authorized, 2,413,800 and 1,338,800 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                    60,345,000                  
        common stock – .10 par value per share, 35,000,000 and 28,000,000 shares authorized, 16,261,015 and 15,252,839 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                    1,626,102                  
        series a – 8.25% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 33,470,000 liquidation value, 1,380,000 shares authorized; 1,338,800 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2012 and december 31, 2011
                                     33,470,000                 
        common stock – .10 par value per share, 28,000,000 and 20,000,000 shares authorized; 15,814,945 and 15,252,839 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                     1,581,495                 
        series a – 8.25% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value .10 per share, 33,470,000 liquidation value, 1,380,000 shares authorized, 1,338,800 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2011
                                      33,470,000                
        common stock - .10 par value per share, 28,000,000 and 20,000,000 shares authorized; 15,252,839 and 13,701,625 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively
                                      1,525,284                
        series a – 8.25% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, 33,470,000 liquidation value, 1,380,000 shares authorized; 1,338,800 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2011
                                       33,470,000               
        common stock – .10 par value per share, 28,000,000 and 20,000,000 shares authorized; 14,840,740 and 13,701,625 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2011 and december 31, 2010, respectively
                                       1,484,074               
        common stock - .10 par value per share, 20,000,000 shares authorized; 14,181,108 and 13,701,625 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2011 and december 31, 2010, respectively
                                        1,418,111              
        common stock - .10 par value per share, 20,000,000 shares authorized; 13,701,625 and 12,081,452 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively
                                         1,370,163             
        common stock - .10 par value per share, 20,000,000 shares authorized; 13,098,192 and 12,081,452 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2010 and december 31, 2009, respectively
                                          1,309,819            
        common stock - .10 par value per share, 20,000,000 shares authorized; 12,651,256 and 12,081,452 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2010 and december 31, 2009, respectively
                                           1,265,126           
        common stock - .10 par value per share, 20,000,000 shares authorized; 12,541,449 and 12,081,452 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2010 and december 31, 2009, respectively
                                            1,254,145          
        common stock - .10 par value per share, 20,000,000 shares authorized; 12,081,452 and 11,021,734 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively
                                             1,208,145         
        common stock - .10 par value per share, 20,000,000 shares authorized; 11,676,381 and 11,021,734 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2009 and december 31, 2008, respectively
                                              1,167,638        
        common stock - .10 par value per share, 20,000,000 shares authorized; 11,338,669 and 11,021,734 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2009 and december 31, 2008, respectively
                                               1,133,867       
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
                                               -4,308,842 -4,989,976   -4,108,381   
        common stock - .10 par value per share, 20,000,000 shares authorized; 11,153,164 and 11,021,734 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2009 and december 31, 2008, respectively
                                                1,115,316      
        common stock - .10 par value per share, 20,000,000 shares authorized; 11,021,734 and 10,737,206 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively
                                                 1,102,173     
        common stock - .10 par value per share, 20,000,000 shares authorized; 10,951,439 and 10,737,206 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2008 and december 31, 2007, respectively
                                                  1,095,144    
        cumulative distributions in excess of net income
                                                  -4,872,655 -4,109,564   
        common stock - .10 par value per share, 20,000,000 shares authorized; 10,898,054 and 10,737,206 shares issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2008 and december 31, 2007, respectively
                                                   1,089,805   
        common stock - .10 par value per share, 20,000,000 shares authorized; 10,824,652 and 10,737,206 shares issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2008 and december 31, 2007, respectively
                                                    1,082,465  
        common stock - .10 par value per share, 20,000,000 shares authorized; 10,737,206 and 10,318,940 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively
                                                     1,073,721 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 
                                                  
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                  
          net income
        7,689,000 4,810,000 4,980,000 12,905,000      -1,501,000 3,659,000 -5,218,000 -6,688,000 3,275,000 17,010,000 4,197,000 16,003,000 13,878,000 23,245,000   -34,748,000 3,531,096 12,432,808 748,703 11,037,393 -27,729,875 -6,349,343 20,071,984 -22,208,337 9,137,418 5,875,417 2,285,546 8,157,944 4,957,931 1,906,469 922,499 718,517 2,044,914 568,189 6,569,827 5,768,950 
          non-cash items included in net income:
                                                  
          depreciation
        17,976,000 16,663,000 15,804,000 14,693,000 15,001,000 14,741,000 14,448,000 14,147,000 13,751,000 13,373,000 12,766,000 12,302,000 11,984,000 11,717,000 11,552,000 11,380,000 11,184,000 11,008,000 10,716,000   10,227,000 9,801,112 9,390,236 8,868,341 8,751,311 8,280,690 8,051,627 7,764,258 7,594,634 20,260,556 13,280,443 6,540,238 17,092,676 11,205,009 5,525,842 8,679,469 4,228,274 7,110,126 3,437,672 8,468,603 5,399,094 
          amortization of financing costs
        881,000 599,000 614,000 607,000 607,000 556,000 543,000 536,000 538,000 518,000 511,000 506,000 533,000 406,000 276,000 275,000 274,000 176,000 373,000   205,000 198,675 194,794 177,872 186,659 162,841 155,642 152,081 154,881 496,225 326,614 174,787 580,335 384,813 186,087 265,889 130,043 255,441 116,580 255,370 167,380 
          stock compensation expense
        1,152,000 1,813,000 1,052,000 1,189,000 1,189,000 1,354,000 886,000 1,011,000 1,471,000 1,528,000 1,058,000 1,611,000 1,132,000 1,169,000 1,188,000 735,000 774,000 750,000 223,000   574,000 447,290 432,837 668,190 390,683 365,388 394,168 571,492 282,062 998,059 670,057 169,377 896,519 476,773 157,745 453,678 177,801 562,896 223,797 637,079 409,377 
          provision for uncollectible notes and other receivables
        407,000 450,000 777,000 507,000 332,000 463,000 729,000 535,000 439,000 358,000 518,000 368,000 428,000 183,000 390,000 192,000 397,000 234,000 490,000   378,000 436,127 349,198 382,347 240,328     -934,794 550,728 218,530 650,382 546,363 222,737       
          loss on marketable securities
        36,418,000                                          
          decrease in fair value of marketable securities
        -39,083,000 1,562,000 2,301,000 -5,499,000 -3,338,000 5,369,000 -6,884,000 5,496,000 2,548,000 2,395,000 -21,185,000 1,230,000 10,044,000 31,750,000    -10,219,000 -17,802,000   38,593,000 562,833   -8,595,766 31,912,817 10,487,430 -16,623,670 25,898,819             
          loss on sales of investment property and equipment
        3,000 1,000 22,000 78,000 10,000 3,000  26,000 -5,000 -32,000 73,000 10,000 44,000 42,000 61,000 91,000 -5,000 23,000 39,000   107,000 74,945 27,341 -12,262 20,976 23,018 27,479 64,927 15,705 29,540 10,642 24,380 23,510 22,938  69,216 -4,713 -23,551 22,644 -17,580 64,909 
          loss on investment in joint ventures
        158,000                                          
          changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                  
          inventory of manufactured homes
        -2,029,000 -6,026,000 -3,542,000 546,000 -2,767,000 3,721,000 6,010,000 22,104,000 27,288,000 126,000 -31,262,000 -11,214,000 -11,704,000 -10,629,000 -3,328,000 3,122,000 4,095,000 -2,098,000 1,613,000   910,000 -1,451,624 -2,225,890 -5,605,237 1,018,751 1,387,846 -1,925,488 -4,183,983 -1,412,332 -68,599 -3,508,325 -555,802 -2,024,369 -3,522,102 -1,082,086 -1,810,611 1,742,190 -3,141,207 1,679,688 -2,971,551 -2,309,391 
          notes and other receivables, net of notes acquired with acquisitions
        -1,793,000 -3,432,000 -4,078,000 -2,934,000 -3,500,000 -2,164,000 -3,216,000 -3,628,000 -5,785,000 -3,232,000 -2,686,000 -5,142,000 -2,151,000 -2,761,000   -5,120,000 -302,000     -1,160,658 -2,197,396   -3,157,371 -1,355,752 -1,861,279 -63,850 167,229 -902,475 -46,954          
          prepaid expenses and other assets
        -2,035,000 441,000 4,242,000 -5,352,000 1,101,000 -549,000 2,696,000 21,000 -2,015,000 3,606,000 3,123,000 -2,204,000 -3,037,000 1,482,000   2,589,000 -2,000,000 806,000   72,000 -2,954 2,458,815 -3,285,368 -2,987,493 1,867,487 -70,691 -2,194,507 270,173 -1,137,782 -258,857 174,097 -875,188   -1,793,057 -696,099 300,138 309,527 -3,717,059 -694,761 
          accounts payable
        1,316,000 -889,000 2,247,000 346,000 -368,000 -352,000 128,000 -726,000 684,000 -367,000 -381,000 2,196,000 207,000 91,000 -411,000 -929,000 947,000 277,000 -1,356,000   -79,000 -443,361 683,179 -333,227 792,409 190,362 -239,038 802,875 158,507 747,791 1,639,370 802,082 977,426 535,204 720,879 932,400 249,084 894,012 128,093 1,044,163 39,307 
          accrued liabilities and deposits
        -522,000 -3,574,000 2,545,000 -599,000 924,000 -2,896,000 2,080,000 -281,000 577,000 -4,111,000 2,707,000 -1,403,000 -1,129,000 -485,000   -1,624,000 545,000 2,614,000   1,204,000 635,088 1,419,536 -1,476,033 2,585,409 -150,537 1,285,689 -414,082 -205,094 262,499 -480,463 218,439 -1,189,041 -1,327,397 -260,441 523,496 33,559 231,913 -16,065 636,934 15,167 
          tenant security deposits
        306,000 176,000 101,000 18,000 182,000 183,000 51,000 374,000 396,000 237,000 111,000 221,000 144,000 89,000 45,000 28,000 201,000 213,000 36,000   179,000 25,522 482,506 140,603 132,369 228,822 87,665 278,878 119,163 650,335 494,521 366,593 554,962 411,956 229,220 319,327 111,523 354,608 264,285 701,878 643,683 
          net cash from operating activities
        20,844,000 12,779,000  16,726,000 18,557,000 19,048,000 29,762,000 37,890,000 39,485,000 12,940,000 -13,066,000 -332,000 -193,000 5,608,000 18,913,000 13,047,000   18,696,000   17,295,000   -526,399 12,174,596 15,447,702 10,282,635 4,155,030 10,289,819 29,090,188 16,645,904  21,403,450 11,688,823 7,659,150 10,246,793 7,244,878 7,946,692 5,834,055 3,712,476 3,768,504 
          capital expenditures
        -24,394,000 -20,656,000  -26,523,000 -23,191,000 -17,861,000 -15,244,000 -34,012,000 -47,837,000 -26,767,000 -27,435,000 -25,031,000 -16,406,000 -12,240,000   -17,334,000   -16,866,000   -15,221,787 -12,104,430 -14,407,779 -15,003,217 -13,090,998 -10,468,059 -48,095,917 -29,400,897  -44,239,188 -26,353,180 -10,478,716 -20,349,094 -6,844,617 -15,126,286 -6,564,391 -20,252,444 -12,018,348 
          free cash flows
        -3,550,000 -7,877,000  -9,797,000 -4,634,000 1,187,000 14,518,000 3,878,000 -8,352,000 -13,827,000 -40,501,000 -25,363,000 -16,599,000 -6,632,000 18,913,000 13,047,000   1,362,000   429,000   -15,748,186 70,166 1,039,923 -4,720,582 -8,935,968 -178,240 -19,005,729 -12,754,993  -22,835,738 -14,664,357 -2,819,566 -10,102,301 400,261 -7,179,594 -730,336 -16,539,968 -8,249,844 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                  
          purchase of manufactured home communities
         -25,367,000      -3,679,000  -27,378,000 -11,317,000 -5,989,000   -10,568,000 -8,358,000          -3,538,871   -40,877,655 -40,877,655 -36,824,379        -74,750,000 -74,750,000 
          purchase of investment property and equipment
        -24,394,000 -20,656,000 -24,526,000 -26,523,000 -23,191,000 -17,861,000 -15,244,000 -34,012,000 -47,837,000 -26,767,000 -27,435,000 -25,031,000 -16,406,000 -12,240,000   -17,719,000 -12,189,000 -17,334,000   -16,866,000 -15,191,138 -22,017,645 -15,221,787 -12,104,430 -14,407,779 -15,003,217 -13,090,998 -10,468,059 -48,095,917 -29,400,897 -11,846,814 -44,239,188 -26,353,180 -10,478,716 -20,349,094 -6,844,617 -15,126,286 -6,564,391 -20,252,444 -12,018,348 
          proceeds from sales of investment property and equipment
        983,000 1,003,000 1,394,000 1,540,000 1,314,000 1,034,000 767,000 950,000 700,000 632,000 576,000 635,000 1,149,000 738,000 836,000 770,000 677,000 576,000 738,000   531,000 615,617 729,095 711,297 688,991 797,723 815,628 605,230 535,927 1,651,685 1,221,672 522,436 844,097 635,264 316,668       
          additions to land development costs
        -9,460,000 -10,611,000 -17,783,000 -12,535,000 -9,967,000 -8,282,000 -13,618,000 -11,723,000 -7,094,000 -5,493,000 -10,588,000 -7,864,000 -5,210,000 -3,523,000   -5,690,000 -3,261,000 -7,805,000   -3,656,000 -6,354,542 -6,127,778 -4,791,282 -2,812,398 -4,715,974 -4,809,913 -2,412,821 -1,281,690 -2,263,009 -1,618,152 -692,389 -2,484,948 -1,316,797 -747,675       
          purchase of marketable securities through automatic reinvestments
        -7,000 -7,000                                         
          investment in joint ventures
        -309,000                                          
          net cash from investing activities
        -33,187,000 -56,411,000 -42,851,000 -38,256,000 -33,334,000 -25,424,000 -30,646,000 -41,108,000 -53,624,000 -40,195,000 -65,686,000 -59,306,000 -33,746,000 34,617,000     -26,126,000   -20,477,000   -19,726,597 -14,736,584 -50,233,809 -25,892,630 -44,004,691 -17,472,030 -115,409,261 -75,852,494  -59,957,952 -36,518,383 -18,538,126 -37,153,552 -12,153,616 -19,545,351 -11,003,958 -92,415,569 -77,210,353 
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                  
          net proceeds from short-term borrowings
        126,000 371,000   207,000 -16,044,000  -37,865,000 -8,457,000 37,984,000  68,944,000                               
          principal payments of mortgages and loans
        -2,340,000 -9,391,000 -2,977,000 -2,972,000 -2,969,000 -2,946,000 -2,888,000 -2,846,000 -16,369,000 -48,214,000                        -13,629,215 -11,946,213 -1,696,752   -2,268,260 -1,111,615 -8,648,831 -7,633,710 
          financing costs on debt
        -24,000  -52,000 -41,000 -550,000 -2,000 -807,000 -57,000 -313,000 -501,000 -800,000 -476,000 -245,000 -5,040,000     -810,000    34,735 -771,831 -9,963 -4,941 -458,074 -255,320 -532 -35,000 -595,124 -439,982 -109,868 -390,961 -370,392 -124,464 -1,211,513 -1,143,512 -241,177 -241,177 -994,183 -969,183 
          proceeds from at-the-market preferred equity program, net of offering costs
        1,464,000 982,000 12,755,000 10,202,000 659,000 4,399,000 8,937,000 12,192,000 15,309,000 19,291,000 8,965,000    22,349,000 30,864,000 24,668,000   63,132,000                     
          proceeds from at-the-market common equity program, net of offering costs
         9,237,000 57,428,000 106,716,000 36,083,000 20,395,000 23,825,000 43,517,000 44,159,000 34,288,000 37,999,000 4,517,000 19,867,000 38,369,000 68,548,000 25,819,000 78,117,000 6,585,000 266,000                        
          proceeds from issuance of common stock in the drip, net of dividend reinvestments
        1,306,000 1,776,000 1,741,000 1,755,000 1,744,000 1,759,000 1,587,000 1,610,000 1,335,000 1,862,000 1,815,000 1,712,000 735,000 763,000 1,530,000    2,778,000    217,397   8,867,710 8,746,163   9,357,099 46,565,672 28,659,238 13,772,576          
          proceeds from exercise of stock options
        97,000 354,000 840,000 313,000 1,766,000 184,000 413,000 137,000 982,000 2,220,000 993,000 297,000 993,000 4,723,000 2,588,000 37,000   306,000 1,839,020 329,320   549,880 701,200 133,920 5,435,634 5,435,634 2,231,032 1,081,380 591,225 71,725 151,200 52,910     
          preferred dividends paid
        -5,173,000 -5,129,000 -4,995,000 -4,783,000 -4,712,000 -4,673,000 -4,472,000 -4,364,000 -4,051,000 -3,836,000 -3,433,000 -5,978,000 -7,600,000 -7,600,000   -7,600,000 -7,039,000 -7,654,000   -8,090,000 -6,964,229 -6,810,757 -6,810,757 -5,123,257 -5,123,257 -5,123,257 -5,123,258 -4,680,547 -12,339,553 -7,579,494 -3,789,747 -10,773,898 -6,595,262 -3,194,404 -3,778,294 -1,889,147 -3,778,294 -1,889,147 -5,667,441 -3,778,294 
          common dividends paid, net of dividend reinvestments
        -18,068,000 -16,893,000 -16,131,000 -15,113,000 -14,328,000 -13,503,000 -12,970,000 -12,771,000 -11,760,000 -11,571,000 -10,519,000 -10,329,000 -10,285,000 -9,495,000   -7,764,000 -7,128,000 -6,698,000   -6,513,000 -5,296,969 -5,373,646 -5,273,327 -5,176,058 -4,673,948 -5,358,246 -5,704,522 -5,798,374 -15,124,760 -9,730,543 -4,735,323 -13,075,166         
          net cash from financing activities
        -22,612,000 -18,693,000 49,962,000 45,078,000 16,447,000 -8,849,000 19,751,000 -400,000 20,266,000 29,440,000 48,531,000 -154,278,000 15,240,000 138,461,000 46,020,000 -10,422,000   -32,664,000   6,387,000   15,652,240 3,681,456 32,789,703 10,417,485 27,902,337 11,204,611 96,943,425 63,156,400  35,728,502 27,884,204 12,257,797 27,854,800 7,902,111 14,991,649 5,315,521 85,454,744 76,748,356 
          net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        -34,955,000 -62,325,000                                         
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
        80,926,000 108,811,000  64,437,000  40,876,000  125,026,000  28,593,000    18,996,000  12,777,411  27,891,249             
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
        45,971,000 46,486,000  23,548,000 1,670,000 49,212,000  -3,618,000 6,127,000 43,061,000  -213,916,000 -18,699,000 303,712,000  -11,789,000 62,206,000 40,053,000    22,201,000  8,871,314 -4,600,756 13,896,879  -5,192,510 -11,947,324 31,913,649             
          loss on sales of marketable securities
              1,000 42,000   -30,721,000   -436,000 730,000                         
          (increase) decrease in fair value of marketable securities
                                                  
          proceeds from sales of marketable securities
            3,821,000 40,000 462,000 308,000 84,000 55,752,000 9,867,000 2,459,000 4,509,000         268,675             
          proceeds from mortgages, net of mortgages assumed
                                      15,458,000 15,458,000 7,200,000 57,655,000 44,985,000     
          net payments from short-term borrowings
                     -4,951,000                             
          proceeds from bond issuance
                                                  
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
          34,381,000 23,548,000 1,670,000 -15,225,000 18,867,000 -3,618,000 6,127,000 2,185,000 -30,221,000 -213,916,000 -18,699,000 178,686,000 34,556,000 -11,789,000 62,206,000 11,460,000 -40,094,000   3,205,000 828,974   1,119,468 -1,996,404 -5,192,510 -11,947,324 4,022,400             
          loss on investment in joint venture
         185,000 205,000 221,000 225,000 244,000                                     
          investment in joint venture
         -773,000 -1,930,000 -732,000 -1,520,000 -309,000 -2,545,000 -138,000 572,000 -5,344,000 -7,664,000 252,000 -1,957,000 -116,000                             
          net cash from (used in) operating activities
                                                  
          purchase of manufactured home communities, net of mortgages assumed
                          -1,516,000    -1,490,715           -2,954,000   -10,326,524 -1,509,524 -6,837,261 -6,837,261   
          investments from non-controlling interest
                  100,000                                
          payments on redemption of preferred stock
                                                 
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year
                                                  
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of year
                                                  
          purchase of marketable securities
           -6,000 -6,000 -6,000 -6,000 -6,000 -5,000 -6,000 -5,000 -4,000 -5,000 -5,000   -6,000 -3,000 -209,000   -486,000 -436,092 -430,336 -424,825 -508,747 -576,709 -3,356,257 -8,095,575 -6,526,883             
          net loss
             -1,625,000  -1,499,000                                   
          non-cash items included in net loss:
                                                  
          gain on sales of marketable securities
                 17,922,000                -20,107             
          loss from joint venture
                                                  
          net proceeds from short term borrowings
                                                  
          proceeds from mortgages
                   34,158,000 25,643,000                 44,420,000 31,050,000 14,250,000        53,760,000 53,760,000 
          proceeds from bonds issuance
                   102,670,000                             
          proceeds from issuance of common stock in the drip, net of
                                                  
          dividend reinvestments
                                                  
          repurchase of preferred stock
                            -12,000                     
          repurchase of common stock
                            -1,604,000 314                    
          principal payments of mortgages
                   -3,068,000 -5,896,000 -2,891,000   -5,033,000 -564,000    -2,118,000  -15,800,903 -1,856,896 -1,908,904  -1,701,190 -1,678,886 -1,714,549 -24,543,481 -12,659,812 -1,852,336    -18,304,724 -7,982,550     
          proceeds from issuance of preferred stock, net of offering costs
                              -218   48,247,280 138,983,808            
          redemption of 8.0% series b preferred stock
                                                  
          net payments on short-term borrowings
                        -12,338,000 -11,277,000                         
          proceeds from issuance of common stock in the drip, net of dividend reinvestments reinvestments
                        611,000 2,942,000    697,000            9,267,775         
          non-cash items included in net income
                                                  
          net cash provided by operating activities
                         13,215,000     12,654,091          10,339,422          
          net cash used in investing activities
                         -18,726,000               -49,617,525          
          net cash provided by financing activities
                         16,971,000     10,906,753          43,368,136          
          proceeds from sales/ redemption of marketable securities
                                                  
          notes and other receivables
                             -327,000    -1,398,433        -1,542,870 -596,916 622,710 1,231,705 347,490 116,946 -605,728 -4,543,346 -2,341,396 
          net payments on short term borrowings
                                      -16,791,278   -1,330,266 -12,531,013        
          net proceeds on short term borrowings
                             -39,411,000    7,026,906  2,389,060 34,247,989 -34,305,218  5,893,852 23,601,802   14,118,911  -29,809,084     
          redemption of 8.25% series a preferred stock
                                      -91,595,000            
          proceeds from registered direct placement of common stock, net of offering costs
                                      22,527,507 22,527,507           
          net (payments) proceeds on short term borrowings
                                                  
          benefit for uncollectible notes and other receivables
                                                  
          provision (benefit) for uncollectible notes and other receivables
                                    -273,944 -294,405             
          gain on sales of securities
                                      -1,518,289 -1,051,768 -31,891          
          loss on sales of investment property & equipment
                                                  
          purchase of securities available for sale
                                      -38,002,778 -13,699,545 -2,145,267 -23,453,933 -17,193,903 -8,116,664 -7,528,787 -4,566,259 -5,018,926 -1,153,766 -15,041,535 -7,681,655 
          proceeds from sales of securities available for sale
                                      12,178,413 8,522,083 1,368,888 12,330,020 7,710,233 488,261 1,051,503 688,200 7,088,440 3,538,309 17,232,900 16,977,586 
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                      10,624,352 3,949,810 4,090,033  3,054,644 1,378,821 948,041 2,993,373 3,392,990 145,618 -3,248,349 3,306,507 
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                                  
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                  
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
                                      4,216,592 4,216,592 4,216,592 6,535,897 6,535,897 6,535,897 8,082,792 8,082,792     
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
                                      14,840,944 8,166,402 8,306,625 3,709,897 9,590,541 7,914,718  11,076,165     
          proceeds from issuance of preferred stock
                                         49,120,853 49,120,853        
          (gain) loss on sales of investment property & equipment
                                                  
          gain on sales of securities transactions
                                         -1,898,836 -1,014,378 -232,005 -79,748 -58,200 -1,215,457 -508,403   
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                         -2,826,000         
          prepaid expenses
                                          -391,371 -315,919       
          proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of reinvestments
                                          2,830,263 225,458 13,973,648 7,680,628 14,336,379 7,454,456 22,831,429 14,267,230 
          common dividends paid, net of reinvestments
                                          -8,673,257 -4,342,677 -8,127,627 -3,992,134 -6,931,849 -3,401,283   
          gain on sales of investment property and equipment
                                           -22,088       
          gain on sale of securities transactions
                                                  
          purchase of manufactured home communities,
                                                  
          net of mortgages assumed
                                                  
          net cash used by investing activities
                                                  
          proceeds from registered direct placement of preferred stock,
                                                  
          net of offering costs
                                                  
          non-cash adjustments:
                                                  
          increase in provision for uncollectible notes and other receivables
                                            532,530 265,409 455,913 213,776 442,083 287,195 
          proceeds from sales of assets
                                            262,578 140,659 511,514 112,650 838,848 575,180 
          additions to land development
                                            -263,228 -62,075 -162,832 -99,499 -443,338 -313,116 
          net proceeds on short term borrowing
                                            -12,502,890  13,874,850 4,504,287 32,684,692 26,679,248 
          cash and cash equivalents-end of period
                                            9,030,833  11,008,133 7,760,761 7,787,475 14,342,331 
          cash and cash equivalents-beginning of period
                                              7,615,143 7,615,143 11,035,824 11,035,824 
          changes in operating assets and liabilities -
                                                  
          gain on securities transactions
                                                -3,793,925 -3,681,010 
          common dividends paid, net of amount reinvested
                                                -8,510,922 -5,576,935 
          increase in benefit from uncollectible notes and other receivables
                                                  
          dividends paid, net of amount reinvested
                                                  
          cash and cash equivalents-beginning
                                                  
          cash and cash equivalents-ending
                                                  
          loss on securities transactions
                                                  
          proceeds from issuance of common stock
                                                  
          dividends paid, net of reinvestments
                                                  
          net cash provided (used) by financing activities