Financial Information
13. NOTES RECEIVABLE
The following table presents the composition of our notes receivable balances (net of reserves and unamortized discounts) at year-end 2014 and 2013:
We classify notes receivable due within one year as current assets in the caption “Accounts and notes receivable, net” in our Balance Sheets. We did not have any past due notes receivable amounts at the end of either 2014 or 2013. In 2014, we provided an $85 million mezzanine loan (net of a $15 million discount) to an owner in conjunction with entering into a franchise agreement for an International property. The unamortized discounts for our notes receivable were $25 million at year-end 2014 and $12 million at year-end 2013.
The following table presents the expected future principal payments (net of reserves and unamortized discounts) as well as interest rates and unamortized discounts for our notes receivable as of year-end 2014:
Senior, Mezzanine, and Other Loans
Generally, all of the loans we make have similar characteristics in that they are loans to owners and operators of hotels and hospitality properties. We reflect interest income for “Senior, mezzanine, and other loans” in the “Interest income” caption in our Income Statements. At year-end 2014, our recorded investment in impaired “Senior, mezzanine, and other loans” was $63 million. We had a $50 million notes receivable reserve representing an allowance for credit losses, leaving $13 million of our investment in impaired loans, for which we had no related allowance for credit losses. At year-end 2013, our recorded investment in impaired “Senior, mezzanine, and other loans” was $99 million, and we had a $90 million notes receivable reserve representing an allowance for credit losses, leaving $9 million of our investment in impaired loans, for which we had no related allowance for credit losses. Our average investment in impaired “Senior, mezzanine, and other loans” totaled $81 million during 2014, $96 million during 2013, and $94 million during 2012.
The following table summarizes the activity for our “Senior, mezzanine, and other loans” notes receivable reserve for 2012, 2013, and 2014:
