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INDUSTRY TREND


                                             Traffic at Oxford West has increased since the beginning of the month. However, we will need to be
                                             very strategic through this lease-up. It will be a fight to the end to push for our highest occupancy
                                             possible. The team has been closing an average of 19/week for the past few weeks, up from an
                                             average leasing week of 10/week for March. We have implemented pricing adjustments on 3 and
                                             4- bedroom floorplans to increase velocity on our earlier leasers in the market, those price sensitive
                                             prospects look for the biggest bang for the buck. The strategy has proven itself and all 4-bedroom
                                             units are sold-out for fall.

                                             Oxford West is currently 41% preleased; 10% above previous year at this same time. We are seeing
                                             a similar prelease trend in the market. Purpose built housing is currently 61% preleased compared
                                             to previous year 53% as of mid-April. New leasing rate reduction incentives are being rolled out
                                             to promote our floorplans that have not had the strong demand (see Forecasted: Fall 2022 Beds
                                             Left to Lease). The newest incentive is on the 1-bedroom floorplan. The rate strategy is to position
                                             Oxford West as a budget friendly option, close to campus, with great service. To date, this strategy
                                             has proven to be successful and will be continued throughout the season as needed as a tool to
                                             close on all the traffic.


                                             Currently, we are seeing an increase in the international market, but are not confident that it has
                                             fully returned. Miami is enforcing freshmen and sophomore live-on campus. Oxford West’s average
                                             leasing pace for the previous year (from April – Sept) was 13 leases per week. There are 19 weeks
                                             until classes begin. Closing on 14 leases per week to reach an 85% lease-up, 93% occupancy is
                                             ultimately where we find Oxford West at its best value, 16 leases per week for the remainder of the
                                             lease- up will get us there. Our team will continue pushing new ventures to get us to our average
                                             leasing pace to cross that finish line.


                                             INVESTMENT RETURN


                                             The General Partner will continue to suspend cash distributions to the partnership until occupancy
                                             returns to an acceptable level. We are currently finalizing the 2022-2023 budget and will have a
                                             projection for next year in the Q4 update.


                                             INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE


                                             We are continuing to see a lot of requests for immediate move-in. The team is promoting the current
                                             availability to capture summer/fall leases.  The team closed on 37 leases over the past two weeks.
                                             Weekly leasing average has doubled in recent weeks. The team has been closing an average of 18
                                             leases per week since the start of the month and surpass the leasing projection goals.

                                             New marketing ventures have been initiated in tandem with the pricing strategy. One highlight is
                                             the contract with apartments.com. This venture will attract some more of the conventional market.
                                             The partnership with apts.com is two-fold, as it also strengthens our organic searches for prospects
                                             searching for housing near campus. Coupling with this venture, the team has been pushing for
                                             resident reviews. They brought in over 40 new reviews in past months to bring their average online
                                             rating to 4.0 and continue to solicit additional reviews.

                                             Other recent marketing ventures include:
                                             •   Direct mailers to competitors
                                             •   Promoting early move-ins for summer (on vacant beds)
                                             •   Partnership with Miami Athletics
                                             •   Increased spend with GRO (geo-targeted, social, google adwords)
                                             •   On-Campus events, on-campus flyers and partnering with local vendors for cross-promotions
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