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Mentor Capital, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘XML’

On:  Friday, 8/12/22, at 2:31pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1493152-22-22292   ·   File #:  0-55323

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 8/12/22  Mentor Capital, Inc.              10-Q        6/30/22   96:7.7M                                   M2 Compliance LLC/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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12: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     43K 
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                (Unaudited)                                                      
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                Equity (Unaudited)                                               
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                (Unaudited)                                                      
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25: R16         Investments and fair value                          HTML     90K 
26: R17         Common stock warrants                               HTML     61K 
27: R18         Warrant redemption liability                        HTML     31K 
28: R19         Stockholders? equity                                HTML     48K 
29: R20         Term Loan                                           HTML     39K 
30: R21         Paycheck Protection Program Loans and Economic      HTML     49K 
                Injury Disaster Loans                                            
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34: R25         Segment Information                                 HTML    103K 
35: R26         Subsequent events                                   HTML     40K 
36: R27         Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML    129K 
                (Policies)                                                       
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                Injury Disaster Loans (Tables)                                   
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                (Details Narrative)                                              
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                Narrative)                                                       
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                statements of operations (Details)                               
59: R50         Schedule of lease costs recognized in consolidated  HTML     31K 
                statements of operations (Details) (Parenthetical)               
60: R51         Schedule of other information about lease amounts   HTML     35K 
                recognized in Condensed Consolidated Financial                   
                Statements (Details)                                             
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62: R53         Schedule of operating lease liabilities (Details)   HTML     36K 
63: R54         Schedule of lease maturities (Details)              HTML     61K 
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                (Parenthetical)                                                  
67: R58         Schedule of net finance leases receivable,          HTML     35K 
                non-performing (Details)                                         
68: R59         Schedule of minimum future payments receivable for  HTML     47K 
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70: R61         Schedule of interest in legal recovery carried at   HTML     34K 
                cost (Details)                                                   
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                Narrative)                                                       
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                level 3 assets (Details)                                         
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                holding gains and losses, and fair values of                     
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                (Parenthetical)                                                  
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                Injury Disaster Loans (Details Narrative)                        
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                fee - related party (Details Narrative)                          
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89: R80         Reconciliation of revenue from segments to          HTML     50K 
                consolidated (Details)                                           
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                mntr-20220630                                                    
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11/09/17  Mentor Capital, Inc.              10-Q        9/30/17  103:6.7M                                   Action Edgar Fil… Svc/FA
 7/10/15  Mentor Capital, Inc.              DEF 14C     7/09/15    1:207K                                   Action Edgar Fil… Svc/FA
11/19/14  Mentor Capital, Inc.              10-12G                11:105M                                   Action Edgar Fil… Svc/FA
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