Prospectus excerpt:  We are offering 280,000 shares of our 13.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) pursuant to this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. When, as, and if authorized by our board of directors and declared by us, dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock will be payable monthly in arrears on the last day of each calendar month (provided that if any dividend payment date is not a business day, then the dividend that would otherwise have been payable on that dividend payment date may be paid on the next succeeding business day without adjustment in the amount of the dividend) at a rate per annum equal to 13.00% per annum of the $25.00 liquidation preference (the “Initial Rate”). Dividends on the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are cumulative. The first dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock sold in this offering will be paid on November 30, 2023, will cover the period from and including October 26, 2023 to, but not including, November 30, 2023, and will be in the amount of $0.315972 per share.