SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
 
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OWENS REALTY MORTGAGE, INC.
(Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Financial Institution Partners III, LP
Hovde Capital Ltd.
Eric D. Hovde
Hovde Capital Advisors LLC
Opal Capital Partners, LP
Opal Advisors, LLC
P. James Hua
Steven D. Hovde
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Financial Institutions Partners III LP / Owens Realty Mortgage, Inc.
 
A copy of a letter to shareholders is filed herewith.
 
Important Information
 
This filing is not a solicitation of a proxy from any security holder of Owens Realty Mortgage, Inc.  On January 12, 2018, Hovde Capital Advisors LLC, together with its affiliates (the “Group”), officially submitted two nominees, Steven Hovde and James Hua, to stand for election to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Owens Realty Mortgage, Inc. (the “Company”) during the Company’s upcoming Annual Meeting.  The participants in the solicitation are: Financial Institution Partners III, LP, Hovde Capital Ltd., Eric D. Hovde, Hovde Capital Advisors LLC, Opal Capital Partners, LP, Opal Advisors, LLC, P. James Hua, Steven D. Hovde.  The interests that the participants have in the solicitation are as a result of their holding shares of the Company.  The Group plans to send a definitive proxy statement, proxy card and related proxy materials to shareholders of the Company seeking their support of the nominees to the Board.  Shareholders are urged to read the definitive proxy statement and proxy card when they become available, because they will contain important information about the nominees, the Company and related matters.  Shareholders may obtain a free copy of the definitive proxy statement and proxy card (when available) and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) by the Group at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov.  The definitive proxy statement (when available) and other related SEC documents filed with the SEC by the Group may also be obtained free of charge from the Group, upon request.