Related Party Transactions and Investments in Non-Consolidated Entities - Management fees and interest income from loans (Details) - USD ($)	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Management Fees And Interest Income From Loans Abstract
Asset management fees, low end of range (as a percent)	1.00%
Asset management fees, high end of range (as a percent)	5.00%
Notice period for cancellation of applicable contracts	30 days
Sponsored REITs
Management Fees And Interest Income From Loans Abstract
Impairment of Sponsored REIT	$ 0
Asset Management
Management Fees And Interest Income From Loans Abstract
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Including Assessed Tax	$ 271,000	$ 316,000

High end of the range of the asset management fee as a percentage of collected rents.

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Low end of the range of the asset management fee as a percentage of collected rents.

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Represents the notice period for cancellation of applicable contracts.

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Amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 14A
-Subparagraph (b)
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Amount, including tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value-added and excise.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 32
-Paragraph 2A
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82859839&loc=SL82860478-203043

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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