Investment owned, redemption month.

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- Definition

Mortgage loans on real estate, redemption, face amount.

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No definition available.

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- Definition

Maturity date of mortgage loan within investment in mortgage loan on real estate by entity with substantial portion of business acquiring and holding investment real estate or interest in real estate, in YYYY-MM-DD format.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 12
-Paragraph Column C
-Subsection 29

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 948
-SubTopic 310
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.12-29(Column C))
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- Definition

Interest rate of mortgage loan within investment in mortgage loan on real estate by entity with substantial portion of business acquiring and holding investment real estate or interest in real estate.

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 12
-Paragraph Column B
-Subsection 29

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 948
-SubTopic 310
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120402547&loc=d3e617274-123014

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- Definition

Cost of the investment.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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-Topic 946
-SubTopic 210
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=99383244&loc=d3e12121-115841

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- Definition

The number of units in a real estate property owned as of the balance sheet date.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Mortgage Revenue Bonds - Schedule of Terms of MRBSs upon Redemption (Details)	1 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2022 USD ($) Unit	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)
Mortgage Revenue Bonds [Member]
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items]
Principal Outstanding at Date of Redemption		$ 21,764,051	$ 41,395,781
Principal Outstanding at Date of Redemption	$ 61,055,000	$ 31,770,592		$ 39,765,074
Live 929 Apartments [Member] \| 2014 Series A [Member] \| Mortgage Revenue Bonds [Member] \| Baltimore, MD [Member]
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items]
Month Redeemed	January
Units \| Unit	575
Original Maturity Date	Jul. 01, 2049
Interest Rate	5.78%
Principal Outstanding at Date of Redemption	$ 39,445,000
Live 929 Apartments [Member] \| 2014 Series B [Member] \| Mortgage Revenue Bonds [Member] \| Baltimore, MD [Member]
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items]
Month Redeemed	January
Units \| Unit	575
Original Maturity Date	Jul. 01, 2039
Interest Rate	1.60%
Principal Outstanding at Date of Redemption	$ 21,610,000
Live 929 Apartments [Member] \| Series 2022A [Member] \| Baltimore, MD [Member]
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items]
Units \| Unit	575
Original Maturity Date	Jan. 01, 2060
Interest Rate	4.30%