Income Taxes - Schedule of Per Share Distributions to Stockholders (Parenthetical) (Details) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Section 199A Dividends	$ 1.0639	$ 0.4703	$ 0.7646
Unrecaptured Sec. 1250 gain	$ 0.1061	$ 0.2574	$ 0.0583
Dividend declared date	Nov. 09, 2023
Dividend paid date	Jan. 11, 2024

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482913/230-10-50-3

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