Members' Capital (Details)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares $ / item shares	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares $ / item shares
Members' Capital (Details) [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Liability Company (LLC) Member, Cash Distributions Declared	$ 170,104	$ 170,103
Limited Member [Member]
Members' Capital (Details) [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Liability Company (LLC) Member, Cash Distributions Declared	$ 165,001	$ 165,000
Distributions Per Limited Partnership Unit Outstanding, Basic (in Dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.09	$ 0.09
Weighted Average Limited Partnership Units Outstanding, Basic (in Shares) \| shares	1,738,006	1,744,006
DistributionsPerUnitOfNetIncome (in Dollars per Item) \| $ / item	0.03	0.03
DistributionsPerUnitOfReturnOfCapital (in Dollars per Item) \| $ / item	0.06	0.06
Managing Member [Member]
Members' Capital (Details) [Line Items]
Distribution Made to Limited Liability Company (LLC) Member, Cash Distributions Declared	$ 5,103	$ 5,103

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