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The annual rate charged by investment advisor calculated as a percentage of assets under management

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Related Party Transaction, Investment Owned, Percentage

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The additional amount of investment income required after a period of investment loss, in order for the performance compensation rate to return from reduced rate to full rate.

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The monthly rate charged by investment advisor calculated as a percentage of assets under management

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The full rate of performance compensation as a percent of investment income charged by a related party.

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The reduced rate charged by related party for performance compensation as a percent of investment income due to loss carry forward provision.

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The reduced rate charged by related party for performance compensation as a percent of investment income due to loss carry forward provision.

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Amount of expense for incentive rights held by the managing member or general partner, of limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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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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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Narrative (Details) - USD ($)			1 Months Ended	4 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2019	Sep. 01, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Solasglas Investment LP (SILP)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management fee			$ 3,100,000	$ 3,100,000	$ 4,893,000	$ 3,100,000
Board of Directors Chairman \| Limited Partnership Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Performance compensation reduced rate		10.00%
Performance compensation full rate		20.00%
Performance compensation reduced rate					10.00%
Loss carry forward recoupment required					150.00%
Board of Directors Chairman \| Investment Advisory Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Performance compensation			$ 0		$ 4,981,000	$ 0
Investment management fee rate - monthly		0.125%
Investment management fee rate - annual		1.50%
Automatic agreement extension, term		3 years
Board of Directors Chairman \| Service Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Investor relations fee monthly					$ 5,000
Contract termination prior notice period					30 days
Board of Directors Chairman \| Collateral Assets Investement Management Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Contract termination prior notice period	30 days
Affiliated Entity \| Green Bricks Partners Inc (GRBK)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percentage					47.80%