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Allowance For Insurance Receivable

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Amount of loans and leases that have been written off from both loan receivables and allowance reserve for credit loss.

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The number of real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

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The charge against earnings resulting from the write down of long lived assets other than goodwill due to the difference between the carrying value and lower fair value.

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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Amount of the adjustment to rental revenues to measure escalating leasing revenues on a straight line basis.

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Segment Reporting - Narratives (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Segment Reporting - Narratives (Details) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) property	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) segment property	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information
Number of reportable segments \| segment			2
Straight line rent adjustment	$ 2,400	$ 3,900	$ 5,200	$ 7,200
Number of real estate properties (properties) \| property	411		411
Revenues	$ 109,826	106,513	$ 223,108	229,518
Hotel
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Number of real estate properties (properties) \| property	1		1
Allowance for insurance receivables	$ 2,000		$ 2,000
Operating Segments \| Net Lease
Segment Reporting Information
Bad debt expense	6,800	3,200	11,200	4,800
Revenues	93,526	94,331	190,518	206,854
All Other
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Revenues	7,002	3,151	14,247	4,891
All Other \| ASU 2017-05
Segment Reporting Information
Revenues	2,500		4,700
Level 3 \| Nonrecurring
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Impairment charges	6,168	2,510	11,572	7,029
Net investments in direct financing leases \| Level 3 \| Nonrecurring
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Number of real estate properties (properties) \| property	2		2
Real estate \| Level 3 \| Nonrecurring
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Impairment charges			$ 0	4,519
CMBS \| Level 3 \| Nonrecurring
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Impairment charges			$ 5,404	0
KBR \| Assets held for sale
Segment Reporting Information
Intangible liability written off				$ 3,300