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Debt Instrument, Estimated Amount Due Upon Sale of Collateral, Percent

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Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Sales

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Amount of the fee that accompanies borrowing money under the debt instrument.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Amount of interest expense incurred on a debt or other obligation to related party.

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The amount of cash paid for interest during the period.

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The cash outflow paid to third parties in connection with debt origination, which will be amortized over the remaining maturity period of the associated long-term debt.

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Amount of cash inflow from contractual arrangement with the lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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Identify the stated interest rate per the agreement, for example, leasing and debt arrangements between related parties.

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The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND COMMITMENTS - Debt Agreements (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 22, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt		$ 67,627,000		$ 95,482,000	$ 67,627,000	$ 95,482,000
Interest paid					7,806,000	6,154,000
Sale of mortgage loans					3,287,000	23,361,000
SREOF II Holdings, LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sale of mortgage loans				$ (11,000,000)		$ 11,000,000
Non-Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| SRE Monarch Lending [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Stated rate (percentage)				16.00%		16.00%
Debt fee		0		$ 50,000	$ 0	$ 50,000
Repayments of debt		$ 5,000,000
Non-Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Unsecured Debt [Member] \| SRE Monarch Lending [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Stated rate (percentage)		16.00%			16.00%
Interest expense					$ 800,000	800,000
Interest paid					$ 400,000	$ 400,000
SRE Revolver [Member] \| SRE Monarch Lending [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Stated rate (percentage)		0.00%			0.00%
Proceeds from line of credit					$ 4,000,000
Interest rate					5.00%
Debt fee							$ 100,000
Payments of debt issuance costs	$ 400,000				$ 500,000
Percentage of collateral sale price due upon sale		5.00%			5.00%
Estimated percentage of collateral sale price due upon sale		5.00%			5.00%
Repayments of debt		$ 4,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| SRE Revolver [Member] \| SRE Monarch Lending [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Repayments of debt			$ 200,000