Nontaxable return of capital preferred distributions per share

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Ordinary taxable preferred distributions per share

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Preferred Stock Dividend [Line Items]

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Date the declared dividend will be paid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4304-108586

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Date the holder must own the stock to be entitled to the dividend, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of preferred stock outstanding.

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10. Preferred Stock Preferred Stock Schedule of Preferred Stock Dividend (Details) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended												12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred Stock Dividend [Line Items]
Record Date				Apr. 01, 2016	Dec. 30, 2015	Oct. 02, 2015	Jul. 02, 2015	Apr. 02, 2015	Dec. 30, 2014	Oct. 03, 2014	Jul. 03, 2014	Apr. 04, 2014
Payment Date				Apr. 15, 2016	Jan. 15, 2016	Oct. 15, 2015	Jul. 15, 2015	Apr. 15, 2015	Jan. 15, 2015	Oct. 15, 2014	Jul. 15, 2014	Apr. 15, 2014
Cash Dividend				$ 0.4921875	$ 0.4921875	$ 0.4921875	$ 0.4921875	$ 0.4921875	$ 0.4921875	$ 0.4921875	$ 0.4921875	$ 0.4921875	$ 0.4921875	$ 1.9687500	$ 1.9687500
Ordinary Taxable Dividend				0.4921875	0.4921875	0.4921875	0.4921875	0.4921875	0.4921875	0.4921875	0.4921875	0.4921875	0.4921875	1.9687500	1.9687500
Nontaxable Return of Capital Distributions				$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Series B Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred Stock Dividend [Line Items]
Record Date			Jul. 01, 2016	Apr. 01, 2016	Dec. 30, 2015	Oct. 02, 2015	Jul. 02, 2015	Apr. 02, 2015	Dec. 30, 2014	Oct. 03, 2014	Jul. 03, 2014	Apr. 04, 2014
Payment Date			Jul. 15, 2016	Apr. 15, 2016	Jan. 15, 2016	Oct. 15, 2015	Jul. 15, 2015	Apr. 15, 2015	Jan. 15, 2015	Oct. 15, 2014	Jul. 15, 2014	Apr. 15, 2014
Cash Dividend			$ 0.4765625	$ 0.4765625	$ 0.4765625	$ 0.4765625	$ 0.4765625	$ 0.4765625	$ 0.4765625	$ 0.4765625	$ 0.4765625	$ 0.4765625	0.9531250	1.9062500	1.9062500
Ordinary Taxable Dividend			0.4765625	0.4765625	0.4765625	0.4765625	0.4765625	0.4765625	0.4765625	0.4765625	0.4765625	0.4765625	0.9531250	1.9062500	1.9062500
Nontaxable Return of Capital Distributions			$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00
Series C Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred Stock Dividend [Line Items]
Record Date		Nov. 01, 2016	Aug. 01, 2016
Payment Date		Nov. 15, 2016	Aug. 15, 2016
Cash Dividend	$ 0.4140625	$ 0.4094618											0.8235243
Ordinary Taxable Dividend	0.4140625	0.4094618											0.8235243
Nontaxable Return of Capital Distributions	$ 0.00	$ 0.00											$ 0.00