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Revenue Recognition
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Revenue Recognition [Abstract]  
Revenue Recognition
Revenue Recognition
 
We recognize rental income from operating leases that contain fixed contractual rent changes on a straight line basis over the term of the lease agreements.  Certain of our leases with government tenants provide the tenant the right to terminate before the lease expiration date if the legislature or other funding authority does not appropriate the funding necessary for the government tenant to meet its lease obligations; we have determined the fixed non-cancelable lease term of these leases to be the full term of the lease because we believe the occurrence of early terminations to be remote contingencies based on both our historical experience and our assessments of the likelihood of lease cancellation on a separate lease basis.
 
We increased rental income to record revenue on a straight line basis by $711 and $1,205 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $3,115 and $1,789 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Rents receivable include $24,801 and $21,686 of straight line rent receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $132 and $155, at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.