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The gross carrying amount of the outstanding balance due under the mortgage loan.

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Noncontrolling Interest, Sale Of Investment Interest, Percentage

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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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Amount of gain (loss) from deconsolidation of subsidiary and derecognition of group of assets constituting transfer of business or nonprofit activity, excluding conveyance of oil and gas mineral rights and transfer of good or service in contract with customer.

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The net gain (loss) resulting from sales and other disposals of real estate owned for investment purposes.

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Amount of income (loss) from consolidated real estate investments attributed to noncontrolling interest.

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Acquisitions and Divestitures (Details)	12 Months Ended
Acquisitions and Divestitures (Details)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) residential_unit property	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) property	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) property	Nov. 05, 2021	Apr. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Carrying Value	$ 20,528,925,000	$ 21,285,446,000
Woodstar Fund
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of interest sold				20.60%
Commercial and Residential Lending Segment
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Loan with related allowance, unpaid principal						$ 20,900,000
Commercial and Residential Lending Segment \| Orlando, Florida \| Credit deteriorated
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Carrying Value					$ 18,500,000
Commercial and Residential Lending Segment \| Montgomery Alabama
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Allowance						8,300,000
Unamortized discount						3,600,000
Commercial and Residential Lending Segment \| Montgomery Alabama \| Credit deteriorated
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Carrying Value						$ 9,000,000
Operating Properties \| Investing and Servicing Segment
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of properties sold \| property	4	3	2
Proceeds from sale of operating properties	$ 63,700,000	$ 92,100,000	$ 68,700,000
Gain on sale of property	25,600,000	50,900,000	22,200,000
Deconsolidation of subsidiary	10,200,000
Gain on sale of property attributable to noncontrolling interest		600,000
Operating Properties \| Commercial and Residential Lending Segment \| Orlando, Florida
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of operating properties		114,800,000
Gain on sale of property		86,600,000
Operating Properties \| Commercial and Residential Lending Segment \| Montgomery Alabama
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of operating properties		114,800,000	31,200,000
Gain on sale of property		$ 86,600,000	$ 17,700,000
Residential Units \| Commercial and Residential Lending Segment
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of operating properties	12,100,000
Gain on sale of property	$ 0
Number of residential units sold \| residential_unit	4