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Amount of direct costs of the business combination including legal, accounting, and other costs incurred to consummate the business acquisition.

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Related Party Transactions (Details)			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions (Details)	Feb. 14, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) number_of_properties shares	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) number_of_properties shares	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Transaction Costs				$ 1,016,000		$ 1,016,000
loan coordination fees			$ 0	1,100,000	$ 47,000	2,065,000
Cost of Reimbursable Expense			$ 0	4,681,000	1,430,000	12,973,000
capital marketing and professional					$ 40,451	384,243
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding \| shares			49,900,555		49,900,555
Construction Management Fee			$ 0	73,000	$ 14,000	208,000
Related Party Transaction, Expenses from Transactions with Related Party			0	12,280,000	3,151,000	32,109,000
AcquisitionFeesRelatedPartyCosts			0	2,864,000	235,000	5,467,000
loan origination fees			$ 0	148,000	$ 0	674,000
Number of Real Estate Properties \| number_of_properties			125		125
manager's fees deferred					$ 25,600,000	24,100,000
Financing Receivable, Gross			$ 24,810,000		24,810,000
Loans and Leases Receivable, Net Amount			11,905,000		11,905,000		$ 41,917,000
disposition fee to manager			0	$ 0	0	$ 16,000
line of credit receivable							41,917,000
Sale Of Stock, Maximum Consideration Received On Transaction	$ 1,500,000,000
Interest Receivable			$ 24,784,000		24,784,000		$ 25,755,000
Remaining Contingent Fees					$ 24,100,000
Gross Purchase Price, Real Estate Assets, Percentage			1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%
Loan Origination Fee, Percentage			1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%
loan coordination fee percentage			0.60%	0.60%	0.60%	0.60%
Asset Management Fee, Percentage			0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%
Property Management Fee, Percentage			4.00%	4.00%	4.00%	4.00%
General and Administrative Expense Fee, Percentage			2.00%	2.00%	2.00%	2.00%
Disposition Fee, Percentage			1.00%	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%
Transition Services [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Expenses from Transactions with Related Party					$ 3,100,000
Have 12 Real Estate Loan Investment [Member]
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Interest Receivable			$ 1,200,000		1,200,000
HCC Line Of Credit [Member]
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Interest Receivable			2,000,000.0		2,000,000.0
AssetmanagementFees [Member]
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Asset Management Costs			0	$ 3,981,000	1,349,000	$ 11,546,000
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Asset Management Costs			0	2,557,000	890,000	7,509,000
General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Selling, General and Administrative Expenses from Transactions with Related Party			$ 0	$ 1,557,000	616,000	4,624,000
preferred capital securities [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
marketing and legal cost reimbursements					$ 0	$ 1,022,855
Former Manager and Sub-Manager [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Transaction Costs		$ 154,000,000
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High		25,000,000
Business Combination, Specified Matters Holdback Amount		$ 15,000,000
Former Manager and Sub-Manager [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Share Price \| $ / shares		$ 1.55
Retail Site [Member]
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Number of Real Estate Properties			54		54		52
PCMS [Member]
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Financing Receivable, Gross			$ 0		$ 0
Loans and Leases Receivable, Net Amount			0		0		$ 650,000
PCMS [Member] \| PCMS [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Loans and Leases Receivable, Net Amount			650,000		650,000
PAA [Member]
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Loans and Leases Receivable, Net Amount			0		0		$ 15,178,000
line of credit receivable			0		0
PAA [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
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Debt Instrument, Face Amount			$ 24,000,000.0		$ 24,000,000.0
PAC Carveout, LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sale of Stock, Consideration Received Per Transaction		$ 111,100,000