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The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date.

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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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Equity Compensation (Details) - USD ($)			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Equity Compensation (Details) - USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2020	Jun. 17, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Jan. 02, 2018
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation			$ (152,000)	$ 0	$ 5,463,000	$ 0
market vesting condition capital increase threshhold					$ 5,660,580
Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche One [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Share-Based Compensation, Earned Performance Shares As Percentage of Target	0.00%
Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Two [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Share-Based Compensation, Earned Performance Shares As Percentage of Target	50.00%
Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Three [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Share-Based Compensation, Earned Performance Shares As Percentage of Target	100.00%
Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Four [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Share-Based Compensation, Earned Performance Shares As Percentage of Target	200.00%
2011 Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized			2,617,500		2,617,500
2019 Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized			3,617,500		3,617,500
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation					$ 548,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		$ 8.05
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number			548,000		548,000		20,000
Restricted Stock [Member] \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche One [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number			137,741		137,741
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Nonvested			$ 1,100,000		$ 1,100,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period			4 years
Restricted Stock [Member] \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Two [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number			344,356		344,356
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Nonvested			$ 2,800,000		$ 2,800,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period			4 years
ClassBUnits [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
common stock fair value per share								$ 20.19
Class B Units valuation assumption dividend yield								4.95%
ClassBUnit valuation assumption expected volatility								25.70%
Class B Unit valuation assumptions risk free rate								2.71%
Share-based Compensation							$ 65,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value								$ 4,266,409
Performance based restricted stock units
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
common stock fair value per share								$ 7.23
Class B Units valuation assumption dividend yield								6.87%
ClassBUnit valuation assumption expected volatility								44.40%
Class B Unit valuation assumptions risk free rate								0.11%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value								$ 1,845,000
Share-based Compensation, Period Trailing Grant Date, Expected Volatility Assumption					2 years 10 months 28 days