Related-Party Transactions and Arrangements (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended								0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 Property	Dec. 31, 2011 Property	Dec. 31, 2012 Advisors	Dec. 31, 2011 Advisors	Dec. 31, 2012 Advisors Minimum	Dec. 31, 2012 Dealer manager fees Dealer manager	Dec. 31, 2012 Dealer manager fees Advisors	Dec. 31, 2011 Dealer manager fees Advisors	Dec. 31, 2012 Dealer manager fees reallowed by Cole Capital Advisors	Dec. 31, 2011 Dealer manager fees reallowed by Cole Capital Advisors	Dec. 31, 2012 Organization and offering expense reimbursement Advisors	Dec. 31, 2011 Organization and offering expense reimbursement Advisors	Dec. 06, 2011 Organization and offering expense reimbursement Advisors	Dec. 31, 2012 Organization and offering expense reimbursement Advisors Maximum	Dec. 08, 2011 Acquisition expense reimbursement Advisors Property	Dec. 31, 2012 Acquisition expense reimbursement Advisors	Dec. 31, 2011 Acquisition expense reimbursement Advisors	Dec. 31, 2012 Acquisition expense reimbursement Advisors Maximum	Dec. 31, 2012 Advisory fee Advisors	Dec. 31, 2011 Advisory fee Advisors	Dec. 31, 2012 Operating expense reimbursement Advisors	Dec. 31, 2011 Operating expense reimbursement Advisors	Dec. 31, 2012 Performance fee Advisors	Dec. 31, 2011 Performance fee Advisors	Dec. 31, 2012 Performance fee Advisors Maximum	Dec. 31, 2012 Performance fee Advisors Minimum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Escrow Deposit, Equity Transaction													$ 10,000,000
Daily asset based related party fee percent			0.90%			0.55%
Daily asset based related party fee reallowed to third party percent									0.20%
Organization and offering expense														0.75%
Related party transaction, expenses from transactions with related party							33,628	3,687	207	0	27,970	75,000				0	0		55,046	6,033	0	0	143,465	0
Operating expense reimbursement percent of average invested assets					2.00%
Operating expense reimbursement percent of net income					25.00%
Acquisition and advisory fee																		6.00%
Total return threshold to receive performance fee																									10.00%	6.00%
Performance fee, percent applied to total return on stockholders' capital between 6 percent and 10 percent																							25.00%
Business acquisition, percentage of voting interests acquired	100.00%	100.00%													100.00%
Number of real estate acquistions (in number of properties)	1	9													3
Total purchase price	1,780,767	30,818,525													11,100,000
Due to Affiliate	$ 335,109	$ 1,085,314	$ 335,000	$ 1,100,000