RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS (Incentive Compensation) (Details) - Advisors - USD ($)		3 Months Ended
Aug. 20, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Incentive compensation. in excess of product, quarterly percentage	20.00%
Incentive compensation. in excess of product, annualized percentage	7.00%
Incentive compensation fees		$ 0	$ 0

Incentive Compensation, In Excess Of Product, Annualized Percentage

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Incentive Compensation, In Excess Of Product, Quarterly Percentage

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Amount of expense for incentive rights held by the managing member or general partner, of limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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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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