Senior secured notes, convertible notes, and corporate debt, net (Details)						3 Months Ended
	Feb. 10, 2021 USD ($)	Jul. 22, 2019 USD ($)	Apr. 27, 2018 USD ($)	Aug. 09, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares	Mar. 15, 2005 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 02, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Unamortized deferred financing costs						$ (4,611,000)	$ (2,612,000)
Total Senior secured notes, net						179,744,000	179,659,000
Total Corporate debt, net						333,317,000	150,989,000
Total Convertible notes, net						112,405,000	$ 112,129,000
Total carrying amount of debt components						625,466,000
Total carrying amount of conversion option of equity components recorded in equity						958,000
Contractual maturities of the Senior Secured Notes, Convertible Notes, and Corporate debt
2022						180,000,000
2023						115,000,000
Thereafter						341,750,000
Total contractual amounts						636,750,000
Unamortized deferred financing costs, discounts, and premiums, net						(11,284,000)
Total carrying amount of debt components						625,466,000
Senior Secured Notes
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Debt instrument, face value						$ 180,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)						7.50%
Unamortized premium						$ 695,000
Unamortized deferred financing costs						(951,000)
Total Senior secured notes, net						179,744,000
Convertible Notes
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Debt instrument, face value				$ 115,000,000.0		$ 115,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)				7.00%		7.00%
Conversion ratio				1.5994
Principal amount of notes for conversion				$ 25
Initial conversion price | $ / shares				$ 15.63
Principal amount of the notes to be redeemed (as a percent)				100.00%
Threshold period of specified consecutive trading days within which common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instruments must exceed threshold percentage for a specified number of trading days to trigger conversion feature | item						30
Threshold period of specified consecutive trading days within which the common stock price, used in a calculation with with the conversion rate, the result of which must exceed the threshold percentage						5 days
Specified period of time used to calculate average closing market price of common stock to be used as a factor in determining potential trigger of conversion feature						10 days
Gross carrying value of convertible notes				$ 112,700,000
Gross carrying value of the equity component				$ 2,300,000
Unamortized discount						$ (958,000)
Unamortized deferred financing costs						(1,637,000)
Total Convertible notes, net						$ 112,405,000
Convertible Notes | Minimum
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Percentage of common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instruments to determine eligibility of conversion						120.00%
Threshold number of specified trading days that common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instruments must exceed threshold percentage within a specified consecutive trading period to trigger conversion feature | item						20
The threshold percentage that per share value of distributions exceeds the average market price which may trigger the conversion feature						10.00%
Convertible Notes | Maximum
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Threshold percentage of the trading price of the convertible debt instrument to the product of the conversion rate and the closing stock price during any five consecutive trading day period						98.00%
Corporate Debt
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Unamortized discount						$ (4,966,000)
Unamortized deferred financing costs						(3,467,000)
Total Corporate debt, net						333,317,000
6.20% Senior Notes due 2026
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Debt instrument, face value		$ 57,500,000				$ 104,250,000		$ 45,000,000.0
Interest rate (as a percent)		6.20%				6.20%		6.20%
Proceeds from note offerings		$ 55,300,000
6.20% Senior Notes due 2026 | On or after July 30, 2022 and before July 30, 2025
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Principal amount of the notes to be redeemed (as a percent)		101.00%
6.20% Senior Notes due 2026 | On or after July 30, 2025
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Principal amount of the notes to be redeemed (as a percent)		100.00%
6.20% Senior Notes due 2026 | Over-allotment option
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Debt instrument, face value		$ 7,500,000
5.75% Senior Notes due 2026
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Debt instrument, face value	$ 201,300,000					$ 201,250,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	5.75%					5.75%
Proceeds from note offerings	$ 195,200,000
5.75% Senior Notes due 2026 | Over-allotment option
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Debt instrument, face value	$ 26,300,000
6.50% Senior Notes due 2021
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Debt instrument, face value			$ 50,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)			6.50%
6.50% Senior Notes due 2021 | On or after April 30, 2019 and before April 30, 2020
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Principal amount of the notes to be redeemed (as a percent)			100.00%
Junior Subordinated I-A Notes
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Debt instrument, face value						$ 15,000,000
Junior Subordinated I-A Notes | Three Month LIBOR
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Pricing, spread on variable (as a percent)						3.10%
Junior Subordinated I-B Notes
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Debt instrument, face value						$ 21,250,000
Junior Subordinated I-B Notes | Three Month LIBOR
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Pricing, spread on variable (as a percent)						3.10%
ReadyCap Holdings LLC | Senior Secured Notes
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Debt instrument, face value									$ 40,000,000.0	$ 140,000,000.0
Interest rate (as a percent)									7.50%	7.50%
Yield-to-maturity (as a percent)									6.50%
ANH | Junior Subordinated Notes
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Debt instrument, face value					$ 37,380,000
Anworth Capital Trust I | Junior Subordinated Notes
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Debt instrument, face value					$ 36,250,000
Anworth Capital Trust I | Junior Subordinated Notes | Three Month LIBOR
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Pricing, spread on variable (as a percent)					3.10%
Anworth Capital Trust I | Junior Subordinated I-A Notes
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Debt instrument, face value					$ 15,000,000
Anworth Capital Trust I | Junior Subordinated I-B Notes
Senior secured notes, Convertible notes, and Corporate debt
Debt instrument, face value					$ 21,250,000