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Related Party Transaction, Amendment to Management Agreement, Real Estate Revenues Excluded from Net Income

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Represents the base management fees incurred as a percentage of stockholder's equity per annum.

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Represents the incentive fee payable on cumulative core earnings that are equal to or less than zero.

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Represents the minimum amount of cumulative core earnings which was used to calculate the incentive fee payable.

No definition available.

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Related Party Transaction, Minimum Cumulative Core Earnings for Calculation of Incentive Fee, Number of Quarters

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Represents the percentage multiplied to arrive at difference of the first value which is affecting calculation of incentive fees.

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Represents the percentage multiplied to arrive at the first value which is affecting calculation of incentive fees.

No definition available.

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Represents the period whose fiscal quarters is considered to arrive at the first value which is affecting the calculation of incentive fees.

No definition available.

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Represents the previous period to calculate the product of weighted average price per share and weighted average number of shares of common stock and other shares.

No definition available.

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Represents the previous period for which core earnings are considered to arrive at the first value which is affecting calculation of incentive fees.

No definition available.

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Related Party Transactions, Management Fee Look Back Period

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Related Party Transactions, Management Fee Renewal Term

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Related Party Transactions, Termination Fee Based On Average Annual Management And Incentive Fees, Ratio

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Amount of contractual principal due at origination of mortgage loan within investment in mortgage loan on real estate by entity with substantial portion of business acquiring and holding investment real estate or interest in real estate.

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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The balance represents the amount of loans that are secured by real estate mortgages, offset by the reserve to cover probable credit losses on the loan portfolio.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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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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