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Management Fee Expense, Amount Waived

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The element represent the percentage of management fee during the period.

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Management Fee Percentage, Waived Portion

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The element represents the percentage of shares that will be issued under the plan.

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Quarterly Incentive Fee, Percentage

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Quarterly Management Fee, Percentage

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Reimbursable Costs Payable

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Reimbursable Operating Expense

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of operating dividend and interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts, on available-for-sale securities.

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Amount of expenses related to the managing member or general partner for management of the day-to-day business functions of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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Carrying amount of the unpaid portion of the fee payable to the managing member or general partner for management of the fund or trust.

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The cash inflow from sale proceeds and collection of repayments from borrowers on loans classified as held-for-sale, including proceeds from loans sold through mortgage securitization; includes mortgages and other types of loans.

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS - Narrative (Details)					1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS - Narrative (Details)	Aug. 20, 2018 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2018 USD ($) shares	Jan. 18, 2018	Jun. 07, 2017	Jan. 18, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) mortgage_loan	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) security	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management fee percentage						1.50%						1.50%
Management fee percentage, waived portion				0.75%
Management fee waived					$ 6,959					$ 6,959	$ 79,415
Management fee expense							$ 586,926		$ 573,412	1,767,252	1,670,804	$ 1,767,252
Management fee payable							592,500		187,000	592,500	187,000
Reimbursable expenses							548,132		915,452	1,865,057	3,086,304
Reimbursable expenses payable							592,500		400,000	592,500	400,000
Deferred financing cost							3,977,017			3,977,017
Payments of financing costs										4,075,446	0
Notional amount												1,281,829,317
Earned fees							0		7,827,281	10,748,966	21,308,582
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Compensation expense										$ 18,095	16,634
Manager Equity Plan
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Maximum shares issued, percentage of issued and outstanding shares of common stock										3.00%
Manager Equity Plan \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense							12,740		$ 0	$ 12,740	0
Weighted average period for compensation expense not yet recognized										8 years 8 months 12 days
Hunt Investment Management, LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Annual management fee percentage			1.50%
Quarterly management fee percentage			0.375%
Quarterly incentive fee percentage			20.00%
Hurdle rate percentage			8.00%
Lead independent director \| Loan Review Services
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds from fees		$ 20,000
Lead independent director \| MAXEX LLC \| Residential Mortgage Loans
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of loans												$ 24,600,000
Lead independent director \| MAXEX LLC \| Loan Review Services
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds from fees										$ 263,117	241,455
Marketing fees paid										61,373	$ 51,904
Affiliate of manager
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of available for sale sold \| security								4
Notional amount								$ 82,900,000
Class A-4 warrant \| Lead independent director \| MAXEX LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of securities called by warrants (in warrants) \| shares		35,658
Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Deferred financing cost							4,100,000			4,100,000
Unpaid Principal Balance	$ 225,300,000						219,400,000			219,400,000
Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd \| Hunt Investment Management, LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments of financing costs	2,300,000
Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd \| Lead independent director
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments of financing costs	$ 1,800,000
Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd \| Hunt Financial Services, LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Earned fees							$ 208,477
Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd \| Hunt Finance Company, LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| mortgage_loan							21
Unpaid Principal Balance							$ 245,115,093			245,115,093
Hunt CRE 2017-FL1, Ltd. \| Hunt Finance Company, LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| mortgage_loan							4
Unpaid Principal Balance							$ 73,114,000			$ 73,114,000