ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS - Narrative (Details)					12 Months Ended
		Mar. 18, 2019 USD ($)	Feb. 14, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Apr. 30, 2018 USD ($) Loan_Participation	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares shares		Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jan. 15, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Residential mortgage loan aggregate principal balance					$ 635,260,420		$ 555,172,891		$ 0
Cash and cash equivalents	[1]				10,942,115		7,882,862
Collateralized loan obligations, net	[1]				505,930,065		$ 503,978,918
Maximum borrowing capacity					$ 40,250,000
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares) | shares					0		1,610,000
Preferred stock, dividend rate (percentage)					8.75%		8.75%
Preferred stock, liquidation preference (in dollars per share) | $ / shares					$ 25		$ 25
Carrying Value
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents					$ 10,942,115	[1]	$ 7,882,862
Collateralized loan obligations, net					505,930,065		503,978,918
Principal Value
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents					10,942,115		7,882,862
Collateralized loan obligations, net					510,181,000		510,181,000
Hunt CRE 2017-FL1, Ltd. | Carrying Value
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Collateralized loan obligations, net				$ 287,600,000	1,344,923		$ 2,440,674
Hunt CRE 2017-FL1, Ltd. | Principal Value
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Collateralized loan obligations, net				290,700,000
Hunt CMT Equity, LLC
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Consideration transferred				$ 68,000,000
Business acquisition, acquired commercial loans, number of loan participations | Loan_Participation				8
Assets acquired				$ 100,000
Loan participations				6,200,000
Hunt CMT Equity, LLC | Hunt CRE 2017-FL1, Ltd.
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Residential mortgage loan aggregate principal balance				339,400,000
Cash and cash equivalents				$ 9,800,000
Delayed Draw Facility | Credit Agreement
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 40,250,000		$ 40,250,000			$ 40,250,000
Proceeds from debt			39,200,000
Redeemable Preferred Stock
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Working capital			$ 1,100,000
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares) | shares			1,610,000
Preferred stock, dividend rate (percentage)			8.75%
Preferred stock, liquidation preference (in dollars per share) | $ / shares			$ 25
Hunt Investment Management, LLC | Support Agreement
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Maximum reduction of expense reimbursement per annum (percent)		25.00%
Maximum expense reimbursement reduction per annum		$ 568,000
Aggregate reduction of expense reimbursement		$ 1,960,000

[1] Our consolidated balance sheets include assets and liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities (“VIE's) as the Company was the primary beneficiary of these VIEs. As of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, assets of the consolidated VIEs related to Hunt CRE 2017-FL1, Ltd. and Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd. totaled $636,541,489 and $636,951,486, respectively and the liabilities of consolidated VIEs related to Hunt CRE 2017-FL1, Ltd. and Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd. totaled $506,662,238 and $504,846,712, respectively.