COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE LOANS HELD-FOR-INVESTMENT Loan Portfolio Activity (Details) - USD ($)			12 Months Ended
		Apr. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	[1]		$ 555,172,891
Purchases			300,319,433	$ 410,901,286
Proceeds from principal repayments			(213,415,654)	(201,392,408)
Proceeds from sales			(6,816,250)	0
Ending Balance	[1]		635,260,420	555,172,891
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Beginning Balance			555,172,891	0
Purchases			300,319,433	756,565,299
Proceeds from principal repayments			(213,415,654)	(201,392,408)
Proceeds from sales			(6,816,250)
Ending Balance			635,260,420	555,172,891
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment | Hunt CMT Equity, LLC
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Beginning Balance			550,555,503
Purchases		$ 345,664,012
Ending Balance			$ 629,157,956	$ 550,555,503

[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.