COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE LOANS HELD-FOR-INVESTMENT Summary of Commercial Loan Risk Ratings (Details)		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) mortgage_loan	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) mortgage_loan	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Loans held for investment	[1]	$ 635,260,420	$ 555,172,891
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Number of Loans | mortgage_loan		51	44
Unpaid Principal Balance		$ 635,260,420	$ 555,172,891
Loans held for investment		$ 635,260,420	$ 555,172,891	$ 0
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment | Risk Rating, 1
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Number of Loans | mortgage_loan		1	0
Unpaid Principal Balance		$ 9,000,000	$ 0
Loans held for investment		$ 9,000,000	$ 0
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment | Risk Rating, 2
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Number of Loans | mortgage_loan		9	5
Unpaid Principal Balance		$ 87,176,088	$ 51,589,000
Loans held for investment		$ 87,176,088	$ 51,589,000
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment | Risk Rating, 3
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Number of Loans | mortgage_loan		37	34
Unpaid Principal Balance		$ 487,513,256	$ 455,323,082
Loans held for investment		$ 487,513,256	$ 455,323,082
Average risk rating, percentage		91.90%	91.30%
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment | Risk Rating, 4
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Number of Loans | mortgage_loan		4	5
Unpaid Principal Balance		$ 51,571,076	$ 48,260,809
Loans held for investment		$ 51,571,076	$ 48,260,809
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment | Risk Rating, 5
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Number of Loans | mortgage_loan		0	0
Unpaid Principal Balance		$ 0	$ 0
Loans held for investment		$ 0	$ 0

[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.