USE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE ENTITIES AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES Summary of Loan and Borrowing Characteristics (Details)		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) insturment contract mortgage_loan	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) contract mortgage_loan insturment	Apr. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Collateralized loan obligations, net	[1]	$ 505,930,065	$ 503,978,918
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of Loans | mortgage_loan		51	44
Carrying Value		$ 635,260,420	$ 555,172,891
Hunt CRE 2017-FL1, Ltd. and Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd.
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of notes issued | insturment		2	2
Collateralized loan obligations, net		$ 505,930,065	$ 503,978,918
Hunt CRE 2017-FL1, Ltd. and Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd. | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Weighted average yield (as a percentage)		3.60%	4.05%
Weighted average yield (as a percentage)		1.40%	1.40%
Hunt CRE 2017-FL1, Ltd. and Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd. | Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of Loans | contract		51	44
Principal Value
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Collateralized loan obligations, net		$ 510,181,000	$ 510,181,000
Principal Value | Hunt CRE 2017-FL1, Ltd. and Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd.
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Carrying Value		629,157,956	550,555,503
Collateralized loan obligations, net		510,181,000	510,181,000
Principal Value | Hunt CRE 2017-FL1, Ltd.
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Collateralized loan obligations, net				$ 290,700,000
Carrying Value
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Collateralized loan obligations, net		505,930,065	503,978,918
Carrying Value | Hunt CRE 2017-FL1, Ltd. and Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd.
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Carrying Value		629,157,956	550,555,503
Collateralized loan obligations, net		505,930,065	503,978,918
Carrying Value | Hunt CRE 2017-FL1, Ltd.
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Collateralized loan obligations, net		1,344,923	2,440,674	$ 287,600,000
Carrying Value | Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd.
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Collateralized loan obligations, net		$ 2,906,012	$ 3,761,410

[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.