USE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE ENTITIES AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES - Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Details) - USD ($)		Mar. 31, 2020		Dec. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		$ 18,248,414		$ 16,011,830	$ 65,989,168	$ 59,213,812
Accrued interest receivable	[1]	2,423,758		2,342,354
Loans held for investment		639,366,297	[1]	635,260,420
Total Assets	[1]	664,017,213		657,901,998
Accrued interest payable	[1]	564,106		805,126
Collateralized Loan Obligations	[1]	506,416,518		505,930,065
Total Liabilities	[1]	549,953,072		549,257,286
Equity	[1]	113,964,641		108,545,212
Total liabilities and equity	[1]	664,017,213		657,901,998
Hunt CRE 2017-FL1, Ltd. and Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd.
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		6,914,097		5,069,715
Accrued interest receivable		2,379,358		2,313,818
Loans held for investment		627,313,574		629,157,956
Total Assets		636,607,029		636,541,489
Accrued interest payable		491,153		732,173
Collateralized Loan Obligations		506,416,518		505,930,065
Total Liabilities		506,907,671		506,662,238
Equity		129,699,358		129,879,251
Total liabilities and equity		$ 636,607,029		$ 636,541,489

[1] Our consolidated balance sheets include assets and liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities ("VIEs") as the Company was the primary beneficiary of these VIEs. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, assets of consolidated VIEs related to Hunt CRE 2017-F1, Ltd. and Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd. totaled 636,607,029 and $636,541,489, respectively and the liabilities of consolidated VIEs related to Hunt CRE 2017-FL1, Ltd. and Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd totaled 506,907,671 and $506,662,238 respectively. See Note 5 for further discussion.