RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS - Narrative (Details)			3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 18, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 18, 2018	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) contract	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) contract mortgage_loan	Dec. 31, 2019
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management fee percentage					1.50%
Management fee expense			$ 584,821	$ 553,459
Management fee payable			566,000	567,000
Reimbursable expenses			461,121	540,037
Reimbursable expenses payable			$ 447,000	479,436
Percentage reduced of amount of waived exit fee			50.00%
Manager Equity Plan
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Maximum shares issued, percentage of issued and outstanding shares of common stock			3.00%
Weighted average period for compensation expense not yet recognized			2 months 9 days
Manager Equity Plan | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Compensation expense			$ 7,882	3,773
Unrecognized compensation expense			6,063	$ 4,150
Hunt Investment Management, LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Annual management fee percentage		1.50%
Quarterly management fee percentage		0.375%
Quarterly incentive fee percentage		20.00%
Hurdle rate percentage		8.00%
Hunt Investment Management, LLC | Support Agreement
Related Party Transaction [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
Expense reimbursement exceeding cap			$ 89,379
Hunt Finance Company, LLC | Hunt CRE 2017-FL1, Ltd.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of loans purchased | contract			2	3
Unpaid principal balance of purchased loans			$ 31,940,000	$ 40,820,000
Hunt Finance Company, LLC | Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of loans purchased | contract				1
Unpaid principal balance of purchased loans				$ 18,000,000
Number of loans funded | mortgage_loan				9
Unpaid principal balance of funded loans				$ 3,975,905