USE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE ENTITIES AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES - Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Details) - USD ($)		6 Months Ended
		Jun. 30, 2020		Dec. 31, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		$ 16,270,951		$ 16,011,830	$ 50,041,781	$ 59,213,812
Accrued interest receivable	[1]	2,172,612		2,342,354
Investment related receivable(1)	[1]	23,781,668		0
Loans held for investment		609,847,568	[1]	635,260,420
Total Assets	[1]	655,651,908		657,901,998
Accrued interest payable	[1]	428,620		805,126
Collateralized loan obligations	[1]	498,311,273		505,930,065
Total Liabilities	[1]	541,590,389		549,257,286
Equity	[1]	113,962,019		108,545,212
Total liabilities and equity	[1]	655,651,908		657,901,998
Principal amount		40,250,000		40,250,000
Hunt CRE 2017-FL1, Ltd. and Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd.
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		7,414,097		5,069,715
Accrued interest receivable		2,119,206		2,313,818
Investment related receivable(1)		23,781,668		0
Loans held for investment		594,668,851		629,157,956
Total Assets		627,983,822		636,541,489
Accrued interest payable		355,667		732,173
Collateralized loan obligations		498,311,273		505,930,065
Total Liabilities		498,666,940		506,662,238
Equity		129,316,882		129,879,251
Total liabilities and equity		627,983,822		$ 636,541,489
Hunt CRE 2017-FL1, Ltd. | Credit Agreement
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Principal amount		19,125,000
Interest and exit fees receivable		186,831
Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd | Credit Agreement
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Principal amount		4,404,365
Interest and exit fees receivable		$ 65,472

[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 June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, assets of consolidated VIEs related to Hunt CRE 2017-F1, Ltd. and Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd. totaled $627,983,822 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 $498,666,940 and $506,662,238 respectively. See Note 5 for further discussion.