COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE LOANS HELD-FOR-INVESTMENT - Summary of Commercial Mortgage Loans (Details)		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) mortgageLoan	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) mortgageLoan
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Less: Allowance for credit losses		$ (3,357,527)	$ (4,258,668)
One month LIBOR rate (as a percent)		4.70%	4.18%
One month SOFR rate ( as a percent)		4.70%	4.19%
Weighted average LIBOR floor rate (as a percent)		0.27%	0.27%
Weighted average floating rate		76.30%	77.40%
Weighted average SOFR rate		23.70%	22.60%
Commercial mortgage loans held-for-investment, net of allowance for credit losses	[1]	$ 1,016,463,672	$ 1,071,889,518
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal Balance		1,020,479,107	1,076,865,099
Carrying Value		1,019,821,199	1,076,148,186
Carrying value, net		$ 1,016,463,672	$ 1,071,889,518
Loan Count | mortgageLoan		67	71
Financing receivable, floating Rate (as a percent)		100.00%	100.00%
Coupon		8.10%	7.60%
Term (Years)		3 years 2 months 12 days	3 years 6 months
Commercial mortgage loans held-for-investment, net of allowance for credit losses		$ 1,016,463,672	$ 1,071,889,518
Outstanding senior secured loans from loan participations		22,183,654	75,378,115
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment | Hunt CMT
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Commercial mortgage loans held-for-investment, net of allowance for credit losses		$ 994,280,018	$ 996,511,403

[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, 2023 and December 31, 2022, assets of consolidated VIEs totaled $1,002,563,861 and $1,005,507,371, respectively and the liabilities of consolidated VIEs totaled $832,342,571 and $831,575,144 respectively. See Note 4 for further discussion.