COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE LOANS HELD-FOR-INVESTMENT - Loan Portfolio Activity (Details) - USD ($)		6 Months Ended
		Jun. 30, 2024		Jun. 30, 2023
Commercial Mortgage Loans Held-for-Investment
Beginning Balance		$ 1,383,881,197	[1]	$ 1,071,889,518
Principal payments		(162,272,158)		(123,583,470)
Accretion of purchase discount		1,423,822		1,196
Accretion of deferred loan fees		114,645		129,300
Provision for credit losses		(3,134,168)		$ (375,399)
Ending Balance	[1]	1,186,653,339
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment
Commercial Mortgage Loans Held-for-Investment
Beginning Balance		1,383,881,197
Principal payments		(195,632,158)
Accretion of purchase discount		1,423,823
Accretion of deferred loan fees		114,645
Provision for credit losses		(3,134,168)
Ending Balance		$ 1,186,653,339

[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, 2024 and December 31, 2023, assets of consolidated VIEs totaled $1,229,092,297 and $1,384,136,334, respectively and the liabilities of consolidated VIEs totaled $999,192,658 and $1,150,207,290 respectively. See Note 4 for further discussion.