Income Taxes [Line Items]

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Number Of REIT Subsidiaries

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Percentage Of Distributed Taxable Income To Qualify As Reit

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Amount after allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (b),(c)
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Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 9
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(h))
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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred and payable for statutory income, sales, use, payroll, excise, real, property and other taxes. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer).

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Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)	1 Months Ended	11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)	Jan. 23, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Subsidiary	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Number of REIT subsidiaries \| Subsidiary			2
Income tax expense (benefit)	$ 400,000	$ 1,900,000	$ 1,800,000	$ 1,400,000
Texas margin tax payable			0	1,700,000
Total deferred tax assets			$ 0	$ 0
Minimum
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Percentage of distributed taxable income to qualify as a REIT			90.00%
Maximum
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Percentage of distributed taxable income to qualify as a REIT			100.00%