Related Party Transaction, Incentive Management Fee, Percent of Incentive Fee Payable in Common Stock

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Related Party Transaction, Termination Provisions, Maximum Percent of Fee Payable in Shares

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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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Earnings Per Share - Antidilutive Securities (Details) - shares		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	May 07, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Stock options
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares)		0	63,525	51,003	55,747
Restricted stock
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares)		0	500,142	671,200	410,890
Amended AMA \| Affiliated entity \| AAMC
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Incentive management fee, percent of incentive fee payable in common stock (up to)	25.00%
Percent of fee paid in shares (up to)	50.00%