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Per the management agreement with the Manager, annual incentive compensation is due for services performed. The percentage is calculated based upon the dollar amount of the company's funds from operations before incentive compensation per share of common stock plus gains (losses) from debt restructuring and gains (losses) from sales of property and other assets per share of common stock given that this amount exceeds the weighted average of the book value per share of the equity transferred by Newcastle on the distribution date and the prices per share of the company's common stock in any offerings multiplied by a simple interest rate of 10% per annum multiplied by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding.

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Number Of Purchasers

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Percentage Of Lenders And Recipients Managed By An Affiliate Of The Manager

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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The fair value as of the balance sheet date of firm holdings in mortgages, mortgage backed securities (investment instruments that represent ownership of an undivided interest in a group of mortgages, where principal and interest from the individual mortgages are used to pay investors' principal and interest on the mortgage backed security) and asset-backed securities that are primarily paid from the cash flows of a discrete pool of receivables or other financial assets (such as credit-card receivables), either fixed or revolving, that by their terms convert into cash within a finite time period. Includes both pledged (to counterparties as collateral for financing transactions) and unpledged holdings.

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Amount paid to managing member or general partner for management of the day-to-day business functions of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND AFFILIATED ENTITIES - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands					1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 17, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 17, 2021 shares	Apr. 14, 2021 shares	May 19, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) purchaser	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2021 $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2021
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management agreement, renewal term (in years)							1 year
Number of purchasers \| purchaser					6
Mortgage-backed securities					$ 6,100,000
Proceeds from sale of mortgage-backed securities					3,300,000
Options granted (in shares) \| shares							0
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares				$ 0.01		$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Face amount of debt						$ 23,340,461	$ 23,340,461
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Nonemployee
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Options granted (in shares) \| shares		1,900,000	5,200,000
Warrant \| Share-based Payment Arrangement, Nonemployee
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Options granted (in shares) \| shares				43,400,000
Percentage of lenders and recipients managed by an affiliate of the manager				0.48
2020 Term Loan
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument, term				3 years
Principal amount				$ 600,000
Fortress Purchaser
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Mortgage-backed securities					1,850,000
Payments to acquire mortgage-backed securities					$ 1,000,000
Former Manager
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payment for management fee	$ 200,000					400,000	400,000
Costs for transition services						$ 500	$ 500
Management fee rate (percent)						1.50%	1.50%
Incentive compensation percentage						25.00%	25.00%
Interest rate for incentive compensation						10.00%	10.00%
Loans Receivable \| Senior Loans
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Interest rate									10.50%
Face amount of debt						$ 105,800	$ 105,800
Loans Receivable \| Senior Subordinated Loans
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Interest rate									16.00%
Face amount of debt						$ 58,500	$ 58,500