SINGLE-FAMILY RENTAL PROPERTIES - Revenue to be Received (Details) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Real Estate [Line Items]
Total	$ 7,800
Single Family
Real Estate [Line Items]
Remainder of 2023	51,605
2024 and thereafter	10,566
Total	$ 62,171

Lessor, Operating Lease, Payment To Be Received, Year One And Thereafter

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Amount of lease payments to be received by lessor for operating lease.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 12
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Amount of lease payment to be received by lessor for operating lease in remainder of current fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 12
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124258985&loc=SL77919396-209981

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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