REAL ESTATE INVENTORY AND LAND DEPOSITS - Schedule of Inventory (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Real Estate [Abstract]
Real estate developed and under development	$ 4,060,004	$ 2,805,506
Real estate held for development or held for sale	157,853	146,471
Operating communities	1,359,608	899,789
Capitalized interest	128,870	115,593	$ 106,918	$ 96,031
Total owned inventory	5,706,335	3,967,359
Real estate not owned	186,885	19,185
Total real estate inventory	$ 5,893,220	$ 3,986,544

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Inventory Real Estate Owned

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Total of (1) improvements, (2) held-for-sale, (3) land and land under development, (4) construction-in-process, (5) mortgage loans held-in-inventory, and (6) other real estate investments which are considered inventory due to being held for sale or disposition.

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Cost of real estate projects incurred for projects for eventual sale or transfer (condominium or time share projects, vacation clubs).

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Represents properties which were acquired directly or through foreclosure for which a committed plan to sell exists and an active program to market such properties has been initiated.

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For banks, amount of real estate assets held for development or sale by the consolidated entity.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of interest costs that were capitalized to properties under development during the land development and construction period of a project, and which are included in inventory.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6450988&loc=d3e26243-108391

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