Financing Receivable, Additional Borrowings, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage

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Financing Receivable, Collateral for Secured Borrowings

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The maximum amount available to the borrower under the loan commitment.

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Financing Receivable, Maximum Commitment, Additional Borrowings

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Number of Mezzanine Loans

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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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A valuation allowance for financing receivables that are expected to be uncollectible.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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Net amount of the investment in a contractual right to receive money on demand or on fixed or determinable dates that is recognized as an asset in the creditor's statement of financial position. Examples include, but are not limited to, credit card receivables, notes receivable and receivables relating to lessor's rights to payments from leases other than operating leases that have been recorded as assets. Excludes trade accounts receivable with contractual maturity of one year or less and arose from the sale of goods or services.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
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Notes Receivable and Current Expected Credit Losses (Details)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) loan	Mar. 03, 2020 shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for credit losses	$ 3,202,000		$ 0
Notes receivable, net	$ 178,652,000		$ 159,371,000
Number of Mezzanine Loans \| loan	5
Mezzanine Loan
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Notes receivable, net	$ 177,484,000
Maximum loan commitment	218,205,000
Mezzanine Loan \| Delray Plaza
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Collateral for secured borrowings \| shares		125,832
Maximum loan commitment	17,000,000
Additional funds available	$ 2,000,000.0
Interest rate		6.00%