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Cap rate on an interest rate derivative such as an interest rate cap or collar. If market rates exceed the cap rate, a payment or receipt is triggered on the contract.

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of preferred stock outstanding.

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Cash received from the sale of real estate that is held for investment, that is, it is part of an investing activity during the period.

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Amount of cash outflow for payment of an obligation from a lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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Subsequent Events (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands								1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Jul. 28, 2022 $ / shares	Jul. 26, 2022 USD ($)	Jul. 22, 2022 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2022 USD ($) loan shares	May 12, 2022 $ / shares	Feb. 23, 2022 $ / shares	Oct. 25, 2021 $ / shares	Jul. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2022 $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2021 $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2021 $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Jul. 05, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	May 05, 2021 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of real estate held-for-investment													$ 101,812	$ 9,156
Notional amount									$ 1,123,710				$ 1,123,710			$ 1,073,587
Dividend declared (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares									$ 0.17	$ 0.17	$ 0.16	$ 0.15
Interest rate caps
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cap rate purchased, interest rate									1.00%				1.00%
Interest rate caps \| LIBOR
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Notional amount									$ 907,516				$ 907,516
Interest rate cap 0.50% LIBOR one \| LIBOR
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Notional amount																	$ 50,000
Interest rate cap (in percent)																	0.50%
Interest rate cap 0.50% LIBOR two \| LIBOR
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Notional amount																	$ 35,100
Interest rate cap (in percent)																	0.50%
Interest Rate Caps Expiring July 2023 \| LIBOR
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Notional amount									$ 200,000				$ 200,000
Interest rate cap (in percent)									0.50%				0.50%
Common Class A
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividend declared (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares					$ 0.17	$ 0.17	$ 0.17
Subsequent event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividend declared (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.19
Preferred stock dividends declared (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.421875
Subsequent event \| Interest rate caps \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Notional amount				$ 200,000
Cap rate purchased, interest rate				1.00%
Cap rate sold, interest rate				3.00%
Subsequent event \| Interest Rate Cap 1.00% To 3.00% Two \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Notional amount															$ 35,100
Cap rate purchased, interest rate															1.00%
Cap rate sold, interest rate															3.00%
Subsequent event \| Interest Rate Cap 1.00% to 3.00% One \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Notional amount															$ 50,000
Cap rate purchased, interest rate															1.00%
Cap rate sold, interest rate															3.00%
Subsequent event \| Interest Rate Caps Expiring July 2023 \| LIBOR
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of interest rate caps modified and extended \| loan				2
Subsequent event \| Common Class A
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Stock redeemed (in shares) \| shares				10,146
Payments for redemption of stock				$ 100
Subsequent event \| Annapolis Junction Apartments \| Disposed of by sale, discontinued operations
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of real estate held-for-investment			$ 150,000
Subsequent event \| Sandbridge Commons \| Disposed of by sale, not discontinued operations
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of real estate held-for-investment		$ 3,500
Subsequent event \| Revolving credit facility
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Repayments on revolving credit facility								$ 31,000
Subsequent event \| Construction loans \| Annapolis Junction Apartments
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt, amount			$ 84,400