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The cash outflow for a loan, supported by a promissory note, granted to related parties where one party can exercise control or significant influence over another party; including affiliates, owners or officers and their immediate families, pension trusts, and so forth.

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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of real estate held for investment purposes.

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Subsequent Events (Details) $ / shares in Units, ft² in Thousands, $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended		10 Months Ended
	Nov. 04, 2022 USD ($) ft² $ / shares	Nov. 03, 2022 $ / shares	Oct. 03, 2022 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2022 $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2022 $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2021 $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2021 $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2021 $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Oct. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Apr. 25, 2022 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Acquisitions of real estate investments, net of cash received											$ 93,389	$ 73,569
Dividend declared (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares					$ 0.19	$ 0.17	$ 0.17	$ 0.16	$ 0.16	$ 0.15
Harbor Point Parcel 3 \| Construction loans
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount															$ 161,500
Mezzanine loan
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Maximum loan commitment					$ 149,909						$ 149,909
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 \| Gainesville Apartments
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Payment to acquire interest in partnership													$ 800
Subsequent event \| Grocery-Anchored Shopping Center
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Area of real estate property \| ft²	124
Acquisitions of real estate investments, net of cash received	$ 26,500
Subsequent event \| Harbor Point Parcel 3 \| Construction loans
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount				$ 180,400									$ 180,400	$ 161,700
Subsequent event \| Mezzanine loan \| Gainesville Multifamily
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Maximum loan commitment			$ 19,600
Interest rate			14.00%
Minimum interest			$ 5,900
Subsequent event \| Harbor Point Parcel 3 \| Beatty Development Group
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Return of excess equity contributions				3,500
Subsequent event \| Harbor Point Parcel 3 \| Beatty Development Group \| Co-venturer
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Advance issued				$ 3,800
Subsequent event \| Gainesville Apartments
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired				5.00%									5.00%
Earn out payments													$ 4,200
Subsequent event \| Revolving credit facility
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Net borrowings				$ 37,000