Organization and Description of Business - Additional Information (Details)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019 shares
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Date of incorporation	Sep. 19, 2014
OP Units, outstanding	23,819,402
OP Units owned	23,746,169
Percentage of OP Units, outstanding owned by company	99.70%
B H Equity
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Percentage of OP Units, outstanding owned by noncontrolling limited partner	0.30%
OP
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership in portfolio	99.90%
TRS
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership in portfolio	0.10%
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Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
OP Units owned	73,233

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