Income Taxes - Schedule of Differences in Federal Income Tax Expense and State Tax Expense from Statutory Federal and State Rates (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Federal taxes calculated at statutory rate	$ 4,547	$ 3,338	$ 16,086	$ 3,338
Increase (decrease) resulting from:
State taxes, net of federal benefit	528	524	1,879	2,607
Conversion as of September 16, 2016 to C Corporation		13,181
Benefit of equity based compensation	(384)		(883)
Other	(89)	(2,271)	(481)	(2,180)
Total	$ 4,602	14,772	$ 16,601	16,946
C Corporation
Increase (decrease) resulting from:
Conversion as of September 16, 2016 to C Corporation		$ 13,181		$ 13,181

Income tax reconciliation change in state taxes net of federal benefit.

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Income tax reconciliation change in taxable status from exempt to taxable entity.

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Income tax reconciliation nondeductible income share based compensation cost.

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Income taxes.

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Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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The amount of income tax expense or benefit for the period computed by applying the domestic federal statutory tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations.

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Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to tax exempt income, equity in earnings (loss) of an unconsolidated subsidiary, minority noncontrolling interest income (loss), tax holiday, disposition of a business, disposition of an asset, repatriation of foreign earnings, repatriation of foreign earnings jobs creation act of 2004, increase (decrease) in enacted tax rate, prior year income taxes, increase (decrease) in deferred tax asset valuation allowance, and other adjustments.

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