Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	$ 92,560	$ 100,559
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Accretion of origination fees on loans receivable	(10,495)	(12,018)
Accretion of origination fees on interests in loans receivable	(204)	(547)
Amortization of financing costs	9,480	10,975
Non-cash stock-based compensation	604	(190)
Other income		(5,855)
Depreciation on real estate owned	3,938	3,233
Unrealized gain on interest rate cap	(2,837)
Realized gain on sale of loan	(30,090)
Gain on foreclosure of real estate owned		(1,430)
Non-cash advances on loans receivable in lieu of interest	(31,282)	(39,977)
Non-cash advances on interests in loans receivable in lieu of interest	(2,427)	(10,140)
Non-cash advances on secured financings in lieu of interest	37	10,886
Repayment of non-cash advances on loans receivable in lieu of interest	18,233	54,608
Repayment of non-cash advances on interests in loans receivable in lieu of interest	13,178	261
Repayment of non-cash advances on secured financings in lieu of interest		(13,458)
Provision (reversal) of current expected credit loss reserve	10,632	(8,107)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Other assets	133	(2,214)
Other liabilities	798	4,349
Management fee payable - affiliate	(140)	(112)
Incentive fee payable - affiliate		(187)
Net cash provided by operating activities	72,118	90,636
Cash flows from investing activities
Loan originations, acquisitions and advances, net of fees	(1,549,431)	(335,465)
Advances of interests in loans receivable	(14,653)	(63,818)
Repayments of loans receivable	891,755	663,232
Repayments of interests in loans receivable	165,468	2,429
Proceeds from sale of mortgage loan receivable	132,151
Extension and exit fees received from loans receivable	3,652	4,213
Extension and exit fees received from interests in loans receivable	502
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash from foreclosure of properties		9,580
Foreclosure of real estate owned		(11,463)
Reserves and deposits held for loans receivable	(220)	757
Capital expenditures on real estate assets	(1,744)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(372,520)	269,465
Cash flows from financing activities
Repurchase of common stock	(3,771)
Contributions from non-controlling interests	906	1,436
Offering costs	(300)	(30)
Dividends paid on common stock	(103,413)	(94,530)
Dividends paid on redeemable common stock		(5,470)
Dividends paid on preferred stock		(8)
Proceeds from secured financings	1,507,903	411,395
Payment of financing costs	(13,208)	(11,776)
Repayments of secured financings	(920,306)	(581,426)
Repayments of secured term loan	(3,814)	(3,892)
Repayments of debt related to real estate owned		(10,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	463,997	(294,301)
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	163,595	65,800
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period	334,136	430,974
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period	497,731	496,774
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	310,194	427,512
Restricted cash, beginning of period	23,942	3,462
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	461,002	476,983
Restricted cash, end of period	36,729	19,791
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	79,859	82,587
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Dividends accrued	52,458	53,288
Loan principal payments held by servicer	22,506	2,841
Accrued financing costs	3,938	6,260
Accrued offering costs		1,649
Deposits applied against sale proceeds	$ 14,761
Working capital consolidated		(18,546)
Settlement of loan receivable		103,901
Real estate acquired in settlement of loan receivable		414,000
Assumption of debt related to real estate owned		(300,000)
Conversion of restricted stock units to common shares - common stock		12
Conversion of restricted stock units to common shares - common stock		$ (12)