Joint Venture Equity Commitment

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Number of Real Estate Properties Purchased

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

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of real estate held for investment purposes.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121586364&loc=d3e3213-108585

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 22, 2020 $ / shares	Oct. 01, 2020 USD ($) property	Sep. 30, 2020 $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2019 $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2020 $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2019 $ / shares	Oct. 06, 2020 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends declared per common share \| $ / shares			$ 0.15	$ 0.13	$ 0.45	$ 0.39
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends declared per common share \| $ / shares	$ 0.15
Payments to Acquire Real Estate Held-for-investment		$ 65,739
Number of Real Estate Properties Purchased \| property		327
Joint Venture Equity Commitment							$ 375,000
Subsequent Event \| Rockpoint [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Joint Venture Equity Commitment							300,000
Subsequent Event \| Invitation Homes [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Joint Venture Equity Commitment							$ 75,000