Business Acquisition, Period For Which Acquired Business Will Operate As A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Acquisitions (Details) - USD ($)			3 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Details) - USD ($)	May 01, 2022	Dec. 01, 2021	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Merger-related expenses			$ 151,000	$ 0
Freehold Entities
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Period for which acquired business will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary		2 years
Business acquisition, equity interest issued or issuable (in shares)		2,591,007,000
Merger-related expenses			7,000	0
RSI Entites
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Merger-related expenses			$ 144,000	$ 0
RSI Entites \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, equity interest issued or issuable (in shares)	6,086,314