OTHER ASSETS (Details)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) installment building	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) installment
Income properties
Income Property Tenant Receivables	$ 812,542	$ 895,476
Income Property Straight-line Rent Adjustment	2,930,325	2,517,195
Income Property Lease Incentive	2,621,069	2,696,678
Interest Receivable from Commercial Loan Investments	39,299	38,078
Cash Flow Hedge	844,796	606,621
Infrastructure Reimbursement Receivables	2,110,573	2,213,305
Golf Operations Receivables	352,968	349,220
Deferred Deal Costs	564,574	480,257
Prepaid Expenses, Deposits, and Other	3,149,238	3,174,299
Total Other Assets	13,425,384	$ 12,971,129
Tanger
Income properties
Infrastructure Reimbursement Receivables	$ 1,600,000
Number of installments to repay infrastructure reimbursement receivable | installment	9
Infrastructure reimbursement receivables, installment payment amounts	$ 175,000
Infrastructure reimbursement receivable, discount	167,000
Sam's Club
Income properties
Infrastructure Reimbursement Receivables	770,000
Number of installments to repay infrastructure reimbursement receivable | installment		7
Infrastructure reimbursement receivables, installment payment amounts		$ 110,000
Infrastructure reimbursement receivable, discount		$ 72,000
Hilton Grand Vacations
Income properties
Income Property Lease Incentive	$ 2,600,000
Number of real estate properties | building	2