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LAND AND SUBSURFACE INTERESTS - Other Real Estate Assets (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018
Land and development costs and subsurface interests
Impact fees	$ 2,000		$ 2,000
Type of Revenue [Extensible List]	Impact Fee And Mitigation Credit Sales [Member]
Mitigation credits	$ 445,000		460,000
Impact Fee and Mitigation Credits	447,596		$ 462,040
Cash payments received for impact fees	116,000
LandShark Bar and Grill
Land and development costs and subsurface interests
Cash payments received for impact fees	72,000
Real Estate Operations
Land and development costs and subsurface interests
Revenue from contract with customer, including assessed tax	3,534,901	$ 13,990,517
Real Estate Operations \| Buc'ees - East of I-95
Land and development costs and subsurface interests
Mitigation credits transferred	$ 124,000