Cumulative Non-compounded Return on Capital Contribution

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Distributions Made to Partners, Proceeds from Sale on Investment after Aggregate Fee, Percent

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Distributions Made to Partners, Proceeds from Sale on Investment, Aggregate Fee, Percent

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Distributions Made to Partners, Reduction in Proceeds for Tax Basis Loss on Investment, Percent

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Percentage of Net Income (Loss) Allocated to General Partners

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Percentage of Net Income (Loss) Allocated to Limited Partners

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The amount of cash distributions paid to a common shareholder or unit-holder by a LLC or LP.

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Per-share or per-unit cash distributions paid to a common shareholder or unit-holder by an LLC or LP.

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Partnership Profits and Losses, and Distributions (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Nov. 30, 2012 Limited Partner	Dec. 31, 2012 Limited Partner	Dec. 31, 2012 Initial and Additional Limited Partners [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Initial Limited Partner [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Additional Limited Partner [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Special Limited Partner [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 General Partner [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Prior to Admission of Special Limited Partner and Additional Limited Partners [Member] Initial Limited Partner [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Prior to Admission of Special Limited Partner and Additional Limited Partners [Member] General Partner [Member]
Distribution Made to Member or Limited Partner [Line Items]
Profits and losses allocated to Limited Partners	97.00%	97.00%				0.49%	97.00%	1.00%		98.49%
Profits and losses allocated to General Partners	1.51%	1.51%							1.51%		1.51%
Cumulative non-compounded return on capital contribution				6.00%
Percent of losses for tax purposes reducing Partner distributions				50.00%
Aggregate fee as a percent of gross proceeds	1.00%
Distributions allocated to Partners after aggregate fee					85.00%			3.00%	12.00%
Cash distribution to Limited Partners			$ 3,712,684
Cash distribution to Limited Partners (per share)			$ 62