Percentage of capital gains excluded from taxable income distributed to shareholders

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Percentage of federal excise tax on real estate investment trusts that do not distribute income.

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Percentage of taxable income to be distributed to stockholders for federal tax purposes.

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Amount after allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards.

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Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized.

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The amount of estimated penalties recognized in the period arising from income tax examinations.

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Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Amount of operating loss carryforward, before tax effects, available to reduce future taxable income under enacted tax laws.

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Amount of unrecognized tax benefits pertaining to uncertain tax positions taken in tax returns.

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Amount of expense for interest on an underpayment of income taxes and penalties related to a tax position claimed or expected to be claimed in the tax return.

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Income Taxes and Distributions (Details Textuals) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Textuals [Line Items]
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Deferred Tax Assets	(12,508,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet	(19,667,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet	(1,419,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet
NOL Carryforwards	378,791,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
Unrecognized Tax Benefits	857,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	6,413,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	6,098,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Expensed tax interest	137,000
Expensed tax penalties	253,000
Valuation allowance	85,207,000	71,955,000	12,199,000	2,965,000
Percentage of taxable income to be distributed to stockholders for federal tax purposes	90.00%
Percentage of net capital gains on taxable income distributed to stockholders	100.00%
Percentage of federal excise tax on real estate investment trusts that do not distribute income	4.00%
International [Member]
Income Tax Textuals [Line Items]
Income tax provision	(6,069,000)	(484,000)	596,000
Canada [Member]
Income Tax Textuals [Line Items]
NOL Carryforwards	32,085,000	50,958,000	4,275,000
Excluding interest and penalties [Member]
Income Tax Textuals [Line Items]
Unrecognized Tax Benefits	6,976,000
United Kingdom [Member]
Income Tax Textuals [Line Items]
NOL Carryforwards	$ 177,079,000	$ 238,741,000