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Cost of Capital \| Valuation Technique, Discounted Cash Flow
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt measurement input	0.005	0.036
Senior notes \| Fixed-rate senior notes payable at 5.75%, at Level 1 inputs
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	5.75%
Senior notes \| Fixed-rate senior notes payable at 5.875%, at Level 1 inputs
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	5.875%		5.875%
Senior notes \| Level 1 \| Carrying Amount \| Fixed-rate senior notes payable at 5.75%, at Level 1 inputs
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt	$ (1,001,793)	$ (1,002,095)
Senior notes \| Level 1 \| Carrying Amount \| Fixed-rate senior notes payable at 5.875%, at Level 1 inputs
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt	(844,972)	(844,433)
Senior notes \| Level 1 \| Fair Value \| Fixed-rate senior notes payable at 5.75%, at Level 1 inputs
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt	(1,018,880)	(1,034,200)
Senior notes \| Level 1 \| Fair Value \| Fixed-rate senior notes payable at 5.875%, at Level 1 inputs
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt	(875,500)	(919,505)
Secured loans \| Level 3 \| Carrying Amount
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt	(64)	(948)
Secured loans \| Level 3 \| Fair Value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt	$ (64)	$ (939)