Investments, Mortgage Loans, Investment Real Estate, and Notes Receivable (Details)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) Loan	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) Loan	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) Loan
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Discounted mortgage loans	12.00%	12.00%
Mortgage loans acquired, including discounted mortgage loans	$ 305,000	$ 305,000	$ 6,935,273
Servicing fee on loan		0.25%
Loan origination		0.50%
Average purchase price to outstanding loan	32.00%
Loan limit threshold for appraised property value	80.00%
Mortgage loans reserve	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Discounted mortgage loan portfolio payment performance [Abstract]
Number of discounted loans with no payments | Loan	8	8	8
Number of discounted loans one time payment received | Loan	1	1	1
Number of discounted loans irregular payments received | Loan	2	2	2
Number of discounted loans periodic payments received | Loan	5	5	5
Number of discounted loans | Loan	16	16	16
Discounted loans with no payments	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Discounted loans with one time payment received	0	0	0
Discounted loans with irregular payments received	20,834	20,834	20,834
Discounted loans with periodic payments received	2,119,854	2,119,854	2,168,062
Discounted loans	2,140,688	2,140,688	2,188,896
Discounted mortgage loan holdings [Abstract]
In good standing	16,237,810	16,237,810	16,388,477
Overdue interest over 90 days	20,834	20,834	20,834
Restructured	55,827	55,827	60,827
In process of foreclosure	2,064,028	2,064,028	2,107,234
Total mortgage loans	18,378,499	18,378,499	18,577,372
Total foreclosed loans during the year		0	$ 735,000
Notes Receivable [Abstract]
Valuation allowance	$ 0	$ 0
Farm Loans [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Interest rate on mortgage loans		5.00%	5.00%
Farm Loans [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Interest rate on mortgage loans		5.00%	5.00%
Commercial Loans [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Interest rate on mortgage loans		8.00%	8.00%
Commercial Loans [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Interest rate on mortgage loans		4.00%	4.00%
Residential Loans [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Interest rate on mortgage loans		8.00%	8.00%
Residential Loans [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Loans and Leases Receivable Disclosure [Line Items]
Interest rate on mortgage loans		3.94%	3.94%