Real Estate (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Summary of NHC Percentage Rent [Abstract]

Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block]

Unaudited pro forma revenue, net income and net income available to common stockholders of the combined entity is provided below had the acquisition date been January 1, 2012, as follows (in thousands).

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2013		June 30, 2012		June 30, 2013		June 30, 2012
Revenue	$	30,636	$	24,410	$	61,295	$	51,056
Net income	$	20,538	$	17,368	$	36,900	$	36,157
Net income available to common stockholders	$	20,294	$	17,302	$	36,410	$	36,025
Basic earnings per share	$	.73	$	.62	$	1.31	$	1.30
Diluted earnings per share	$	.73	$	.62	$	1.30	$	1.30

Summary of NHC Percentage Rent [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the percentage rent received and recognized from NHC (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Current year	$	568	$	382	$	1,136	$	765
Prior year final certification1	—		—		746		997
Total percentage rent	$	568	$	382	$	1,882	$	1,762

¹ For purposes of the percentage rent calculation described in the Master Lease Agreement, NHC’s annual revenue by facility for a given year is certified to NHI by March 31st of the following year.