OTHER INVESTMENTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Notes Receivable [Member]

Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]

Schedule of other investments

A summary of our other investments is as follows:

	December 31,
	2018		2017
	(in thousands)
Other investment notes due 2018-2022; interest at 9.91% (1)	$	40,242	$	15,115
Other investment note due 2019; interest at 9.35%		131,452		—
Other investment notes due 2020; interest at 13.06% (1)		71,036		49,490
Other investment notes due 2023; interest at 7.32% (1)		65,000		64,050
Other investment note due 2023; interest at 12.00%		59,454		49,708
Other investment notes due 2024-2025; interest at 8.38% (1)		46,287		31,987
Other investment notes outstanding (2)		91,155		66,365
Other investments, gross		504,626		276,715
Allowance for loss on other investments (3)		—		(373)
Total other investments	$	504,626	$	276,342

(1) Approximate weighted average interest rate as of December 31, 2018.

(2) Other investment notes have a weighted average interest rate of 8.06% and maturity dates through 2028.

(3) The allowance for loss on other investments relates to one loan with an operator that has been fully reserved at December 31, 2017 and written off during 2018.