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Debt weighted average to maturity, length

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Number of Collateralized Term Loans

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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Difference between the fair value of payments made and the carrying amount of debt which is extinguished prior to maturity.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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The number of units in a real estate property owned as of the balance sheet date.

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The carrying amount, as of the date of the latest financial statement presented, of real estate owned but transferred to serve as collateral for the payment of the related debt obligation, primarily a secured borrowing or repurchase agreement, and for which the transferee is not permitted to sell or re-pledge them to an unrelated party.

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The cash inflow during the period from additional borrowings in aggregate debt. Includes proceeds from short-term and long-term debt.

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Amount of cash outflow for payment of an obligation from a lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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The cash outflow to repay long-term debt that is wholly or partially secured by collateral. Excludes repayments of tax exempt secured debt.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date, including the current and noncurrent portions, of collateralized debt obligations (with maturities initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle, if longer). Such obligations include mortgage loans, chattel loans, and any other borrowings secured by assets of the borrower.

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Debt And Lines Of Credit , Narrative - Collateralized Term Loans (Details) $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Oct. 05, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 28, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) Rate	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) Rate	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) loans site Rate	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 segment	Dec. 31, 2021 site	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021 Rate	Dec. 31, 2021 loans	Dec. 31, 2021 properties	Nov. 13, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 loans
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Reduction in secured borrowing balance						$ 0	$ 0	$ 107,731
Debt Instrument, Face Amount															$ 1,300,000
Repayments of Lines of Credit						$ 3,960,940	$ 1,361,538	3,883,950
Weighted average interest rate \| Rate							3.37%					3.038%
Debt weighted average to maturity, length						8 years 9 months 18 days	9 years 4 months 24 days
Gain (Loss) on Extinguishment of Debt						$ 8,127	$ 5,209	$ 16,505
Secured debt						$ 3,380,739	$ 3,489,983
Number of Units in Real Estate Property							45,800		204,163	15,816
Long-term Line of Credit							$ 1,197,181
Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount					$ 230,000		$ 268,800
Weighted average interest rate							3.751%				3.779%
Debt weighted average to maturity, length						10 years 7 months 6 days	11 years 4 months 24 days
Stated interest rate					2.995%		2.662%
Debt Instrument, Term					15 years		12 years
Collateralized Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Pledged Assets, Not Separately Reported, Real Estate						$ 3,100,000
Senior Unsecured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate											2.55%
Debt weighted average to maturity, length						8 years 6 months
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt	$ 595,500	$ 592,400
Manufactured home community [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of Units in Real Estate Property \| segment									98,621
Properties securing debt [Member] \| Collateralized Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of properties securing a debt instument (in properties) \| properties														190
Number of Units in Real Estate Property \| site										75,319
Matures December 1, 2021, 5.98 Percent Interest Rate \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Reduction in secured borrowing balance			$ 52,710
Gain (Loss) on Extinguishment of Debt			$ (1,930,000)
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage \| Rate			5.98%
Matures March 1, 2021, 5.837 Percent Interest Rate \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Reduction in secured borrowing balance				$ 99,607
Gain (Loss) on Extinguishment of Debt				$ (3,403,000)
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage \| Rate				5.837%
Matures July 1, 2020, 5.83 Percent Interest Rate \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Reduction in secured borrowing balance				$ 19,922
Gain (Loss) on Extinguishment of Debt				$ 124,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage \| Rate				5.83%
Collateralized Term Loan 1 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of Collateralized Term Loans \| loans							3						2			4
Collateralized Term Loan 1 [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount						$ 8,800
Collateralized Term Loan 2 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of Collateralized Term Loans \| loans							1									2
Collateralized Term Loan 2 [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount						39,500
Collateralized Term Loan 3 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of Collateralized Term Loans \| loans							2									1
Collateralized Term Loan 3 [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount						$ 220,500
Matures December 1, 2022, 4.3 Percent Interest Rate \| Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Reduction in secured borrowing balance			$ 11,607
Gain (Loss) on Extinguishment of Debt			$ (19,000)
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage \| Rate			4.30%