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Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details)					9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 13, 2019 USD ($)	Aug. 09, 2019 USD ($)	Jul. 19, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares item	May 03, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019 property $ / shares state	Dec. 31, 2018 $ / shares
Common stock, par value					$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Percentage of remaining equity interest being acquired			20.00%
Termination fee \| $			$ 9,540,000
Number of hotels \| property					15
Number of states the entity owns hotels \| state					8
Equity Commitment Letter [Member]
Debt issued \| $	$ 126,940,000		$ 308,200,000
Building And Improvements [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Estimated useful life					15 years
Building And Improvements [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Estimated useful life					40 years
Furniture And Equipment [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Estimated useful life					3 years
Furniture And Equipment [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Estimated useful life					12 years
KeyBank Credit Facility [Member]
Maturity				Oct. 01, 2020	Oct. 31, 2020
Commitment fee					0.20%
KeyBank Credit Facility [Member] \| Letter of Commitment [Member]
Debt issued \| $	$ 181,260,000
Maturity	Nov. 15, 2019
Extension maturity	Jan. 08, 2020
Commitment fee	0.15%
Atlanta Joint Venture [Member]
Number of hotels \| property					1
Ownership percentage					80.00%
Atlanta Joint Venture [Member] \| KeyBank Credit Facility [Member]
Debt issued \| $		$ 34,080,000
Maturity		Feb. 09, 2020
Condor Hospitality Limited Partnership [Member]
Ownership percentage					99.50%	99.50%
Series E Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred stock, annual dividend rate					6.25%	6.25%
Company Merger Consideration [Member]
Common stock, par value			$ 0.01
Number of closing extensions allowed \| item			3
Company Merger Consideration [Member] \| Treasury Shares and Shares Held by Parent Parties [Member]
Right value per share, amount in cash without interest			$ 0
Company Merger Consideration [Member] \| Series E Preferred Stock [Member]
Right value per share, amount in cash without interest			10.00
Company Merger Consideration [Member] \| Common Units [Member]
Right value per share, amount in cash without interest			$ 0.21346
Company Shareholder Approval [Member] \| Series E Preferred Stock [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Percentage of affirmative votes required for merger			75.00%
Common Stock [Member] \| Company Merger Consideration [Member]
Right value per share, amount in cash without interest			$ 11.10
Parent [Member]
Termination fee \| $			$ 11,925,000