Real Estate Securities - Available for Sale Securities by Collateral Type (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	$ 239,334	$ 333,882
Mezzanine
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	13,687	36,407
Senior IO Securities
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	25,792	87,615
Subordinate Securities \| Mezzanine
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	13,687	36,407
Subordinate Securities \| Subordinate
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	$ 199,855	$ 209,860

Amount of investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale).

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118942338&loc=SL82898722-210454

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118954083&loc=d3e26610-111562

Reference 3: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (aa)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118939692&loc=d3e27161-111563

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