Real Estate Properties - Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation (Details) - Hotel $ in Thousands	Feb. 22, 2019 USD ($) hotel room	Mar. 31, 2019 hotel
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Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of properties owned \| hotel	101	101
Hotel Palomar \| Washington, D.C.
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Purchase Price	$ 143,742
Land	44,972
Land Improvements	151
Building and Improvements	93,412
Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment	$ 5,207
Number of rooms/suites \| room	335
Capitalized acquisition costs	$ 2,292

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