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Stockholders' Equity Matters (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Equity [Abstract] |
Schedule of Dividends Declared and Payments | In 2017, 2018 and 2019, our board of directors declared the following dividends:
Declaration Date |  | Dividend Per Share |  | Record Date |  | Total Amount |  | Payment Date
February 15, 2017 |  | $ | 0.5500 |  |  | March 15, 2017 |  | $ | 145,235 |  |  | April 3, 2017
May 24, 2017 |  | 0.5500 |  |  | June 15, 2017 |  | 145,417 |  |  | July 3, 2017
July 27, 2017 |  | 0.5500 |  |  | September 15, 2017 |  | 146,772 |  |  | October 2, 2017
October 24, 2017 |  | 0.5875 |  |  | December 15, 2017 |  | 166,319 |  |  | January 2, 2018
February 14, 2018 |  | 0.5875 |  |  | March 15, 2018 |  | 167,969 |  |  | April 2, 2018
May 24, 2018 |  | 0.5875 |  |  | June 15, 2018 |  | 168,078 |  |  | July 2, 2018
July 24, 2018 |  | 0.5875 |  |  | September 17, 2018 |  | 168,148 |  |  | October 2, 2018
October 25, 2018 |  | 0.6110 |  |  | December 17, 2018 |  | 174,935 |  |  | January 3, 2019
February 7, 2019 |  | 0.6110 |  |  | March 15, 2019 |  | 175,242 |  |  | April 2, 2019
May 22, 2019 |  | 0.6110 |  |  | June 17, 2019 |  | 175,389 |  |  | July 2, 2019
July 26, 2019 |  | 0.6110 |  |  | September 16, 2019 |  | 175,434 |  |  | October 2, 2019
October 31, 2019 |  | 0.6185 |  |  | December 16, 2019 |  | 177,687 |  |  | January 2, 2020
Schedule of Classification of Dividends Paid | For the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017, the dividends we paid on our common shares were classified as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Nonqualified ordinary dividends | 54.8 | % |  | 83.0 | % |  | 82.1 | %
Qualified ordinary dividends | 4.5 | % |  | 4.8 | % |  | 17.9 | %
Capital gains | 14.7 | % |  | 5.8 | % |  | — | %
Return of capital | 26.0 | % |  | 6.4 | % |  | — | %
| 100.0 | % |  | 100.0 | % |  | 100.0 | %

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