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Commitments to Acquire/Dispose of Real Estate - Separate Agreements to Dispose (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) Property ApartmentUnit
Property/Unit schedule
Properties | Property	1
Apartment Units | ApartmentUnit	939
Sales Price	$ 309,350
Rental Properties Disposed [Member] | Consolidated [Member]
Property/Unit schedule
Properties | Property	1
Apartment Units | ApartmentUnit	939
Sales Price	$ 254,000
Land [Member]
Property/Unit schedule
Sales Price	$ 55,350

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- Definition

Total number of rental properties to be disposed of subsequent to the balance sheet date per separate agreements entered into prior to the balance sheet date.

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The amount of the fixed and determinable portion of an unrecorded sales commitment for the disposition of a rental property, land parcel or other property subsequent to the balance sheet date.

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- Definition

Total number of rental units to be disposed of subsequent to the balance sheet date per separate agreements entered into prior to the balance sheet date.

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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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