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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Income Taxes [Abstract] |
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block] | For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the reconciliation of income tax attributable to continuing operations for the TRS computed at the U.S. statutory rate to the income tax provision was as follows (in thousands):
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Tax expense at U.S. statutory rates on TRS income subject to tax | $ | 115 |  |  | $ | 2,177 |  |  | $ | 3,185 |
Valuation allowance | 127 |  |  | (2,177 | ) |  | (3,185 | )
TRS income tax provision | $ | 242 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Taxability Of Cash Distributions Table [Text Block] | For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, dividends per share held for the entire year were estimated to be taxable as follows:
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  | Amount |  | Percentage |  | Amount |  | Percentage |  | Amount |  | Percentage
Ordinary income |  | $ | 3.66 |  |  | 99.3 | % |  | $ | 2.79 |  |  | 80.2 | % |  | $ | 3.28 |  |  | 100 | %
Capital gain |  | 0.02 |  |  | 0.6 | % |  | 0.31 |  |  | 8.9 | % |  | — |  |  | — | %
Un-recaptured Section 1250 gain |  | 0.01 |  |  | 0.1 | % |  | 0.38 |  |  | 10.9 | % |  | — |  |  | — | %
|  | $ | 3.69 |  |  | 100.00 | % |  | $ | 3.48 |  |  | 100.00 | % |  | $ | 3.28 |  |  | 100.00 | %

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the reconciliation using percentage or dollar amounts of the reported amount of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for the year to the amount of income tax expense that would result from applying domestic federal statutory tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84230637&loc=d3e32687-109319 + Details
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