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Income Taxes (Details) - $ / shares | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Taxable Distributions Paid Per Common Share [Abstract] |  |  |
Ordinary income | $ 0.595 | $ 0.695 | $ 0.744
Taxable Distributions Paid Per Common Share Qualified Ordinary Income | 0.000 | 0.139 | 0.000
Long-term capital gain | 0.329 | 0.105 | 0.114
Unrecapture section 1250 gain | 0.168 | 0.076 | 0.067
Taxable distributions per common share | $ 1.092 | $ 1.015 | $ 0.925

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- Definition Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 04 -Article 3 + Details
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