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Acquisitions and Dispositions - Sale of California Properties (Details 7) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 27, 2013 USD ($) single_family_property	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Number of properties sold | single_family_property	38
Gross sales price of properties sold	$ 8,900
Gain on disposition of single-family properties	$ 900	$ 0	$ 0	$ 904

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets, including but not limited to property plant and equipment, intangible assets and equity in securities of subsidiaries or equity method investee.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51824106&loc=d3e2443-110228

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