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Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Deferred financing costs, net | $ 53,845 |  | $ 53,845 |  | $ 56,567
Property operating expenses | $ (110,412) | $ (85,052) | $ (290,998) | $ (215,699) |
Accounting Standards Update 2015-03 | Asset-backed securitization |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Deferred financing costs, net |  |  |  |  | 56,600
Accounting Standards Update 2015-03 | Deferred Costs and Other Intangibles |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Deferred financing costs, net |  |  |  |  | $ (56,600)
Reclassification of Vacant Single-Family Properties and Other Expenses to Property Operating Expenses | Property Operating Expenses |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Property operating expenses |  | (1,400) |  | (13,000) |
Reclassification of Vacant Single-Family Properties and Other Expenses to Property Operating Expenses | Restatement Adjustment | Vacant Single-Family Properties and Other |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Property operating expenses |  | 2,500 |  | 13,000 |
Reclassification Adjustment of Vacant Single-Family Property Operating Expense [Member] | Property Operating Expenses |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Property operating expenses |  | (2,500) |  | (10,300) |
Reclassification Adjustment of Vacant Single-Family Property Operating Expense [Member] | Restatement Adjustment | Vacant Single-Family Properties and Other |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Property operating expenses |  | 1,400 |  | 10,300 |
Reclassification of Leased Single-Family Properties and Vacant Single-Family Properties Other to Other Expenses | Other Expense |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Other operating expenses |  | (1,100) |  | (2,700) |
Reclassification of Leased Single-Family Properties and Vacant Single-Family Properties Other to Other Expenses | Restatement Adjustment | Leased Single-Family Properties, Vacant Single-Family Properties, and Other |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Other operating expenses |  | $ 1,100 |  | $ 2,700 |

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