Dividends/Distributions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Equity [Abstract]
Dividends/Distributions	14. Dividends/Distributions During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company declared and paid cash distributions of its REIT taxable income in an aggregate amount of $96,390 or $0.96 per share and $288,344 or $2.88 per share, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company paid cash distributions of its REIT taxable income in the amount of $90,177 or $0.91 per share and $351,036 or $3.56 per share, respectively. The distributions paid during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 include distributions declared during the reporting period of $269,502 or $2.73 per share, as well as distributions declared and accrued as of December 31, 2017 of $81,534 or $0.83 per share. The amount, timing and frequency of future distributions will be at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors and will be declared based upon various factors, a number of which may be beyond the Company’s control, including financial condition and operating cash flows, the amount required to maintain REIT status and reduce any income and excise taxes that the Company otherwise would be required to pay, limitations on distributions in our existing and future debt instruments, the Company’s ability to utilize net operating losses to offset, in whole or in part, the Company’s distribution requirements, limitations on its ability to fund distributions using cash generated through its taxable REIT subsidiaries (TRSs) and other factors that the Board of Directors may deem relevant. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company paid cash dividend distributions to holders of its Series AA Preferred Stock in an aggregate amount of $91 or $15.95 per share and $273 or $47.85 per share, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2018, the Company paid cash dividend distributions to holders of its Series AA Preferred Stock in an aggregate amount of $91 or $15.95 per share. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company paid cash dividend distributions to holders of its Series AA Preferred Stock in an aggregate amount of $364 or $63.80 per share, which included distributions declared during the period as well as those declared and accrued in the fourth quarter of 2017.

Dividends/Distributions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

14. Dividends/Distributions

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company declared and paid cash distributions of its REIT taxable income in an aggregate amount of $96,390 or $0.96 per share and $288,344 or $2.88 per share, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company paid cash distributions of its REIT taxable income in the amount of $90,177 or $0.91 per share and $351,036 or $3.56 per share, respectively. The distributions paid during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 include distributions declared during the reporting period of $269,502 or $2.73 per share, as well as distributions declared and accrued as of December 31, 2017 of $81,534 or $0.83 per share. The amount, timing and frequency of future distributions will be at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors and will be declared based upon various factors, a number of which may be beyond the Company’s control, including financial condition and operating cash flows, the amount required to maintain REIT status and reduce any income and excise taxes that the Company otherwise would be required to pay, limitations on distributions in our existing and future debt instruments, the Company’s ability to utilize net operating losses to offset, in whole or in part, the Company’s distribution requirements, limitations on its ability to fund distributions using cash generated through its taxable REIT subsidiaries (TRSs) and other factors that the Board of Directors may deem relevant. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company paid cash dividend distributions to holders of its Series AA Preferred Stock in an aggregate amount of $91 or $15.95 per share and $273 or $47.85 per share, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2018, the Company paid cash dividend distributions to holders of its Series AA Preferred Stock in an aggregate amount of $91 or $15.95 per share. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company paid cash dividend distributions to holders of its Series AA Preferred Stock in an aggregate amount of $364 or $63.80 per share, which included distributions declared during the period as well as those declared and accrued in the fourth quarter of 2017.