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Summary of significant accounting (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Property, Plant and Equipment | Depreciation is computed on a straight-line basis based on the estimated useful lives of the associated real estate assets.
|  | Useful Lives (in years)
Land and Building Improvements |  | 10-30
Manufactured Homes |  | 10-25
Furniture, Fixture and Equipment |  | 5
In-place leases |  | Expected term
Above and below-market leases |  | Applicable lease term
Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable | The allowance reflects our best estimate of collectibility risks on outstanding receivables. Our allowance for doubtful accounts was as follows:
|  | December 31,
(amounts in thousands): |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Balance, beginning of year |  | $ | 5,230 |  |  | $ | 5,545 |  |  | $ | 5,378 |
Provision for losses |  | 3,929 |  |  | 4,154 |  |  | 4,181 |
Write-offs |  | (2,573 | ) |  | (4,469 | ) |  | (4,014 | )
Balance, end of year |  | $ | 6,586 |  |  | $ | 5,230 |  |  | $ | 5,545 |
Tax Treatment Of Dividends And Distributions Table | During the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, our tax treatment of common stock distributions, as adjusted for the stock split, was as follows (unaudited):
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Tax status of common stock distributions deemed paid during the year: |  |  |  |  |
Ordinary income | $ | 1.241 |  |  | $ | 1.069 |  |  | $ | 0.829 |
Long-term capital gains | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.359 |
Non-dividend distributions | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Distributions declared per common stock outstanding | $ | 1.241 |  |  | $ | 1.069 |  |  | $ | 1.188 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, balances by class of assets, depreciation and depletion expense and method used, including composite depreciation, and accumulated deprecation. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(13)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 + Details
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