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Income Taxes (Schedule Of Per Share Distributions Reported To Shareholders) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Income Taxes [Abstract]
Ordinary income	$ 1.08	$ 0.89	$ 1.74
Long-term capital gain	$ 0.13	$ 0.20	$ 0.25
Unrecaptured Sec. 1250 gain	$ 0.23	$ 0.48	$ 0.06
Return of capital	$ 0.52	$ 0.23
Total	$ 1.96	$ 1.80	$ 2.05
Percentage of distributions representing tax preference items	2.83%	3.91%	3.94%

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Percentage of income distributions representing tax preference items.

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Gain from a qualifying investment owned for longer than 12 months and then sold for a price greater than the purchase price. Taxes can be deferred until the sale of asset.

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The cash outflow from distributions of an entity's earnings to common and preferred stockholders, including minority shareholders. Ordinary dividends are paid out of the earnings and profits of the entity and are taxed as ordinary income.

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A type of depreciation-recapture income that is realized on the sale of depreciable real estate. Unrecaptured Section 1250 income is taxed at a 25% maximum capital gains rate (or in some cases less).

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Per share amount due to the return of partners' capital during the year.

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Article 3



Reference 2: 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=6959260&loc=d3e187085-122770

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