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Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Summary Of Tax Components Of Common And Preferred Dividends Declared And Distributions [Table Text Block] | A summary of the income tax characterization of our distributions paid per common share for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 is set forth in the following table:
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Common Share Distributions |  |  |  |  |  |
Ordinary income |  | $ | 2.38 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1.88 |
Long-term capital gain |  | 0.41 |  |  | 5.02 |  |  | 0.70 |
Unrecaptured Sec. 1250 gain |  | 0.21 |  |  | 2.23 |  |  | 0.22 |
Total |  | $ | 3.00 |  |  | $ | 7.25 |  |  | $ | 2.80 |

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