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Mortgages and Notes Receivable (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Receivables [Abstract] |
Schedule of Mortgages and Notes Receivable [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth our mortgages and notes receivable:
| March 31, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
Seller financing (first mortgages) | $ | — |  |  | $ | 16,454 |
Less allowance | — |  |  | — |
| — |  |  | 16,454 |
Mortgage receivable | 9,658 |  |  | 9,435 |
Less allowance | — |  |  | — |
| 9,658 |  |  | 9,435 |
Promissory notes | 670 |  |  | 822 |
Less allowance | (300 | ) |  | (302 | )
| 370 |  |  | 520 |
Mortgages and notes receivable, net | $ | 10,028 |  |  | $ | 26,409 |
Schedule of Notes Receivable Allowance [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth our notes receivable allowance, which relates only to promissory notes:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013
Beginning notes receivable allowance | $ | 302 |  |  | $ | 182 |
Recoveries/write-offs/other | (2 | ) |  | 255 |
Total notes receivable allowance | $ | 300 |  |  | $ | 437 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure for financing receivables. Examples of financing receivables include, but are not limited to, loans, notes receivable, credit cards, and receivables relating to a lessor's right(s) to payment(s) from a lease other than an operating lease that is recognized as assets. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of financing receivables (examples of financing receivables include loans, trade accounts receivable and notes receivable) and activity in the allowance for credit losses account. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 11B -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28368275&loc=SL6953423-111524 + Details
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