Principal Amount Outstanding Of Revolving Loan Facility

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Principal Amount Outstanding Of Revolving Loan Facility, Maximum Amount Outstanding During Period

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- Definition

Proceeds from Interest Payments on Loans and Leases Held-for-investment

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- Definition

The cash inflow from repayments of the balance excluding interest (principal) on loans receivable and leases held for investment purposes.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98514028&loc=d3e3179-108585

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Carrying amount of financial assets accounted for as secured borrowings recognized in the transferor's statement of financial position at the end of each period presented.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1A
-Subparagraph (b)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64858031&loc=SL6224234-111729

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RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS - Sabal Loan (Details) - Loan Purchase Commitments - Limited Liability Company Controlled By Affiliate Of Greater Than 5% Shareholder, Oaktree - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Jun. 11, 2017	Jun. 26, 2015
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Committed revolving repurchase facility				$ 40,000,000	$ 35,000,000
Largest aggregate amount of principal outstanding during period	$ 94,700,000	$ 55,100,000
Amount outstanding	23,600,000	22,600,000
Proceeds from principal	600,400,000	514,100,000
Proceeds from interest	1,100,000	$ 1,100,000
Maximum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Committed revolving repurchase facility	$ 100,000,000		$ 100,000,000