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Loans and Investments - Investment Portfolio and Concentration of Credit Risk (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) loan borrower	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) loan borrower	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Loans and Investments
Loans and investments	$ 13,643,724	$ 14,456,123
Allowance for credit losses	(153,077)	(132,559)	$ (116,382)	$ (113,241)
Unearned revenue	(59,662)	(68,890)
Loans and investments, net	$ 13,430,985	$ 14,254,674
Percent of Total	100.00%	100.00%
Loan Count \| loan	715	747
Wtd. Avg. Pay Rate (as a percent)	8.60%	8.17%
Wtd. Avg. Remaining Months to Maturity	19 months 6 days	20 months 18 days
Wtd. Avg. First Dollar LTV Ratio (as percent)	1.00%	1.00%
Wtd. Avg. Last Dollar LTV Ratio (as percent)	76.00%	76.00%
Single-Family Rental
Loans and Investments
Allowance for credit losses	$ (973)	$ (781)	$ (421)	$ (320)
Concentration of Credit Risk
Loans and Investments
Loans and investments	$ 13,643,724
Wtd. Avg. First Dollar LTV Ratio (as percent)	1.00%
Wtd. Avg. Last Dollar LTV Ratio (as percent)	76.00%
Concentration of Credit Risk \| Single-Family Rental
Loans and Investments
Loans and investments	$ 1,014,992
Percent of Total	7.00%
Wtd. Avg. First Dollar LTV Ratio (as percent)	0.00%
Wtd. Avg. Last Dollar LTV Ratio (as percent)	63.00%
Total Assets \| Concentration of Credit Risk
Loans and Investments
Loan Count \| loan	84	38
Number of different borrowers \| borrower	5	5
Total Assets \| Concentration of Credit Risk \| Five Borrowers
Loans and Investments
Concentration risk, percentage	11.00%	11.00%
Bridge loans
Loans and Investments
Loans and investments	$ 13,298,939	$ 14,096,054
Percent of Total	97.00%	98.00%
Loan Count \| loan	659	692
Wtd. Avg. Pay Rate (as a percent)	8.62%	8.17%
Wtd. Avg. Remaining Months to Maturity	18 months 9 days	19 months 24 days
Wtd. Avg. First Dollar LTV Ratio (as percent)	0.00%	0.00%
Wtd. Avg. Last Dollar LTV Ratio (as percent)	76.00%	76.00%
Bridge loans \| Single-Family Rental
Loans and Investments
Number of loans under the loan portfolio \| loan	254	241
Total loan commitment	$ 1,630,000	$ 1,570,000
Mezzanine loan
Loans and Investments
Loans and investments	$ 222,094	$ 213,499
Percent of Total	2.00%	1.00%
Loan Count \| loan	46	44
Wtd. Avg. Pay Rate (as a percent)	8.15%	8.13%
Wtd. Avg. Remaining Months to Maturity	60 months 21 days	63 months 3 days
Wtd. Avg. First Dollar LTV Ratio (as percent)	44.00%	42.00%
Wtd. Avg. Last Dollar LTV Ratio (as percent)	80.00%	77.00%
Preferred equity investments
Loans and Investments
Loans and investments	$ 89,725	$ 110,725
Percent of Total	1.00%	1.00%
Loan Count \| loan	7	8
Wtd. Avg. Pay Rate (as a percent)	6.56%	7.63%
Wtd. Avg. Remaining Months to Maturity	45 months 9 days	39 months 6 days
Wtd. Avg. First Dollar LTV Ratio (as percent)	47.00%	46.00%
Wtd. Avg. Last Dollar LTV Ratio (as percent)	84.00%	79.00%
Other loan
Loans and Investments
Loans and investments	$ 32,966	$ 35,845
Percent of Total	1.00%	1.00%
Loan Count \| loan	3	3
Wtd. Avg. Pay Rate (as a percent)	9.23%	8.76%
Wtd. Avg. Remaining Months to Maturity	29 months 15 days	32 months 24 days
Wtd. Avg. First Dollar LTV Ratio (as percent)	0.00%	0.00%
Wtd. Avg. Last Dollar LTV Ratio (as percent)	57.00%	58.00%
Other loan \| Single-Family Rental
Loans and Investments
Number of loans under the loan portfolio \| loan	3	3
Unpaid principal balance, funded	$ 982,000	$ 927,400