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Receivables to be collected from (obligations owed to) related parties, net as of the balance sheet date where one party can exercise control or significant influence over another party; including affiliates, owners or officers and their immediate families, pension trusts, and so forth.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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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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Related Party Transactions - Schedule of Amount Contractually Due and Forgiven in Connection With Operation Related Services (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 02, 2015	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018
Advisor \| Amended Advisory Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Minimum monthly base management fee	$ 18,000,000.0
Advisor \| Variable Base Management Fee
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses		$ 2,300,000	$ 800,000	$ 6,600,000	$ 3,400,000
Incurred
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses		8,220,000	6,956,000	24,425,000	20,925,000
Forgiven
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses		0	0	0	0
Payable
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party payable		0		0		$ 49,000
Nonrecurring Fees \| Fees on gain from sale of investments \| Incurred
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses		0	0	0	0
Nonrecurring Fees \| Fees on gain from sale of investments \| Forgiven
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses		0	0	0	0
Nonrecurring Fees \| Fees on gain from sale of investments \| Payable
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party payable		0		0		49,000
Recurring Fees \| Asset management fees \| Incurred
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses		6,758,000	5,312,000	20,123,000	16,852,000
Recurring Fees \| Asset management fees \| Forgiven
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses		0	0	0	0
Recurring Fees \| Asset management fees \| Payable
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party payable		0		0		0
Recurring Fees \| Property management fees \| Incurred
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses		1,462,000	1,283,000	4,302,000	3,712,000
Recurring Fees \| Property management fees \| Forgiven
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses		0	0	0	0
Recurring Fees \| Property management fees \| Payable
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party payable		0		0		0
Recurring Fees \| Incentive compensation \| Incurred
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses		0	361,000	0	361,000
Recurring Fees \| Incentive compensation \| Forgiven
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses		0	$ 0	0	0
Recurring Fees \| Incentive compensation \| Payable
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party payable		$ 0		0		$ 0
General and Administrative Expense \| Incurred
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses				$ 800,000	$ 800,000