The number of real estate properties held for sale as of the balance sheet date.

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The number of units in real estate properties held for sale as of the balance sheet date.

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Amount of investment in land and building held for sale. Excludes real estate considered inventory before accumulated depreciation.

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The charge against earnings in the period to reduce the carrying amount of real property to fair value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
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-Section 45
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-Section 50
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The cumulative amount of depreciation for real estate property held for investment purposes.

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-SubTopic 210
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
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Real Estate Investments - Properties Held-For-Sale (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($) property	Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($) item property	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($) property	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) property item
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Impairment loss	$ 12,076		$ 12,510
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		$ (390,863)		$ (387,751)
ALF
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Impairment loss		$ 0	$ 12,510,000
ALF \| Properties held-for-sale \| Texas
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Properties \| property		1
Number of Beds/units \| item		80
Gross Investment		$ 6,154
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		$ (1,906)
ALF \| Properties held-for-sale \| Wisconsin
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Properties \| property				1
Number of Beds/units \| item				110
Gross Investment				$ 22,007
Accumulated depreciation and amortization				$ (3,616)
ALF \| Properties sold \| Florida
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Properties \| property	2		2
ALF \| Properties sold \| Mississippi
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Properties \| property	1		1