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NATURE OF BUSINESS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Schedule of Breakdown of Taxable Percentage of Dividends | The following is a breakdown of the taxable percentage of our dividends for the three years ended December 31, 2024 (unaudited):
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Ordinary income/Section 199A dividends | 11 | % |  | 33 | % |  | 20 | %
Return of capital | 79 | % |  | 67 | % |  | 80 | %
Qualified dividends | — | % |  | — | % |  | — | %
Unrecaptured Section 1250 gain | — | % |  | — | % |  | — | %
Capital gain | 10 | % |  | — | % |  | — | %

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