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Letter Agreement, Aggregate Amount Payable to Manager

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Letter Agreement, Aggregate Amount Payable to Manager, Monthly Installments

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Mortgage loans on real estate loan period.

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Mortgage Loans, Option to Extend Loan Agreement, Additional Term

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Mortgage Loans, Option to Extend Loan Agreement, Term

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Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Funded Amount of Mortgages

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Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Loan to Cost Percentage

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Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Loan to Net Sellout Percentage

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Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Number of Additional Parcels Acquired

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Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Number of Properties

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Stock Purchase Agreement, Sale of Stock Commitment, Value

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Stock Purchase Agreement, Threshold Share Price

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Amount of the contractual principal due at the origination of the mortgage loan (face amount).

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The percentage rate used to calculate dividend payments on preferred stock.

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Face amount or stated value per share of preferred stock nonredeemable or redeemable solely at the option of the issuer.

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Subsequent Events (Details)		1 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details)	Feb. 26, 2016 USD ($) business_day $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2016 $ / shares shares	Feb. 26, 2016 USD ($) condiminium business_day $ / shares	Jan. 31, 2016 USD ($) property parcel	Dec. 31, 2015 $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares					$ 0.01
Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Face amount	$ 411,000,000		$ 411,000,000
First Mortgage [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Face amount						$ 33,000,000
First Mortgage [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Face amount	334,000,000		334,000,000
Number of additional parcels acquired \| parcel				2
Loan to cost percentage				65.00%
Retail and Office Properties [Member] \| First Mortgage [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Face amount				$ 220,000,000
Funded amount of loan				$ 177,500,000
Number of properties (property/condominium) \| property				16
Luxury Condominium [Member] \| Mezzanine Loan [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Face amount	77,000,000		77,000,000
Funded amount of loan	$ 21,888,000		$ 21,888,000
Number of properties (property/condominium) \| condiminium			139
Loan to net sellout percentage			57.00%
Floating Rate Loan [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Initial term of loan				2 years
Loan extension term				1 year
Additional loan extension				6 months
Floating Rate Loan [Member] \| Luxury Condominium [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Initial term of loan			42 months
Loan extension term			1 year
Additional loan extension			6 months
Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. Merger [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Aggregate purchase price, percentage of acquiree value	89.25%		89.25%
Purchase price value, number of business days prior to Proxy Statement \| business_day	3		3
Letter Agreement, aggregate amount payable to manager, monthly installment amount	$ 150,000		$ 150,000
Maximum [Member] \| Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. Merger [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Letter Agreement, aggregate amount payable to manager	500,000		500,000
Athene Holding Ltd. [Member] \| Term loans [Member] \| Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. Merger [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Borrowing commitment	200,000,000		200,000,000
Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] \| Athene Holding Ltd. [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. Merger [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Asset Purchase Agreement, sale of securities, amount	$ 1,200,000,000		$ 1,200,000,000
Common Stock [Member] \| Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. Merger [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Stock Purchase Agreement, threshold share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 16.75		$ 16.75
Common Stock [Member] \| Athene Holding Ltd. [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. Merger [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Stock Purchase Agreement, sale of stock commitment, value	$ 20,000,000		$ 20,000,000
Forecast [Member] \| Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. Merger [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Shares issuable under agreement, price per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 16.75
Number of shares issued upon conversion \| shares		1
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.01
Forecast [Member] \| Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock [Member] \| Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. Merger [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Preferred stock dividend percentage		8.00%
Forecast [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. Merger [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of shares issuable under agreement \| shares		13,400,000
Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. [Member] \| Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock [Member] \| Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. Merger [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Preferred stock, value	$ 172,500,000		$ 172,500,000
Preferred stock dividend percentage	8.00%