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Investment Owned, Shares Redeemed

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Rate of interest on investment.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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-Section 50
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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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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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Cash received on stock transaction after deduction of issuance costs.

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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Related Parties (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	Mar. 30, 2020	May 04, 2020	May 03, 2020
Credit Facility \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Affiliated entity \| Unsecured Management Company Revolver
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 30,000	$ 50,000	$ 30,000
Investments in Majority-owned Subsidiaries
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Shares redeemed for a promissory note (in shares)	105,030
Investments in Majority-owned Subsidiaries \| Debt Investments
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Redemption of shares paid-in-kind	$ 11,315
Interest rate	7.00%
Common Stock \| NMNLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sale of stock, number of shares issued (in shares)	105,030
Sale of stock, price per share (in dollars per share)	$ 107.73
Sale of stock, consideration received	$ 11,315