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SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Equity [Abstract] |
Schedule of Dividends Declared and Paid for Income Tax Purposes | The allocations of dividends declared and paid for income tax purposes are as follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  |  | 2017 |  |
Dividends declared: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common stock |  | $ | 0.15 |  |  | $ | 0.80 |  | (1) |  | $ | 0.98 |  | (2)
Series D preferred stock |  | $ | 13.83 |  |  | $ | 18.44 |  |  |  | $ | 18.44 |  |
Series E preferred stock |  | $ | 12.42 |  |  | $ | 16.56 |  |  |  | $ | 16.56 |  |
Allocations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ordinary income |  |  | — | % |  |  | 82.83 | % |  |  |  | 85.37 | % |
Capital gains 25% rate |  |  | — | % |  |  | — | % |  |  |  | — | % |
Return of capital |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 17.17 | % |  |  |  | 14.63 | % |
Total |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  |  | 100.00 | % |
Preferred stock (3) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ordinary income |  |  | — | % |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  |  | 100.00 | % |
Capital gains 25% rate |  |  | — | % |  |  | — | % |  |  |  | — | % |
Return of capital |  |  | 100 | % |  |  | — | % |  |  |  | — | % |
Total |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  |  | 100.00 | % |
(1) | Of the $ 0.075 per share dividend declared on October 29, 2018 and paid January 16, 2019, $0.075 was reported and is taxable in 2019. |
(2) | Of the $0.200 per share dividend declared on November 2, 2017 and paid January 16, 2018, $ 0.200 was reported and is taxable in 2018. |
( 3 ) | The allocations for income tax purposes are the same for each series of preferred stock for each period presented. |

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