Common Stock Dividends Declared Per Share, Annualized Equivalent

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Common Stock Dividends Declared per Share, Monthly Rate

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Stock Distribution Declared per Day

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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Declaration of Distributions - (Details) - $ / shares		3 Months Ended
Declaration of Distributions - (Details) - $ / shares	Mar. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock distributions paid, per day's worth (in shares)		$ 0.001502732
Dividends per share paid (in usd per share)		0.008333333
Common Stock, par value (in usd per share)		0.001		$ 0.001
Common stock dividends		0.10
Stock distributions (in usd per share )	$ 0.000956284
Cash distributions declared per common share (in usd per share)	0.35	0.14	$ 0.17
Common Class E
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock distributions paid, per day's worth (in shares)		0.001502732
Dividends per share paid (in usd per share)		0.008333333
Common Stock, par value (in usd per share)		0.001
Common stock dividends		0.1
Stock distributions (in usd per share )	0.000956284
Cash distributions declared per common share (in usd per share)	0.35
Common Class T
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock distributions paid, per day's worth (in shares)		0.001502732
Dividends per share paid (in usd per share)		0.008333333
Common Stock, par value (in usd per share)		0.001
Common stock dividends		0.1
Stock distributions (in usd per share )	0.000956284
Cash distributions declared per common share (in usd per share)	0.35
Common Class S
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock distributions paid, per day's worth (in shares)		0.001502732
Dividends per share paid (in usd per share)		0.008333333
Common Stock, par value (in usd per share)		0.001
Common stock dividends		0.1
Stock distributions (in usd per share )	0.000956284
Cash distributions declared per common share (in usd per share)	0.35
Common Class D
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock distributions paid, per day's worth (in shares)		0.001502732
Dividends per share paid (in usd per share)		0.008333333
Common Stock, par value (in usd per share)		0.001
Common stock dividends		0.1
Stock distributions (in usd per share )	0.000956284
Cash distributions declared per common share (in usd per share)	0.35
Common Class I
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock distributions paid, per day's worth (in shares)		0.001502732
Dividends per share paid (in usd per share)		0.008333333
Common Stock, par value (in usd per share)		0.001
Common stock dividends		0.1
Stock distributions (in usd per share )	0.000956284
Cash distributions declared per common share (in usd per share)	0.35
Common Class A
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock distributions paid, per day's worth (in shares)		0.001502732
Dividends per share paid (in usd per share)		0.008333333
Common Stock, par value (in usd per share)		0.001
Common stock dividends		0.1
Stock distributions (in usd per share )	0.000956284
Cash distributions declared per common share (in usd per share)	0.35
Common Class AA
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock distributions paid, per day's worth (in shares)		0.001502732
Dividends per share paid (in usd per share)		0.008333333
Common Stock, par value (in usd per share)		0.001
Common stock dividends		0.1
Stock distributions (in usd per share )	0.000956284
Cash distributions declared per common share (in usd per share)	0.35
Common Class AAA
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock distributions paid, per day's worth (in shares)		0.001502732
Dividends per share paid (in usd per share)		0.008333333
Common Stock, par value (in usd per share)		0.001
Common stock dividends		$ 0.1
Stock distributions (in usd per share )	0.000956284
Cash distributions declared per common share (in usd per share)	$ 0.35