ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Details Narrative)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019 ft² a Number	Nov. 19, 2018 Number
Rentable square feet \| ft²	1,700,000
Number of apartment units	1,489
Acres of land \| a	2,324
Victory Abode Apartments, LLC [Member]
Number of apartment units	9,786
Number of apartment communities	51
Apartment Buildings [Member]
Number of income-producing properties		49
Projects in development		3
Transcontinential Realty Investors [Member]
Ownership interest	78.00%
Transcontinential Realty Investors [Member] \| Income Opportunity Realty Investors, Inc. [Member]
Ownership interest	81.25%
Victory Abode Apartments, LLC [Member] \| Class A [Member]
Ownership interest		50.00%
Summerset Intermediate Holdings 2 LLC [Member] \| Class A [Member]
Ownership interest		49.00%
Related Party [Member]
Percentage of ownership	80.00%
Buildings And Improvements [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Useful life of fixed assets	10 years
Buildings And Improvements [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Useful life of fixed assets	40 years
Furniture, Fixtures And Equipment [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Useful life of fixed assets	5 years
Furniture, Fixtures And Equipment [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Useful life of fixed assets	10 years

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
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