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SCHEDULE IV - MORTGAGE LOANS - Schedule of Mortgage Loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended |  |  |
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Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 12.00% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 344,075 |  |  |
Face Amount | 144,142 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 144,142 | $ 139,609 | $ 136,607 | $ 130,626
ABC Land and Development, Inc. |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 9.50% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 0 |  |  |
Face Amount | 4,408 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 4,408 |  |  |
ABC Land and Development, Inc. | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 9.50% |  |  |
ABC Paradise, LLC |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 9.50% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 0 |  |  |
Face Amount | 1,210 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 1,210 |  |  |
ABC Paradise, LLC | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 9.50% |  |  |
Autumn Breeze |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.00% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 24,181 |  |  |
Face Amount | 2,157 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 2,157 |  |  |
Autumn Breeze | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.00% |  |  |
Bellwether Ridge |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.00% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 17,607 |  |  |
Face Amount | 3,798 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 3,798 |  |  |
Bellwether Ridge | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.00% |  |  |
Cascades at Spring Street |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.38% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 407 |  |  |
Face Amount | 180 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 180 |  |  |
Cascades at Spring Street | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.38% |  |  |
Dominion at Mercer Crossing |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 38,564 |  |  |
Dominion at Mercer Crossing | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 9.50% |  |  |
Echo Station |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.38% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 13,210 |  |  |
Face Amount | 10,305 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 10,305 |  |  |
Echo Station | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.38% |  |  |
Forest Pines |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.00% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 25,701 |  |  |
Face Amount | 6,472 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 6,472 |  |  |
Forest Pines | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.00% |  |  |
Inwood on the Park |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.38% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 25,477 |  |  |
Face Amount | 20,325 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 20,325 |  |  |
Inwood on the Park | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.38% |  |  |
Kensington Park |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.38% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 15,364 |  |  |
Face Amount | 10,262 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 10,262 |  |  |
Kensington Park | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.38% |  |  |
Lake Shore Villas |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.38% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 25,615 |  |  |
Face Amount | 6,000 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 6,000 |  |  |
Lake Shore Villas | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.38% |  |  |
Legacy Pleasant Grove |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 12.00% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 0 |  |  |
Face Amount | 496 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 496 |  |  |
Legacy Pleasant Grove | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 12.00% |  |  |
McKinney Ranch |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 6.00% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 0 |  |  |
Face Amount | 3,926 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 3,926 |  |  |
McKinney Ranch | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 6.00% |  |  |
Ocean Estates II |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.38% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 1,700 |  |  |
Face Amount | 3,615 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 3,615 |  |  |
Ocean Estates II | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.38% |  |  |
One Realco Land Holding, Inc. |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 9.50% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 0 |  |  |
Face Amount | 1,728 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 1,728 |  |  |
One Realco Land Holding, Inc. | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 9.50% |  |  |
Parc at Ingleside |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.00% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 24,513 |  |  |
Face Amount | 3,759 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 3,759 |  |  |
Parc at Ingleside | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.00% |  |  |
Parc at Opelika Phase II |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 10.00% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 22,680 |  |  |
Face Amount | 3,190 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 3,190 |  |  |
Parc at Opelika Phase II | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 10.00% |  |  |
Parc at Windmill Farms |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.00% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 34,683 |  |  |
Face Amount | 7,886 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 7,886 |  |  |
Parc at Windmill Farms | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.00% |  |  |
Phillips Foundation for Better Living, Inc. |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 12.00% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 0 |  |  |
Face Amount | 182 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 182 |  |  |
Phillips Foundation for Better Living, Inc. | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 12.00% |  |  |
Plaza at Chase Oaks |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.38% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 9,131 |  |  |
Face Amount | 11,772 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 11,772 |  |  |
Plaza at Chase Oaks | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.38% |  |  |
Plum Tree |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.00% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 17,318 |  |  |
Face Amount | 1,767 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 1,767 |  |  |
Plum Tree | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.00% |  |  |
Polk County Land |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 9.50% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 0 |  |  |
Face Amount | 3,000 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 3,000 |  |  |
Riverview on the Park Land, LLC |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 9.50% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 0 |  |  |
Face Amount | 1,045 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 1,045 |  |  |
Riverview on the Park Land, LLC | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 9.50% |  |  |
Spartan Land |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 6.00% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 0 |  |  |
Face Amount | 5,907 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 5,907 |  |  |
Spartan Land | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 6.00% |  |  |
Spyglass of Ennis |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.00% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 22,214 |  |  |
Face Amount | 5,179 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 5,179 |  |  |
Spyglass of Ennis | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.00% |  |  |
Steeple Crest |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.00% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 11,057 |  |  |
Face Amount | 6,498 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 6,498 |  |  |
Steeple Crest | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.00% |  |  |
Timbers at The Park |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.38% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 13,156 |  |  |
Face Amount | 11,173 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 11,173 |  |  |
Timbers at The Park | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.38% |  |  |
Tuscany Villas |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.38% |  |  |
Prior Liens | $ 1,497 |  |  |
Face Amount | 1,548 |  |  |
Carrying Value | $ 1,548 |  |  |
Tuscany Villas | Notes Receivable |  |  |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest Rate | 5.38% |  |  |

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