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Federal Income Tax Reporting (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Federal Income Tax Reporting
Maximum ownership as a percentage of the voting power or value of the securities of each issuer other than REIT or "TRS"	10.00%
Maximum ownership of securities in all TRS (as a percent)	25.00%
Maximum ownership of securities in all TRS when considered together with other non-real estate assets (as a percent)	25.00%
Period of statute of limitations applicable to the entity's income tax returns	3 years
Net operating losses
NOLs expiration period	20 years
Gross amount of NOLs available to company	$ 13,041,000	$ 13,041,000	$ 13,041,000
Increase (decrease) in taxes resulting from:
Revised Texas Franchise tax rate (as a percent)	0.70%
Revised Texas franchise tax	462,000	330,000	253,000
Other Taxes	18,000	5,000	14,000
Income tax expense	480,000	335,000	267,000
Real estate assets net tax basis more (less) than book basis	160,599,000	61,255,000
Deferred income taxes	$ 0

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