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Federal Income Tax Reporting - General and Income Tax Expense (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Income Taxes
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
Income Tax Expense
Revised Texas franchise tax	352,000	398,000	474,000
Other Taxes	66,000	35,000	24,000
Taxes on income	418,000	433,000	$ 498,000
Deferred income taxes	0
Real estate assets net tax basis more (less) than book basis	$ 197,669,000	$ 161,606,000

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The portion of the difference between total income tax expense or benefit as reported in the income statement for the period and the expected income tax expense or benefit computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations attributable to the Revised Texas Franchise Tax.

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