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Business and Organization (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		9 Months Ended
	May 20, 2024 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($) payment $ / shares shares	Jun. 11, 2024 shares	May 14, 2024 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2023 shares	Dec. 31, 2020 $ / shares
Organization And Basis Of Presentation [Line Items]
Number of payments made on RPL mortgage loans (at least) \| payment		5
Number of payments not made on NPL mortgage loans \| payment		3
Fair value of warrants (in dollar per share) \| $ / shares						$ 10.0
Issued of common stock (in shares) \| shares		44,978,969			27,460,161
Great Ajax II REIT
Organization And Basis Of Presentation [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by parent (as percent)		99.90%			99.90%
Former Management Agreement \| Common stock
Organization And Basis Of Presentation [Line Items]
Issued of common stock (in shares) \| shares			3,200,000
Rithm
Organization And Basis Of Presentation [Line Items]
Fair value of warrants (in shares) \| shares				6,500,000
Fair value of warrants (in dollar per share) \| $ / shares		$ 5.36		$ 5.36
Rithm \| Secured Debt \| Line of Credit
Organization And Basis Of Presentation [Line Items]
Sale of stock, consideration received on transaction \| $	$ 14.0	$ 14.0
Stock price of common stock (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 4.87	$ 4.87
Sale of stock, average trailing closing price, period (in days)	5 days
Residential RPLs
Organization And Basis Of Presentation [Line Items]
Number of recent payments made on RPL mortgage loans \| payment		7