Lease Intangibles (Net Value of Other Intangible Assets and Amortization by Class) (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Lease intangibles	$ 10,063,299	$ 10,104,154
Accumulated amortization	(6,246,703)	(5,967,458)
Lease intangibles, net	3,816,596	4,136,696
Leases, Acquired-in-Place [Member]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Lease intangibles	5,592,418	5,592,418
Accumulated amortization	(3,708,267)	(3,531,441)
Lease intangibles, net	1,884,151	2,060,977
Leasing Cost [Member]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Lease intangibles	3,727,331	3,727,332
Accumulated amortization	(2,210,592)	(2,088,799)
Lease intangibles, net	1,516,739	1,638,533
Above Market Leases [Member]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Lease intangibles	743,550	784,404
Accumulated amortization	(327,844)	(347,218)
Lease intangibles, net	$ 415,706	$ 437,186

Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16323-109275

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