Federal Income Tax Reporting - Tax Components of Distributions (Details) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Tax components of the Company's common distributions paid per share
Capital gain (in dollars per share)		$ 0.14	$ 0.68
Return of capital (in dollars per share)	$ 0.04	0.06
Total (in dollars per share)	$ 0.04	$ 0.20	$ 0.68
Capital gain (as a percent)		70.00%	100.00%
Return of capital (as a percent)	100.00%	30.00%
Total (as a percent)	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

Represents the percentage of aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Represents the aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding treated as long-term capital gain for federal tax.

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Represents the percentage of aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding treated as a long-term capital gain for federal tax purposes.

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Represents the aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding treated as return of capital for federal tax purposes.

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Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147480008/505-10-S99-1

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