Real Estate Assets Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Results of Operations of the Partnership (Details) - Suites on Paseo and Jade Park [Member] - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Real Estate [Line Items]
Pro forma revenues	$ 60,008,686	$ 64,162,327
Pro forma net income	24,663,645	23,075,438
Pro forma net income allocated to Unitholders	$ 21,047,854	$ 16,917,875
Pro forma Unitholder's interest in net income per unit (basic and diluted)	$ 0.35	$ 0.28

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The pro forma net Income or Loss for the period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of a period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (h)(2)-(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65885119&loc=d3e1392-128463

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