Dividends/Distributions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Equity [Abstract]
Dividends/Distributions	12. Dividends/Distributions During the three months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, the Company declared and paid cash distributions of its REIT taxable income in an aggregate amount of $81,408 or $0.83 per share and $73,938 or $0.76 per share, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, the Company declared and paid cash distributions of its REIT taxable income in an aggregate amount of $243,928 or $2.49 per share and $219,584 or $2.26 per share, respectively. The amount, timing and frequency of future distributions will be at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors and will be declared based upon various factors, a number of which may be beyond the Company’s control, including financial condition and operating cash flows, the amount required to maintain REIT status and reduce any income and excise taxes that the Company otherwise would be required to pay, limitations on distributions in our existing and future debt instruments, the Company’s ability to utilize net operating losses to offset, in whole or in part, the Company’s distribution requirements, limitations on its ability to fund distributions using cash generated through its taxable REIT subsidiaries (TRSs) and other factors that the Board of Directors may deem relevant. During the three months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, the Company paid cash dividend distributions to holders of its Series AA Preferred Stock in an aggregate amount of $91 or $15.95 per share. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, the Company paid cash dividend distributions to holders of its Series AA Preferred Stock in an aggregate amount of $273 or $47.85 per share.

12. Dividends/Distributions

During the three months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, the Company declared and paid cash distributions of its REIT taxable income in an aggregate amount of $81,408 or $0.83 per share and $73,938 or $0.76 per share, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, the Company declared and paid cash distributions of its REIT taxable income in an aggregate amount of $243,928 or $2.49 per share and $219,584 or $2.26 per share, respectively. The amount, timing and frequency of future distributions will be at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors and will be declared based upon various factors, a number of which may be beyond the Company’s control, including financial condition and operating cash flows, the amount required to maintain REIT status and reduce any income and excise taxes that the Company otherwise would be required to pay, limitations on distributions in our existing and future debt instruments, the Company’s ability to utilize net operating losses to offset, in whole or in part, the Company’s distribution requirements, limitations on its ability to fund distributions using cash generated through its taxable REIT subsidiaries (TRSs) and other factors that the Board of Directors may deem relevant. During the three months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, the Company paid cash dividend distributions to holders of its Series AA Preferred Stock in an aggregate amount of $91 or $15.95 per share. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, the Company paid cash dividend distributions to holders of its Series AA Preferred Stock in an aggregate amount of $273 or $47.85 per share.