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Equity Method Investments - Narrative (Details)	Dec. 23, 2022 shares	Dec. 08, 2022 shares	Jun. 08, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 11, 2019 USD ($)	Nov. 01, 2018 USD ($)	May 29, 2015 USD ($) unit	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) a property	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) a property	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) a aircraft property	Aug. 08, 2022	Mar. 30, 2022 a unit	Feb. 29, 2020	Jun. 08, 2018 unit
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Payments to acquire equity method investments							$ 1,382,000
Noncontrolling interest shares redeemed (in shares) \| shares	2,100,000
Stock issued during period shares conversion of redeemable noncontrolling interests (in shares) \| shares	2,100,000
Number of real estate properties \| property							4	4	4
Sandstone Pasadena Apartments, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Payments to acquire equity method investments						$ 12,000,000
Number of units in real estate property \| unit						696
NXDT Percentage Ownership						83.30%	50.00%	50.00%	50.00%
Equity method investment, percentage of return on unreturned equity						10.00%
AM Uptown Hotel, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of units in real estate property \| unit													255
NXDT Percentage Ownership							60.00%	60.00%	60.00%				85.00%
SFR WLIF III, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
NXDT Percentage Ownership				20.00%			20.00%	20.00%	20.00%
SFR WLIF III, LLC \| Debt Issued to VineBrook OP
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Receivable with imputed interest, face amount				$ 241,200,000
SFR WLIF III, LLC \| Debt Issued to VineBrook OP \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Notes receivable, interest rate, basis spread on variable rate				15500.00%
Tivoli North Property
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of units in real estate property \| unit											300
NXDT Percentage Ownership										77.00%
Area of land (acre) \| a											8.5
Percentage of ownership in real estate property										100.00%
Perilune Aero Equity Holdings One, LLC
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NXDT Percentage Ownership							16.40%	16.40%	16.40%
Number of aircraft \| aircraft									2
NexPoint Real Estate Finance Operating Partnership, L.P.
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NXDT Percentage Ownership							16.10%	16.10%	16.10%			16.10%
NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. (NREF)
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
NXDT Percentage Ownership	12.30%
Noncontrolling interest shares redeemed (in shares) \| shares	2,100,000
Stock issued during period shares conversion of redeemable noncontrolling interests (in shares) \| shares	2,100,000
VineBrook Homes Operating Partnership, L.P.
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Payments to acquire equity method investments					$ 70,700,000
NXDT Percentage Ownership					11.10%		11.10%	11.10%	11.10%
NexPoint Storage Partners, Inc.
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
NXDT Percentage Ownership							53.10%	53.10%	53.10%
NexPoint Storage Partners Operating Company, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
NXDT Percentage Ownership		14.80%					30.50%	30.50%	30.50%
NexPoint Storage Partners Operating Company, LLC \| Common Class B
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Stock issued during period, new issues (in shares) \| shares		47,064
NexPoint SFR Operating Partnership, L.P.
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Payments to acquire equity method investments			$ 25,000,000					$ 27,500,000
NXDT Percentage Ownership							31.00%	31.00%	31.00%
Payments to acquire equity method investments through dividend reinvestments								$ 1,000,000
NexPoint SFR Operating Partnership, L.P. \| SFR OP Convertible Notes
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Receivable with imputed interest, face amount			25,000,000
Payments to acquire notes receivable			$ 25,000,000					$ 5,000,000
Notes receivable, interest rate			7.50%
NexPoint Hospitality Trust
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NXDT Percentage Ownership							45.40%	45.40%	45.40%
Number of real estate properties \| property							11	11	11
LLV Holdco, LLC
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Area of undeveloped land \| a							300	300	300
Area of developed land \| a							115	115	115
LLV Holdco, LLC \| Revolving Credit Facility
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount							$ 12,127,369	$ 12,127,369	$ 12,127,369
Interest rate							5.00%	5.00%	5.00%