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Equity Method Investments And Other Investments At Fair Value

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The percentage of ownership in real estate property.

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Area of land held.

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Difference between amount at which an investment accounted for under the equity method of accounting is carried (reported) on the balance sheet and amount of underlying equity in net assets the reporting Entity has in the investee.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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This item represents the entity's ownership percentage in the investee multiplied by the investee's total equity.

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This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized.

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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Equity Method Investments - Summary of Equity Method Investments (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) a	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 08, 2022	Aug. 08, 2022	Mar. 30, 2022 a	Feb. 29, 2020	Jul. 11, 2019	Nov. 01, 2018	Jun. 08, 2018	May 29, 2015
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment Basis	$ 69,852	$ 70,656
Share of Investee's Net Assets	41,512	49,863
Basis Difference	28,340	20,793
Share of Earnings (Loss)	459	$ 501
Investment Basis	$ 510,592
Allenby, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Effective ownership	50.00%
Sandstone Pasadena Apartments, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
NXDT Percentage Ownership	50.00%	50.00%								83.30%
Investment Basis	$ 12,548	$ 13,013
Share of Investee's Net Assets	(9,590)	0
Basis Difference	22,138	13,013
Share of Earnings (Loss)	$ (16)	$ (217)
AM Uptown Hotel, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
NXDT Percentage Ownership	60.00%	60.00%							85.00%
Investment Basis	$ 26,455	$ 27,136
Share of Investee's Net Assets	21,334	21,334
Basis Difference	5,121	5,802
Share of Earnings (Loss)	$ (80)	$ (227)
SFR WLIF III, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
NXDT Percentage Ownership	20.00%	20.00%					20.00%
Investment Basis	$ 7,289	$ 7,272
Share of Investee's Net Assets	7,466	7,466
Basis Difference	(177)	(194)
Share of Earnings (Loss)	$ 195	$ 280
Las Vegas Land Owner, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
NXDT Percentage Ownership	77.00%	77.00%
Investment Basis	$ 12,312	$ 12,312
Share of Investee's Net Assets	12,312	12,312
Basis Difference	0	0
Share of Earnings (Loss)	$ 0	$ 0
Perilune Aero Equity Holdings One, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
NXDT Percentage Ownership	16.40%	16.40%
Investment Basis	$ 11,248	$ 10,923
Share of Investee's Net Assets	9,990	8,751
Basis Difference	1,258	2,172
Share of Earnings (Loss)	$ 360	$ 665
Claymore Holdings, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
NXDT Percentage Ownership	50.00%	50.00%
Investment Basis	$ 0	$ 0
Share of Investee's Net Assets	0	0
Basis Difference	0	0
Share of Earnings (Loss)	$ 0	$ 0
Allenby, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
NXDT Percentage Ownership	50.00%	50.00%
Investment Basis	$ 0	$ 0
Share of Investee's Net Assets	0	0
Basis Difference	0	0
Share of Earnings (Loss)	$ 0	$ 0
NexPoint Real Estate Finance Operating Partnership, L.P.
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
NXDT Percentage Ownership	16.10%					16.10%
Investment Basis	$ 76,299
NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc.
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
NXDT Percentage Ownership	12.20%
Investment Basis	$ 32,907
VineBrook Homes Operating Partnership, L.P.
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
NXDT Percentage Ownership	11.50%							11.50%
Investment Basis	$ 166,463
NexPoint Storage Partners, Inc.
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
NXDT Percentage Ownership	53.00%
Investment Basis	$ 103,194
NexPoint Storage Partners Operating Company, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
NXDT Percentage Ownership	29.70%		14.80%
Investment Basis	$ 56,232
NexPoint SFR Operating Partnership, L.P.
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
NXDT Percentage Ownership	30.80%
Investment Basis	$ 48,666
NexPoint Hospitality Trust
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
NXDT Percentage Ownership	45.40%
Investment Basis	$ 22,935
LLV Holdco, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
NXDT Percentage Ownership	26.80%
Investment Basis	$ 3,896
Tivoli North Property
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
NXDT Percentage Ownership				77.00%
Percentage of ownership in real estate property				100.00%
Area of land (acre) \| a					8.5
Tivoli North Property \| Las Vegas Land Owner, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Area of land (acre) \| a	8.5