Other Income and Other Expenses (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Other Income and Other Expense Disclosure [Text Block]

Other Income and Other Expenses

The following table presents the components of other income as reported in the Consolidated Statement of Operations, primarily comprised of interest income and loan fee income related to both loans at fair value and loans at amortized costs, net in our specialty finance business, and management fees from our asset management business:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2016		2015		2014
Interest income	$	18,908	$	12,412	$	14,642
Loan fee income	13,217		9,373		3,736
Management fee income	9,400		6,524		259
Other	2,144		12,041		1,425
Total other income	$	43,669	$	40,350	$	20,062

The following table presents the components of other expenses as reported in the Consolidated Statement of Operations:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2016		2015		2014
Professional fees	$	22,337	$	20,991	$	10,502
Acquisition and transaction costs	711		1,859		6,121
General and administrative	14,753		13,044		3,873
Premium taxes	8,244		4,468		135
Mortgage origination expenses	8,079		3,960		793
Property operating expenses	7,431		6,609		1,582
Rent and related	12,484		11,056		3,081
Other	18,235		13,534		5,821
Total other expense	$	92,274	$	75,521	$	31,908