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Amount of expense related to estimated loss from loan and lease transactions.

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Commercial Mortgage and Subordinate Loans, Net - Narrative (Details)	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) loan	Mar. 31, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) $ / ft²	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Percentage of loan portfolio				100.00%		100.00%
Provision for loan losses and impairment	$ 5,000,000		$ 5,000,000	$ 5,000,000	$ 5,000,000
Interest rate				8.10%		8.40%
Payment in kind interest	9,100,000		6,100,000	$ 19,700,000	14,000,000
Proceeds from pre-payment penalties or accelerated fees	1,600,000		600,000	1,600,000.0	$ 600,000.0
Commercial Mortgage and Subordinated Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Provision for loan losses and impairment				5,000,000
Commercial Mortgage Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Provision for loan losses and impairment				17,000,000		$ 12,000,000
Subordinate Mortgage Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Provision for loan losses and impairment				5,000,000		$ 5,000,000
Residential Condominium - Bethesda, MD [Member] \| Commercial Mortgage and Subordinated Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loan loss provision and impairment				10,000,000
Provision for loan losses and impairment	$ 5,000,000		2,000,000
Multifamily - Williston, ND [Member] \| Commercial Mortgage Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Provision for loan losses and impairment							$ 10,000,000
Multifamily - Williston, ND [Member] \| Subordinate Mortgage Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Provision for loan losses and impairment							$ 5,000,000
Other Assets [Member] \| Commercial Mortgage and Subordinated Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Impairment			$ 3,000,000	$ 3,000,000
Floating Rate Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Percentage of loan portfolio				91.00%		88.00%
Dollars per square foot [Member] \| Residential Condominium - Bethesda, MD [Member] \| Commercial Mortgage Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loan collateral, measurement input \| $ / ft²						662
Discount rate [Member] \| Commercial Mortgage Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loan collateral, measurement input							0.10
Discount rate [Member] \| Residential Condominium - Bethesda, MD [Member] \| Commercial Mortgage Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loan collateral, measurement input						0.15
Terminal capitalization rate [Member] \| Commercial Mortgage Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loan collateral, measurement input							0.11
Contractual Interest Rate Reduction [Member] \| Commercial Mortgage Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Number of loans restructured \| loan	1
Unpaid principal balance of loan restructured	$ 169,000,000			$ 169,000,000
Contractual Interest Rate Reduction [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Commercial Mortgage Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Interest rate	3.00%	5.50%