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Related Party Transactions (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions (Details)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) investment	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) investment	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expense	$ 0	$ 892,000	$ 0	$ 1,331,000
Related party - general and administrative	$ 84,000	47,000	$ 266,000	134,000
Number of investments \| investment	2		2
Related party - interest expense		0		86,000
Real Property Management Real Estate Brokerage And Construction Supervision Services \| Majestic Property Management Corporation
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expense	$ 9,000	7,000	$ 25,000	26,000
Shared Services Agreement \| Gould Investors Limited Partnership
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party - general and administrative	84,000	47,000	266,000	134,000
Affiliated Entity
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expense	726,000	525,000	2,022,000	1,312,000
Affiliated Entity \| Payment Of Acquisition Fee
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expense	$ 1,255,000	892,000	$ 1,904,000	1,331,000
Unsecured Short Term Borrowing From Gould Investors L.P. \| Notes Payable, Other Payables \| Affiliated Entity
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount					$ 8,000,000
Related party - interest expense		$ 62,000		$ 86,000