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Equity Method Investment, Cumulative Contractual Preferred Return

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Equity Method Investment, Rate Of Return, Floor

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Equity Method Investments, Basis Spread On Variable Rate

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Initial Lease Yield

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Loan Receivable, Extension Option, Term

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Loan Receivable, Number Of Beds In Property Utilized To Secure Loan

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Loan Receivable, Number Of Extension Options

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Loan Receivable Number Of Facilities Utilized To Secure Mortgage Loan

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Loans Receivable, Fixed Interest Rate

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Loans Receivable, LIBOR Floor, Percentage

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Mortgage Loan, Combined Principal

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Number Of Beds Planned For Construction

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Number Of Properties Sold

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Purchase And Sale Agreement, Amount

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Purchase And Sale Agreement, Maturity Date Option, Number Of Days After Termination

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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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Interest and fee income generated from loans secured by commercial properties. Examples of properties commonly securing commercial real estate loans may include office buildings, apartment buildings, shopping centers, industrial property, and hotels.

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Amount of interest income earned from interest bearing assets classified as other.

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The percentage points (also referred to as 'margin') added to the reference rate as stated in the loan agreement and used to compute the variable rate on the loans receivable. For instance, the loan agreement might state that the interest rate the borrower is obligated to pay is the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus three quarters (3/4) of a percentage point adjusted quarterly (each three months). LIBOR in this example is the index or reference rate, 3/4 percentage point is the margin, the reference rate plus the margin is the fully indexed rate. This element would be used to report separately the margin.

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Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of financing receivable. Excludes financing receivable covered under loss sharing agreement.

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The cash outflow from the acquisition of property as primarily intended to generate income for its owner.

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Amount of distribution received from equity method investee for return of investment, classified as investing activities. Excludes distribution for return on investment, classified as operating activities.

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Cash received from principal payments made on loans related to operating activities.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Fair value portion of receivables, including, but not limited to, trade account receivables, note receivables, and loan receivables.

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Other Real Estate Investments, Net (Details)	1 Months Ended					3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Other Real Estate Investments, Net (Details)	Jul. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2020 USD ($) extension_option property	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2019 USD ($) bed	Sep. 30, 2016 bed	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) facility	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) facility	Feb. 14, 2020 USD ($) facility	Sep. 01, 2019 property	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Aggregate purchase price								$ 42,241,000
Payment to acquire facility								42,075,000	$ 298,557,000
Return of initial investment								2,327,000	2,204,000
Metron Skilled Nursing Facilities \| Disposed of by sale
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of properties sold \| facility										6
Mortgage loan receivable
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Mortgage loan						$ 0		0
Interest income						0	$ 800,000	2,000,000.0	1,800,000
Other loans receivable
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Interest income						17,000	29,000	200,000	100,000
Manteca
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Purchase and sale agreement amount				$ 16,400,000
Number of days after termination of purchase and sale agreement for maturity				5 days
Manteca \| Mortgage loan receivable
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of beds in facility used to secure loan \| bed				176
Mortgage loan				$ 3,000,000.0
Mortgage loan receivable interest rate (percent)				8.00%
CommuniCare \| Mortgage loan receivable
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Mortgage loan							$ 26,500,000		$ 26,500,000
Mortgage loan receivable interest rate (percent)							10.00%		10.00%
Facilities utilized to secure mortgage loan							3		3		3
Cascade Capital Group, LLC
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Combined principal amount of loan		$ 33,900,000
Cascade Capital Group, LLC \| Mortgage loan receivable
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Mortgage loan										$ 32,400,000
Mortgage loan		$ 13,900,000
Mortgage loan receivable interest rate (percent)										7.50%
Facilities utilized to secure mortgage loan \| property		6
Proceeds from settlement of loan	$ 13,900,000	$ 18,900,000				13,900,000
LIBOR floor for loan (percent)		1.75%
Number of extension options \| extension_option		2
Extension option term (in months)		6 months
Cascade Capital Group, LLC \| Mortgage loan receivable \| LIBOR
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate for loan (percent)		4.00%
Cascadia Development, Boise ID
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Preferred equity investment						$ 0		0				$ 2,300,000
Preferred equity investment minimum yield					12.00%
Number of beds planned for construction \| bed					99
Initial lease yield (percent)					9.00%
Return of initial investment			$ 2,300,000
Cumulative contractual preferred return through acquisition date			1,400,000
Interest income related to preferred equity investments								100,000
Cascadia Development, Boise ID \| Prime Rate
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Basis spread of preferred equity investment yield					9.50%
Skilled Nursing Properties
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Aggregate purchase price			18,700,000					$ 34,845,000
Payment to acquire facility			$ 15,000,000.0