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	Apr. 03, 2019	Feb. 07, 2018	Jan. 08, 2018	Dec. 07, 2017	Feb. 28, 2018	Oct. 27, 2017	Jul. 31, 2019	Jan. 21, 2019	Oct. 31, 2018
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Total loan carrying amount							$ 342,026,000		$ 350,504,000
M&T Bank [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loan amount	$ 22,500,000
Basis points, interest rate	2.40%
Maturity date of loan	May 01, 2020
Monthly payment of loan	$ 47,250
Wells Fargo Bank [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loan amount		$ 115,300,000
Aareal Capital Corporation [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loan amount		$ 118,500,000
Basis points, interest rate		2.85%
Maturity date of loan		Feb. 06, 2021
Available to draw		$ 3,380,000
Rotunda [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fee amount					$ 900,000
Interest payable					$ 45,000
Grande Rotunda LLC [Member]
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Loan amount							$ 118,500,000
Variable interest rate							5.21%
Basis points, interest rate							2.85%
Loan amount available							$ 121,900,000
Interest rate cap							3.00%
Mortgages [Member] \| S And A Commercial Associates Limited Partnership [Member]
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Membership interest percentage			65.00%
Distribution of proceeds from financing			$ 11,200,000
Provident Bank [Member]
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Variable interest rate						3.75%
Basis points, interest rate						2.75%
Maturity date of loan						Oct. 31, 2022
Term of the loan						3 years
Line of credit, prior borrowing capacity							$ 12,800,000
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity							13,000,000		$ 13,000,000
WestFREIT, Corp [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of acquisition	100.00%
Pierre Towers, LLC [Member] \| Mortgages [Member] \| Patchogue NY [Member]
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Fixed rate mortgage loans			$ 29,100,000
Loan amount							$ 48,000,000
Variable interest rate			5.38%				3.88%
Good faith deposit			$ 960,000
Term of the loan							10 years
Net proceeds from refinancing of debt			17,200,000
Mortgage prepayment penalty			$ 1,200,000
Station Place on Monmouth, LLC [Member]
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Loan amount				$ 12,350,000
Variable interest rate				4.35%
Basis points, interest rate				1.80%
Portion of outstanding principal balance guaranteed by FREIT								$ 2,350,000
Maturity date of loan				Dec. 15, 2027
Percentage of acquisition				100.00%