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Amount of increase (decrease) in right to consideration in exchange for good or service transferred to customer when right is conditioned on something other than passage of time, from business combination.

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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Note 1 - Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Mar. 16, 2020	Jan. 29, 2020	Mar. 29, 2020
BHMG [Member]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Term of Contract (Year)		10 years
BHMG [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross		$ 140,000,000
Business Combination, Termination of Contract, Expected Credits	$ 5,425,000
Business Combination, Termination of Contract, Expected Credit, Estimated Pro-rated Fixed Portion	1,245,000
Business Combination, Termination of Contract, Expected Credit, Estimated Pro-rated Variable Portion	4,180,000
Contract with Customer, Asset, Increase (Decrease) for Contract Acquired in Business Combination	$ (3,589,000)
INN Partners, L.C. [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent			82.50%
TNI Partners [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent			50.00%
MNI [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent			50.00%