The start date of lease agreement, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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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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Net rentable area for properties owned.

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Amount of required minimum rental payments for operating leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable lease term in excess of one year due in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Rental expense for the reporting period incurred under operating leases, including minimum and any contingent rent expense, net of related sublease income.

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Transactions with Related Parties (Details)	1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Transactions with Related Parties (Details)	Jan. 04, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) ft²	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Michael S. Steiner [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Area of lease \| ft²		28,000
Lease start date		Nov. 01, 2014
Annual rent payment, year one		$ 12,000
Rental expense		$ 74,000	$ 72,000
Dennis Mack and Tom Marks [Member] \| Western State Design [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Original lease term		5 years
Area of lease \| ft²		17,600
Lease start date		Oct. 10, 2016
Annual rent payment, year one		$ 12,000
Rental expense		$ 72,000	72,000
Matt Stephenson [Member] \| Tri-State [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Original lease term		5 years
Area of lease \| ft²		81,000
Lease start date		Oct. 31, 2017
Annual rent payment, year one		$ 21,000
Rental expense		$ 126,000	126,000
Mike Zuffinetti [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Original lease term	5 years	5 years
Area of lease \| ft²		17,000
Lease start date		Feb. 28, 2018
Annual rent payment, year one		$ 13,500
Rental expense	$ 36,000	$ 26,000
Mike Zuffinetti [Member] \| AAdvantage [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Original lease term		5 years
Area of lease \| ft²		5,000
Lease start date		Feb. 09, 2018
Annual rent payment, year one		$ 3,950
Rental expense		$ 240,000	130,000
Scott Martin [Member] \| Scott Equipment [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Original lease term		5 years
Area of lease \| ft²		18,000
Lease start date		Sep. 12, 2018
Annual rent payment, year one		$ 11,000
Rental expense		$ 69,000	$ 44,000
Frank Costabile [Member] \| PAC Industries Inc. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Original lease term		4 years
Area of lease \| ft²		29,500
Lease start date		Feb. 05, 2019
Annual rent payment, year one		$ 14,600
Rental expense		$ 88,000