Financing Receivable, Allowance For Credit Loss, Unfunded Loan Commitments

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Financing Receivable, Held For Sale, Number Of Contracts

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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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Amount of expense (reversal of expense) for expected credit loss on right to consideration in exchange for good or service transferred to customer when right to consideration is unconditional.

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Amount, after valuation allowance, of financing receivable held for sale and not part of disposal group. Excludes loan covered under loss sharing agreement and loan classified as investment in debt security.

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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 number of real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

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Loans Receivable - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Loans Receivable - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) loan property	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) loan property	Jan. 31, 2020 facility	Jan. 31, 2020 property	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2019 property
Loans Receivable:
Number of loan receivables \| loan	5	5
Loan receivable held for sale	$ 22,623	$ 22,623				$ 0
Financing receivable, after allowance for credit loss	253,785	253,785				$ 190,579
Credit loss reserve on unfunded loan commitments	111	111
Credit loss expenses (recovery)	$ (3,000)	$ 10,000
Secured mortgage loans
Loans Receivable:
Number of loan receivables \| loan	2	2
Loan receivable held for sale	$ 11,000	$ 11,000
Mezzanine and other
Loans Receivable:
Number of loan receivables \| loan	3	3
Loan receivable held for sale	$ 12,000	$ 12,000
CCRC JV \| Brookedale MTCA
Loans Receivable:
Property count \| property				15
CCRC JV \| Assets Leased to Others \| Other non-reportable
Loans Receivable:
Property count			15	15			15
CCRC JV \| Assets Leased to Others \| Brookedale MTCA \| Other non-reportable
Loans Receivable:
Property count	13	13	13	13
Financing receivable, after allowance for credit loss	$ 21,000	$ 21,000			$ 30,000