Debt Instrument, Debt Issuance Allowable Period

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Debt Instrument, Maximum Face Amount Allowable

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Debt Instrument, Number of Debt Instrument Series

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 55
-Paragraph 8
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64930739&loc=d3e28878-108400

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64930785&loc=d3e28551-108399

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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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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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Debt Commitments - Senior Unsecured Promissory Notes Payable (Details) - Senior Unsecured Promissory Notes	Jul. 20, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) debt_instrument_series	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance period after effective date	3 years
Maximum aggregate principal amount outstanding	$ 200,000,000
Number of debt instrument series \| debt_instrument_series		3
Fixed Rate Notes Payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term of debt (no later than 12 years)	12 years
Floating Rate Notes Payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term of debt (no later than 12 years)	10 years
2.00% Senior Unsecured Promissory Note Payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance, aggregate principal amount		$ 40,000,000
Fixed interest rate per annum		2.00%
2.45% Senior Unsecured Promissory Note Payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance, aggregate principal amount		$ 35,000,000
Fixed interest rate per annum		2.45%
3.22% Senior Unsecured Promissory Note Payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance, aggregate principal amount		$ 60,000,000	$ 60,000,000
Fixed interest rate per annum		3.22%