Loans Receivable, Net (Narrative) (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) loan payments	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Receivables [Abstract]
Review period to request a new third party appraisal	24 months
Impaired financing receivable, average recorded investment	$ 2,572,276	$ 3,900,000	$ 6,394,612
TDRs included in impaired loans	$ 694,000,000	$ 315,000
Number of Contracts - Troubled Debt Restructurings	3	3
Number of Contracts - loans that had been previously restructured that were in default \| loan	0
Nonperforming Loans, Minimum Consecutive Payments \| payments	6

Financing Receivable, Modifications, Subsequent Default, Aggregate Number of Contracts

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Loans and Leases Receivable, Valuation Period for New Appraisal

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Nonperforming Loans, Accrual Status, Minimum Consecutive Payments

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Troubled debt restructured (TDR) loans, that have been included in impaired loans, as of the date indicated.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Average amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

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