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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jan. 13, 2016 EUR (€)	Mar. 15, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Placement agent fee				$ 2,300
Collateral loan obligations bank loans \| €							€ 413,000,000.0
Payments for collateralized loan obligation investment \| €					€ 12,500,000
Due from related parties				$ 23,970		$ 23,970		$ 26,667
RSO
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management agreement term, renewal threshold, percent				66.00%		66.00%	66.00%
Management agreement term						1 year
Investor relations, percentage						50.00%
Due from related parties				$ 2,126		$ 2,126		2,331
Apartment REIT III
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due from related parties				1,400		1,400		739
Innovation Office REIT
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due from related parties				4,300		4,300		2,400
Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT Inc
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, due from (to) related party				(106)		(106)		277
RRE Opportunity REIT II
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due from related parties				$ 205		$ 205		$ 4,900
CVC Credit Partners Group Limited
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party loan receivable, description of variable rate basis	EURIBOR
Related party loan receivable, maximum borrowing capacity \| €	€ 3,600,000.0
Related party loan receivable, basis spread on variable rate	7.00%
CVC Credit Partners, L.P.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Notes receivable, related party \| €							€ 2,400,000
Employees
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party loan receivable, description of variable rate basis			3-month LIBOR
Related party loan receivable, basis spread on variable rate			3.00%
Due from employee			$ 300
Payments to employees		$ 50
Quarterly Fee \| RSO
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Asset management fee, percentage				0.083%		0.083%	0.083%