Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$ 73,630	$ 29,712
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation	35,347	36,044
Amortization of debt issuance costs, debt discounts and prepaids	2,082	2,156
Amortization of commitment fees and note receivable discounts	(234)	(739)
Amortization of lease incentives	1,075	7,419
Straight-line rent adjustments	(4,972)	13,836
Non-cash rental income	(2,500)	0
Non-cash interest income on mortgage and other notes receivable	(784)	(2,055)
Non-cash lease deposit liability recognized as rental income	0	(8,838)
Gains on sales of real estate, net	(12,763)	(13,502)
Gain on note receivable payoff	0	(1,113)
Gains from equity method investment	0	(569)
Gain (loss) on operations transfer, net	(20)	729
Loss on early retirement of debt	73	151
Loan and realty losses (gains)	(232)	28,622
Payment of lease incentive	(10,000)	0
Non-cash share-based compensation	2,874	6,511
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Other assets	(2,632)	(2,563)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	776	(276)
Deferred income	(196)	(77)
Net cash provided by operating activities	81,544	95,448
Cash flows from investing activities:
Investments in mortgage and other notes receivable	(12,174)	(24,366)
Collections of mortgage and other notes receivable	9,493	114,873
Acquisitions of real estate	(38,081)	(4,876)
Proceeds from sales of real estate	48,619	108,893
Investments in existing real estate	(4,377)	(2,870)
Distributions from equity method investment	2,500	569
Net cash provided by investing activities	5,980	192,223
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from revolving credit facility	231,000	95,000
Payments on revolving credit facility	(77,000)	(95,000)
Borrowings on term loan	200,000	0
Payments on term loans	(365,203)	(135,192)
Debt issuance costs	(2,747)	(4,598)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(638)	(522)
Dividends paid to stockholders	(78,100)	(82,531)
Taxes remitted on employee stock awards	0	(14)
Proceeds from noncontrolling interest	2,922	11,738
Payments to repurchase shares of common stock	0	(69,977)
Net cash used in financing activities	(89,766)	(281,096)
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash	(2,242)	6,575
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period	21,516	39,485
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period	19,274	46,060
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Interest paid, net of amounts capitalized	25,971	20,182
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Real estate acquired in exchange for mortgage notes receivable	14,200	9,071
Increase in notes receivable from sales of real estate	699	0
Change in other assets related to sales of real estate	0	102
Change in accounts payable related to investments in real estate construction	244	0
Change in accounts payable related to renovations of existing real estate	0	67
Change in accounts payable related to distributions to noncontrolling interests	75	16
Reclassification of prepaid equity issuance costs to capital in excess of par value	275	0
Operating equipment received in transfer of operations	0	1,287
Increase in accounts payable related to transfer of operations	$ 0	$ 300