Real Estate Investments - Mortgage Loans - Scheduled Principal Payments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Real estate investments
Carrying value of mortgage loans	$ 389,728	$ 344,442
Mortgage Loans
Real estate investments
Carrying value of mortgage loans	389,728	$ 344,442
Scheduled principal payments on mortgage loan receivables
2023	3,061
2024	30,522
2025	71,801
2026	34,972
2027	1,175
Thereafter	252,127
Total	$ 393,658

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Represents the scheduled principal payment after year five following the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the financial statements.

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Represents the scheduled principal payment within one year following the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the financial statements.

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Represents the total scheduled principal payments receivable for mortgage loans on real estate.

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Represents the scheduled principal payment in year five following the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the financial statements.

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- Definition

Represents the scheduled principal payment in year four following the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the financial statements.

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Represents the scheduled principal payment in year three following the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the financial statements.

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Represents the scheduled principal payment in year two following the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the financial statements.

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- Definition

The balance represents the amount of loans that are secured by real estate mortgages, offset by the reserve to cover probable credit losses on the loan portfolio.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.1(c))
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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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