Preferred Stock, Redemption Price, Consecutive Trading Days of Weighted Average Common Stock Price

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The amount per share used to calculated dividend payments on preferred stock.

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The percentage rate used to calculate dividend payments on preferred stock.

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Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of preferred stock outstanding.

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of preferred stock outstanding.

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Face amount or stated value per share of preferred stock nonredeemable or redeemable solely at the option of the issuer.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(28))
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Per share amount received by subsidiary or equity investee for each share of common stock issued or sold in the stock transaction.

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REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK - Series D Preferred Stock Narrative (Details) - $ / shares					1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Jan. 15, 2021	Dec. 15, 2020	Nov. 16, 2020	Sep. 02, 2020	Feb. 29, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 29, 2020	Jun. 28, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred stock redemption, trading days prior to redemption					20 days				20 days
Series D Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred stock, par value (in usd per share)					$ 25.00	$ 0.001			$ 0.001			$ 0.001
Cumulative dividend rate					5.65%
Preferred dividend per share per quarter (in usd per share)					$ 0.35313
Preferred dividends declared (in usd per share)				$ 0.353125
Preferred dividends paid, per share amount (in usd per share)						$ 0.35313	$ 0.35313	$ 0.588542
Series D Preferred Stock \| Continuous Public Offering
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Purchase price (in usd per share)										$ 24.50	$ 25.00
Series D Preferred Stock \| Forecast
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred dividends paid, per share amount (in usd per share)	$ 0.117708	$ 0.117708	$ 0.117708