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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY - Dividends (Details)																12 Months Ended
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY - Dividends (Details)	Mar. 02, 2020 $ / shares	Dec. 03, 2019 $ / shares	Aug. 30, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares	Aug. 08, 2019 $ / shares	Jun. 04, 2019 $ / shares	Feb. 20, 2019 $ / shares	Dec. 04, 2018 $ / shares	Aug. 22, 2018 $ / shares	Jun. 04, 2018 $ / shares	Mar. 06, 2018 $ / shares	Dec. 18, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares	Jun. 27, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 12, 2017 $ / shares	Apr. 24, 2017 USD ($)	Apr. 05, 2017 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) property $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares
Dividend declared
Payment of special cash dividends \| $																$ 613,294,000	$ 1,575,000	$ 4,872,000
Dividends paid per common share (in usd per share)																$ 0.900	$ 1.500	$ 1.782
Subsequent event
Dividend declared
Dividends declared, common (in usd per share)	$ 0.075
Special Cash
Dividend declared
Dividends paid per common share (in usd per share)																$ 42.00		$ 8.970
Common Stock, Excluding Private Repurchase Participants
Dividend declared
Dividends declared, common (in usd per share)											$ 2.19		$ 5.94		$ 0.84
Dividends declared, prior to reverse stock split (in usd per share)											$ 0.73		$ 1.98		$ 0.28
Payment of special cash dividends \| $											$ 1,575,000	$ 4,271,000		$ 601,000
Common Stock
Dividend declared
Dividends declared, common (in usd per share)		$ 0.075		$ 0.075	$ 0.375	$ 0.375	$ 0.375	$ 0.375	$ 0.375	$ 0.375
Common Stock \| Special Cash
Dividend declared
Dividends declared, common (in usd per share)			$ 14.00	$ 42
Payment of special cash dividends \| $			$ 613,294,000
Dividends paid per common share (in usd per share)			$ 42.00
Ten Real Estate Properties Sold In 2019 \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Dividend declared
Number of real estate properties sold \| property																10