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The Preferred equity interest investment in a related party entity.

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The number of units in a real estate property owned as of the balance sheet date.

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The amount of cash paid for brokerage fees during the current period. This element is intended to represent the brokerage fees paid by and between financial industry participants.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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

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Related Party Transactions (Details)	Aug. 31, 2015 USD ($) unit	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) apartment	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2014 USD ($) unit	Jan. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) apartment	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($)
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Cash consideration for BRE merger						$ 0	0	555,826,000
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Related party transaction, amount of transaction									$ 4,000,000
Limited partnership interest in partnership investments									3.00%
Notes And Other Receivables From Affiliates [Member]
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Related party note receivable, secured, bearing interest at 9.5%, due October 2019 [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
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Anaheim, CA Multifamily Property [Member]
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Equity method investments			13,700,000
Proceeds from dispositions of co-investments			$ 13,700,000
Cumulative dividend rate (in hundredths)			9.00%
Marcus and Millichamp Company TMMC Affiliate [Member]
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Payments for brokerage fees						$ 1,100,000
MMI [Member]
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Cumulative dividend rate (in hundredths)		9.50%
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Cash consideration for BRE merger				$ 111,000,000