SPIRIT REALTY CAPITAL, INC. - 10-Q filing on 2012-08-14

Related-Party Transactions and Arrangements (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified							3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended				3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended				3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Jun. 30, 2012 Advisors	Dec. 31, 2011 Advisors	Jun. 30, 2012 Advisors Maximum Single tenant properties	Jun. 30, 2012 Advisors Maximum Multi-tenant properties	Jun. 30, 2012 Acquisition and advisory fees and expenses Advisors	Jun. 30, 2011 Acquisition and advisory fees and expenses Advisors	Jun. 30, 2012 Acquisition and advisory fees and expenses Advisors	Jun. 30, 2011 Acquisition and advisory fees and expenses Advisors	Jun. 30, 2012 Acquisition and advisory fees and expenses Advisors Maximum	Jun. 30, 2012 Acquisition and advisory fees and expenses Advisors Maximum Contract purchase price of each asset	Jun. 30, 2012 Asset management fees and expenses Advisors	Jun. 30, 2011 Asset management fees and expenses Advisors	Jun. 30, 2012 Asset management fees and expenses Advisors	Jun. 30, 2011 Asset management fees and expenses Advisors	Jun. 30, 2012 Annualized asset management fees and expenses Advisors	Jun. 30, 2012 Property management and leasing fees and expense Advisors	Jun. 30, 2011 Property management and leasing fees and expense Advisors	Jun. 30, 2012 Property management and leasing fees and expense Advisors	Jun. 30, 2011 Property management and leasing fees and expense Advisors	Jun. 30, 2012 Property management and leasing fees and expense Cole realty advisors, inc. Maximum Gross revenue for single-tenant properties	Jun. 30, 2012 Property management and leasing fees and expense Cole realty advisors, inc. Maximum Gross revenue for multi-tenant properties	Jun. 30, 2012 Operating expenses Advisors	Jun. 30, 2011 Operating expenses Advisors	Jun. 30, 2012 Operating expenses Advisors	Jun. 30, 2011 Operating expenses Advisors	Jun. 30, 2012 Financing coordination fees Advisors	Jun. 30, 2011 Financing coordination fees Advisors	Jun. 30, 2012 Financing coordination fees Advisors	Jun. 30, 2011 Financing coordination fees Advisors	Jun. 30, 2012 Property sales commission Advisors Contract sale price of each property Gross revenue for single-tenant properties	Jun. 30, 2012 Property portfolio Advisors Maximum	Jun. 30, 2012 Remaining net sale proceeds Advisors	Jun. 30, 2012 Performance fee Advisors	Jun. 30, 2012 Performance fee Advisors Listing commission	Jun. 30, 2012 Brokerage commission fee Advisors Maximum Contract sale price of each property
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Acquisition and advisory fee											4.00%	2.00%
Asset Based Related Party Fee Percent																	0.25%
Property and asset management fees percent																						2.00%	4.00%
Operating expense reimbursement percent					2.00%
Operating expense reimbursement percent of net income						25.00%
Finance coordination fee percent																												1.00%		1.00%
Related party transaction, expenses from transactions with related party							$ 0	$ 1,380	$ 12	$ 1,823			$ 2,305	$ 2,141	$ 4,598	$ 4,299		$ 1,894	$ 1,865	$ 4,197	$ 3,969			$ 334	$ 355	$ 789	$ 788	$ 170	$ 970	$ 170	$ 1,081
Commissions performance and other fees percent																																2.00%	6.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	50.00%
Cumulative noncompounded annual return			8.00%
Due to affiliate	$ 1,319	$ 1,069	$ 1,300	$ 1,100