LOANS HELD FOR INVESTMENT, Risk Categories for Gross Loans by Class of Loans and by Year of Origination (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	$ 76,380	$ 233,248
2022	215,958	188,001
2021	180,068	124,363
2020	112,019	82,953
2019	79,851	67,054
Prior	262,703	216,192
Revolving	8,176	23,312
Total loans held for investment	935,155	935,123
Manufactured Housing [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	38,199	62,591
2022	57,135	54,403
2021	49,654	51,158
2020	46,783	26,745
2019	24,731	25,889
Prior	108,566	95,039
Revolving	0	0
Total loans held for investment	325,068	315,825
Manufactured Housing [Member] \| Pass [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	38,199	62,591
2022	57,135	54,403
2021	49,553	51,158
2020	46,564	26,745
2019	24,731	25,768
Prior	106,655	94,106
Revolving	0	0
Total loans held for investment	322,837	314,771
Manufactured Housing [Member] \| Substandard [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	0	0
2022	0	0
2021	101	0
2020	219	0
2019	0	121
Prior	1,911	933
Revolving	0	0
Total loans held for investment	2,231	1,054
Commercial Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	34,298	161,023
2022	152,500	125,074
2021	123,758	68,589
2020	61,554	54,340
2019	53,634	33,695
Prior	131,201	102,596
Revolving	0	0
Total loans held for investment	556,945	545,317
Commercial Real Estate [Member] \| Pass [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	34,298	161,023
2022	152,500	125,074
2021	122,794	57,441
2020	58,350	50,134
2019	49,489	32,662
Prior	121,401	95,174
Revolving	0	0
Total loans held for investment	538,832	521,508
Commercial Real Estate [Member] \| Special Mention [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	0	0
2022	0	0
2021	464	10,092
2020	211	4,206
2019	4,145	1,033
Prior	1,014	0
Revolving	0	0
Total loans held for investment	5,834	15,331
Commercial Real Estate [Member] \| Substandard [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	0	0
2022	0	0
2021	500	1,056
2020	2,993	0
2019	0	0
Prior	8,786	7,422
Revolving	0	0
Total loans held for investment	12,279	8,478
Commercial [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	1,589	8,804
2022	5,497	5,647
2021	4,659	1,505
2020	1,501	1,107
2019	738	6,956
Prior	16,072	14,352
Revolving	8,176	20,699
Total loans held for investment	38,232	59,070
Commercial [Member] \| Pass [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	1,589	8,804
2022	5,497	2,924
2021	2,663	1,505
2020	1,094	1,107
2019	738	6,956
Prior	13,418	10,889
Revolving	8,176	20,699
Total loans held for investment	33,175	52,884
Commercial [Member] \| Special Mention [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	0	0
2022	0	2,723
2021	1,996	0
2020	407	0
2019	0	0
Prior	0	0
Revolving	0	0
Total loans held for investment	2,403	2,723
Commercial [Member] \| Substandard [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	0	0
2022	0	0
2021	0	0
2020	0	0
2019	0	0
Prior	2,654	3,463
Revolving	0	0
Total loans held for investment	2,654	3,463
SBA [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	0	0
2022	0	690
2021	0	1,083
2020	192	0
2019	0	0
Prior	1,495	1,709
Revolving	0	0
Total loans held for investment	1,687	3,482
SBA [Member] \| Pass [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	0	0
2022	0	690
2021	0	1,083
2020	192	0
2019	0	0
Prior	1,454	1,709
Revolving	0	0
Total loans held for investment	1,646	3,482
SBA [Member] \| Special Mention [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	0
2022	0
2021	0
2020	0
2019	0
Prior	40
Revolving	0
Total loans held for investment	40
SBA [Member] \| Doubtful [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	0
2022	0
2021	0
2020	0
2019	0
Prior	1
Revolving	0
Total loans held for investment	1
HELOC [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	0	0
2022	0	0
2021	0	0
2020	0	0
2019	0	0
Prior	2,556	0
Revolving	0	2,613
Total loans held for investment	2,556	2,613
HELOC [Member] \| Pass [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	0	0
2022	0	0
2021	0	0
2020	0	0
2019	0	0
Prior	2,556	0
Revolving	0	2,613
Total loans held for investment	2,556	2,613
Single Family Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	2,242	817
2022	826	2,187
2021	1,997	2,028
2020	1,989	761
2019	748	514
Prior	2,813	2,402
Revolving	0	0
Total loans held for investment	10,615	8,709
Single Family Real Estate [Member] \| Pass [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	2,242	817
2022	826	2,187
2021	1,997	2,028
2020	1,989	761
2019	748	364
Prior	2,667	2,398
Revolving	0	0
Total loans held for investment	10,469	8,555
Single Family Real Estate [Member] \| Substandard [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	0	0
2022	0	0
2021	0	0
2020	0	0
2019	0	150
Prior	146	4
Revolving	0	0
Total loans held for investment	146	154
Consumer [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	52	13
2022	0	0
2021	0	0
2020	0	0
2019	0	0
Prior	0	94
Revolving	0	0
Total loans held for investment	52	107
Consumer [Member] \| Pass [Member]
Financing Receivable Risk Category of Loans by Class and by Year of Origination [Abstract]
2023	52	13
2022	0	0
2021	0	0
2020	0	0
2019	0	0
Prior	0	94
Revolving	0	0
Total loans held for investment	$ 52	$ 107

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