Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010
Revenues:
Finance income, net	$ 11,170,000	$ 12,042,000	$ 33,066,000	$ 34,197,000
Other income	127,000	55,000	303,000	153,000
Total revenues	11,297,000	12,097,000	33,369,000	34,350,000
Expenses:
General and administrative	4,971,000	5,836,000	16,103,000	16,739,000
Interest (Related party - Period ended June 30, 2011 - Three months, $0; Nine months, $86,000; Period ended June 30, 2010 - Three months, $109,000; Nine months, $407,000)	711,000	1,019,000	2,329,000	3,365,000
Impairments of consumer receivables acquired for liquidation			49,000
Total expenses	5,682,000	6,855,000	18,481,000	20,104,000
Income before income tax	5,615,000	5,242,000	14,888,000	14,246,000
Income tax expense	2,271,000	2,121,000	6,023,000	5,775,000
Net income	$ 3,344,000	$ 3,121,000	$ 8,865,000	$ 8,471,000
Net income per share:
Basic	$ 0.23	$ 0.21	$ 0.61	$ 0.59
Diluted	$ 0.23	$ 0.21	$ 0.60	$ 0.58
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic	14,620,190	14,599,162	14,624,685	14,455,754
Diluted	14,858,059	14,806,756	14,824,152	14,544,757