Note 7 - Forgivable Loans Receivable (Details Textual) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Notes Receivable Interest Range	9.00%
Forgiveness of Loans	$ 788,000	$ 538,000
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable	735,000	573,000
Other Receivables	5,430,000	3,709,000
Loans Receivable [Member]
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable	0	0
Ended Affiliation [Member]
Other Receivables	$ 0	$ 0

Forgiving loan is the intentional and voluntary process by which loan offered has been forgived or in process to be forgived.

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The specification of interest ranging for notes receivable which is comprised of unsecured non interest and interest bearing loans.

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- Definition

For an unclassified balance sheet, a valuation allowance for receivables due a company that are expected to be uncollectible.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66008989&loc=d3e5074-111524

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.4)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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Amount due from parties in nontrade transactions, classified as other.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.8)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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