Note 8 - Other (Income) Expense

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Other Income and Other Expense Disclosure [Text Block]

8. Other (Income) Expense

Components comprising the balance in other (income) expense from continuing operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Loss (gain) on sale and impairment of investments	$	-		$	-		$	70,148		$	(47,630	)
Realized gain on trading securities		-			-			(253,419	)		-
Loss on write-down of notes receivable to net realizable value		-			-			593,437			-
Dividend income		-			(70,000	)		-			(127,500	)
(Gain) on derivative liabilities		(12,842	)		-			(35,842	)		-
Rental income		(83,878	)		(34,643	)		(247,436	)		(289,803	)
Other		(24,945	)		(51,763	)		(49,221	)		(47,177	)
Other (income) expense	$	(121,665	)	$	(156,406	)	$	77,667		$	(512,110	)