Statement of Changes in Members' Equity (USD $)	Total	Managing Member [Member]	Limited Member [Member]
BALANCE at Dec. 31, 2009	$ 14,429,611	$ (31,521)	$ 14,461,132
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2009			1,832,736.00
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Distributions Declared	(472,260)	(14,168)	(458,092)
Redemption Payments	(39,407)	(1,182)	(38,225)
Redemption Payments (in shares)			(5,000.00)
Net Income	284,333	8,530	275,803
BALANCE at Jun. 30, 2010	14,202,277	(38,341)	14,240,618
Balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2010			1,827,736.00
BALANCE at Dec. 31, 2010	14,017,146	(43,895)	14,061,041
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2010			1,827,736.00
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Distributions Declared	(472,165)	(14,165)	(458,000)
Net Income	283,728	8,512	275,216
BALANCE at Jun. 30, 2011	$ 13,828,709	$ (49,548)	$ 13,878,257
Balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2011			1,827,736.00

The amount of ownership interest of different classes of members in limited liabilities companies.

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The equity impact of cash distributions declared to a common shareholder or unit-holder by a LLC or LP.

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The portion of profit or loss for the period which is attributable to the parent.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher AICPA
-Name Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB)
-Number 51
-Paragraph 38
-Subparagraph a
-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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