STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY AND EARNINGS PER SHARE STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY AND EARNINGS PER SHARE (Details 1) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
Income (Loss) from continuing operations, before income taxes	$ (3,794,000)	$ (2,973,000)
Loss attributable to noncontrolling interest loss allocation	90,000	21,000
Preferred dividends - cash and deemed	(1,409,000)	(1,187,000)
Net Loss from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders	(5,113,000)	(4,139,000)
Net Income from discontinued operations attributable to common shareholders	0	4,976,000
Net (Income) Loss attributable to common shareholders	$ (5,113,000)	$ 837,000
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted	16,665,116	16,089,283
Basic and diluted earnings per common share:
Net loss per share, Continuing Operations (in dollars per share)	$ (0.23)	$ (0.19)
Preferred dividends per share (in dollars per share)	0.08	0.07
Basic, Continuing Operations (in dollars per share)	(0.31)	(0.26)
Basic, Discontinued Operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	0.31
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ (0.31)	$ 0.05