BUSINESS, BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND LIQUIDITY (Details Textual) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Feb. 09, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Oct. 02, 2017 USD ($) hotel_room	Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Business, Basis of Presentation and Liquidity [Line Items]
Accumulated Deficit					$ 686,933	$ 686,933	$ 679,535
Cash and cash equivalents					36,196	36,196	11,789
REO property					67,500	67,500	64,641
Increase in noncontrolling interest due to contributions						9,815
Held For Sale [Member]
Business, Basis of Presentation and Liquidity [Line Items]
REO property					7,998	7,998	5,853
Other Real Estate Owned [Member]
Business, Basis of Presentation and Liquidity [Line Items]
REO property					33,707	33,707	38,304
MacArthur Loan [Member]
Business, Basis of Presentation and Liquidity [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of debt				$ 32,300	300	800
Hotel [Member] | MacArthur Place [Member] | MacArthur Loan [Member]
Business, Basis of Presentation and Liquidity [Line Items]
Number of Hotel Rooms | hotel_room			64
Proceeds from issuance of debt				19,400
Cash payment			$ 17,400
Debt Instrument, Repayment Guaranty			50.00%
Required minimum net worth			$ 50,000
Required minimum liquidity			$ 5,000
Hotel Improvements [Member] | MacArthur Place [Member] | MacArthur Loan [Member]
Business, Basis of Presentation and Liquidity [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of debt				$ 10,000
L’Auberge Fund Manager, LLC [Member] | Preferred Interests [Member]
Business, Basis of Presentation and Liquidity [Line Items]
Proceeds from private offering						10,500	$ 25,000
Common interest held					14,100	14,100
Preferred interest held					$ 1,200	$ 1,200
Ownership percentage by fund manager							10.00%
JPMorgan Chase Funding Inc. [Member]
Business, Basis of Presentation and Liquidity [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights | shares		600,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Period		2 years
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights | $ / shares		$ 2.25
Series B-3 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Business, Basis of Presentation and Liquidity [Line Items]
Preferred distribution rate		5.65%
Series B-3 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] | JPMorgan Chase Funding Inc. [Member]
Business, Basis of Presentation and Liquidity [Line Items]
Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, shares issued | shares		2,352,941
Series B-1 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Business, Basis of Presentation and Liquidity [Line Items]
Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		$ 0.01
Series B Preferred Stock [Member] | JPMorgan Chase Funding Inc. [Member]
Business, Basis of Presentation and Liquidity [Line Items]
Sale of Stock, Price Per Share | $ / shares		$ 3.40
Preferred Stock, Value, Subscriptions		$ 8,000
Series A Preferred Stock [Member] | JPMorgan Chase Funding Inc. [Member]
Business, Basis of Presentation and Liquidity [Line Items]
Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock, shares issued | shares	22,000
Sale of Stock, Price Per Share | $ / shares	$ 1,000.00
Preferred Stock, Value, Subscriptions	$ 22,000
Preferred distribution rate	7.50%
Unsecured Debt [Member] | Legal Settlement [Member]
Business, Basis of Presentation and Liquidity [Line Items]
Face Amount								$ 10,200