DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	May 15, 2019
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	IMH Financial Corp
Entity Central Index Key	0001397403
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--03-31
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Trading Symbol	ifcn
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2019
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2019
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		26,913,855