NATURE OF BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
NATURE OF BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS	NOTE 1 - NATURE OF BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS Resource Real Estate Investors 6, L.P. (“R-6” or the “Partnership”) is a Delaware limited partnership which owns and operates multifamily residential rental properties located in Maine and Texas (the “Properties”). The Partnership also has invested in subordinated notes secured by multifamily residential properties located in California and Nevada. The Partnership was formed on July 26, 2007 and commenced operations on October 1, 2007. The Partnership was capitalized by an offering of partnership units which was closed on May 19, 2008. The General Partner, Resource Capital Partners, Inc. (“RCP”, the “General Partner” or the “GP”), is in the business of sponsoring and managing real estate investment limited partnerships. RCP contributed $1,000 in cash as its minimum capital contribution to the Partnership. In addition, RCP held a 5.54% limited partnership interest in the Partnership at both September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013. RCP is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Resource America, Inc. (“RAI”), a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: REXI) operating in the real estate, financial fund management and commercial finance sectors. The Partnership will continue until July 30, 2015, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (the “Agreement”). The GP has the right to extend the Partnership term for two one-year periods following the initial termination date, provided that all such extensions may not exceed two years in the aggregate. At this time, we expect that the General Partner will, in fact, do so in order to maximize the return to our investors. The Agreement provides that income is allocated as follows: first, to the partners in proportion to and to the extent of the deficit balances, if any, in their respective capital accounts; second, to the partners in proportion to the allocations of Distributable Cash (as defined in the Agreement); and third, 100% to the limited partners (“LPs”). All losses are allocated as follows: first, 100% to the LPs until the LPs have been allocated losses equal to the excess, if any, of their aggregate capital account balances over the aggregate Adjusted Capital Contributions (as defined in the Agreement); second, to the partners in proportion to and to the extent of their respective remaining positive capital account balances, if any; and third, 100% to the LPs. Distributable cash from operations, payable monthly, as determined by the GP, is first allocated 100% to the LPs until the LPs have received their Preferred Return (as defined in the Agreement); and thereafter, 80% to the LPs and 20% to the GP. Distributable cash from capital transactions, as determined by the GP, is first allocated 100% to the LPs until the LPs have received their Preferred Return; second, 100% to the LPs until their Adjusted Capital Contributions (as defined in the Agreement) have been reduced to zero; and thereafter, 80% to the LPs and 20% to the GP. The consolidated financial statements and the information and tables contained in the notes thereto as of September 30, 2014 are unaudited. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). However, in the opinion of management, these interim financial statements include all the necessary adjustments to fairly present the results of the interim periods presented. The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 may not necessarily be indicative of the results of operations for the full year ending December 31, 2014.

NOTE 1 - NATURE OF BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS

Resource Real Estate Investors 6, L.P. (“R-6” or the “Partnership”) is a Delaware limited partnership which owns and operates multifamily residential rental properties located in Maine and Texas (the “Properties”). The Partnership also has invested in subordinated notes secured by multifamily residential properties located in California and Nevada. The Partnership was formed on July 26, 2007 and commenced operations on October 1, 2007. The Partnership was capitalized by an offering of partnership units which was closed on May 19, 2008. The General Partner, Resource Capital Partners, Inc. (“RCP”, the “General Partner” or the “GP”), is in the business of sponsoring and managing real estate investment limited partnerships. RCP contributed $1,000 in cash as its minimum capital contribution to the Partnership. In addition, RCP held a 5.54% limited partnership interest in the Partnership at both September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013. RCP is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Resource America, Inc. (“RAI”), a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: REXI) operating in the real estate, financial fund management and commercial finance sectors.

The Partnership will continue until July 30, 2015, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (the “Agreement”). The GP has the right to extend the Partnership term for two one-year periods following the initial termination date, provided that all such extensions may not exceed two years in the aggregate. At this time, we expect that the General Partner will, in fact, do so in order to maximize the return to our investors.

The Agreement provides that income is allocated as follows: first, to the partners in proportion to and to the extent of the deficit balances, if any, in their respective capital accounts; second, to the partners in proportion to the allocations of Distributable Cash (as defined in the Agreement); and third, 100% to the limited partners (“LPs”). All losses are allocated as follows: first, 100% to the LPs until the LPs have been allocated losses equal to the excess, if any, of their aggregate capital account balances over the aggregate Adjusted Capital Contributions (as defined in the Agreement); second, to the partners in proportion to and to the extent of their respective remaining positive capital account balances, if any; and third, 100% to the LPs.

Distributable cash from operations, payable monthly, as determined by the GP, is first allocated 100% to the LPs until the LPs have received their Preferred Return (as defined in the Agreement); and thereafter, 80% to the LPs and 20% to the GP.

Distributable cash from capital transactions, as determined by the GP, is first allocated 100% to the LPs until the LPs have received their Preferred Return; second, 100% to the LPs until their Adjusted Capital Contributions (as defined in the Agreement) have been reduced to zero; and thereafter, 80% to the LPs and 20% to the GP.

The consolidated financial statements and the information and tables contained in the notes thereto as of September 30, 2014 are unaudited. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). However, in the opinion of management, these interim financial statements include all the necessary adjustments to fairly present the results of the interim periods presented. The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 may not necessarily be indicative of the results of operations for the full year ending December 31, 2014.