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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Details - LendingTree Loans) $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 15, 2015 USD ($) investor	Jun. 07, 2012	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 buyer	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) investor	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 06, 2012 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents					$ 4,091	$ 4,089
Decrease in restricted cash					2	(2,452)	$ (12,175)
Discover Bank \| Lending Tree Loans
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset Purchase Agreement Proceeds From Sale								$ 55,900
Cash in escrow from sale of LendingTree Loans \| Discover Bank \| Lending Tree Loans
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents					$ 4,034	4,032
Loan loss obligations \| Lending Tree Loans
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Payment for settlement with buyers of previously purchased loans	$ 600		$ 5,400
Loss Contingencies, Number of Loans Sold to one investor		40.00%
Discontinued operations \| Lending Tree Loans
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Guarantee Obligations, Number of Investors to whom Loans Guaranteed \| investor	1				2
Discontinued operations \| Loan loss obligations \| Lending Tree Loans
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
(Recoveries) provisions					$ 750	(1,323)	0
Number of buyers of previously purchased limited documentation loans \| buyer				2
Amount of reserve for contingencies			$ 8,750		7,554	6,804	$ 8,127
Investor One [Member] \| Loan loss obligations \| Lending Tree Loans
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Loss Contingencies, Number of Loans Sold to one investor		10.00%
Loss Contingencies, Percentage of the Original Loan Issue Balance		12.00%
Residential Funding Company [Domain] \| Discontinued operations \| Loan loss obligations \| Lending Tree Loans
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
(Recoveries) provisions						$ 1,800
Minimum [Member] \| Discontinued operations \| Loan loss obligations \| Lending Tree Loans
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Estimate of Possible Loss					4,300
Maximum [Member] \| Discontinued operations \| Loan loss obligations \| Lending Tree Loans
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Estimate of Possible Loss					$ 7,800