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Non-controlling Interest - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Apr. 30, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
May 07, 2015
Oct. 07, 2013
Minority Interest [Line Items]            
Exercise of stock options, Shares 263,568us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised [1]          
Distributions for Taxes, non-controlling unitholders $ 65,000rmax_DistributionsPaidToNoncontrollingUnitHolders $ 2,552,000rmax_DistributionsPaidToNoncontrollingUnitHolders        
Other Distributions, non-controlling unitholders 0rmax_OtherDistributionsNonControllingUnitholders 0rmax_OtherDistributionsNonControllingUnitholders        
Distribution declaration date May 07, 2015          
Distribution payable date Jun. 04, 2015          
Tax benefit from tax receivable agreements 67,418,000rmax_AmountsPayableUnderTaxReceivableAgreements          
Current portion of payable to related parties pursuant to tax receivable agreements 3,914,000rmax_AmountsPayableUnderTaxReceivableAgreementsCurrent     3,914,000rmax_AmountsPayableUnderTaxReceivableAgreementsCurrent    
Amounts paid to related parties pursuant to Tax Receivable Agreements (TRAs) 0rmax_PaymentPursuantToTaxReceivableAgreements 0rmax_PaymentPursuantToTaxReceivableAgreements        
Subsequent Event            
Minority Interest [Line Items]            
Other Distributions, non-controlling unitholders     30,830,000rmax_OtherDistributionsNonControllingUnitholders
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Distributions declared to non-controlling unitholders         2,217,000rmax_DistributionsDeclaredToNonControllingUnitholders
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RMCO, LLC            
Minority Interest [Line Items]            
Percentage of common membership units in subsidiaries 40.42%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByParent
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    39.89%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByParent
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  39.56%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByParent
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RMCO, LLC | Non-controlling interest            
Minority Interest [Line Items]            
Total percentage of common stock units 59.58%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByNoncontrollingOwners
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    60.11%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByNoncontrollingOwners
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Common Class A            
Minority Interest [Line Items]            
Exercise of stock options, Shares 263,568us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
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Distributions declared to non-controlling unitholders $ 2,217,000rmax_DistributionsDeclaredToNonControllingUnitholders
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= us-gaap_CommonClassAMember
         
[1] Cash received from stock option exercises for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was $937,000. The Company recorded a corporate income tax benefit relating to the options exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2015 of $1,105,000 in “Additional paid-in capital” in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity.