Loan origination fee.

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- Definition

Loans and leases receivable net average remaining maturity period.

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- Definition

Loans and leases receivable weighted average interest rate.

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- Definition

Mortgage and other loans maturity date.

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- Definition

Number of loans owned.

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- Definition

Number of loans paid off.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount after allowance and deduction of deferred interest and fees, unamortized costs and premiums and discounts from face amounts, of commercial loans and leases receivable including, but not limited to, commercial and industrial loans, agricultural loans, mortgage loans, promissory notes, interbank and other loans to financial institutions, draws against credit facilities, trade financing, lease financings. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49124121&loc=d3e5074-111524

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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- Definition

The percentage points (also referred to as 'margin') added to the reference rate as stated in the loan agreement and used to compute the variable rate on the loans receivable. For instance, the loan agreement might state that the interest rate the borrower is obligated to pay is the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus three quarters (3/4) of a percentage point adjusted quarterly (each three months). LIBOR in this example is the index or reference rate, 3/4 percentage point is the margin, the reference rate plus the margin is the fully indexed rate. This element would be used to report separately the margin.

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- Definition

Cash inflow associated with loan origination (the process when securing a mortgage for a piece of real property) or lease origination.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
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- Definition

Cash received from principal payments made on loans related to operating activities.

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Commercial Loan Investments - Additional Information (Detail)		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 24, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Loan	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Commercial loan investments, outstanding		$ 38,331,956	$ 30,208,074
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Number of loans owned \| Loan		4
San Juan, Puerto Rico [Member] \| First Mortgage [Member] \| Hotel [Member]
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Loan originated amount	$ 14,500,000
Maturity Date		2018-09
Loan origination fee	$ 181,000
Loans receivable basis spread on variable rate	9.00%	9.00%
Commercial loan investments, outstanding		$ 14,371,489
Ormond Beach, FL [Member] \| Development Loan [Member]
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Number of commercial loan investments paid off \| Loan		2
Principle received from commercial loan		$ 1,000,000
Glendale, AZ [Member] \| Commercial Mortgage Loan [Member]
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Principle received from commercial loan		6,200,000
Dallas, TX , Sarasota, FL, Atlanta, GA and San Juan, Puerto Rico [Member] \| Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Commercial loan investments, outstanding		$ 38,500,000
Commercial loan investments, average remaining maturity		1 year 8 months 12 days
Commercial loan investments, weighted average interest rate		8.90%
Mortgage Payable Current [Member] \| San Juan, Puerto Rico [Member] \| First Mortgage [Member] \| Hotel [Member]
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Loans receivable basis spread on variable rate	7.00%
Mortgage Accrue Over the Term of the Loan [Member] \| San Juan, Puerto Rico [Member] \| First Mortgage [Member] \| Hotel [Member]
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items]
Loans receivable basis spread on variable rate	2.00%