Bluegreen's Notes Receivable (Reconciliation Of Accretable Yield) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Bluegreen's Notes Receivable [Abstract]
Balance, beginning of period	$ 7,398	$ 15,630	$ 9,033	$ 17,867
Accretion	(1,395)	(2,264)	(3,008)	(4,751)
Reclassification to nonaccretable yield	(244)	(441)	(266)	(191)
Balance, end of period	$ 5,759	$ 12,925	$ 5,759	$ 12,925

Certain loans acquired in transfer accounted for as debt securities accretable yield reclassifications to from non-accretable difference.

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Notes receivable.

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The aggregate excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in the loan for loans accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 30
-Section 15
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27045933&loc=d3e13503-111538

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6379141&loc=d3e15032-111544

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Current period recognition due to accretion of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in the loan for loans accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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