Organization (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended												12 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2019 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2018 USD ($) shares	Nov. 30, 2017 shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) state store shares		Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	[1]	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	[1]	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	[1]	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) state store property item		Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Nov. 16, 2017	Jun. 16, 2017 state	Dec. 31, 2016 store	Dec. 15, 2016
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Other assets				$ 97,540								$ 124,217				$ 97,540		$ 124,217
Purchase and retirement, value																20,039		17,006	$ 27,624
Revenues				234,213	[1]	$ 249,613		$ 245,693		$ 217,352		231,844	$ 253,873	$ 242,410	$ 217,771	946,871	[1]	945,898	868,769
Property and equipment, net				$ 129,686								$ 139,628				$ 129,686		139,628
Number of states of retail locations | state																					25
BCC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consolidated method ownership percentage																							82.00%
Bluegreen [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consolidated method ownership percentage				90.50%												90.50%
Woodbridge [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consolidated method ownership percentage																							54.00%
Altman [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consolidated method ownership percentage				50.00%												50.00%
MOD Pizza [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of Stores | store																						60
Number of stores transferred | store																7
Number of stores closed | store																2
Disposal group, impairment loss																$ 6,700		$ 4,000	$ 2,700
Number of stores performing below expectations | store																3
Bluegreen [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues | shares			3,736,723
Number of resorts owned | property																45
Number of resorts owners in VOI have right to use | property																23
Approximate number of owners in the resort club | item																220,000
Number of additional other hotels owners can stay through program | property																11,350
Purchase and retirement, shares | shares				371,762
Purchase and retirement, value				$ 4,800
Disposal group, impairment loss																$ 5,600
Woodbridge [Member] | BCC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consolidated method ownership percentage																							46.00%
Woodbridge [Member] | Bluegreen [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues | shares			3,736,722
Consolidated method ownership percentage																				100.00%
BBX Sweet Holdings [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of Stores | store				100												100
Number of states of retail locations | state				25												25
Class A Common Stock [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase and retirement, shares | shares		6,486,486
Purchase and retirement, value		$ 60,100
Renin [Member] | Reportable Segments [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revenues																$ 67,537
Renin [Member] | Outside United States [Member] | Reportable Segments [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Property and equipment, net				$ 1,600												$ 1,600
Accounting Standards Update 2016-02 [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Right-of-use asset impairment	$ 3,400

[1] During the fourth quarter of 2019, the prior 2019 quarterly revenue and operating expense amounts were reclassified for consistency to conform to the fourth quarter 2019 presentation.