The number of shares held by the company for an investment.

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The number of shares purchased by the company during the period.

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Per share amount of equity securities purchased.

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This element represents the aggregate cost of investments accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized.

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Amount, after tax, of reclassification adjustment from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for unrealized gain (loss) of investment classified as available-for-sale transferred to equity method.

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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of or advances to an equity method investments, which are investments in joint ventures and entities in which the entity has an equity ownership interest normally of 20 to 50 percent and exercises significant influence.

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Note 4 - Equity Method Investments (Details Textual) - USD ($)			2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 16, 2018	Jun. 07, 2017	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Payments to Acquire Equity Method Investments				$ 2,301,026
Equity Method Investments			$ 5,032,268	5,032,268
TFS Partners [Member]
Equity Method Investments			433,000	$ 433,000
Insignia [Member]
Payments to Acquire Equity Method Investments			$ 385,000
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	26.00%		28.00%	28.00%
Equity Method Investments			$ 4,599,000	$ 4,599,000
Equity Security, Number of Shares Purchased During Period	1,133,000
Equity Security, Shares Purchased, Price Per Share	$ 1.25
Equity Method Investment, Aggregate Cost	$ 1,400,000
Equity Method Investment, Number of Shares Held			3,400,000	3,400,000
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI for Investment Transferred from Available-for-sale to Equity Method, after Tax	$ 722,000
SAIC [Member] \| TFS Partners [Member]
Payments to Acquire Equity Method Investments		$ 500,000
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		40.00%
SAIC [Member] \| Fence Store LLC [Member]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		60.00%