Organization	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization	ORGANIZATION Capital Realty Investors-III Limited Partnership (the Partnership) was formed under the Maryland Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act on June 27, 1983, and shall continue until December 31, 2037, unless sooner dissolved in accordance with the terms of the Partnership Agreement. The Partnership was formed to invest in real estate by acquiring and holding limited partner interests in limited partnerships (Local Partnerships) that own and operate federal or state government-assisted apartment properties, which provide housing principally to the elderly or to individuals and families of low or moderate income, or conventionally financed apartment properties, located throughout the United States. The Partnership originally made investments in thirty-seven Local Partnerships. As of September 30, 2013, the Partnership retained investment in one Local Partnership, owning no apartment complexes. The General Partners of the Partnership are C.R.I., Inc. (CRI), which is the Managing General Partner, and current and former shareholders of CRI. The Initial Limited Partner was Rockville Pike Associates Limited Partnership-III, a limited partnership which includes certain current officers and former employees of CRI or its affiliates. The Special Limited Partner had been Two Broadway Associates II, a limited partnership comprised of an affiliate and employees of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated. Effective January 1, 2002, Two Broadway Associates II transferred its interest to MLH Merger Corporation and three individuals. The Partnership sold 60,000 units at $1,000 per unit of additional limited partner interest through a public offering. The offering period was terminated in January 1984. As of September 30, 2013, 118 units of limited partner interest had been abandoned.

ORGANIZATION

Capital Realty Investors-III Limited Partnership (the Partnership) was formed under the Maryland Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act on June 27, 1983, and shall continue until December 31, 2037, unless sooner dissolved in accordance with the terms of the Partnership Agreement. The Partnership was formed to invest in real estate by acquiring and holding limited partner interests in limited partnerships (Local Partnerships) that own and operate federal or state government-assisted apartment properties, which provide housing principally to the elderly or to individuals and families of low or moderate income, or conventionally financed apartment properties, located throughout the United States. The Partnership originally made investments in thirty-seven Local Partnerships. As of September 30, 2013, the Partnership retained investment in one Local Partnership, owning no apartment complexes.

The General Partners of the Partnership are C.R.I., Inc. (CRI), which is the Managing General Partner, and current and former shareholders of CRI. The Initial Limited Partner was Rockville Pike Associates Limited Partnership-III, a limited partnership which includes certain current officers and former employees of CRI or its affiliates. The Special Limited Partner had been Two Broadway Associates II, a limited partnership comprised of an affiliate and employees of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated. Effective January 1, 2002, Two Broadway Associates II transferred its interest to MLH Merger Corporation and three individuals.

The Partnership sold 60,000 units at $1,000 per unit of additional limited partner interest through a public offering. The offering period was terminated in January 1984. As of September 30, 2013, 118 units of limited partner interest had been abandoned.