Liquidity and Capital Resources (Details 5) (USD $)								12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2012 WFCFPrevious Loan Facility	Dec. 31, 2012 ABL WFCF Credit Facility	Jan. 31, 2012 ABL WFCF Credit Facility	Dec. 31, 2012 ABL WFCF Credit Facility Minimum	Dec. 31, 2012 ABL WFCF Credit Facility Maximum	Dec. 31, 2012 ABL WFCF Credit Facility On or before January 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012 ABL WFCF Credit Facility Between January 31, 2013 and January 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2012 ABL WFCF Credit Facility Base rate	Dec. 31, 2012 ABL LIBOR rate loans Base rate	Dec. 31, 2012 ABL Base rate loans Base rate	Dec. 31, 2012 FC Investment FNBCT Loan Facility	Dec. 31, 2012 FC Investment FNBCT Loan Facility Maximum	Dec. 31, 2012 FC Investment FNBCT Loan Facility Prime rate
Liquidity and capital resources
Maximum credit line	$ 25,000,000		$ 25,000,000								$ 15,000,000
Unpaid principal balance		15,200,000									2,000,000
Unpaid principal balance												15,000,000
Unconditional limited guaranty obligation to WFCF for all of ABL's obligations		5,000,000
SBA guaranteed loans, considered for borrowing base (as a percent)					100.00%
SBA non-guaranteed loans, considered for borrowing base (as a percent)				60.00%	80.00%
Previously-purchased performing loans, considered for borrowing base (as a percent)					80.00%
Alternate annual rate base								Base rate	LIBOR	higher of LIBOR rate or Wells Fargo prime rate			Prime Rate of commercial banks
Interest rate added to alternate annual base rates (as a percent)								0.75%	3.50%	0.75%
Prepayment fee as a percentage of maximum credit line						3.00%	2.00%
Threshold outstanding balance as a percentage of the net present value of the equity interests and loans and other assets pledged												25.00%
Stated interest rate (as a percent)											4.00%
Maximum funding commitment											7,500,000
Administration fee											25,000
Facility fee											93,750
Non-utilization fee (as a percent)											0.50%
Interest coverage ratio required to be maintained											2.0
Tangible net worth required to be maintained											$ 75,000,000