FINANCING RECEIVABLES (Loan Portfolio Troubled-debt Restructurings) (Details) RSO (Resource Capital Corp [Member], USD $)														3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 Loan	Sep. 30, 2012 Loan	Dec. 31, 2012 Whole Loans [Member] Loan	Sep. 30, 2012 Whole Loans [Member] Loan	Dec. 31, 2012 B Notes [Member] Loan	Sep. 30, 2012 B Notes [Member] Loan	Dec. 31, 2012 Mezzanine Loans [Member] Loan	Sep. 30, 2012 Mezzanine Loans [Member] Loan	Dec. 31, 2012 Bank Loans [Member] Loan	Sep. 30, 2012 Bank Loans [Member] Loan	Sep. 30, 2012 Loans Receivable [Member] Loan	Dec. 31, 2012 Loans Receivable - Related Party [Member] Loan	Sep. 30, 2012 Loans Receivable - Related Party [Member] Loan	Dec. 31, 2012 Loan Converted to Real Estate Owned [Member] Whole Loans [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Loan Converted to Real Estate Owned [Member] Whole Loans [Member]
Troubled debt restructuring [Abstract]
Number of Loans	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Balance	$ 7,000,000	$ 0	$ 7,000,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Balance	7,000,000	0	7,000,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Balance														21,800,000
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Balance															334,100,000
Outstanding loan balance												$ 6,800,000