BORROWINGS (Apidos CLO VIII) (Details) RSO (USD $)								3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2007 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-2 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2007 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class C [Member]	Jun. 30, 2007 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class B [Member]	Jun. 30, 2007 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class D [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-1 [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-1 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-2 [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-2 [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class B-1 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class B-2 [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class B-2 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class C [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class C [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class B [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class D [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class D [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] RCC Commercial [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Closing transaction amount							$ 350,000,000
Face amount of debt issued	57,500,000.0	7,000,000.0	22,500,000.0	26,800,000.0			317,600,000		231,200,000.0		35,000,000.0	17,300,000.0		6,800,000.0		14,100,000.0			13,200,000.0
Discount to investors							4.40%
Purchased equity interests																				$ 15,000,000
Percentage of senior note acquired from VIE (in hundredths)																				43.00%
Percentage of senior note acquired by unrelated third party (in hundredths)							57.00%
Description of variable rate basis								LIBOR		LIBOR			LIBOR		LIBOR		LIBOR	LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate (in hundredths)								1.50%		2.00%			2.50%		3.10%		2.50%	4.50%
Weighted average interest rate on all notes issued to outside investors and net of repurchased notes (in hundredths)					2.16%	2.28%