SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details) (USD $)		1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource America [Member]	Jan. 31, 2013 Resource America [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Jan. 02, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] Loan	Feb. 15, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] company	Oct. 31, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] Primary Capital Advisors LC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member] CRE - Term Repurchase Facility [Member] Wells Fargo Bank, National Association [Member] option	Oct. 30, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Convertible Senior Notes [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] Convertible Senior Notes Due 2018 [Member]	Apr. 02, 2013 RCC Real Estate [Member] CRE - Term Repurchase Facility [Member] Wells Fargo Bank, National Association [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] option	Apr. 30, 2013 LEAF Commercial Capital, Inc. [Member] Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] Series E Preferred Stock [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Jul. 19, 2013 Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Ownership percentage (in hundredths)	10.00%
Proceeds from sale of equity method investments		$ 3,000,000
Number Of loans held for sale sold			2
Proceeds from sale of loans held-for-sale			34,000,000
Number of Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs) that redeemed outstanding notes in whole				1
Proceeds received in equity method transaction									3,300,000
Revolving credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity								250,000,000
Debt instrument term, number of options to extend						2		2
Debt instrument term, option to extend						1 year		1 year
Structuring fee								101,000
Extension fee								938,000
Master Repurchase Agreement amount										200,000,000
Additional extension term of repurchase agreement										2 years
Debt principal amount, portion for underwriting agreement							115,000,000.0
Stated interest rate							6.00%
Proceeds from Issuance of Long-term Debt							111,100,000
Acquisition, total					8,400,000
Acquisition, cash					7,600,000
Acquisition, stock					800,000
Acquisition, escrow deposit					$ 1,800,000