RESTATEMENTS Restatement Statement of Operations (Phantom) (Details) (Consolidated Entity Excluding Variable Interest Entities (VIE) [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Real estate revenue	$ 13,154	$ 8,666
Financial fund management	2,675	6,579
Resource Capital Corp [Member]
Real estate revenue	4,787	1,498
Financial fund management	$ (8)	$ 2,522

The aggregate revenue from real estate operations during the reporting period.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1(e))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6880815&loc=d3e20235-122688

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 1

-Article 5

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