RSO BORROWINGS (Apidos CLO VIII) (Details) (USD $)						6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-1 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-2 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class B-1 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class B-2 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class C [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 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					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%	2.50%	3.10%	4.50%
Weighted average interest rate on all notes issued to outside investors and net of repurchased notes (in hundredths)	1.34%	1.07%	2.13%	2.16%