Business Segments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business segments

	Three Months ended					Six Months ended
	March 31,					March 31,
		2015		2014			2015		2014
Revenues:
Asset management	$	7,330		6,580			14,087		12,340
Mining royalty land		1,335		1,226			2,679		2,494
Land development and construction		283		201			484		402
	$	8,948		8,007			17,250		15,236
Operating profit:
Asset management	$	3,187		2,840			6,573		5,548
Mining royalty land		1,191		1,068			2,391		2,196
Land development and construction		(739	)	(363	)		(1,267	)	(705	)
Corporate expenses:
Allocated to asset management		(236	)	(178	)		(426	)	(356	)
Allocated to mining royalty		(250	)	(189	)		(451	)	(378	)
Allocated to land development and construction		(140	)	(105	)		(251	)	(210	)
Unallocated		(692	)	(418	)		(984	)	(553	)
Unallocated to discontinued ops.		(162	)	(186	)		(1,081	)	(897	)
		(1,480	)	(1,076	)		(3,193	)	(2,394	)
	$	2,159		2,469			4,504		4,645
Interest expense:
Asset management	$	620		310			1,065		599
Mining royalty land		-		-			-		-
Land development and construction		-		-			-		-
	$	620		310			1,065		599
Depreciation, depletion and Amortization:
Asset management	$	1,776		1,619			3,562		3,151
Mining royalty land		30		28			61		56
Land development and construction		72		46			138		92
	$	1,878		1,693			3,761		3,299
Capital expenditures:
Mining royalty land		—		—			-		-
Land development and construction and Asset Management:
Capitalized interest		248		477			569		993
Internal labor		85		100			184		195
Real estate taxes		39		16			66		40
Other costs		319		436			1,610		3,570
	$	691		1,029			2,429		4,798

		March 31,	September 30,
Identifiable net assets		2015		2014
Asset management	$	152,222		144,420
Mining royalty land		40,459		39,368
Land development and construction		57,459		67,136
Discontinued operations		-		59,465
Cash items		717		1,074
Unallocated corporate assets		1,228		1,608
	$	252,085		313,071