Business Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business segments

	Three Months ended					Nine Months ended
	June 30,					June 30,
		2015		2014			2015		2014
Revenues:
Asset management	$	6,509		6,082			20,596		18,422
Mining royalty land		1,735		1,395			4,414		3,889
Land development and   Construction		253		202			737		604
	$	8,497		7,679			25,747		22,915
Operating profit:
Asset management	$	3,289		2,972			9,862		8,520
Mining royalty land		1,576		1,242			3,967		3,438
Land development and construction		(419	)	(298	)		(1,686	)	(1,003	)
Corporate expenses:
Allocated to asset management		(185	)	(178	)		(611	)	(534	)
Allocated to mining royalty		(196	)	(189	)		(647	)	(567	)
Allocated to land development and construction		(109	)	(105	)		(360	)	(315	)
Unallocated		(67	)	(53	)		(1,051	)	(606	)
Unallocated to discontinued ops.		—		(528	)		(1,081	)	(2,072	)
		(557	)	(1,053	)		(3,750	)	(4,094	)
	$	3,889		2,863			8,393		6,861
Interest expense:  Asset management	$	459		410			1,524		1,009
Mining royalty land		-		-			-		-
Land development and construction		-		-			-		-
	$	459		410			1,524		1,009
Depreciation, depletion and Amortization:  Asset management	$	1,694		1,612			5,256		4,763
Mining royalty land		39		36			100		92
Land development and construction		72		46			210		138
	$	1,805		1,694			5,566		4,993
Capital expenditures:
Mining royalty land		—		—			-		-
Land development and construction and Asset Management:
Capitalized interest		258		360			827		1,353
Internal labor		74		146			258		341
Real estate taxes		22		46			88		86
Other costs		910		8,784			2,520		12,354
	$	1,264		9,336			3,693		14,134

		June 30,	September 30,
Identifiable net assets		2015		2014
Asset management	$	149,864		144,420
Mining royalty land		39,475		39,368
Land development and construction		58,273		67,136
Discontinued operations		-		59,465
Cash items		765		1,074
Unallocated corporate assets		1,064		1,608
	$	249,441		313,071