Notes Receivable - Principal Payments (Net of Reserves and Unamortized Discounts) and Interest Rates (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Receivables [Abstract]
2015	$ 8
2016	74
2017	3
2018	4
2019	2
Thereafter	144
Senior, mezzanine, and other loans	$ 235	$ 242
Weighted average interest rate at September 30, 2015	6.50%
Range of stated interest rates at September 30, 2015, minimum	0.00%
Range of stated interest rates at September 30, 2015. maximum	10.00%

Notes Receivable, Future Principal Payments Receivable, After Year Five

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Notes Receivable, Future Principal Payments Receivable, Current

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Notes Receivable, Future Principal Payments Receivable, in Five Years

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Notes Receivable, Future Principal Payments Receivable, in Four Years

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Notes Receivable, Future Principal Payments Receivable, in Three Years

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Notes Receivable, Future Principal Payments Receivable, in Two Years

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Upper limit of range of stated interest rates for total notes receivable as of the balance sheet date indicated.

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Lower limit of range of stated interest rates for total notes receivable as of the balance sheet date indicated.

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Weighted average interest rate for total notes receivable as of the balance sheet date indicated.

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Net amount of the investment in a contractual right to receive money on demand or on fixed or determinable dates that is recognized as an asset in the creditor's statement of financial position. Examples include, but are not limited to, credit card receivables, notes receivable and receivables relating to lessor's rights to payments from leases other than operating leases that have been recorded as assets. Excludes trade accounts receivable with contractual maturity of one year or less and arose from the sale of goods or services.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.3)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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