Subsequent Events (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended					0 Months Ended						0 Months Ended				0 Months Ended
	Jul. 24, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014 Common Stock - Class A	Dec. 31, 2013 Common Stock - Class A	Sep. 30, 2014 Common stock - Class B: $0.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 19,636,823 and 30,968,877 shares issued and outstanding, respectively	Dec. 31, 2013 Common stock - Class B: $0.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 19,636,823 and 30,968,877 shares issued and outstanding, respectively	Oct. 01, 2014 Greenfield Senior LIving, Inc. [Member]	Oct. 01, 2014 Greenfield Senior LIving, Inc. [Member] unit	Sep. 30, 2014 Telos Asset Management LLC	Dec. 31, 2013 Telos Asset Management LLC	Sep. 30, 2014 Tiptree Operating Company, LLC [Member] Common Stock - Class A	Oct. 29, 2014 PFG [Member]	Nov. 03, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member]	Nov. 03, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member]	Nov. 03, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] Common Stock - Class A	Nov. 03, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] Common stock - Class B: $0.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 19,636,823 and 30,968,877 shares issued and outstanding, respectively	Oct. 31, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] luxury mortgage corp [Member] Series C Preferred Stock [Member]	Oct. 01, 2014 Greenfield Senior LIving, Inc. [Member]	Oct. 01, 2014 Greenfield Senior LIving, Inc. [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent																			80.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners																			20.00%
Aggregate principal amount								$ 23,094,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred																		30,800,000
Number of Units in Real Estate Property								3
Debt Instrument, Term							5 years
Debt Instrument, Payment Terms							36
debt instrument earn out amount							2,000,000
business acquisition cash paid												155,000,000
Debt Conversion, Original Debt, Amount																	5,000,000
Proceeds from Issuance of Preferred Stock and Preference Stock																	5,000,000
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Rate																	9.00%
Collateralized Loan Obligation, Advisory Fee Receivable									2,975,000	3,616,000
Proceeds from Sale of Other Real Estate	29,846,000
Gains (Losses) on Sales of Other Real Estate	7,891,000
Common stock, shares issued			21,955,877	10,556,390	19,636,823	30,968,877					11,332,054			9,866,456
limited partnership units issued													3,526,253
Stock-based compensation to directors for services rendered		$ 151,000
Common stock, shares, outstanding			21,955,877	10,556,390	19,636,823	30,968,877									31,829,633	9,770,367
limited partnership units outstanding														11,068,219
limited partnership units owned														7,576,308