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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Details - Loan Loss Obligations) $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended			55 Months Ended
	Oct. 15, 2015 USD ($) investor	Jun. 07, 2012	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 buyer	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) investor	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 06, 2012 USD ($) loan
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents									$ 4,089	$ 6,541
Decrease in restricted cash					$ (2,452)	$ (12,175)	$ (7,300)
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease)					$ (115,844)	120,763	(5,455)
Provision adjustments							14,100
Lending Tree Loans \| Discontinued operations
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Guarantee Obligations, Number of Investors to whom Loans Guaranteed \| investor	1				2
Loan loss obligations \| Lending Tree Loans
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Payment for settlement with buyers of previously purchased loans	$ 600		$ 5,400				14,100
Loss Contingencies, Number of Loans Sold to one investor		40.00%
Loan loss obligations \| Lending Tree Loans \| Discontinued operations
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss Contingencies, Number of Loans Sold \| loan											234,000
Loss Contingencies, Original Principal Balance											$ 38,900,000
Number of buyers of previously purchased limited documentation loans \| buyer				2
Amount of reserve for contingencies			8,750		$ 8,127	8,750	28,543	$ 6,804	$ 6,804	8,127
Loan loss reserve, beginning of period					8,127	8,750	28,543
Provision adjustments					(1,323)	0	(14,144)
Charge-offs to reserves					0	623	5,649
Loan loss reserve, end of period			8,750		6,804	8,127	$ 8,750	$ 6,804
Loss Contingencies, Number of Loans Subsequently Settled \| loan								(172,000)
Loss Contingencies,Value of Loans Subsequently Settled								$ (28,800,000)
Loss Contingencies, Number of Unsettled Loans Remaining \| loan									62,000
Loss Contingencies, Remaining Unsettled Loans									$ 10,100,000
Cash in escrow from sale of LendingTree Loans \| Lending Tree Loans \| Discover Bank
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Restricted cash and cash equivalents									4,032	$ 4,028
Decrease in restricted cash						$ 12,100
Cash restricted for loan loss obligations (d)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Decrease in restricted cash			3,100
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease)			$ 2,300
Investor One [Member] \| Loan loss obligations \| Lending Tree Loans
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss Contingencies, Number of Loans Sold to one investor		10.00%
Loss Contingencies, Percentage of the Original Loan Issue Balance		12.00%
Residential Funding Company [Domain] \| Loan loss obligations \| Lending Tree Loans \| Discontinued operations
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Provision adjustments					$ 1,800
Minimum [Member] \| Loan loss obligations \| Lending Tree Loans \| Discontinued operations
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Range of possible loss, minimum									4,400
Maximum [Member] \| Loan loss obligations \| Lending Tree Loans \| Discontinued operations
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Range of possible loss, minimum									$ 8,000