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Commercial Loan Investments - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	May 16, 2014	May 20, 2014	Aug. 07, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Nov. 14, 2014	Dec. 31, 2011	Jan. 31, 2014	Jan. 06, 2014
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
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Commercial Mortgage Loan [Member]
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Glendale, AZ [Member] \| Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]
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Debt Instrument, Maturity Date	Nov. 01, 2015
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Amount used for Redevelopment of existing vacant retail property	5,300,000			3,100,000
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Floating Interest Rate Period	30 days
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Debt instrument description	30-day LIBOR plus 8%
Glendale, AZ [Member] \| Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] \| First Mortgage [Member]
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Mortgage loan commitments	6,300,000
Glendale, AZ [Member] \| Commercial Mortgage Loan [Member]
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Sarasota, FL [Member] \| Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]
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Acquisition of Commercial Mortgage Loan					9,000,000
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Acquisition of Commercial Mortgage Loan					48,000,000
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