3) Investments: Available-for-sale Securities (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	$ 11,139,482
Represents the monetary amount of AvailableForSaleSecuritiesEstimatedFairValue, as of the indicated date.	10,735,239
Mortgage loans on real estate and construction	134,123,773	$ 149,181,578
Mortgage loans on real estate and construction, allowance for losses	(1,955,443)	(1,748,783)
Real estate held for investment, net of depreciation	151,417,470	145,165,921
Policy loans	6,666,500	6,694,148
Insurance assignments	33,857,966	33,548,079
Promissory notes	48,797	48,797
Other investments	2,250,000	1,765,752
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(1,050,111)	(1,119,630)
Total policy loans and other investments	41,773,152	40,937,146
Short-term investments at amortized cost	28,346,922	27,560,040
Residential Mortgage
Mortgage loans on real estate and construction	64,629,906	58,593,622
Residential Construction
Mortgage loans on real estate and construction	33,917,309	40,800,117
Commercial Loan
Mortgage loans on real estate and construction	37,532,001	51,536,622
Common Stock
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	11,139,482
Represents the monetary amount of AvailableForSaleSecuritiesEstimatedFairValue, as of the indicated date.	10,735,239
Industrial, miscellaneous and all other equity securities
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	11,139,482	10,985,338
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gain	412,535	447,110
AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedLosses	(816,778)	(859,092)
Represents the monetary amount of AvailableForSaleSecuritiesEstimatedFairValue, as of the indicated date.	10,735,239	10,573,356
Equity Securities
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	11,139,482	10,985,338
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gain	412,535	447,110
AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedLosses	(816,778)	(859,092)
Represents the monetary amount of AvailableForSaleSecuritiesEstimatedFairValue, as of the indicated date.	$ 10,735,239	$ 10,573,356

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Represents the monetary amount of AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedLosses, as of the indicated date.

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Represents the monetary amount of Mortgage loans on real estate and construction, as of the indicated date.

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Represents the monetary amount of Mortgage loans on real estate and construction, allowance for losses, as of the indicated date.

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Represents the monetary amount of Policy loans, as of the indicated date.

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Represents the monetary amount of Short-term investments at amortized cost, as of the indicated date.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount of unrealized gain before deducting unrealized loss on investments in debt and equity securities classified as available-for-sale securities.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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Amount, after allowance for bad debt, of loan receivables held-for-sale that are not part of a disposal group. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements and loans classified as debt securities.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
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-Paragraph 2
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Amount of real estate investments, net of accumulated depreciation, which may include the following: (1) land available-for-sale; (2) land available-for-development; (3) investments in building and building improvements; (4) tenant allowances; (5) developments in-process; (6) rental properties; (7) other real estate investments; (8) real estate joint ventures; and (9) unconsolidated real estate and other joint ventures not separately presented.

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