Mortgages, notes payable and credit line (Details Narrative) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended														1 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2012 Construction Loan Facility	Oct. 31, 2012 Provident Bank	Oct. 31, 2012 Frederick, MD	Oct. 31, 2012 Rockaway, NJ	Dec. 31, 2012 Westwood, NJ	Oct. 31, 2012 Westwood, NJ	Oct. 31, 2012 Spring Lake Heights, NJ	Oct. 31, 2012 Patchogue, NY	Oct. 31, 2012 Wayne, NJ	Oct. 31, 2012 River Edge, NJ First Mortgage	Oct. 31, 2012 River Edge, NJ Second Mortgage	Oct. 31, 2012 Maywood, NJ First Mortgage	Oct. 31, 2012 Maywood, NJ Second Mortgage	Oct. 31, 2012 Mortgages7Member	Oct. 31, 2012 Mortgages8Member	Oct. 31, 2012 Hackensack, NJ	Oct. 31, 2012 Baltimore, MD	Oct. 31, 2010 Baltimore, MD	Feb. 01, 2010 Baltimore, MD	Dec. 26, 2012 Construction Loan - People's United Bank
Stated interest rate			5.50%	5.37%		7.38%	6.70%	6.125%	6.09%	6.75%	5.53%	6.75%	5.53%	4.62%	6.04%	5.38%
Weighted average interest rate														6.60%
Interest rate, floor		3.75%															4.00%
Basis points of loan	1.35%	1.75%															3.50%		1.50%	2.10%
Book value of property securing mortgage	$ 30,073,000		$ 17,432,000	$ 17,922,000		$ 8,969,000		$ 7,599,000	$ 1,552,000	$ 1,021,000	$ 1,021,000	$ 675,000	$ 675,000	$ 10,898,000	$ 28,184,000	$ 41,377,000	$ 36,489,000
Monthly installment amount				11,585		73,248	23,875	36,457	121,100	34,862	12,318	25,295	8,739	120,752	206,960	191,197
Monthly installment amount, interest only															161,067	152,994
Monthly installment amount, principal only																	10,000
Refinanced amount					22,000,000	22,800,000								23,500,000
Refinanced amount, principal														15,400,000
Principal payments																	110,000	3,000,000
Original loan amount																			22,500,000	20,000,000
Guarantee of outstanding principal amount plus accrued interest (as percentage)	30.00%																35.00%
Loss indemnification from affiliated entity (as percentage)	30.00%																40.00%
Start date of the credit lline	Feb. 12, 2008
End date of the credit line		Jul. 29, 2014
Loan, maximum borrowing capacity	27,300,000	18,000,000																		25,000,000
Loan, current borrowing capacity	21,300,000	18,000,000
Line of credit, future borrowing capacity after collateral sale		13,000,000
Loan, remaining borrowing																				$ 5,000,000
Maturity date								Mar. 01, 2018												Jan. 03, 2023