Additional increase in future profit participation in property related to forbearance agreement percentage.

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Equity method investment gain on sale interest.

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Equity method investment loss on sale interest.

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Equity method investment partial interest sold amount.

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Fee amount to be paid by borrower.

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Increase in future profit participation in property related to forbearance agreement percentage.

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Lag period to recognize share of equity earnings in variable interest entity.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 159

-Paragraph 18

-Subparagraph f

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 323

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-Section 50

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-Name Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB)

-Number 18

-Paragraph 20

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Cash received on stock transaction after deduction of issuance costs.

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-Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB)

-Number Topic 5

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Equity Investments (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended								1 Months Ended
Equity Investments (Details Textual) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2013 Vintage Housing LLC [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 WRT-Elad One South State Equity LP [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 WRT-Elad One South State Lender LP [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 WRT-Fenway Wateridge LLC [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 701 7th WRT Investors LLC [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 WRT Elad [Member]	Feb. 18, 2013 WRT Elad [Member]	Feb. 25, 2013 Concord Debt Holdings LLC [Member]	Feb. 25, 2013 Lex-Win [Member]	Feb. 25, 2013 CDH CDO LLC [Member]
Equity Investments (Textual) [Abstract]
Investment lag period	1 month	1 month	1 month	1 month	3 months
Indirect future interest						5.00%	5.00%
Fee to be paid by the borrower						$ 1,400,000	$ 1,400,000
Additional increase in indirect future interest						6.00%	6.00%
Percentage of the ownership								17.00%
Acquisition Price									25,000
sales price of the trust										12,500
Gain on sale of interest										12,500
Loss on sale of interest										$ 123,000