INCOME TAXES - Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income tax expense at federal statutory rate	$ (6,198)us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	$ (959)us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit
Income tax expense at federal statutory rate (percent)	35.00%	35.00%
REIT income and taxable losses	7,502	7,188
REIT income and taxable losses (percent)	(42.40%)	(262.40%)
Foreign operations	1,137	(10)
Foreign operations (percent)	(6.40%)	0.40%
Net operating loss valuation allowance	(1,812)	0
Net operating loss valuation allowance (percent)	10.20%	0.00%
Other	(158)	7
Other (percent)	0.90%	(0.30%)
Income tax benefit before discrete items	471	6,226
Income tax expense before discrete items (percent)	(2.70%)	(227.30%)
Prior period state tax adjustments	0	1,370
Prior period state tax adjustments (percent)	0.00%	(50.00%)
Income tax benefit as reported for continuing operations	$ 471us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 7,596us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Income tax expense as reported for continuing operations (percent)	(2.70%)	(277.30%)

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A ratio calculated by dividing the reported amount of income tax expense before discrete items attributable to continuing operations for the period by GAAP-basis pretax income from continuing operations before discrete income items.

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Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Change in Net Operating Loss Valuation Allowance, Amount

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Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Change in Net Operating Loss Valuation Allowance, Percent

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Effective Income Tax Reconciliation, Prior Period State Tax Adjustments, Amount

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Effective Income Tax Reconciliation, Prior Period State Tax Adjustments, Rate

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Effective Income Tax Reconciliation REIT Income Not Subject to Tax

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The portion of the difference between the effective income tax rate and domestic federal statutory income tax rate attributable to REIT income that is exempt from income taxes under enacted tax laws expressed as a percentage of pretax income.

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Income Tax Reconciliation, Other Reconciling Items Rate The sum of other amounts reflected in the reconciliation of the statutory tax provision (benefit) to the actual tax provision (benefit) expressed as a percentage of pretax income.

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Amount of current federal tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.

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Percentage of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations applicable to statutory income tax expense (benefit) outside of the country of domicile.

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