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Business acquisition, remaining ownership interest

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired in a business combination achieved in stages, including equity interests in the acquiree held by the acquirer immediately before the acquisition date and acquired at the acquisition date.

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Percentage of equity in the acquiree held by the acquirer immediately before the acquisition date in a business combination.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Amount of increase in assets, excluding financial assets, lacking physical substance with a definite life, resulting from a business combination.

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Sum of the carrying amounts of all intangible assets, excluding goodwill, as of the balance sheet date, net of accumulated amortization and impairment charges.

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Acquisition (Details) - USD ($)	Aug. 01, 2015	May. 21, 2014	Apr. 02, 2012	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Including Subsequent Acquisition, Percentage	65.00%
1st Investors Title Agency [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership percentage acquired	20.00%
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred	$ 72,600
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Percentage	45.00%
United Title Agency [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership percentage acquired		30.00%	70.00%
Business acquisition, remaining ownership interest			30.00%
Accumulated amortization of intangible assets				$ 243,894	$ 191,631
Net intangible assets				$ 1,238,006	$ 1,290,269
United Title Agency [Member] \| 70%
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition Purchase Price			$ 1,041,250
United Title Agency [Member] \| 30%
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred		$ 515,275
United Title Agency [Member] \| Non-Compete Contract
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets acquired			$ 645,685
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life			10 years
United Title Agency [Member] \| Referral Relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets acquired			$ 836,215
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life			12 years