Mortgage Notes Payable - Schedule of Mortgage Notes Payable (Details) (Parenthetical) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015
Mortgage note payable, interest rate	7.00%
Albuquerque Suite Hospitality Properties LLC [Member]
Mortgage note payable, monthly payments
Mortgage note payable, interest rate
Mortgage note payable, balloon payment
Mortgage note payable, carrying value of secured property
Ontario Hospitality Properties LP [Member]
Mortgage note payable, monthly payments	$ 36,835	$ 36,835
Mortgage note payable, interest rate	4.75%	4.75%
Mortgage note payable, balloon payment	$ 3,585,591	$ 3,585,591
Mortgage note payable, carrying value of secured property	6,400,000	6,400,000
Tucson Oracle Property [Member]
Mortgage note payable, monthly payments	$ 26,312	$ 26,312
Mortgage note payable, interest rate	4.19%	4.19%
Mortgage note payable, balloon payment
Mortgage note payable, carrying value of secured property	$ 6,600,000	$ 6,600,000
Tucson Saint Mary's Suite Hospitality LLC [Member]
Mortgage note payable, monthly payments
Mortgage note payable, interest rate
Mortgage note payable, balloon payment
Mortgage note payable, carrying value of secured property
Tucson Saint Mary's Suite Hospitality LLC [Member] \| Saint Mary's Suite Hospitality [Member]
Mortgage note payable, monthly payments
Yuma Hospitality Properties LP [Member]
Mortgage note payable, monthly payments	$ 32,419	$ 32,419
Mortgage note payable, interest rate	5.00%	5.00%
Mortgage note payable, balloon payment	$ 4,112,498	$ 4,112,498
Mortgage note payable, carrying value of secured property	$ 4,900,000	$ 4,900,000

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Amount of the required periodic payments including both interest and principal payments.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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Amount of large payment to be received at final maturity date of mortgage loans.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 948
-SubTopic 310
-Section S99
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The fair value, as of the date of each statement of financial position presented, of real estate which is owned but transferred to serve as collateral for the payment of the related debt obligation, and that is reclassified and separately reported in the statement of financial position because the transferee has the right by contract or custom to sell or re-pledge it.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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