BORROWINGS (Credit Facilities and Other Debt) (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012 TD Bank, NA - Secured Revolving Credit Facility [Member]		Sep. 30, 2011 TD Bank, NA - Secured Revolving Credit Facility [Member]		Sep. 30, 2012 TD Bank, NA - Term Loan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 TD Bank, NA - Term Loan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Republic Bank Secured Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Republic Bank Secured Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Total Corporate and Real Estate [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Total Corporate and Real Estate [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Senior Notes [Member]		Sep. 30, 2011 Senior Notes [Member]		Sep. 30, 2012 Notes Payable to RSO [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Notes Payable to RSO [Member]	Jan. 31, 2010 Notes Payable to RSO [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Mortgage Debt [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Mortgage Debt [Member]	Aug. 31, 2011 Mortgage Debt [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Other Debt [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Other Debt [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Total Corporate and Real Estate Borrowings [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Total Corporate and Real Estate Borrowings [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Commercial Finance Debt [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Commercial Finance Debt [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Letters of Credit [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Letters of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum amount of facility			$ 6,997,000	[1]			$ 0		$ 3,500,000
Borrowings outstanding	23,020,000	222,659,000	0	[1]	7,493,000	[1]	0	1,250,000	0	0	0	8,743,000	10,000,000	[2]	16,263,000	[2]	1,677,000	1,705,000	2,000,000	10,531,000	10,700,000	10,700,000	812,000	548,000	23,020,000	37,959,000	0	184,700,000
Outstanding letters of credit																													503,000	503,000
Unamortized discount	$ 2,600,000

[1] The amount of the facility as shown has been reduced for outstanding letters of credit of $503,000 at September 30, 2012 and 2011.

[2] The September 30, 2011 balance shown is net of an unamortized discount of $2.6 million related to the fair value of detachable warrants issued to the note holders. In conjunction with the refinancing of the Senior Notes in November 2011, the remaining unamortized discount was charged off to Loss on Extinguishment of Debt in the consolidated statements of operations.