FINANCING RECEIVABLES (Impaired Financing Receivables) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012
Financing Receivables Without a Specific Valuation Allowance [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0
Receivables from Managed Entities - Commercial Finance [Member]
Impaired financing receivables [Abstract]
Specific Allowance		25,078,000
Receivables from Managed Entities - Commercial Finance [Member] | Financing receivables with a specific valuation allowance [Member]
Impaired financing receivables [Abstract]
Net Balance	8,633,000	12,865,000
Unpaid Balance	38,219,000	37,943,000
Specific Allowance	29,586,000	25,078,000
Average Investment in Impaired Assets	38,110,000	38,060,000
Receivables from Managed Entities - Real Estate [Member]
Impaired financing receivables [Abstract]
Specific Allowance		2,502,000
Receivables from Managed Entities - Real Estate [Member] | Financing receivables with a specific valuation allowance [Member]
Impaired financing receivables [Abstract]
Net Balance	2,291,000	2,181,000
Unpaid Balance	4,808,000	4,683,000
Specific Allowance	2,517,000	2,502,000
Average Investment in Impaired Assets	4,630,000	4,511,000
Receivables from managed entities financial fund management [Member] [Domain] | Financing receivables with a specific valuation allowance [Member]
Impaired financing receivables [Abstract]
Net Balance	848,000
Unpaid Balance	1,305,000
Specific Allowance	457,000
Average Investment in Impaired Assets	1,305,000
Rent Receivables - Real Estate [Member] | Financing receivables with a specific valuation allowance [Member]
Impaired financing receivables [Abstract]
Net Balance	0	12,000
Unpaid Balance	68,000	45,000
Specific Allowance	68,000	33,000
Average Investment in Impaired Assets	$ 40,000	$ 45,000