CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Receivables and Payables from Related Party) (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2012 Entity		Sep. 30, 2012
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Receivables from managed entities and related parties	$ 38,685,000		$ 41,051,000
Payables to managed entities and related parties	3,567,000		4,380,000
Number of investment entities that are not expected to be collectible	3
Number of real estate investment entities receivables that are not expected to be collectible	2
Receivables from Managed Entities - Commercial Finance [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Specific Allowance			25,078,000
Real Estate Investment Entities [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Specific Allowance			2,502,000
Payable to real estate investment entities, self insurance	3,200,000
Commercial Finance Investment Entities [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Receivables from managed entities and related parties	10,644,000	[1]	13,904,000	[1]
Real Estate Investment Entities [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Receivables from managed entities and related parties	18,107,000	[2]	18,247,000	[2]
Payables to managed entities and related parties	3,300,000	[3]	3,900,000	[3]
Financial Fund Management Investment Entities [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Receivables from managed entities and related parties	1,736,000		2,193,000
Resource Capital Corp [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Receivables from managed entities and related parties	8,020,000		6,555,000
Other [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Receivables from managed entities and related parties	178,000		152,000
Payables to managed entities and related parties	267,000		480,000
Financing receivables with a specific valuation allowance [Member] | Receivables from Managed Entities - Commercial Finance [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Specific Allowance	29,586,000		25,078,000
Financing receivables with a specific valuation allowance [Member] | Real Estate Investment Entities [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Specific Allowance	$ 2,517,000		$ 2,502,000

[1] $29.6 million of reserves for credit losses related to management fees owed from three commercial finance investment entities that, based on changes in the estimated cash distributions, are not expected to be collectible.

[2] $2.5 million of reserves for credit losses related to management fees owed from two real estate investment entities that, based on projected cash flows, are not expected to be collectible.

[3] s $3.2 million in funds provided by the real estate investment entities, which are held by the Company to self insure the properties held by those entities.