RSO BORROWINGS (Schedule of Debt - Parenthetical) (Details) (Resource Capital Corp [Member], USD $)							9 Months Ended														1 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013 CMBS linked transactions [Member] Linked Transactions [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 CMBS linked transactions [Member] Linked Transactions [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 RREF CDO 2006-1 Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 RREF CDO 2006-1 Senior Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Apidos CDO III Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Apidos CDO III Senior Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Apidos Cinco CDO Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Apidos Cinco CDO Senior Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 CMBS - Term Repurchase Facilities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 CMBS - Term Repurchase Facilities [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 CRE - Term Repurchase Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 CRE - Term Repurchase Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Whitney CLO I Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Whitney CLO I Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal outstanding					$ 95,400,000	$ 146,400,000	$ 179,400,000	$ 227,400,000	$ 101,800,000	$ 203,200,000	$ 146,100,000	$ 222,000,000	$ 322,000,000	$ 322,000,000	$ 317,600,000	$ 317,600,000	$ 52,700,000	$ 47,500,000	$ 153,800,000	$ 59,100,000		$ 174,100,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs					268,000	728,000	786,000	1,400,000	0	274,000	205,000	659,000	1,000,000	1,500,000	4,100,000	4,700,000	47,000	23,000	1,300,000	348,000
Unamortized discount															10,600,000	11,900,000						2,500,000
Accrued interest expense	2,708,000	2,918,000	41,000	10,000													25,000	27,000	161,000	79,000
CMBS Linked repurchase agreement			63,700,000	20,400,000
Repayments of debt							$ 62,600,000														$ 103,700,000