RSO BORROWINGS (Apidos CLO VIII) (Details) (Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member], USD $)				9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-1 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-2 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class B-1 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class B-2 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class C [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class D [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 RCC Commercial [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Closing transaction amount			$ 350,000,000
Face amount of debt issued			317,600,000	231,200,000.0	35,000,000.0	17,300,000.0	6,800,000.0	14,100,000.0	13,200,000.0
Discount to investors			4.40%
Purchased equity interests										$ 15,000,000
Percentage of senior note acquired from VIE (in hundredths)										43.00%
Percentage of senior note acquired by unrelated third party (in hundredths)			57.00%
Description of variable rate basis				LIBOR	LIBOR	LIBOR	LIBOR	LIBOR	LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate (in hundredths)				1.50%	2.00%	2.50%	2.50%	3.10%	4.50%
Weighted average interest rate on all notes issued to outside investors and net of repurchased notes (in hundredths)	2.09%	2.16%