RSO BORROWINGS (Apidos Cinco CDO) (Details) (Apidos Cinco CDO Senior Notes [Member], USD $)	1 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2007 RCC Commercial [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member]	May 31, 2007 Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Senior Notes Class A-1 [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Senior Notes Class A-2a [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Senior Notes Class A-2b [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Senior Notes Class A-3 [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Senior Notes Class B [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Senior Notes Class C [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Senior Notes Class D [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	May 31, 2007 Apidos Cinco CDO Ltd [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Closing transaction amount				$ 350,000,000
Face amount of debt issued					37,500,000.0	200,000,000.0	22,500,000.0	19,000,000.0	18,000,000.0	14,000,000.0	11,000,000.0	322,000,000
Payments by parent to acquire notes issued by VIE	$ 28,000,000
Percentage of senior notes acquired by the parent				100.00%
Description of variable rate basis					LIBOR	LIBOR	LIBOR	LIBOR	LIBOR	LIBOR	LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate					0.24%	0.23%	0.32%	0.42%	0.80%	2.25%	4.25%
Weighted average interest rate on all notes issued to outside investors and net of repurchased notes (in hundredths)		0.77%	0.82%