RSO BORROWINGS (Apidos CDO III) (Details) (Apidos CDO III Senior Notes [Member], USD $)	1 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2006 RCC Commercial [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member]	May 31, 2006 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 [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]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Closing transaction amount				$ 285,500,000
Face amount of debt issued				262,500,000	212,000,000.0	19,000,000.0	15,000,000.0	10,500,000.0	6,000,000.0
Payments by parent to acquire notes issued by VIE	23,000,000
Percentage of senior notes acquired by the parent	100.00%
Description of variable rate basis					3-month LIBOR	3-month LIBOR	3-month LIBOR	3-month LIBOR	3-month LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate					0.26%	0.45%	0.75%	1.75%	4.25%
Weighted average interest rate on all notes issued to outside investors and net of repurchased notes (in hundredths)		0.86%	0.80%
Repayments of debt					$ 116,400,000