RSO BORROWINGS (Apidos CDO I) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended					9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended				1 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Aug. 31, 2005 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-1 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-2 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class B [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class B [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class B [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class C [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class D [Member]	Aug. 31, 2005 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member] RCC Commercial [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Closing transaction amount							$ 350,000,000
Payments by parent to acquire notes issued by VIE															28,500,000
Percentage of senior notes acquired by the parent							100.00%
Face amount of debt issued							321,500,000	259,500,000.0	15,000,000.0	20,500,000.0	20,500,000.0		13,000,000.0	8,000,000.0
Description of variable rate basis								3-month LIBOR	3-month LIBOR		3-month LIBOR		3-month LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate (in hundredths)								0.26%	0.42%		0.75%		1.85%
Interest rate at period end (in hundredths)														9.25%
Weighted average interest rate on all notes issued to outside investors and net of repurchased notes (in hundredths)					1.52%	1.07%
Repayments of debt								217,700,000
Repurchase of notes			0	(4,850,000)						0	0	2,000,000
Repurchase of notes, weighted average price to par										0.00%	0.00%	85.11%
Gain on the extinguishment of debt	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 5,464,000						$ 0	$ 0	$ 298,000