INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED ENTITIES AND LOAN MANAGER (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended					9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013 Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT Inc [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Parent [Member] General Partner [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 CVC Credit Partners, L.P. [Member] Parent [Member] Limited Partner [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT Inc [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Trapeza Entities [Member] Partnership	Sep. 30, 2013 Trapeza Entities [Member] Entity	Dec. 31, 2012 Trapeza Entities [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership percentage (in hundredths)	10.00%
Proceeds from sale of ownership interest in real estate joint venture	$ 3,000,000
Gain on sale of investments	1,600,000
Number of entities owned by entity and co-managing partner									2
Number of partnerships dissolved								2
Settlement of clawback liability								1,100,000
Trapeza clawback (see Note 17)		0	1,181,000							1,200,000
Cost-method investments, book value		$ 6,800,000		$ 2,500,000
Ownership interest, cost method (less than 1%)							1.00%
Percentage interest in limited partnership formed						33.00%
Preferred equity interest retained as a percentage of incentive management fees					75.00%