The number of real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

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The cumulative amount of depreciation for real estate property held for investment purposes.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 944

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.1(3))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 1

-Article 7

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Amount of real estate investment property which may include the following: (1) land available-for-sale; (2) land available-for-development; (3) investments in building and building improvements; (4) tenant allowances; (5) developments in-process; (6) rental properties; and (7) other real estate investments.

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Amount of real estate investment property, net of accumulated depreciation, which may include the following: (1) land available-for-sale; (2) land available-for-development; (3) investments in building and building improvements; (4) tenant allowances; (5) developments in-process; (6) rental properties; and (7) other real estate investments.

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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES INVESTMENTS IN REAL ESTATE (Investments in Real Estate) (Details) RSO (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012 RSO [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 RSO [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 RSO [Member] Multi-Family Property [Member] Property	Dec. 31, 2011 RSO [Member] Multi-Family Property [Member] Property	Dec. 31, 2012 RSO [Member] Office Real Estate Property [Member] Property	Dec. 31, 2011 RSO [Member] Office Real Estate Property [Member] Property	Dec. 31, 2012 RSO [Member] Hotel property [Member] Property	Dec. 31, 2011 RSO [Member] Hotel property [Member] Property
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Book Value			$ 77,936	$ 48,726	$ 42,179	$ 38,577	$ 10,149	$ 10,149	$ 25,608	$ 0
Less: Accumulated depreciation			(2,550)	(699)
Investments in real estate	$ 19,149	$ 19,942	$ 75,386	$ 48,027
Number of Properties					2	2	1	1	1	0