VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES BORROWINGS (Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1) (Details) RSO (Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member], USD $)				12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 RSO [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 RSO [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 RSO [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class A-1 [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class A-1 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class A-2 [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class A-2 [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class A-2b [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class B [Member]	Jun. 21, 2011 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class B [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class B [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class C [Member]	Jun. 21, 2011 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class C [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class C [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class D [Member]	Jun. 21, 2011 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class D [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class D [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class E [Member]	Jun. 21, 2011 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class E [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class E [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class F [Member]	Jun. 21, 2011 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class F [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class F [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class G [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class G [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class H [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class H [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class J [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class K [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 RSO [Member] Senior Notes Class A-1 and Class C [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 RCC Real Estate [Member] Senior Notes Class J and K [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Gain on Extinguishment of Debt [Member] RCC Real Estate [Member] Senior Notes Class A-1 and Class C [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 Resource Real Estate Funding 2006-1 CDO Investor LLC [Member] RSO [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Closing transaction amount			$ 345,000,000
Face amount of debt issued			308,700,000		129,400,000		17,400,000	5,000,000			6,900,000			20,700,000			15,500,000			20,700,000			19,800,000		17,300,000		12,900,000	14,700,000	28,400,000		43,100,000
Percentage of senior notes acquired by the parent																															100.00%
Purchased equity interests																																	36,300,000
Percentage of total preference shares (in hundredths)																																	100.00%
Repayments of debt				29,700,000
Description of variable rate basis				one-month LIBOR		one-month LIBOR			one-month LIBOR			one-month LIBOR			one-month LIBOR			one-month LIBOR			one-month LIBOR					one-month LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate				0.32%		0.35%			0.40%			0.62%			0.80%			1.30%			1.60%			1.90%		3.75%
Interest rate at period end (in hundredths)								5.842%																				6.00%	6.00%
Weighted average interest rate on all notes issued to outside investors and net of repurchased notes (in hundredths)	1.42%	1.44%
Repurchase amount of debt				4,300,000								4,000,000
Weighted average price to par paid to repurchase debt																														81.63%
Gain on repurchase of debt instrument																																1,500,000
Debt surrendered for cancelation without consideration										$ 6,900,000			$ 7,700,000			$ 5,520,000			$ 7,000,000			$ 5,250,000