RSO BORROWINGS (Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2007-1) (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended					3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2007 Resource Real Estate Funding 2007-1 CDO Investor LLC [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Jun. 30, 2007 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] RCC Real Estate [Member]	May 31, 2007 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] RCC Real Estate [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Jun. 30, 2007 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-1 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-1R [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-2 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class B [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class C [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class D [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class E [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class F [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class G [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class H [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class J [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class K [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class L [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class M [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Closing transaction amount						$ 500,000,000
Face amount of debt issued						265,600,000	180,000,000.0	50,000,000.0	57,500,000.0	22,500,000.0	7,000,000.0	26,800,000.0	11,900,000.0	11,900,000.0	11,300,000.0	11,300,000.0	11,300,000.0	10,000,000.0	18,800,000.0	28,800,000.0
Percentage of senior notes acquired by the parent	100.00%		100.00%
Payments by parent to acquire notes issued by VIE	41,300,000	68,000,000
Repayments of debt				41,600,000
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	one-month LIBOR	one-month LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate (in hundredths)							0.28%	0.32%	0.46%	0.80%		0.95%	1.15%	1.30%	1.55%	2.30%	2.95%	3.25%
Commitment fee percentage on undrawn balance of notes								0.18%
Interest rate at period end (in hundredths)											6.423%								7.50%	8.50%
Weighted average interest rate on all notes issued to outside investors and net of repurchased notes (in hundredths)				0.83%	0.81%
Repurchase of notes								0
Repurchase of notes, weighted average price to par								0.00%
Gain on the extinguishment of debt								$ 0