RSO BORROWINGS (Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1) (Details) (USD $)		3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended											3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended				3 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2006 Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] RCC Real Estate [Member] Senior Notes Class J and K [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-1 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-2 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-2b [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class B [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class C [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class D [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class E [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class F [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class G [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class H [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class J [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class K [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding 2006-1 CDO Investor LLC [Member] Resource Capital Corp [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-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]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Closing transaction amount				$ 345,000,000																	$ 500,000,000
Face amount of debt issued	43,100,000.0			308,700,000	129,400,000.0	17,400,000.0	5,000,000.0	6,900,000.0	20,700,000.0	15,500,000.0	20,700,000.0	19,800,000.0	17,300,000.0	12,900,000.0	14,700,000.0	28,400,000.0					265,600,000	180,000,000.0	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
Percentage of senior notes acquired by the parent	100.00%																	100.00%
Purchased equity interests																	36,300,000
Percentage of total preference shares (in hundredths)																	100.00%
Repayments of debt		$ 75,400,000																	$ 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	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)					0.32%	0.35%		0.40%	0.62%	0.80%	1.30%	1.60%	1.90%	3.75%								0.28%	0.46%	0.80%		0.95%	1.15%	1.30%	1.55%	2.30%	2.95%	3.25%
Interest rate at period end (in hundredths)							5.842%								6.00%	6.00%									6.423%
Weighted average interest rate on all notes issued to outside investors and net of repurchased notes (in hundredths)		1.64%	1.42%																0.83%	0.81%