RSO BORROWINGS (Apidos CDO I) (Details) (Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member], USD $)				3 Months Ended					1 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Aug. 31, 2005 Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-1 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-2 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class B [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class C [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class D [Member]	Aug. 31, 2005 RCC Commercial [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Closing transaction amount			$ 350,000,000
Payments by parent to acquire notes issued by VIE									28,500,000
Percentage of senior notes acquired by the parent			100.00%
Face amount of debt issued			321,500,000	259,500,000.0	15,000,000.0	20,500,000.0	13,000,000.0	8,000,000.0
Description of variable rate basis				3-month LIBOR	3-month LIBOR	3-month LIBOR	3-month LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate (in hundredths)				0.26%	0.42%	0.75%	1.85%
Interest rate at period end (in hundredths)								9.25%
Weighted average interest rate on all notes issued to outside investors and net of repurchased notes (in hundredths)	1.14%	1.07%
Repayments of debt				144,900,000
Repurchase of notes						0
Repurchase of notes, weighted average price to par						0.00%
Gain on the extinguishment of debt						$ 0