The asset agreement provides for a percentage of assets management fee.

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Amount of the exit fee upon debt repayment.

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Loans and leases receivable, related parties, principal payments.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 323

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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Total investments in (A) an entity in which the entity has significant influence, but does not have control, (B) subsidiaries that are not required to be consolidated and are accounted for using the equity and or cost method, and (C) an entity in which the reporting entity shares control of the entity with another party or group. Includes long-term advances receivable from a party that is affiliated with the reporting entity by means of direct or indirect ownership.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used.

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The effective interest rate during the reporting period.

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-Topic 210

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-Section S99

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

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-Section 02

-Paragraph 19, 22

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Reflects the amount of new advances made to related parties in the form of loan and lease receivables.

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RSO RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Relationship with Resource Real Estate) (Details) (USD $)				0 Months Ended		11 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member]	May 23, 2012 SLH Partners [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Jun. 21, 2011 SLH Partners [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	May 23, 2012 SLH Partners [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 SLH Partners [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 SLH Partners [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Resource Real Estate Management, LLC [Member] SLH Partners [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percentage (in hundredths)	10.00%				10.00%
Amount of loan to related party					$ 7,000,000
Loans receivable - related party, principal payments				7,000,000
Line of credit facility, interest rate during period (in hundredths)						10.00%
Origination fee with establishment of line of credit facility (in hundredths)					1.00%
Exit fee				70,000
Asset management fees percentage (in hundredths)									2.00%
Investments in unconsolidated entities		$ 48,419,000	$ 45,413,000				$ 1,300,000	$ 1,200,000