RSO BORROWINGS (Schedule of Debt - Parenthetical) (Details) (Resource Capital Corp [Member], USD $)							6 Months Ended																			1 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013 CMBS linked transactions [Member] Linked Transactions [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 CMBS linked transactions [Member] Linked Transactions [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 RREF CDO 2006-1 Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 RREF CDO 2006-1 Senior Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Apidos CDO III Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Apidos CDO III Senior Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Apidos Cinco CDO Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Apidos Cinco CDO Senior Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 CMBS - Term Repurchase Facilities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 CMBS - Term Repurchase Facilities [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 CRE - Term Repurchase Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 CRE - Term Repurchase Facility [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Mortgages [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Mortgages [Member]	Aug. 01, 2011 Mortgages [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Whitney CLO I Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Whitney CLO I Senior Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Subsequent Event [Member] Whitney CLO I Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal outstanding					$ 115,700,000	$ 146,400,000	$ 182,000,000	$ 227,400,000	$ 126,000,000	$ 203,200,000	$ 158,800,000	$ 222,000,000	$ 322,000,000	$ 322,000,000	$ 317,600,000	$ 317,600,000	$ 48,700,000	$ 47,500,000	$ 116,100,000	$ 59,100,000	$ 13,600,000	$ 13,600,000	$ 13,600,000	$ 103,700,000	$ 174,100,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs					409,000	728,000	909,000	1,400,000	43,000	274,000	306,000	659,000	1,200,000	1,500,000	4,300,000	4,700,000	82,000	23,000	1,100,000	348,000
Unamortized discount															11,000,000	11,900,000								1,700,000	2,500,000
Accrued interest expense	3,276,000	2,918,000															28,000	37,000	143,000	79,000
CMBS Linked repurchase agreement			66,600,000	20,400,000
Available-for-sale property, amortized cost basis																					19,600,000
Repayments of debt							$ 60,000,000																			$ 103,700,000