RSO BORROWINGS (Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2007-1) (Details) (USD $)			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		1 Months Ended			6 Months Ended			6 Months Ended						6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member]	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]	Jun. 30, 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]	Jun. 30, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-1 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-1R [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-1R [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-2 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class B [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class C [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class D [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class E [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class F [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class G [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class H [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class J [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class K [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class L [Member]	Jun. 30, 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										60,000,000
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)	1.34%	1.07%								0.86%	0.81%
Repurchase of notes					0	(4,850,000)									50,000,000
Repurchase of notes, weighted average price to par															90.00%
Gain on the extinguishment of debt			$ 0	$ 5,464,000	$ 0	$ 5,464,000									$ 3,600,000