RSO BORROWINGS (Apidos CDO I) (Details) (USD $)			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended	24 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended			1 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, 2013 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member]	Aug. 31, 2005 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-1 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-1 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-2 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class B [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class B [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class C [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class D [Member]	Aug. 31, 2005 Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member] RCC Commercial [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Closing transaction amount									$ 350,000,000
Face amount of debt issued									321,500,000	259,500,000.0	259,500,000.0	15,000,000.0	20,500,000.0	20,500,000.0	13,000,000.0	8,000,000.0
Payments by parent to acquire notes issued by VIE																	28,500,000
Percentage of senior notes acquired by the parent									100.00%
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)	1.34%	1.07%
Repayments of debt											193,500,000
Repurchase of notes					0	(4,850,000)	2,000,000	2,000,000					0	0
Repurchase of notes, weighted average price to par								85.11%					0.00%	0.00%
Gain on the extinguishment of debt			$ 0	$ 5,464,000	$ 0	$ 5,464,000		$ 298,000,000					$ 0	$ 0