COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011 defendant	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Jan. 28, 2010 Trapeza entities [Member] Entity	Dec. 31, 2013 Trapeza entities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Trapeza entities [Member] Entity	Dec. 31, 2012 Trapeza entities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 RRE Opportunity REIT [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 LEAF Commercial Capital Inc [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 LEAF I [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Resource Securities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource Securities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 New York Lease Property [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Philadelphia Lease Property [Member] option lease	Dec. 31, 2013 LEAF Commercial Capital Inc [Member] Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] LEAF Funding 3 [Member] RSO [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Rent expense, net of subleases		$ 1,400,000	$ 1,500,000	$ 2,300,000
Potential extended additional term														5 years	5 years
Number of operating leases															1
Number of options to extend lease term															1
Value of equity of variable interest entity, threshold for obligation to contribute cash to VIE, less than																18,700,000
Maximum testing date for obligation (in days)										90 days
Maximum guarantee provided by the company											1,000,000
Amount of lender discount											250,000
Minimum net capital required												221,000	113,000
Net capital												2,700,000	258,000
Minimum requirement of net capital exceeded by												2,500,000	145,000
Number of entities owned by entity and co-managing partner					2		2
Potential clawback liabilities					4,400,000
Contribution towards potential clawback liabilities					2,200,000
Contribution towards potential clawback liabilities (in hundredths)					50.00%
Clawback liability		0	1,181,000					1,200,000
Settlement of clawback liability						1,100,000	1,100,000
Number of defendants involved in complaint	30
Investment commitment (in hundredths)									1.00%
Equity raised in fund									100,000,000
Original maximum investment commitment									1,000,000.0
Cumulative funded equity in fund									$ 200,000