VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES BORROWINGS (CMBS Term Repurchase Facility) (Details) RSO (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
RSO [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unamortized debt issuance costs	$ 16,216,000	$ 24,924,000
Amount at Risk Under Facility [Abstract]
Weighted Average Maturity in Days	13 years 1 month	12 years 6 months
RSO [Member] \| CMBS - Term Repurchase Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unamortized debt issuance costs	12,000	23,000
Amount at Risk Under Facility [Abstract]
Weighted Average Maturity in Days	21 days	18 days
RCC Real Estate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt issued	91,931,000	106,303,000
Debt instrument, fair value	121,622,000	145,235,000
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association [Member] \| RCC Real Estate And RCC Commercial [Member] \| CMBS - Term Repurchase Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument term	2 years
Debt instrument term, option to extend	1 year
Description of variable rate basis	one-month LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate	1.00%
Debt instrument, structuring fee, percent		0.25%
Line of credit facility, extension fee percentage (in hundredths)	0.25%
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association [Member] \| RCC Real Estate [Member] \| CMBS - Term Repurchase Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt issued	47,601,000	42,530,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs	12,000	23,000
Debt instrument, fair value	56,949,000	51,636,000
Debt instrument, weighted average interest rate	1.38%	1.52%
Amount at Risk Under Facility [Abstract]
Debt instrument, weighted average interest rate	1.38%	1.52%
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| RCC Real Estate And RCC Commercial [Member] \| CMBS - Term Repurchase Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt issued		100,000,000.0
Linked Transactions [Member] \| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association [Member] \| RCC Real Estate [Member] \| CMBS - Term Repurchase Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, fair value	8,345,000	14,586,000
Debt instrument, weighted average interest rate	1.65%	1.40%
Amount at Risk Under Facility [Abstract]
Debt instrument, weighted average interest rate	1.65%	1.40%
Linked Transactions [Member] \| CMBS [Member] \| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association [Member] \| RCC Real Estate [Member] \| CMBS - Term Repurchase Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt issued	$ 6,506,000	$ 12,180,000

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Weighted average date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in free form syntax.

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Debt instrument, structuring fee, percent.

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Debt instrument, term, option to extend.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the extension of credit facility.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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The reference rate for the variable rate of the debt instrument, such as LIBOR or the US Treasury rate and the maturity of the reference rate used, such as three months or six months LIBOR.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Fair value portion of debt instrument payable, including, but not limited to, notes payable and loans payable.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Weighted average interest rate of long-term debt outstanding.

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The remaining balance of debt issuance expenses that were capitalized and are being amortized against income over the lives of the respective bond issues. This does not include the amounts capitalized as part of the cost of the utility plant or asset.

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