VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Relationship with CVC Credit Partners, LLC) (Details) RSO (USD $)			1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource America [Member] CVC Capital Partners [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 RSO [Member]	Feb. 24, 2011 RSO [Member] Churchill Pacific Asset Management LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 RSO [Member] Churchill Pacific Asset Management LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Apidos Capital Management LLC [Member] CVC Capital Partners [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Apidos Capital Management LLC [Member] CVC Capital Partners [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Apidos Capital Management LLC [Member] CVC Capital Partners [Member]	May 31, 2013 Apidos Capital Management LLC [Member] CVC Capital Partners [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	10.00%	33.00%		100.00%
Purchase price of acquired entity paid by acquiring entity				$ 22,500,000
Assets under management, carrying amount					1,900,000,000
Percentage of subordinated fees the company is entitled to collect (in hundredths)							10.00%
Percentage of incentive fees the company is entitled to collect (in hundredths)							50.00%
Subordinated fees received						$ 643,000	$ 800,000	$ 1,000,000
Preferred equity acquired			66.60%
Ownership interests in variable interest entity									68.30%