NATURE OF OPERATIONS (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended								0 Months Ended			0 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		0 Months Ended						0 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011 Investment in LEAF [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Resource Capital Partners, Inc. [Member] Tenant_in_Common	Dec. 31, 2013 Resource Capital Partners, Inc. [Member] Real Estate Limited Partnership [Member] Partnership	Dec. 31, 2013 Resource Financial Institutions Group, Inc. (“RFIG”) [Member] Partnership	Dec. 31, 2013 LEAF Financial Corporation [Member] Entity Partnership	Nov. 16, 2011 Eos Partners, L.P. [Member] Investment in LEAF [Member]	Nov. 16, 2011 Eos Partners, L.P. [Member] Investment in LEAF [Member] Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Nov. 16, 2011 Eos Partners, L.P. [Member] Investment in LEAF [Member] LEAF Common Stock [Member]	Nov. 16, 2011 RSO [Member] Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Nov. 16, 2011 RSO [Member] Series B Preferred Stock [Member]	Nov. 16, 2011 RSO [Member] Investment in LEAF [Member]	Nov. 16, 2011 RSO [Member] Investment in LEAF [Member] Series B Preferred Stock [Member]	Nov. 16, 2011 RSO [Member] Investment in LEAF [Member] Series D Preferred Stock [Member]	Apr. 17, 2012 Resource America, Inc. [Member]	Nov. 16, 2011 Resource America, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Resource America, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource America, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Resource America, Inc. [Member] General Partner [Member]	Apr. 17, 2012 Resource America, Inc. [Member] General Partner [Member]	Apr. 17, 2012 Resource America, Inc. [Member] CVC Credit Partners, L.P. [Member] Limited Partner [Member]	Apr. 17, 2012 Resource America, Inc. [Member] CVC Credit Partners, L.P. [Member] General Partner [Member]	Nov. 16, 2011 LEAF Senior Management [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Apidos Capital Partners [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Number of partnerships in which the company serves as general partner					8	7
Number of tenant-in-common programs				6
Number of entities managed by related parties							4
Number of equipment leasing partnerships							4
Amount invested in cash								$ 50,000,000
Preferred stock shares issued (in shares)								50,000			31,341			4,872	2,364
Dividend rate of preferred stock (in hundredths)									12.00%			8.00%		8.00%
Number of shares of LEAF common stock that can be purchased with warrants issued (in shares)										2,954
Exercise price of warrants (in dollars per share)										0.01
Fully diluted potential percentage of interest in LEAF from warrants (in hundredths)									45.10%				26.70%				15.70%	12.60%						10.00%
Number of common shares in LEAF retained by the entity (in shares)																	18,414
Gain on deconsolidation and sale of subsidiaries	54,542,000	8,749,000	8,700,000																						54,500,000
Proceeds from sale of CLO management subsidiary																25,000,000
Percentage interest in limited partnership formed																						33.00%
Company's general partnership interest in newly formed limited partnership (in hundredths)																							33.00%
Preferred equity interest retained as a percentage of incentive management fees																				75.00%	75.00%
Valuation of company's investment in Apidos																			$ 34,800,000