SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Investments in Unconsolidated Loan Manager and Entities) (Details)	Dec. 31, 2013	Apr. 17, 2012
RRE Opportunity REIT [Member]
Subsidiary of Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership [Line Items]
Ownership percentage of shares outstanding, less than	1.00%
Limited Liability Company [Member]
Subsidiary of Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership [Line Items]
Number of investments	2
Public non-traded REIT [Member]
Subsidiary of Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership [Line Items]
Number of investments	1
Real Estate Investment [Member]
Subsidiary of Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership [Line Items]
Number of investments	6
Financial fund management [Member]
Subsidiary of Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership [Line Items]
Number of investments	7
Number of CDOs	13
Unconsolidated Management Company [Member]
Subsidiary of Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership [Line Items]
Number of entities	2
Commercial Finance [Member]
Subsidiary of Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership [Line Items]
Number of investments	4
Resource America, Inc. [Member] | General Partner [Member]
Subsidiary of Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership [Line Items]
Preferred equity interest retained as a percentage of incentive management fees	75.00%	75.00%
Resource Capital Partners, Inc. [Member] | Real Estate Limited Partnership [Member]
Subsidiary of Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership [Line Items]
Number of partnerships in which the company serves as general partner	8