SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Revenue Recognition) (Details) (USD $)			12 Months Ended														12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013 Hotel Savannah, GA [Member] Unit	Dec. 31, 2013 Commercial Finance, Four Investment Entities [Member] Entity	Dec. 31, 2012 Commercial Finance, Four Investment Entities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Commercial Finance, Four Investment Entities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum [Member] RSO [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Collateralized Loan Obligations [Member]	Feb. 28, 2011 Collateralized Loan Obligations [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Management Fees [Member] obligation	Feb. 28, 2011 Management Fees [Member] obligation	Dec. 31, 2013 Management Fees [Member] Apidos [Member] obligation	Dec. 31, 2013 Base and Additional Management Fees [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Incentive Collateral Managment Fees [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Payable in Cash [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Payable in Restricted Shares [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Payable in Restricted Shares [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Monthly Fee [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Annual Fee [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Annual Fee [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Annual Fee [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Quarterly Fee [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Quarterly Fee [Member] Maximum [Member]
Schedule of Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Number of CLOs holding											3	5	3
Bank loans									$ 1,100,000,000	$ 1,700,000,000
Management fees paid														10.00%	50.00%
Quarterly incentive compensation, percentage																75.00%		25.00%
Ownership percentage	10.00%							15.00%
Required period of retention of shares																	1 year
Restricted stock, valuation period																	30 days
Restricted stock, period between valuation period end and issuance date																	3 days
Acquisition fees, percentage						1.00%	2.00%
Financing fees, percentage						0.50%	1.75%
Debt origination fee, percentage						0.50%	5.00%
Property management fee, percentage						4.50%	5.00%
Debt management fee, percentage																			0.167%	2.00%
Investment management fee, percentage																				1.00%
Asset management fees percentage																					1.00%	2.00%	0.833%	1.00%
Amount waived of the fund management fees from commercial finance investment entities			$ 1,800,000	$ 3,900,000	$ 7,200,000
Number of commercial finance investment entities that management fees were waved			4
Number of Rooms		86
Percent owned in real estate property		80.00%