VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) RSO (USD $)	3 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended				0 Months Ended					12 Months Ended	15 Months Ended			0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended							0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended						0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	May 31, 2013 RSO [Member]	Oct. 31, 2012 RSO [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 RSO [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 RSO [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 RSO [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 RSO [Member] Bancorp [Member]	Jan. 11, 2013 RSO [Member] Lease Equity Appreciation Fund II [Member]	Feb. 15, 2012 RSO [Member] Lease Equity Appreciation Fund II [Member]	Sep. 03, 2011 RSO [Member] Lease Equity Appreciation Fund II [Member]	Jun. 03, 2011 RSO [Member] Lease Equity Appreciation Fund II [Member]	Mar. 05, 2010 RSO [Member] Lease Equity Appreciation Fund II [Member]	Mar. 05, 2011 RSO [Member] Lease Equity Appreciation Fund II [Member]	Jun. 01, 2011 RSO [Member] Lease Equity Appreciation Fund II [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 RSO [Member] Lease Equity Appreciation Fund II [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 RSO [Member] Lease Equity Appreciation Fund II [Member]	Feb. 24, 2011 RSO [Member] Churchill Pacific Asset Management LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 RSO [Member] Churchill Pacific Asset Management LLC [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 RSO [Member] Ledgewood [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 RSO [Member] Ledgewood [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Apidos Capital Management LLC [Member] CVC Capital Partners [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Apidos Capital Management LLC [Member] CVC Capital Partners [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Apidos Capital Management LLC [Member] CVC Capital Partners [Member]	May 31, 2013 Apidos Capital Management LLC [Member] CVC Capital Partners [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Resource America [Member] CVC Capital Partners [Member]	Nov. 16, 2011 Series B Preferred Stock [Member] RSO [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 LEAF [Member] RSO [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 LEAF [Member] RSO [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] Investment in CVC Global Opps Fund [Member] RSO [Member]	Jul. 31, 2013 Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] Investment in CVC Global Opps Fund [Member] RSO [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] Investment in CVC Global Opps Fund [Member] RSO [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] Investment in CVC Global Opps Fund [Member] RSO [Member]	Nov. 16, 2011 Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] LEAF [Member] RSO [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] LEAF [Member] RSO [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] LEAF [Member] RSO [Member]	Nov. 16, 2011 Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] LEAF [Member] Series A Preferred Stock [Member] RSO [Member]	Nov. 16, 2011 Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] LEAF [Member] Series B Preferred Stock [Member] RSO [Member]	Nov. 16, 2011 Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] LEAF [Member] Series D Preferred Stock [Member] RSO [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Equity Method Investments																															$ 15,000,000
Investment management fee, percentage																														1.50%
Revolving credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity													8,000,000.0
Line of credit facility, term (in years)														1 year
Line of credit facility, interest rate during period (in hundredths)												10.00%		12.00%	12.00%
Origination fee with establishment of line of credit facility (in hundredths)													1.00%
Line of credit facility, extension fee percentage (in hundredths)									1.00%	1.00%	1.00%
Repayments of Lines of Credit					361,000
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding								0								5,400,000	5,700,000
Shares received in equity method transaction (in shares)																																					31,341	4,872	2,364
Preferred stock, coupon authorized																											8.00%
Ownership percentage in VIE			68.30%																															26.70%	27.50%
Equity in (losses) earnings of unconsolidated entities	631,000	1,261,000			2,014,000	(425,000)																						594,000	336,000	834,000		0
Investments in unconsolidated entities					62,053,000		69,069,000																							17,000,000			16,200,000	36,300,000	40,400,000	41,000,000
Ownership percentage																		100.00%								33.00%
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																								10.00%
Percentage of incentive fees the company is entitled to collect																								50.00%
Subordinated fees received																						370,000	181,000
Preferred equity acquired				66.60%
Ownership interests in variable interest entity																									68.30%
Legal fees																				$ 38,000	$ 46,000