CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
REVENUES:
Total revenues	$ 49,302	$ 43,327
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
General and administrative	3,154	2,153
Provision for credit losses	1,208	338
Depreciation and amortization	451	416
Costs and expenses	28,485	28,454
OPERATING INCOME	20,817	14,873
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Other-than-temporary impairment on investments		(214)
Interest expense	(483)	(494)
Other income (expense), net	(1,631)	(488)
Income from continuing operations before taxes	19,186	14,385
Income tax provision (benefit)	1,085
Income from continuing operations	18,101	12,769
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	0	(2)
Net income	18,101	12,767
Net income attributable to common shareholders	990	496
Amounts attributable to common shareholders:
Income from continuing operations	990	498
Discontinued operations	0	(2)
Net income	990	496
Basic earnings per share:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.05	$ 0.02
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.00	$ 0.00
Net income (loss) (in dollars per share)	$ 0.05	$ 0.02
Weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	20,252	20,124
Diluted earnings per share:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.04	$ 0.02
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.00	$ 0.00
Net income (loss) (in dollars per share)	$ 0.04	$ 0.02
Weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	22,027	21,815
RAI [Member]
REVENUES:
Real estate (includes revenues of $2,683 and $2,288 related to RSO)	13,275
Financial fund management (includes revenues of $207 and $381 related to RSO)	7,075
Commercial finance (includes no revenue related to RSO)	(99)
Total revenues	20,251
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Real estate	8,875
Financial fund management	4,389
Commercial finance	103
General and administrative	3,154
Provision for credit losses	1,208	338
Depreciation and amortization	451
Costs and expenses	18,180
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Other-than-temporary impairment on investments	0	(214)
Interest expense	(483)
Income tax provision (benefit)	1,069	(146)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	0	(2)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	40	43
RSO [Member]
REVENUES:
Real estate (includes revenues of $2,683 and $2,288 related to RSO)	2,683	2,288
Financial fund management (includes revenues of $207 and $381 related to RSO)	207	381
Commercial finance (includes no revenue related to RSO)	0	0
Total revenues	31,931
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Costs and expenses	13,140
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Income tax provision (benefit)	16	1,762
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(17,151)	(12,314)
Reportable Legal Entities [Member]
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Other income (expense), net	(318)	(519)
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | RAI [Member]
REVENUES:
Real estate (includes revenues of $2,683 and $2,288 related to RSO)	13,275	11,340
Financial fund management (includes revenues of $207 and $381 related to RSO)	7,075	4,287
Commercial finance (includes no revenue related to RSO)	(99)	(178)
Total revenues	20,251	15,449
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Real estate	8,875	9,440
Financial fund management	4,389	2,528
Commercial finance	103	45
General and administrative	3,154	2,153
Provision for credit losses	1,208	338
Depreciation and amortization	451	416
Costs and expenses	18,180	14,920
OPERATING INCOME	2,071
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Other-than-temporary impairment on investments	0	(214)
Interest expense	(483)	(494)
Other (expense) income	165	189
Income from continuing operations before taxes	2,325
Income tax provision (benefit)	1,069
Net income	1,256
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	40
Net income attributable to common shareholders	1,296
Amounts attributable to common shareholders:
Income from continuing operations	1,296
Discontinued operations	0
Net income	1,296
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | RSO [Member]
REVENUES:
Total revenues	31,931	30,578
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
General and administrative	0	0
Provision for credit losses	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	0	0
Costs and expenses	13,124	16,188
OPERATING INCOME	18,791
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Other-than-temporary impairment on investments		0
Interest expense	0	0
Other (expense) income	(1,331)	0
Income from continuing operations before taxes	17,460
Income tax provision (benefit)	0
Net income	17,460
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(2,344)
Net income attributable to common shareholders	15,116
Amounts attributable to common shareholders:
Income from continuing operations	15,116
Discontinued operations	0
Net income	15,116
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
REVENUES:
Total revenues	(2,880)	(2,700)
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
General and administrative	0	0
Provision for credit losses	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	0	0
Costs and expenses	(2,819)	(2,654)
OPERATING INCOME	(45)
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Other-than-temporary impairment on investments		0
Interest expense	0	0
Other (expense) income	18	31
Income from continuing operations before taxes	(599)
Income tax provision (benefit)	16
Net income	(615)
Net income attributable to common shareholders	(15,422)
Amounts attributable to common shareholders:
Income from continuing operations	(15,422)
Discontinued operations	0
Net income	(15,422)
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member] | RSO [Member]
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	$ (14,807)