Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Included Related Party

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- Definition

Number of bank loans which defaulted as of the balance sheet date.

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- Definition

Revenue realized in the period on direct financing leases.

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- Definition

Net amount of the investment in a contractual right to receive money on demand or on fixed or determinable dates that is recognized as an asset in the creditor's statement of financial position. Examples include, but are not limited to, credit card receivables, notes receivable and receivables relating to lessor's rights to payments from leases other than operating leases that have been recorded as assets. Excludes trade accounts receivable with contractual maturity of one year or less and arose from the sale of goods or services.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.3)

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 3

-Article 5

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- Definition

Amount of expense related loan transactions, lease transactions, credit loss from transactions other than loan and lease transactions, and other loss based on assessment of uncollectability from the counterparty to reduce the account to their net realizable value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 28

-Subparagraph (a)

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Paragraph 11

-Article 9

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 225

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-04.11)

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 11B

-Subparagraph (c)(2)

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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES FINANCING RECEIVABLES (Details) RSO (RSO [Member], USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 Loan	Dec. 31, 2014 Loan	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014 Loan
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of defaulted loans	1rexi_NumberOfDefaultedLoans	2rexi_NumberOfDefaultedLoans
Loans and receivables	$ 1,969,858,000us-gaap_NotesReceivableNet	$ 1,935,793,000us-gaap_NotesReceivableNet
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Included Related Party	7,385,000	4,613,000	13,807,000
Provision (recovery) for loan losses	3,990,000	1,804,000
Capital Leases, Income Statement, Direct Financing Lease Revenue		2,100,000
Bank Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and receivables	298,209,000	330,930,000
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Included Related Party	720,000	570,000	3,391,000
Provision (recovery) for loan losses	1,415,000	4,173,000
Bank Loans [Member] \| Nonperforming Financing Receivable [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of defaulted loans				1
Loans and receivables	215,000	1,400,000
Residential Mortgage Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of defaulted loans	2
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Included Related Party	110,000	0	0
Provision (recovery) for loan losses	197,000	0
Loans Receivable - Related Party [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Included Related Party	0	0	0
Provision (recovery) for loan losses	$ (188,000)	$ 1,297,000