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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) RSO							1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Nov. 07, 2013 USD ($) shares	Jan. 11, 2013	Feb. 15, 2012	Sep. 03, 2011	Feb. 24, 2011 USD ($)	Mar. 05, 2010 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	May. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) Entity	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) Entity	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 05, 2011	Apr. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Direct financing leases										$ 1,590,000			$ 1,590,000		$ 2,109,000
Number of Collateralized Loan Obligation Issuers \| Entity										5			5
Lease Equity Appreciation Fund II [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Origination fee with establishment of line of credit facility (in hundredths)						1.00%
Churchill Pacific Asset Management LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Assets under management, carrying amount										$ 1,900,000,000			$ 1,900,000,000
CVC Credit Partners [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Investment management fee, percentage										1.50%			1.50%
RSO [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Provision (recovery) for loan losses													$ (42,800,000)		(1,804,000)
Income (loss) and interest expense from equity method investments										$ (60,000)	$ (1,335,000)		(173,000)	$ (2,836,000)
Investments in unconsolidated entities										56,150,000			56,150,000		59,827,000		$ 750,000
Preferred equity acquired									66.60%
Management Fees Related Party										3,500,000	3,314,000		7,060,000	6,394,000
RSO [Member] \| Manager pursuant to the Management Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Incentive Management Fees Related Party											0		$ 0	0
RSO [Member] \| Lease Equity Appreciation Fund II [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
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)			12.00%										10.00%
Line of credit facility, extension fee percentage (in hundredths)		1.00%	1.00%	1.00%
RSO [Member] \| Churchill Pacific Asset Management LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percentage					100.00%
Purchase price of acquired entity paid by acquiring entity					$ 22,500,000
RSO [Member] \| Ledgewood [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Legal fees										61,000	120,000		$ 334,000	158,000
RSO [Member] \| Resource Capital Markets, Inc. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management Fees Related Party										0
Management Fee Portion Of Net Profits In Excess Of Preferred Return										$ 0
Resource America [Member] \| CVC Capital Partners [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percentage										33.00%			33.00%
Apidos Capital Management LLC [Member] \| CVC Capital Partners [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of subordinated fees the company is entitled to collect										10.00%			10.00%
Percentage of incentive fees the company is entitled to collect										50.00%			50.00%
Subordinated Fees										$ 221,000	330,000		$ 458,000	700,000
Interest in LCC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Income (loss) and interest expense from equity method investments										(350,000)	278,000		(402,000)	872,000
Investments in unconsolidated entities															39,400,000
Interest in LCC [Member] \| RSO [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Income (loss) and interest expense from equity method investments										(350,000)	278,000		(402,000)	872,000
Investments in unconsolidated entities										39,819,000			39,819,000		39,416,000
Investment in CVC Global Opps Fund [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Income (loss) and interest expense from equity method investments										(312,000)	(1,100,000)		(920,000)	(2,000,000)
Proceeds from Divestiture of Businesses and Interests in Affiliates							$ 5,000,000
Investments in unconsolidated entities										14,100,000			14,100,000		18,209,000
Investment in CVC Global Opps Fund [Member] \| RSO [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Income (loss) and interest expense from equity method investments										(312,000)	(1,124,000)		(920,000)	(1,958,000)
Proceeds from Divestiture of Businesses and Interests in Affiliates							$ 5,000,000
Investments in unconsolidated entities										$ 14,129,000			$ 14,129,000
Ownership percentage										17.40%			17.40%
RRE VIP Borrower, LLC [Member] \| RSO [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Income (loss) and interest expense from equity method investments										$ 0	(870,000)		$ (46,000)	(1,736,000)
Equity Method Investments															0
Investments in unconsolidated entities										0			0		0
Varde Investment Partners, LP [Member] \| RSO [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Income (loss) and interest expense from equity method investments										0	$ 19,000		0	$ 20,000
Investments in unconsolidated entities										$ 654,000			$ 654,000		654,000
Ownership percentage										7.50%			7.50%
Varde Investment Partners, LP [Member] \| RSO [Member] \| Resource Real Estate Management, LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management Fees Related Party										$ 0
Whitney CLO I, Ltd. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percentage in VIE								68.30%
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] \| Investment in CVC Global Opps Fund [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Equity Method Investments												$ 15,000,000
Loans Receivable - Related Party [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Provision (recovery) for loan losses										28,000			$ 216,000		(1,300,000)
Loans Receivable - Related Party [Member] \| RSO [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Provision (recovery) for loan losses													$ 216,000		$ (1,297,000)
Elevation Home Loans, LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Value Assigned	$ 830,000
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares \| shares	136,659
Whispertree Apartments [Member] \| RCC Real Estate [Member] \| Resource Real Estate Management, LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management Fees Related Party										$ 0