NATURE OF OPERATIONS (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Partnership Entity	Oct. 05, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Partnership Tenant_in_Common Entity	Dec. 31, 2014 Entity	Jan. 31, 2013
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Ownership percentage						10.00%
Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT II, Inc. [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Principal amount outstanding of loans held-in-portfolio	$ 596.4			$ 596.4
Resource Capital Partners, Inc. [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Number of tenant-in-common programs | Tenant_in_Common				4
Resource Capital Partners, Inc. [Member] | Real Estate Limited Partnership [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Number of partnerships in which the company serves as general partner | Partnership	5			5
Resource Financial Institutions Group, Inc. (“RFIG”) [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Number of partnerships in which the company serves as general partner | Partnership	7			7
LEAF Financial Corporation [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Number of entities managed by related parties | Entity	1			1	2
IPO [Member] | Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT Inc [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance initial public offering			$ 635.0
Principal amount outstanding of loans held-in-portfolio	$ 1,100.0			$ 1,100.0
IPO [Member] | Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT II, Inc. [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance initial public offering	$ 512.7
IPO [Member] | Innovation Office REIT [Member] | Innovation Office REIT [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Initial public offering, amount of offering		$ 1,100.0
Common Class A [Member] | IPO [Member] | Innovation Office REIT [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Share price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		$ 10.27
Common Class T [Member] | IPO [Member] | Innovation Office REIT [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Share price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		$ 10.00
Pearlmark Real Estate Partners [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	50.00%			50.00%
CVC Credit Partners [Member]
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	24.00%			24.00%
Number of entities managed by related parties	2			2