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Fair value portion of notes payable.

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BORROWINGS (Credit Facilities and Other Debt) (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Aug. 31, 2011
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings Outstanding	$ 20,747,000	$ 20,970,000
Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior Notes	10,000,000	10,000,000
Other debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings Outstanding	870,000	324,000
TD Bank, NA - secured revolving credit facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Availability on the line of credit facility	10,997,000
Borrowings Outstanding	0	0
Outstanding letters of credit	503,000
Republic Bank - secured revolving credit facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Availability on the line of credit facility	2,233,000
Borrowings Outstanding	0	0
Total corporate and real estate borrowings [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings Outstanding	0	0
Mortgage debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings Outstanding	9,877,000	10,088,000	$ 10,700,000
Note Payable to RSO [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings Outstanding	$ 0	$ 558,000