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Number of Partnerships in Which the Company Serves as General Partner

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Number of Real Estate Investments Managed by Related Parties

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The number of Tenant in Common programs with whom the agreement for capital improvements were entered into.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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-Section 50
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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from entity's first offering of stock to the public.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Amount of real estate investment property, net of accumulated depreciation, which may include the following: (1) land available-for-sale; (2) land available-for-development; (3) investments in building and building improvements; (4) tenant allowances; (5) developments in-process; (6) rental properties; and (7) other real estate investments.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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NATURE OF OPERATIONS (Details)			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
NATURE OF OPERATIONS (Details)	Feb. 06, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 05, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) Partnership Tenant_in_Common Fund Entity	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Entity	Jul. 31, 2015 Entity
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Investments in real estate, net				$ 15,752,000	$ 16,022,000
Resource Capital Partners Inc
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of tenant in common programs \| Tenant_in_Common				3
Resource Financial Institutions Group, Inc.
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of partnerships in which the company serves as general partner \| Partnership				7
LEAF Financial Corporation
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of real estate investments managed by related parties \| Entity				1	2	1
RRE Opportunity REIT II
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Investments in real estate, net				$ 634,900,000
Real Estate Limited Partnership \| Resource Capital Partners Inc
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of partnerships in which the company serves as general partner \| Partnership				5
Pearlmark Real Estate Partners
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Ownership percentage				50.00%
CVC Credit Partners
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of real estate investments managed by related parties \| Fund				3
IPO \| Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT Inc
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Proceeds from IPO			$ 635,000,000
Investments in real estate, net				$ 1,000,000,000
IPO \| RRE Opportunity REIT II
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Proceeds from IPO	$ 556,000,000
IPO \| Innovation Office REIT \| Innovation Office REIT
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Initial public offering, amount of offering		$ 1,000,000,000.0
Common Class A \| IPO \| Innovation Office REIT
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 10.27
Common Class T \| IPO \| Innovation Office REIT
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 10.00