Note 6 - Real Estate Held for Investment (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Schedule of Noncash or Part Noncash Acquisitions [Table Text Block]

	2013		2012
Increases:
Real estate held for sale and investment	$	3,738,168	$	—
Decreases:
Loans secured by trust deeds, net of allowance for loan losses		3,263,672		—
Interest and other receivables		474,496		—

Income from Real Estate Held for Investment [Table Text Block]

	2013			2012
Anacapa Villas, LLC	$	(1,000	)	$	(2,000	)
DarkHorse Golf Club, LLC		(104,000	)		(154,000	)
Lone Star Golf, LLC		(52,000	)		(42,000	)
Baldwin Ranch Subdivision, LLC		(26,000	)		(29,000	)
The Last Resort and Marina, LLC		(7,000	)		(7,000	)
33rd Street Terrace, LLC		—			23,000
54th Street Condos, LLC		(25,000	)		(105,000	)
Wolfe Central, LLC		99,000			101,000
AMFU, LLC		(3,000	)		33,000
Phillips Road, LLC		7,000			29,000
550 Sandy Lane, LLC		2,000			46,000
1401 on Jackson, LLC		52,000			(13,000	)
Broadway & Commerce, LLC		15,000			18,000
Brannan Island, LLC		(36,000	)		—
Light industrial building, Paso Robles, California		49,000			49,000
Undeveloped land, San Jose, California		(38,000	)		(38,000	)
Office condominium complex, Roseville, California		(25,000	)		(14,000	)
Storage facility/business, Stockton, California		78,000			59,000
Industrial building, Chico, California		—			(93,000	)
Undeveloped land, Gypsum, Colorado		(60,000	)		(107,000	)
Office/retail complex, Hilo, Hawaii		(26,000	)		—

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases [Table Text Block]

Year ending March 31:
2014	$	5,394,108
2015		2,403,674
2016		1,908,186
2017		1,528,900
2018		1,140,986
Thereafter (through 2026)		2,427,494
	$	14,803,348

By Property [Member]

Schedule of Real Estate Properties [Table Text Block]

	2013		2012
Light industrial building, Paso Robles, California	$	1,444,994	$	1,451,089
Commercial buildings, Roseville, California		782,888		777,366
Retail complex, Greeley, Colorado (held within 720 University, LLC)		11,884,089		11,974,751
Undeveloped, residential land, Madera County, California		726,580		726,580
Undeveloped, residential land, Marysville, California		403,200		403,200
75 improved, residential lots, Auburn, California (held within Baldwin Ranch Subdivision, LLC)		3,878,544		3,878,544
Undeveloped, industrial land, San Jose, California		1,958,400		1,958,400
Undeveloped, commercial land, Half Moon Bay, California		1,468,800		1,468,800
Storage facility/business, Stockton, California		4,013,616		4,037,575
Two improved residential lots, West Sacramento, California		130,560		130,560
Undeveloped, residential land, Coolidge, Arizona		1,017,600		1,017,600
Office condominium complex (16 units), Roseville, California		4,088,520		4,019,876
Golf course, Auburn, California (held within Lone Star Golf, LLC)		1,954,957		1,959,492
Industrial building, Sunnyvale, California (held within Wolfe Central, LLC)		3,183,583		3,205,847
133 condominium units, Phoenix, Arizona (held within 54th Street Condos, LLC)		7,369,849		7,459,609
Medical office condominium complex, Gilbert, Arizona (held within AMFU, LLC)		4,833,388		4,860,573
61 condominium units, Lakewood, Washington (held within Phillips Road, LLC)		4,618,643		4,654,914
12 condominium and 3 commercial units, Tacoma, Washington (held within Broadway & Commerce, LLC)		2,427,990		2,432,883
6 improved residential lots, Coeur D’Alene, Idaho		969,600		969,600
Unimproved, residential and commercial land, Gypsum, Colorado		5,745,042		5,760,000
Unimproved, commercial land, South Lake Tahoe, California (held within Tahoe Stateline Venture, LLC)		11,558,033		8,452,996
Marina and yacht club with 179 boat slips, Isleton, California (held within Brannan Island, LLC)		1,998,275		—
	$	76,457,151	$	71,600,255

By Class of Property [Member]

Schedule of Real Estate Properties [Table Text Block]

	2013			2012
Land	$	42,389,158		$	37,381,547
Buildings and improvements		40,956,586			40,736,868
		83,345,744			78,118,415
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(6,888,593	)		(6,518,160	)
	$	76,457,151		$	71,600,255