Accrued interest payable to a related party

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Related party transaction accrued profit principal and guarantee transactions.

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- Definition

Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of obligations due all related parties.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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-Publisher FASB
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-Publisher FASB
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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash outflow for the payment of a long-term borrowing made from a related party where one party can exercise control or significant influence over another party; including affiliates, owners or officers and their immediate families, pension trusts, and so forth. Alternate caption: Payments for Advances from Affiliates.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 15
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Related Party Transactions (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payment to related party	$ 124,000	$ 250,000
Ross Dove and Kirk Dove [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payment to related party	34,000
Related party transaction accrued profit principal and guarantee transactions	101,000,000
Street Capital Loan [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Accrued Interest	500,000
Related party debt	300,000		$ 400,000
Lease Amounts [Member] \| Senior Officer of NLEX [Member] \| Edwardsville, IL [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payment to related party	$ 25,000	$ 25,000