Note 3 - Loans/Leases Receivable (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Provision for Lease Losses	$ 617,000
Leveraged Lease Investment		1,095,848	1,043,326
Loans Held-for-sale, Mortgages		4,577,233	3,832,760
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Recorded Investment		12,958,374	20,526,457
Threshold for Related Party Loans Evaluated		60,000
Total [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Recorded Investment		5,658,781	8,622,874
Commercial and Industrial [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Recorded Investment		99,804	198,697
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Recorded Investment		5,173,589	8,074,777
Finance Leases Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Recorded Investment			64,726
Installment and Other Consumer [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Recorded Investment			284,674
Nonaccrual [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Number of Contracts		9	5
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Post-Modification Recorded Investment		1,779,126	4,480,398
Residential Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Recorded Investment		64,722
Installment Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Recorded Investment		$ 320,666

Threshold for related party loans evaluated.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of leveraged lease investments which represent the aggregate amount of the estimated residual value of the lease assets and lease payments receivables, net of unearned and deferred income to be allocated over the lease term and non-recourse debt.

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