Borrowings	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Disclosures - Debt [Abstract]
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]	BORROWINGS On March 11, 2011, Heartland issued an additional $3.0 million of its senior notes to one additional accredited investor. The total senior notes outstanding was $27.5 million as of September 30, 2011, and $24.5 million as of December 31, 2010. Prior to April 2011, Heartland maintained credit lines with two unaffiliated banks, one of which provided borrowing authority for $15.0 million and one of which provided borrowing authority for $5.0 million. On April 20, 2011, Heartland entered into a debt arrangement with one of these banks to convert the $15.0 million revolving line of credit into a $15.0 million amortizing term loan with a maturity date of April 20, 2016, and to add $5.0 million in borrowing capacity in the form of a revolving line of credit with a maturity date of April 20, 2013. At the same time, Heartland entered into an interest rate swap transaction, designated as a cash flow hedge, with the bank to fix the rate on the term loan at 5.14 percent for the full 5-year term. Accordingly, after this debt arrangement, Heartland continues to have credit lines with two unaffiliated banks, both with revolving borrowing capacity of $5.0 million, and one with an additional $15.0 million amortizing term loan. At September 30, 2011, Heartland had no outstanding balance on either credit line.

Borrowings

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

BORROWINGS

On March 11, 2011, Heartland issued an additional $3.0 million of its senior notes to one additional accredited investor. The total senior notes outstanding was $27.5 million as of September 30, 2011, and $24.5 million as of December 31, 2010. Prior to April 2011, Heartland maintained credit lines with two unaffiliated banks, one of which provided borrowing authority for $15.0 million and one of which provided borrowing authority for $5.0 million. On April 20, 2011, Heartland entered into a debt arrangement with one of these banks to convert the $15.0 million revolving line of credit into a $15.0 million amortizing term loan with a maturity date of April 20, 2016, and to add $5.0 million in borrowing capacity in the form of a revolving line of credit with a maturity date of April 20, 2013. At the same time, Heartland entered into an interest rate swap transaction, designated as a cash flow hedge, with the bank to fix the rate on the term loan at 5.14 percent for the full 5-year term. Accordingly, after this debt arrangement, Heartland continues to have credit lines with two unaffiliated banks, both with revolving borrowing capacity of $5.0 million, and one with an additional $15.0 million amortizing term loan. At September 30, 2011, Heartland had no outstanding balance on either credit line.