Notes Payable (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Jan. 31, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Line Items]
Promissory note	$ 8,600,000
Property included in real estate held-for-investment	30,700,000
Recorded Investment	18,096,000	57,009,000	239,312,000
2015	3,370,000
2016	2,300,000
2017	2,300,000
2018	1,800,000
Interest expense	1,580,000	1,933,000	9,695,000
Origination of Notes Receivable from Related Parties	8,600,000
Impaired Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment	18,096,000	57,009,000	239,312,000
Notes payable recorded discount	320,000	421,000
BBX Capital Asset Management, LLC [Member]
Debt Disclosure [Line Items]
Promissory note maturity		Feb. 01, 2020
“Wall Street Journal Prime Rate” plus basis points per annum		100.00%
Monthly principal payment		27,000
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Principal		27,000
BBX Capital Asset Management, LLC [Member] | Commercial Real Estate Loan [Member] | Non-performing [Member]
Debt Disclosure [Line Items]
Acquired interest in non-performing commercial real estate loan	32.20%
Promissory note			9,000,000
Origination of Notes Receivable from Related Parties			9,000,000
BBX Capital Corporation [Member]
Debt Disclosure [Line Items]
Limited guaranty to further support the repayment of the note		4,500,000
Note recorded premium		500,000
Fair value of the participant’s interest in the collateral had a fair value less cost to sell		8,500,000
Guaranty Liabilities		4,500,000
Redemption Premium		500,000
Anastasia Confections [Member]
Debt Disclosure [Line Items]
Promissory note				7,500,000
Interest rate				5.00%
2015	2,000,000
2016	2,000,000
2017	2,000,000
2018	1,500,000
Promissory note recorded discount	300,000
Origination of Notes Receivable from Related Parties				7,500,000
BBX Sweet Holdings LLC [Member]
Debt Disclosure [Line Items]
Promissory note				1,700,000
Promissory note fixed interest rate				5.25%
Pomissory note term				5 years
Holdback payment	50,000					450,000
Promissory note amotization schedule				25 years
Origination of Notes Receivable from Related Parties				1,700,000
Basis points per annum				345.00%
Helen Grace, Jer’s, and Williams and Bennett [Member]
Debt Disclosure [Line Items]
Promissory note	1,100,000
Holdback Amount	82,000
Origination of Notes Receivable from Related Parties	1,100,000
Wells Fargo [Member] | Renin Corp [Member]
Debt Disclosure [Line Items]
Promissory note					1,500,000
Revolving advance facility, maximum borrowing capacity					18,000,000
Loan					6,500,000
Interest rate on unused commitment					0.25%
Quarterly repayment amount				75,000
Origination of Notes Receivable from Related Parties					$ 1,500,000
Minimum [Member] | Helen Grace, Jer’s, and Williams and Bennett [Member]
Debt Disclosure [Line Items]
Promissory note fixed interest rate	1.65%
Minimum [Member] | Wells Fargo [Member] | Renin Corp [Member]
Debt Disclosure [Line Items]
Interest rate					0.50%
Maximum [Member] | Helen Grace, Jer’s, and Williams and Bennett [Member]
Debt Disclosure [Line Items]
Promissory note fixed interest rate	4.00%
Maximum [Member] | Wells Fargo [Member] | Renin Corp [Member]
Debt Disclosure [Line Items]
Interest rate					3.25%