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Fair Value (Detail) - Changes in our Financial Assets and Liabilities (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Fair Value, Changes in Assets and Liabilities on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation
Balance, Beginning	$ 3,365,000us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstate
Sales, pay downs and reduction of assets
Balance, End, 2014/2013, net of temporary valuation adjustment	7,063,000us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstate	3,365,000us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstate
Investment in equity method investee	6,932,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestments
Sale Of Investment In Equity Method Investee Held For Sale	199,000	20,000
Investment In Real Estate Loans [Member]
Fair Value, Changes in Assets and Liabilities on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation
Balance, Beginning	3,353,000	13,870,000
Change in temporary valuation adjustment included in net income
Net increase in allowance for loan losses		183,000
Purchase and additions of assets
New mortgage loans and mortgage loans bought	4,106,000	2,317,000
Purchase from affiliate	2,823,000
Purchase from third party	600,000
Sales, pay downs and reduction of assets
Collections of principal and sales of investment in real estate loans	(2,838,000)	(10,918,000)
Sale of assets to related parties		(1,700,000)
Sale of assets to third parties	(992,000)	(375,000)
Temporary change in estimated fair value based on future cash flows	11,000	(24,000)
Balance, End, 2014/2013, net of temporary valuation adjustment	7,063,000	3,353,000
Investment In Equity Method Investee [Member]
Sales, pay downs and reduction of assets
Investment in equity method investee	6,932,000
Balance On December 31, 2014, Net Of Temporary Valuation Adjustment	6,932,000
Investment in Equity Method Investee - Held For Sale [Member]
Sales, pay downs and reduction of assets
Balance On January 1, 2014	4,515,000
Sale Of Investment In Equity Method Investee Held For Sale	(4,515,000)
Balance On December 31, 2014, Net Of Temporary Valuation Adjustment

Amount of other addition (reduction) in allowance reserve for credit loss.

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) for financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of equity in securities of subsidiaries or equity method investee.

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Total carrying amount of mortgage loans as of the balance sheet date.

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Vestin Realty Mortgage I, Inc. 10-K