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Real Estate and Capitalized Interest (Details Textual) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Real Estate and Capitalized Interest (Textual) [Abstract]
Capitalized interest related to joint venture investments	$ 511,000	$ 511,000

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Real estate inventory capitalized interest costs related to joint venture investments.

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