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Loans Receivable and Other Lending Investments, net (Reserve for Loan Losses) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2015 | Jun. 30, 2014 | Jun. 30, 2015 | Jun. 30, 2014
Allowance for Loan Losses [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |  |
Reserve for loan losses at beginning of period |  | $ 102,783 | $ 370,076 | $ 98,490 | $ 377,204
Provision for (recovery of) loan losses | [1] | 19,151 | (2,792) | 23,444 | (6,192)
Charge-offs |  | 0 | (229,380) | 0 | (233,108)
Reserve for loan losses at end of period |  | 121,934 | 137,904 | 121,934 | 137,904
Recoveries of previously recorded loan loss reserves |  | $ 300 | $ 2,400 | $ 600 | $ 7,600
[1] | For the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, the provision for loan losses includes recoveries of previously recorded loan loss reserves of $0.3 million and $0.6 million, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, the provision for loan losses includes recoveries of previously recorded loan loss reserves of $2.4 million and $7.6 million, respectively.

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- Definition Reflects the amount of loans that have been removed, or charged off, from both loan receivables and the reserve for credit losses, typically because they are considered to be not salvageable or have been purchased by unconsolidated collection entities. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Amount of recovery of loans and lease receivables which had previously been fully or partially written-off as bad debts. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 11B -Subparagraph (c)(4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49124121&loc=SL6953423-111524 + Details
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- Definition A valuation allowance for financing receivables that are expected to be uncollectible. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 11B -Subparagraph (c)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49124121&loc=SL6953423-111524 + Details
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- Definition Amount of expense related to loss from loan transactions. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 225 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.9-04.11) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879574&loc=d3e536633-122882 + Details
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