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Note 17 - Transactions With Related Parties (Details Textual) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2020	Oct. 31, 2019	Oct. 31, 2018
Tavit Najarian [Member]
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction	$ 700,000	$ 900,000	$ 700,000
Carson Sorsby [Member] | Compensation [Member]
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction	265,000	223,000	148,000
Alexander Hovnanian [Member] | Compensation [Member]
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction	$ 1,152,000	$ 609,000	$ 514,000

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- Definition

Amount of transactions with related party during the financial reporting period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864

Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39603-107864

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