non-financial liabilities measured at fair value on non-recurring basis

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Non-financial liabilities measured at fair value on recurring basis, net

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The balance of financing receivables that were individually evaluated for impairment.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 11B
-Subparagraph (h)
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Amount of unpaid principal balance of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without related allowance for credit losses.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 15
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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT AND DISCLOSURE (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	$ 20,128,000		$ 13,881,000
Impaired financing receivable, unpaid principal balance	22,128,000	$ 22,614,000	$ 16,312,000
Non-financial liabilities measured at fair value on recurring basis, net	0
Non-financial liabilities measured at fair value on non-recurring basis	0
Minimum
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment		$ 250,000
Substandard [Member] \| Minimum
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	$ 500,000