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Fair value portion of loans held-for-sale liabilities.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale (Details Textual) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended
	Dec. 11, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020
Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale (Textual)
Liabilities held for sale		$ 800,000
Loss on disposal of assets held for sale		$ 100,000
Catskill Hudson Bank [Member]
Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale (Textual)
Annual interest rate		4.75%
Write-down to fair value of certain property and equipment			$ 200
Assets held of sale		$ 2,700,000
Description of Assets and liabilities held for sale	the Company refinanced the 5.95% notes payable to Catskill Hudson Bank that were due in November 2019. The outstanding balance of notes payable of $0.9 million at December 11, 2019 will be payable in monthly equal annual installments for period of ten years. The outstanding principal amount incurs fixed interest at 4.75% per annum.