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Note 12 - Fair Value and Interest Rate Risk (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Solomon Hess SBA Loan Fund [Member]
Other Investments		$ 4,500,000
Other Investments	$ 4,450,000		$ 4,450,000

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Amount of investments classified as other.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.12)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.1(f,g))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

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