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Asset Sale and Loan Restructuring - Schedule of Undiscounted Cash Flows and Revised Carrying Value (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 10, 2015
Troubled Debt Restructuring, Debtor, Current Period [Line Items]
Undiscounted future cash flows	$ 3,449,632
Carrying value of all combined loans	23,466,108
Fair value of assets transferred	(19,125,131)	$ (19,125,131)
Excess debt carrying value of fair asset value	4,340,977
Gain on restructure (difference between revised carrying amount and undiscounted future cash flows)	891,345
Monaco Loan [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructuring, Debtor, Current Period [Line Items]
Carrying value of all combined loans	2,000,000
Fair value of assets transferred		(2,000,000)
Fifth Third Term [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructuring, Debtor, Current Period [Line Items]
Carrying value of all combined loans	3,000,000
Fair value of assets transferred		(3,000,000)
Fifth Third SSCA Project Loan [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructuring, Debtor, Current Period [Line Items]
Carrying value of all combined loans	7,684,514
Fair value of assets transferred		(7,684,514)
Fifth Third SSCA Project Loan [Member] | Term Loan Interest [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructuring, Debtor, Current Period [Line Items]
Carrying value of all combined loans	36,614
Fair value of assets transferred		(36,614)
Fifth Third Laurel Mortgage [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructuring, Debtor, Current Period [Line Items]
Carrying value of all combined loans	1,001,000
Fair value of assets transferred		(1,001,000)
Term Loan [Member] | Term Loan Interest [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructuring, Debtor, Current Period [Line Items]
Carrying value of all combined loans	12,559
Fair value of assets transferred		(12,559)
Mortgage Interest Paid [Member] | Term Loan Interest [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructuring, Debtor, Current Period [Line Items]
Carrying value of all combined loans	3,182
Fair value of assets transferred		(3,182)
Second Tranche [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructuring, Debtor, Current Period [Line Items]
Total debt	375,523
Second Tranche [Member] | Monaco Loan [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructuring, Debtor, Current Period [Line Items]
Monaco Loan	300,000
Accrued interest	7,534
Future interest	67,989
Carrying value of all combined loans	2,470,703
Fair value of assets transferred		(387,262)
Second Tranche [Member] | Monaco Loan [Member] | Term Loan Interest [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructuring, Debtor, Current Period [Line Items]
Carrying value of all combined loans	7,534
Third Tranche [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructuring, Debtor, Current Period [Line Items]
Total debt	3,074,109
Third Tranche [Member] | Monaco Loan [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructuring, Debtor, Current Period [Line Items]
Monaco Loan	2,500,000
Accrued interest	7,534
Future interest	566,575
Carrying value of all combined loans	2,242,468
Third Tranche [Member] | Monaco Loan [Member] | Term Loan Interest [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructuring, Debtor, Current Period [Line Items]
Carrying value of all combined loans	7,534
First Tranche [Member] | Monaco Loan [Member]
Troubled Debt Restructuring, Debtor, Current Period [Line Items]
Carrying value of all combined loans	$ 5,000,000
Fair value of assets transferred		$ (5,000,000)

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