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INVESTMENT HELD FOR SALE | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
INVESTMENT HELD FOR SALE [Abstract] |
Investment held for sale | INVESTMENT HELD FOR SALE At September 30, 2016, Kaupulehu 2007 owned one residential lot available for sale in the Lot 4A Increment I area located in the North Kona District of the island of Hawaii, north of Hualalai Resort at Historic Ka`upulehu, between the Queen Kaahumanu Highway and the Pacific Ocean. A second residential parcel was sold in October 2014 for $1,250,000 for a nominal loss which is included in "General and administrative" expenses in the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended September 30, 2015.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the investment holdings which are represented by other than securities (for example, commodities). The investment holdings, other than securities investments table lists the long positions of non-security investments held by entity. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 946 -SubTopic 320 -Section S99 -Paragraph 5 -Subparagraph (SX 210.12-13) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=50485924&loc=d3e611282-123010 + Details
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