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In reply to the discussion: Our Coming Rentcropper Society: Private equity firms buying up blocks of foreclosures nationwide [View all]CabCurious
(954 posts)35. it was a joke... and I'd be happiest if working class families could all remain in their homes
But the wider point is that China is literally buying America due to our debt spending and our hubris.
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Our Coming Rentcropper Society: Private equity firms buying up blocks of foreclosures nationwide [View all]
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
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how can they hold the properties and not pay the fees or taxes? can they be sued?
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#10
This will be interesting to see in California, which I believe has strong renters' rights.
Zalatix
Aug 2012
#9
it was a joke... and I'd be happiest if working class families could all remain in their homes
CabCurious
Aug 2012
#35
you think not? i'm sure chinese investors are buying some of them. as well as americans,
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#21
How do you know it's not China? Do you know who owns these private equity firms?
yardwork
Aug 2012
#22
Um, no disrespect to Thomas Jefferson or to you, but private banks DO NOT
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#28
Do you understand the difference between 'money' and 'currency'? There is a
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#38
Dean baker says prices on low-market real estate in phoenix have increased dramatically in the last
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#36
Absentee ownership is the surest way I know to destroy a neighborhood.
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#39