Just one of the sentences in this story that make my blood boil.

…evestor targets neighborhoods struck by hurricanes, or whose owners are recently divorced, or sick. One whistleblower tells of how the company uses the surveillance advertising industry to locate elderly people who’ve broken a hip: “a 60-day countdown to death — and, possibly, a deal.” The company’s mobile ads are geofenced to target people near hospitals and rehab hospitals, in hopes…
‘We buy ugly houses’ is code for ‘we steal vulnerable peoples’ homes’
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Jan M Flynn
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May 19, 2023
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Just one of the sentences in this story that make my blood boil. I knew the yellow-sign home flippers were sketchy, but I had no idea just how scummy they are. Kudos to Propublica and cheers to you for shining a light on this.
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Written by Jan M Flynn3.2K Followers
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Novelist, essayist, inner space explorer. GRIFFIN SPEAKER, book one of a middle grade fantasy series, coming from Disney-Hyperion in spring 2026.
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