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4. The New Yorker had a big story a while ago on the rented land

Fri Jul 7, 2023, 05:17 AM

Jul 2023

Large investment companies are buying up trailer/mobile home parks and jacking up the rental fees knowing the homes can't actually be moved and owners have no real options but to pay the rent.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/15/what-happens-when-investment-firms-acquire-trailer-parks

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Usually there is a time limit on the lease, like 99 years bucolic_frolic Jul 2023 #1

The New Yorker had a big story a while ago on the rented land Deminpenn Jul 2023 #4