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The Harlan Crow—Clarence Thomas connection no one saw coming—RealPage

Introduction: In October 2022, ProPublica broke a story about a little-known company, RealPage, which was artificially increasing rental rates on ...
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What is Moral Hazard and Why Should You Care?

Why you should be very concerned about the recent bank failures. Since Reagan, financial institutions over $10 billion have mostly ...
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The RealPage Common Pricing Platform is Designed to Circumvent the State’s Landlord-Tenant Act —the Question Becomes, What’s Reasonable?

The Problem? Imagine, if you will, a story about someone like you. Meet Jane and John Doe and their two ...
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I took a four-year-long sabbatical to research the rental housing industry, and what I found will shock you

The multifamily rental market in metropolitan areas has experienced skyrocketing rental rates over the past decade. Many casual observers believe ...
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The Man Behind the RealPage Lawsuit

Price-Fixing and Cartels in the Rental Housing Industry. On October 15, 2022, ProPublica reporter Heather Vogell published the article,  Rent ...
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The CMBS and the Fed…is there a crisis brewing in the Rental Housing Industry? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly…

Background: After the financial crashes in 1929, the Roosevelt Administration established the process of financing our homes through the New ...
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The Elephant in the Economic Recovery Room: The High Price of Real Estate

In early April, Congress approved a small business relief fund of $376 billion. When that amount proved inadequate, they offered ...
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Renters! What’s in Your Utility Bill? The Devil is in the Details!

Utility Wakeup Call in Texas Renters, have you ever wondered what you are paying for in your utility bill? Well, ...
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A New Deal for the American Renter: Solving the Eviction Crisis

With the Eviction Crisis looming and millions of Americans facing the threat of homelessness, many Americans are left wondering, “will ...
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The Value of a Dollar and Political Chaos

I will never forget my first economics class at the university. My professor, a member of Ford’s board of directors ...

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