Washington Landing in President Trump’s “swamp” in Washington early in the morning, I turned on my phone for email. There was an ACTION ALERT! I knew it was important, because it was all in capital letters, the universal signal for emergency. Scanning quickly, it was not an emergency for me at all, but a …
Category: Citizen Wealth
Computerized House Flippers and Conflicting Interests
New Orleans It was bad enough when Wall Street sharpies like Blackstone started buying tranches of foreclosed houses in the suburbs to paint, rent, and then cash out. Now, algorithms are being deployed for house flippers. What could go right or wrong with this picture? A story in the Wall Street Journal claimed that …
Hello, Landlords and Your Bankers, Meet ACORN!
New Orleans Landing in New Orleans at 1:30 AM, the calendar alert said it was ACORN’s anniversary, our 49th birthday. The real celebration though had already happened the day before in Hamilton, Ontario, as ACORN Canada’s Convention had featured a final day of marches and multiple actions on a gorgeous day in every way. …