The swamp peddlers : how lot sellers, land scammers, and retirees built modern Florida and transformed the American dream /

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"Florida has long beckoned retirees seeking to spend their golden years in the sun, but, for many, the American dream of owning a home there was financially impossible. That changed in the 1950s, when the so-called 'installment land sales industry' appeared out of nowhere to hawk bill...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Vuic, Jason, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Real estate business > Corrupt practices > Florida.
Mortgage loans > Corrupt practices > Florida.
Fraud > Florida.
Real estate development > Florida > History.
Retirees > Housing > Florida.
Immobilier > Pratiques déloyales > Floride.
Prêts hypothécaires > Pratiques déloyales > Floride.
Fraude > Floride.
Promotion immobilière > Floride > Histoire.
Retraités > Logement > Floride.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Real estate business > Corrupt practices.
Real estate development.
Retirees > Housing.
Fraud.
Florida.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The swamp peddlers
  • $10 down, $10 a month!
  • The land giants
  • Into the cattle chute
  • The last paradise
  • The first-mortgage frauds
  • Generally defective communities
  • Foreclosure Tours R' Us
  • The last of the best of Florida.

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