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

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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Main Author: Vuic, Jason, 1972- (Author)
Format: Online Resource eBook
Language:English
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.
Real estate business > Corrupt practices.
Real estate development.
Retirees > Housing.
Fraud.
Florida.
History.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9781469663173_vuic
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