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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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As the once-hot “REO to rental” industry cools off in metro Atlanta and beyond, equity investors are no longer as optimistic about the role of single-family home rentals in the housing recovery effort. The industry has reached a point that a California congressman has asked the House Financial Services Committee to convene hearings on the Reo-backed securities being offered by large institutional investors. U.S. Rep. Mark Takano cited some of the very concerns raised by Georgia Tech planning professor Dan Immergluck: What sort of landlords will the financial service sector prove to be when it comes to managing scatter-site housing?
