Casa Encantada and the Loan-To-Own Hunger Games
When your Bel Air ‘American Dream’ comes with a foreclosure tutorial in fine print.
At $190 million, the house is free — terms and conditions of financial feudalism apply.
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Inside the battle for a $190M LA megamansion — whose owner claims she was duped out of the property by a loan-to-own scheme — A wealthy widow is fighting the foreclosure sale of Casa Encantada in Bel Air, one of the country's most notable homes.
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