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I'm not usually one to appeal to classism, but it did make me laugh that Mr. Zuckerberg is buying up neighbouring properties around his multi-million dollar mansion, so as not to be disturbed by people in the vicinity. Meanwhile, Facebook employees are jammed into 200 square-foot dormitories.



That is not all the details.

Someone wanted to buy and then resell his neighbor's home with a selling point of living next to Zuckerberg.

Zuckerberg also rents the houses back to the original owners.

http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-buys-4-homes-...


>Zuckerberg also rents the houses back to the original owners.

Sounds like a twisted reverse mortgage scheme where you get to pay rent on your old property as well.

Is this what is called financial innovation?


Also, to be fair, Zuckerberg is likely a high-risk target from a security perspective. Famous and Rich? There's gotta be someone who wants to leverage that




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