'Incalculable' Damage: How a 'We Buy Ugly Houses' Franchise Left a Trail of Financial Wreckage Across Texas

'Incalculable' Damage: How a 'We Buy Ugly Houses' Franchise Left a Trail of Financial Wreckage Across Texas

Ronald Carver recounts his financial loss in an alleged Ponzi scheme, with devastating effects on his retirement and the money invested by his late father.

“Incalculable” Damage: How A “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Left A Trail Of Financial Wreckage Across Texas

Homevestors welcomed its 800th franchise, as well as 75 other new franchises, in first quarter 2017.(Business Wire) (Max Erwin / ProPublica) By Anjeanette Damon, Mollie SimonProPublica“Incalculable” Damage: How a “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Left a Trail of Financial Wreckage Across Texas by Anjeanette Damon and Mollie Simon ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories l…