Firm buys 700 homes in St. Louis area with unusual offer of easy cash

News Source : STLtoday.com
News Summary
- Truehold is one of the largest owners of single-family homes in the St
- Louis region
- It buys houses and offers to lease them back to the original homeowners
- The company says it has acquired nearly 400 homes through such “sell and stay’ deals
- But the strategy has faced scrutiny when used by other companies
ST. LOUIS COUNTY A new real estate investment firm has bought hundreds of homes here, touting an easy twostep transaction that lets residents stay in their homes as renters after they sell them.T [+17432 chars]