He walked through a field of broken trees that smelled like sweet pine, worrying about what would happen if someone decided not to sign. There were scams in which developers buy out a single heir and then force an auction of the whole plot, which was how Lonny’s wife lost her land. And there was just the simple fact of what can happen in families. “You never know what a person will hold against you. Sometimes blood is worse than water,” Lonny said.

Source: Washington Post July 11, 2021 09:56 UTC