
Aaron Mondry
Senior Reporter at Outlier Media
Senior reporter with @media_outlier | Subscribe to my weekly newsletter on housing and real estate in Detroit. https://t.co/IjpETZ6caA
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1 week ago |
outliermedia.org | Aaron Mondry
This story is part of The Speculators of Detroit, which looks at how bad actors have destabilized neighborhoods, left many residents without safe housing and cost the city hundreds of millions. Five years ago, the City of Detroit filed three high-profile lawsuits targeting some of Detroit’s most notorious slumlords and speculators: Salameh Jaser, Michael Kelly, and father-and-son duo Steve and Stephen Hagerman. City officials took a big swing.
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3 weeks ago |
outliermedia.org | Aaron Mondry
This story is part of The Speculators of Detroit, which looks at how bad actors have destabilized neighborhoods, left many residents without safe housing and cost the city hundreds of millions. Earlier this year, the cryptocurrency-based real estate marketplace RealT was struggling to manage its vast portfolio in Detroit. The Florida company had racked up more than 1,000 blight tickets and owed the city more than $2 million in fines and unpaid taxes across hundreds of properties.
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Mar 4, 2025 |
deadlinedetroit.com | Aaron Mondry
This story was originally published by Outlier Media, a nonprofit newsroom designed to center and respond to Detroiters’ needs. Dan Austin has spent the past six months doing what he does best — reflecting on the past. For nearly two decades, the Detroiter has lived and breathed the city’s history, steadily documenting its historic buildings, landmarks and famous figures.
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Feb 27, 2025 |
outliermedia.org | Aaron Mondry
Zoe only stayed one night in a home owned by Jeffrey Cowin. That’s all it took for her to know she needed to leave. In 2022, she moved to Detroit for her first job after law school and found what seemed like the perfect rental in Brush Park — a room in a beautiful, historic mansion with a close friend and two other women. Cowin seemed friendly — maybe too friendly. Cowin, 44, is tall and fit. Several former tenants described him as charismatic.
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Feb 18, 2025 |
outliermedia.org | Aaron Mondry
Dan Austin has spent the past six months doing what he does best — reflecting on the past. For nearly two decades, the Detroiter has lived and breathed the city’s history, steadily documenting its historic buildings, landmarks and famous figures. But lately, he’s also been thinking about his own history, making sure his work is preserved for the future. Last year, at 43, Austin was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer. But he’s not slowing down.
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