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Former tenants of Equity Residential, a real estate investment trust that owns more than 80,000 apartments nationwide, are refusing to pay rent debt they say stems from predatory practices. Courtesy ...

Every year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issues a report on aggressive and illegal debt collection practices, and each year it details the shady and outright deceptive tactics debt ...