When I read it, that’s what I was thinking about. If he was investing in the real estate market, there was a period where people made a lot of money buying and flipping properties. It worked good until the merry-go-round decided to stop and people were left holding over-priced property and took a bath.
So even if they did manage everything fine, it may have gone south anyways with the bust. But given how bad they look, Heatley would probably win anyways.
