that means that now asher newman still controls the building, but he owes money to stabilis instead of astoria federal. it also means that stabilis is in a place to foreclose and gain control of the building if they choose to. housing advocates are often wary of wealthy investors taking control of distressed buildings like faile street without first familiarizing themselves with the building, because they are less likely to make the repairs that the tenants so desperately need. but this variety of investing has been happening more frequently. it's part of a new trend that advocates call predatory equity. >> a predatory equity guy would come in, say, "okay, i'm going to, you know, i'll buy this from you." they buy it, they know that they are spending too much on it, but they know if they just sit there, and they don't put any money back into the property, and they just take out any excess money that there is instead of putting money back into the maintenance and operation of the building, they pocket it, they will get a very high return quickly. and that's predatory equity. >> in the pr