Posted by: Maya Roney on June 11
Here’s a photo of Darren Shuster’s house, if anyone’s interested. Darren was the guy who convinced telecom company Rebtel to sponsor his house for $75,000 when he couldn’t pay his mortgage.
The cornflower blue isn’t too bad.
Actually, I was always able to pay my mortgage, I just thought it was a creative way to get a great company like Rebtel to pay my mortgage.
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