Like the house burning to the ground. Bank collects the insurance money, former residents of the house have to find someone new to scam.
i remember a story an attorney told—his company was trying to buy the last house in an area and they were going to demolish to build a shopping center the last holdout put a ridiculous price on the house..they made a final offer and luckily the owner accepted so the project could proceed...he said good thing you never know when demoing nearby houses if an accident could happen and accidently put the wrecking ball into the next door house holdout...