If I own a $300,000 home I can pretend it's worth $10 million. Who the hell is going to let me use the home as collateral for a $5 million loan without getting a third-party appraisal first?
It seems like retribution, because they don’t like trump & because tax reform has hurt their bottom line as well.
Conceptually it’s quite easy. You get a dummy buyer...a shell corporation in Panama, let’s say...to put up $1 million (refunded under the table by you) for a 10% interest.
Voilà! Your property is now worth $10 million!