Debra Kamen

I'm Debra Kamen.

I'm an investigative reporter at The New York Times.

When I say real estate, I'm guessing you're thinking about things like the cost of rent, what the market looks like, whether or not mortgage rates are going to go up.

What I do is I look at what goes on beneath those numbers.

The people running the industry, who for so many years have been relatively invisible.

And the more that I look into it, the more that I find there are people operating unethically.

And their unethical behavior affects every single American.

If we only focus on the numbers, it's like covering the results of an election and not looking at the politicians.

To know why the system is the way it is, you have to understand the people making decisions behind it.

At The New York Times, we don't ever tell a story at just the top level.

We're always looking a little bit deeper to help readers better understand not just what something is, but why it is and also who's causing it to be that way.

You can subscribe to The New York Times at nytimes.com slash subscribe.

I'm Debra Kamen.

I'm an investigative reporter at The New York Times.

What I do is I look at the people running the real estate industry, who for so many years have been relatively invisible.

And the more that I look into it, the more that I find there are people in the real estate industry operating unethically.

And their unethical behavior affects every single American.

At The New York Times, we're always looking a little bit deeper to help readers better understand the world.

You can subscribe to The New York Times at nytimes.com.

I'm Debra Kamen.