With that type of situation in place, he could squeeze those people for everything he could get from them until they no longer had anything left to give.
It was still very illegal for a loan shark to obtain deeds as collateral for money being lent, but the people pushed into those types of situations would have no other choice but to offer up whatever they had to try and save themselves.
He had other businesses to launder his money and to appear as a business owner, just like a lot of others that were a part of the criminal underworld who made their money illegally and knew how to cover their tracks.
There were thoughts on how she could take advantage of those things for greater profit, but she had realised how she needed to be careful with letting her greed get the best of her.
If it was related to the deeds, then they were on paper and could be handled much easier than bigger or heavier items.
