Man thought he bought a villa for $9K in an online auction but it turned out to be a foot-wide strip of grass worth $50

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A Florida man thought he'd landed a steal when he bid on a $9,100 Florida villa in an online auction but ended up buying a strip of grass running in between two homes - and officials say there's nothing he can do about a refund. Kerville Holness thought he purchased the Tamarac villa, worth $177,000, during a Broward online auction of properties that defaulted on their taxes. But it turned out he had purchased a one-foot-wide, 100-foot-long strip of grass on Northwest 100th Way in Spring Lake - a measly piece of land worth just $50. The piece of land starts at the sidewalk curb where two mailboxes stand and goes ... (full story)