Vanishing character glitch is on me, sorry.

http://imgur.com/a/ZE8ef

Glad to see my issue from last week of characters vanishing and the ability to purchase duplicate buildings (of which there should only be one) has spread to everyone. You're welcome.

Do not repurchase those buildings. It will seriously screw things up. I got locked out, kept crashing at log-in. Place the building for the missing character in storage and re-place it on the board. If you get greedy like me, you could get locked out by crashes. Had to get EA to reset my game to a point from last Friday, before it problem started. If you need this done, just email them through their support website, explain the issue, and ask them to reset you to before the glitch. Good luck.