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mopinko

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2. if they are good flips, it's a good thing.

Reply to PortTack (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 11, 2022, 11:21 AM

Feb 2022

if they are cosmetic shit jobs that leave buyers w hidden crap to deal w, it's a very, very bad thing.

i've got a rental listed on zillow right now, and a realtor told me that private v realtor listings are very different. shared in different circles.

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Zillow sells more homes to Pretium as home-flipping operation unwinds - Bloomberg News [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 OP

GD Zillow! Selling their houses to a corporation instead of just putting them on the market PortTack Feb 2022 #1

if they are good flips, it's a good thing. mopinko Feb 2022 #2

The corporations aren't buying them to flip. They are buying them as rental properties. And, as PortTack Feb 2022 #3

the article doesnt say that. it says flip mopinko Feb 2022 #4

Zillow was the one that was flipping as the article says..not corporations PortTack Feb 2022 #6

There are some further Laws of (Un)Intended Consequences from sales like these Hestia Feb 2022 #5