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> did they just massively overpay up-front?

That's the only possibility available as far as I can see. I recall seeing the housing stock they favored were all in the hottest US markets, so they're exposed to small fluctuations at the extreme end of the histogram. Otherwise the US median home price curve still looks like a boost phase ballistic missile track as of Q3 2021.

Zillow only got into this flipping game in 2018. They've never seen anything but rapid price growth. I will not be surprised when we learn the place was off the hook with buyers snapping up properties with no adults at the table.

There is always someone caught way over extended when markets move. This time one of them is named 'Zillow.' Expect a bunch of tedious 'insider' stories from Wired et al; wrecked hotel suites and orgies and $2e6 super cars. All the usual.



Well with only dos commas at least we know which way the doors will open on the super cars.




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