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Re:Startup Pays Cash to Buy Homes, Flip Them by w1ntermute on Friday January 22, 2016 @10:05AM (#10953059)
> The combination of high leverage and complete property ownership seems incredibly risky to me.

Perhaps they're hedging their exposure with property derivatives.

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Re:Startup Pays Cash to Buy Homes, Flip Them by jdross on Friday January 22, 2016 @11:17AM (#10953567)
They don't exist, at least at any meaningful scale.

You can hedge against mortgage defaults, but it's not really the same thing.

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Re:Startup Pays Cash to Buy Homes, Flip Them by humbleMouse on Friday January 22, 2016 @10:08AM (#10953082)
This was my thought as well.
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