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Re:Zillow Launches Home-Flipping Program in Phoenix and Las ... by kafquaesque on Friday April 13, 2018 @05:07AM (#16828205)
A “flipper” could be highly inexperienced and not even know the underlying issue. So they may not even act in bad faith.

Having a brand behind a flipped house could assuage some of those fears.

Re:Zillow Launches Home-Flipping Program in Phoenix and Las ... by dagw on Friday April 13, 2018 @08:40AM (#16829401)
In Sweden the law basically says you as a seller are responsible for anything you reasonably should have known about (and didn't disclose to the buyer). So it's not enough to claim that you genuinely didn't know that your cellar had been flooded (because you never went down there) or that you shouldn't use wood glue to put up bathroom tiles, you have to prove that it's the sort of thing a reasonable person couldn't be expected to know.
Re:Zillow Launches Home-Flipping Program in Phoenix and Las ... by kafquaesque on Saturday April 14, 2018 @04:50PM (#16839415)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/where-we-live/wp/2015/02...

There is a market for home inspectors to prevent the purchase of a property with issues.

I have yet to hear of anyone having a civil or criminal suit taken against them due to issues with a property (not saying it hasn’t occurred—just that I don’t know of it occurring).