Zillow to stop flipping homes, loses more than $550M, lays off 25% of staff

Re:Zillow to stop flipping homes, loses more than $550M, lay... by tomcam on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @07:35PM (#29089005)

I feel pretty smart because I immediately found that same book on eBay for only $8 million

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Re:Zillow to stop flipping homes, loses more than $550M, lay... by iab on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @08:02PM (#29089288)

Textbook arbitrage - congrats on the fortune

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Re:Zillow to stop flipping homes, loses more than $550M, lay... by TheCoelacanth on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @09:09PM (#29089886)

Unfortunately, I have a feeling that the bid-ask spread on that book is approximately $23 million.

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Re:Zillow to stop flipping homes, loses more than $550M, lay... by tomcam on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @09:44PM (#29090148)

So that’s why I couldn’t flip it

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Re:Zillow to stop flipping homes, loses more than $550M, lay... by CRConrad on Saturday November 06, 2021 @09:18PM (#29135529)

How do you know it was a textbook?

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