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One house in Tolleson, Arizona
Zillow paid about · September 2021$412,000
Listed · two weeks later$387,000
2 in 3
asking less than Zillow paid
650 homes reviewed · KeyBanc note, October 31, 2021
KeyBanc note, as reported by Bloomberg, November 1, 2021
AI businesses
Zillow Paid About $412,000. Then Asked $387,000.
Offer a price to everyone, and you buy your own mistakes.
Offer a price to everyone, and you buy your own mistakes.
Two weeks separated a house purchase from a lower asking price. Zillow's own explanation reveals two problems with turning an estimate into a business: who accepts today, and what a house will fetch months later.
Chatbots write sources that look real. Open one before you trust it.
An invented citation led to a real page—inside a different case. The filings and phone screenshots show what happened when two lawyers relied on decisions they had not read.
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