Is This THE END of iBuying?

Byron Lazine and Nicole White discuss pet rent and iBuying, along with three hot-button issues on Midterm Ballots this year – marijuana, gambling, and taxing the rich.
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Landlords are charging tenants pet rent and $600 fees, according to a recent MarketWatch article. And with the higher cost of everything right now, pet owners feel that extra pinch. 

On this week’s episode of The Real Word, Byron and Nicole discuss the topic of pet rent, along with an Inman piece on how Opendoor is exactly where Zillow Offers was a year ago.  

The “Left, Middle, Right” segment touched on a few related articles, starting with a WSJ post, “Gambling, Marijuana and Taxing the Rich Will Be on Midterm Ballots.” 

Click on any of the timestamps below to watch: 

00:0001:51 Intro

02:07 Topic #1: “Pet rent” and $600 fees

05:15 Giving dogs animal names instead of human ones

22:33 Topic #2 – “Opendoor is where Zillow Offers was a year ago”

25:00 The (predictable) result of selling too many houses at a loss

31:10 Left, Middle, Right: “Gambling, Marijuana & Taxing the Rich on Midterm Ballots”

32:30 Referencing BAM article on the growing acceptance of marijuana use

Click here to watch the full episode. 

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