That's beside the point. The stock won't go to zero because it represents a share of ownership in a company that has billions of dollars more in assets than in

That's beside the point. The stock won't go to zero because it represents a share of ownership in a company that has billions of dollars more in assets than in liabilities. Real estate is just one of the many assets. Edit: I thought I posted a link to Google's balance sheet in my parent comment, but apparently I left it out: https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/goog/financials/balance-sheet https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/goog/financials/...