The value of the structure rounds to $0 when compared to the cost of the land it's sitting on. I don't understand people who paint the house and plant flowers

The value of the structure rounds to $0 when compared to the cost of the land it's sitting on. I don't understand people who paint the house and plant flowers outside before selling. The buyers aren't looking at that. They just want to see the dimensions of the lot and then bid a few hundred grand over asking. Once the paperwork is squared away, one morning an excavator and a dump truck will pull onto the beautiful manicured lawn and by late that afternoon the site will be an empty lot. A few months later the new McMansion on the site will be sold for a significant markup. On the order of 1-2 million dollars more than it sold for earlier in the year. This is the real estate reality in California because people actually want to live here.