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We software engineers already have tried, and failed to the tune of $550 million. Oops. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29087479 https://news.ycombinator.
by cj 3y ago
We software engineers already have tried, and failed to the tune of $550 million. Oops.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29087479 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29087479
- goolz 3y ago“The algorithms are fooling themselves…” I loved that comment haha! Great link.
- hospitalJail 3y agoThat isnt being a real estate agent, that is buying/selling the market.
- cj 3y agoOk I’ll rephrase: We software engineers tried to buy/sell houses using algorithms, and failed to the tune of $550m. I think we collectively would have similar success (or lack thereof) as actual real estate agents.
- hospitalJail 3y agoThese are two different jobs.
- robertlagrant 3y agoThe right thing to do is I think to digitise the process. Having a transparent way of following a bidding session and subsequent legal arrangement to completion would be extremely useful, and would surely scale pretty well.
- _ea1k 3y agoSometimes real estate agents fail at flipping and stick to brokering other people's transactions too.