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- Big home-buying companies like Opendoor lightly renovate and resell properties for profit.
- These companies are akin to scalpers who buy then resell tickets for much more than they paid.
- Some of these firms, also called iBuyers, have shuttered; others are struggling in a down market.
In January, when Ticketmaster started selling tickets to Taylor Swift's upcoming Eras Tour, millions of would-be concertgoers were devastated to find out that tickets sold out in a presale open only to fans with special access codes.