Real Estate Investing Is Difficult Late last year a major real estate company, announced it was closing its home buying and house-flipping business. Over a 3 1/2 year period they had lost $881 million. They are still in business but they have experienced a 70% drop in their stock price. How does a publicly traded company with thousands of computers, artificial intelligence, algorithms, and machine learning lose so much money? Because home buying companies need humans that have experience and knowledge in their markets. Do you want a fair offer to sell your house? Call us today.