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I'm a homeowner and I'm literally called and texted multiple times a week by institutional investors looking to buy my house for cash. The ads on TV for "John The Homebuyer" and "72 and Sold" and other similar outfits are near constant.
In a nutshell, you are largely mistaken if you think 'individuals' are doing what you imagine in nearly as large of numbers as the institutional investors. And these investors are using software to manipulate prices in monopolistic fashion, acting in unison.
This is a huge problem 
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