IBuyers like Opendoor and Offerpad once appeared poised to be an essential player in the nation’s biggest housing markets. Now, real estate agents say their role has diminished dramatically.
Source: Inman News
As iBuyers struggle, agents rethink relationships with cash-offer kings
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